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Due to the weather of late summer and early autumn, everyone only wore single layer clothes. The feeling of being so close to someone at such a close distance was really… 

Qi Cong only felt that his shoulder next to Gu Xun’s chest seemed to be burning. He took a step away from Gu Xun and looked at their surroundings, confused and nervous. “Why are you here? There are a lot of people in the airport and you…”

“Take it.” Gu Xun leaned over and took Qi Cong’s hand to give him the ice cream cone. Then took Qi Cong’s suitcase when he reflexively loosened his grip and walked away with it. He motioned to Zhao Zhenxun and others in front of him saying, “Don’t be left behind.” 

Then he stepped forward.

Qi Cong couldn’t stop him in time so he hurriedly caught up with him, with the sweet cone still in his hand, wanting to take back his suitcase. He stretched out his hand and asked again, “Why are you here?”

Gu Xun promptly switched the suitcase to his other hand.  “My plane arrived here today, too, half an hour earlier than you.”

Gu Xun switched the suitcase over too quickly, so Qi Cong’s outstretched hand didn’t have time to retract, and bumped into Gu Xun’s body. His fingers rubbed against his waist and caught the hem of his T-shirt before he stopped.

Gu Xun stopped walking and looked down at the white palm on his t-shirt, the corner of his mouth raised as well as his eyes. Looking up at Qi Cong’s stiff gaze, he motioned at his hand, “I hope you can grasp this more.”

Qi Cong’s gaze uncontrollably followed Gu Xun’s words and moved to Gu Xun’s raised hand.

That hand was wide, the fingers long and thin. It was a very good looking hand, and if he held it….

Qi Cong was startled by his own thoughts. His eyes widened. He retracted his hand and looked around again, his voice lowering. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to. You… you can give me back my suitcase, I’ll carry it myself.”

Gu Xun sighed lightly.

When Qi Cong heard it, he somehow felt that he had hurt Gu Xun. His lips moved to say something more when he heard Gu Xun continue, “If you finish eating the cone, I’ll return your suitcase to you.”

Qi Cong was stunned as he looked at Gu Xun.

Gu Xun looked down and locked eyes with Qi Cong. Seeing his expression, Gu Xun looked a little helpless and asked, “Is that okay? I bought it specially for you.”

Qi Cong’s heart felt like it had been lightly poked by someone, making it hard for him to refuse Gu Xun. Although the current Gu Xun’s behavior was a bit “impudent” and different from the past, his words were clearly the same as the Gu Xun he was familiar with.

Qi Cong took a look at the melting vanilla-flavored cone in his hand and nodded slowly. “Okay.” 

He then quickly added, “Thank you.”

“You are welcome. Eat quickly, it has already started melting. ” Gu Xun’s voice had a happy tone again.

Qi Cong fingers holding the cone moved gently, suppressing the emotions that were stirring in his heart. He brought the cone to his mouth.

It was a little melted, but…it was sweet.

At the same time, Qi Cong was very tense and alert, looking around as he ate the cone, his eyebrows unconsciously knitted.

Gu Xun took this opportunity to lean a little closer to Qi Cong and reassured him. “You don’t have to be too vigilant. All the paparazzi who came to find me ran after the crew car. No one knows that I stayed secretly behind.” 

Qi Cong immediately looked sideways at Gu Xun and frowned. “You stayed behind secretly? Are you the only one? So how are you going to get to the studio? With a taxi? “

“I can’t take a taxi in this situation.” Gu Xun looked slightly embarrassed, “I might have to steal a ride.”

Qi Cong was confused, steal a ride?

Five minutes later, Gu Xun grabbed the hand of the producer who was in charge of casting for “Legend of Youth” and said, “Thank you very much. I didn’t expect that my assistant wouldn’t be able to make it. Thank you very much.”

The producer smiled so hard that you couldn’t see his teeth. Holding Gu Xun’s hand, he shook it vigorously, saying, “It’s fine, we’re all going to the studio anyway and it’s just taking more people along. It’s not a big deal. Mr. Gu doesn’t need to be so polite.”

Gu Xun pulled back his hand and smiled reservedly, “Still, thank you very much.”

Shen Jia, Zhao Zhenxun and others all looked towards Qi Cong.

Qi Cong squeezed the handle of his suitcase and explained,”I was walking at the back… and bumped into Gu Xun.”

Zhao Zhenxun replied without any expression. “That’s really a coincidence.”

Qi Cong silently bowed his head.

After exchanging pleasantries, Gu Xun managed to sit in the commercial van that the crew had arranged for Shen Jia, and after the generous invitation of the producer, he sat next to Shen Jia – separating Shen Jia and Qi Cong.

Gu Xun was very satisfied with this arrangement, as his legs rubbed against Qi Cong legs.

When Qi Cong froze and moved closer to the door.

“Qi Cong, change places with me.” Zhao Zhenxun, who was sitting in the back row, suddenly opened his mouth.

Qi Cong hurriedly answered, trying not to look at Gu Xun, who had a huge presence around him, and got up, preparing to bypass Gu Xun to change seats with Zhao Zhenxun in the back row .

The car suddenly started, and Qi Cong fell sideways uncontrollably. He wanted to reach out and grab hold of the back of the seat beside him to stabilize his body, but Gu Xun’s legs suddenly stretched out. His legs forced him to move, so his center of gravity became completely unstable as he leaned against Gu Xun.

Gu Xun supported Qi Cong’s waist in time, allowing Qi Cong to sit down on his lap then he intimately said, “Be careful.”

Arms against his chest, buttocks next to his thighs, Gu Xun’s high body temperature came through the fabric. His breath even sprayed directly behind his ears as he spoke, making Qi Cong jump up immediately.

Shen Jia’s eyes widened. Zhao Zhenxun, who had already got up from the back seat, frowned hard, while the producer in the copilot seat hurriedly said to the driver, “Drive more steadily, can’t you see that people haven’t been seated yet?”

The driver quickly responded and slowed down the speed.

Qi Cong took the opportunity to stand up firmly and changed positions with Zhao Zhenxun.

Until he sat down safely, Qi Cong’s heart beat couldn’t be suppressed. He looked at Gu Xun, who was exchanging pleasantries with the producer and sounