After Xiao Qishen saw Shan Yatong enter his neighborhood, he dialed Lin Yuxin’s mobile phone.
“It’s so late. King Xiao is actually interested in calling me.” Lin Yuxin’s voice came from the other end of the phone in a teasing tone.
“I heard you’re going to shoot an MV with Shan Yatong tomorrow?” Xiao Qishen asked, acting as if he did not hear her teasing him.
“Yeah, I’m the female lead and he’s the male lead. By the way, there’s a kiss scene in there.” Lin Yuxin said dreamily. “We’ll be standing on a bridge strewn with peach blossom petals. The male and female leads embracing and kissing each other, isn’t it so romantic?”
“I thought Director Lin was tired of shooting these kinds of scenes after doing it so many times. But it turns out Lin Yiqian still liked this kind of romantic stuff.
Qishen smiled. “It’s nice to have that girly romantic feeling.”
Hanging up the phone, Lin Yuxin gritted her teeth. “What a boring man. Would it kill you to let me make fun of you for once!”
Closing his phone, Xiao Qishen threw it into the passenger seat. Kissing scene?! Wasn’t it going to be the guy’s first on-screen kiss?
Breakfast still arrived like this. Shan Yatong rushed to the shooting venue to change his clothes. The film was set in the ancient country of Loulan a thousand years ago. During the third lunar month, Lord Lan, who had devoted himself to his spiritual development until he was an adult, fell in love with a wealthy and unmarried daughter who was passing by. The two fell in love with each other, but a human and demon are not destined to be together, and the wealthy daughter committed suicide when she was forced to marry someone else. Yet, year after year, Lord Lan waited by the bridge, waiting for her arrival, until Loulan was nothing but a barren desert. What was previously fireworks in March became an endless stretch of yellow sand. Still, he waited in the same place, because he feared that if he left, the young lady would be heartbroken if she could not find him.
Unknowingly, thousands of years passed by, and the lady still did not come. Over time, Lord Lan carefully engraved a scarlet lily onto a stone. Eventually, one day, an expedition team passed by. A fair, slender hand picked up the stone. The young woman who picked up the stone was wearing a shirt and jeans, and her face was identical to the wealthy lady from a thousand years ago. At this moment, an arm slipped around the woman’s waist. A man suddenly stood near her. The two were filled with the sweetness unique to lovers.
Instantly, the stone turned into dust. With a gust of wind, the dust dispersed and faded away into the sky, disappearing into the yellow sand.
The young man wore a white traditional robe, his warm and jade-like face held little expectation. When the lady in the yellow shirt appeared in front of him, the surprise in his eyes could not be ignored. Everyone could see how happy he was.
The young woman smiled from ear to ear. Blushing, she threw herself into his arms. Peach blossoms were fluttering by. With only each other in their eyes, the young man slowly lowered his head closer to her face, and finally kissed her pink lips.
Xiao Qishen looked at the beautiful scene in front of him, his smile never changing. But the assistant standing beside him took a slight step back.
“Who wrote this script? It’s good, isn’t it?” Xiao Qishen smiled and asked, sitting in the lounge chair.
When the staff next to him saw that the god had spoken, they hurriedly pointed to a woman who was fangirling on the side.
“Oh…” Seeing that their eyes were unwavering and trained on the two figures on the bridge, Xiao Qishen smiled mildly. “It’s very good.”
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Shan Yatong nodded. Following Lin Yuxin he tilted his head to the side, and saw Xiao Qishen sitting beside the director. Slightly surprised, he raised his eyebrows, then smiled and nodded to Xiao Qishen.
Although Xiao Qishen couldn’t hear what Shan Yatong and Lin Yuxin were talking about, the one thing he was sure of was that she was in a good mood.
“I didn’t expect Shan Yatong to have such a good grasp of subtlety as a newcomer,” the director said, sitting next to Xiao Qishen. “This kiss is difficult to perform. If it’s too shallow, it’ll look artificial. If it’s too heavy, it won’t suit the classical feel. Shan Yatong has a great grasp of it.” The monitor was displaying several different angles. No matter the angle, the kiss was beautiful and dreamy.
Xiao Qishen felt that this scene was a little harsh on the eyes. What was so good about it?!
At noon, Shan Yatong received a boxed lunch from the filming team. He sat aside to eat it. Lin Yixin brought a can of black tea over to him and sat near him without looking like she was squatting.
“Yatong, are you really not an acting student?”
Nonchalantly opening the can of black tea, he took a sip. “Yuxin-jie, I’m an orphan. It’s something that everyone knows.”
“You little kid!” She didn’t feel like poking someone else’s wound. Lin Yuxin knocked him on the head. “Didn’t you used to respect your seniors? But now, how long did it take before you gave me this look?”
Shan Yatong continued to sip his tea. “If it’s sister Yuxin, then there’s no need.”
“You mean I don’t deserve respect?!” Lin Yuxin raised a perfect eyebrow. She stared at Yatong with her almond eyes, but the smile in her eyes was obvious.
“Yuxin is a sister.” Shan Yatong set his tea down with a smile. “There's no need to treat you too respectfully.”
Lin Yuxin understood what Shan Yatong meant. She knocked him on the head again, implicitly agreeing.
Not too far away Yang Jun tapped his nose. It seemed that Shan Yatong had used a pretty boy trick on Lin Yuxin. He didn’t expect this guy to eat up both men and women.
God knows, if Shan Yatong knew what Yang Jun was thinking, he would have made him pack up his things and left.
Walking gracefully to the two smiling people, Xiao Qishen bent down. He said, “You two are talking so happily. What are you chatting about?”
Lin Yuxin looked up at the person who bewitched people with a charming smile, and raised her eyebrows. “Ah, I didn’t expect Emperor Xiao to be here. Checking to see if the younger generation is doing well?”
She tilted her head and looked at the smiling Shan Yatong. It seemed like there would be an interesting show to watch.
Xiao Qishen sat down beside them with a big smile. “I just stopped by on the way to see how both of you were doing. It looks like you are both cooperating very well together.”
“Yatong is a promising junior with a lot of potential. It’s easy cooperating with him.” Lin Yuxin side-eyed the man shamelessly sitting beside her. “I heard that Emperor Xiao has been busy lately with concert things. I didn’t think he had time to care about our juniors.”
Shan Yatong watched the interaction between the two people and wondered. Could it be that they still seemed to have feelings in their hearts even after they had broken up? Was that why they interrogated each other like this?
Not too far away Yang Jun looked at the three people. He shook his head, sighing. Sure enough, it was not a good idea to rely on those hidden rules. Look, how embarrassing is it for the three people to meet right now?
In the afternoon, the scenes inside the desert were filmed indoors, and then a computer was used to synthesize the sandy background of the desert.
In this scene, there was nothing but Shan Yatong. He stood at the head of the bridge, looking at the gurgling water flowing under it. He was letting his thoughts brew, building up his state of mind to a mentality of infatuation with no regret.
You stand on the bridge to look at the scenery. I stand below the bridge to look at you.
Xiao Qishen stood by the willow tree near the bridge, watching the young man in white on the bridge. Something in his heart had gradually been affirmed. He suddenly smiled, and walked to the bridge.
It was clear that one person was wearing clothes currently at the forefront of fashion, while the other person wore a thousand-year-old ancient white robe. But the two men standing on the bridge still looked beautiful.
“Yatong.” He stood beside the young man. The river clearly reflected the figures of the two people.
The young man tilted his head to the side. There wasn’t enough time for the sorrow to fade fully in his eyes yet. “Xiao-ge?”
Xiao Qishen was stunned. He realised that Shan Yatong hadn’t fully come back to himself. As he was interrupted by Xiao Qishen, it was to be expected. In fact, he shouldn’t be disturbing the young man at this time. It’s just that after looking at the teenager’s thin figure on the bridge, he couldn’t help getting close to him.
Realizing that he had disturbed the mood the teenager was carefully preparing, Xiao Qishen apologized. “I’m sorry to have bothered you.”
Although he doubted that Xiao Qishen would actually do something so ‘unprofessional’, Shan Yatong did not want to directly accuse him to his face. “No, I’ve already understood and experienced that kind of emotion. It won’t affect me.”
Holding the railings of the bridge, Xiao Qishen smiled. “I heard that there will be a remake of an old song in your album?”
Shan Yatong nodded. “One of Jing Anjue’s original work.”
Xiao Qishen frowned. “If you don’t want to, I’ll find a way to get rid of that song from your album.” This morning he heard his assistant talk about it. He didn’t think there was anything wrong, but the assistant also said that you shouldn’t cover just anyone’s song in this circle. To sing Jing Anjue’s song is a thankless thing. He didn’t have much impression of Emperor Jing, who had held a certain position in this circle. But since his cousin focused so much on cultivating Shan Yatong’s career, he didn’t understand why his cousin would make such a strange decision. It wasn’t in line with Tang Ruanqing’s usual style at all.
Shan Yatong shook his head. “It’s no big deal. That song is really good.” He understood what Xiao Qishen meant, but the song wasn’t that difficult for him.
“Yatong, do you also like Jing Anjue?” Xiao Qishen would absolutely deny feeling a little upset with this already dead Jing Anjue when he said that. He absolutely was not upset.
Did he like himself? Shan Yatong thought about it, and nodded. He had always liked himself.
Sure enough, even though he was dead, he didn’t know his place. Deep down, Xiao Qishen crossed out Jing Anjue’s name. “But no matter how much you like an idol, you should aim to surpass him, right?”
Nodding, and continuing to nod, Shan Yatong wondered quietly to himself. What was God Xiao trying to do here?
Flowing water carried away fallen flowers. Xiao Qishen stretched out a hand to straighten the white hair band on his shoulder. He said, smiling, “You’re doing very well.” His eyes were gentle and soft.
In the corner, a female screenwriter with glasses watched this scene. Her eyes were shining with brilliance. The two main characters of her new script have been found!
Ah, it was so rare to find such a beautiful scene in this world!
Shan Yatong watched a certain god walk down the bridge in confusion. Had so much changed in the past four years, that even people on the level of a God like that had become so gentle?
Edited by Kyou
B: Ahhh the screenwriter… a fellow BL fangirl 
Yes go forth fellow BL lover sister!
Thanks for the chapter! 💕
SY: Do he like himself ? Of course.
Emperor of Vinegar : Cuts of his imaginary love rival who is the previous version of his love.
two things that makes all MLs stupid:
love
vinegar
sometimes both mixed together into something hellish
He is emperor vinegar for me from now on…
thanks for the chapter! <3
Thanks for the chapter ❤❤
Thanks for the chapter! ^^)❤
Me: Hmm, so today vinegar chapter
female screenwriter: shining eyes
Me: Nevermind
thanks for the chapter~
Thanks for the chapter!
Is Xiao Qinshen the ML? He’s the most dull and devoid of personality of all of them, I hope he isn’t but it seems he is, lol.
No honey they aren’t sjhshshs
Thank you for the chapter
I have a headache. Luo and Xiao are so bothersome, I just want some sweet interactions or a rise to the top, but there is no sense of accomplishment for Anjue at all. I’m really not cut for this type of slow burn where only boring and annoying things seem to happen…
Love how Yuxin and Yatong acknowledge this sibling-like relationship and how his first on-screen kiss was with her XD XD XD
XQS is vinegar king and Yang Jun has a filthy mind.
The birth of a new rotten screenwriter.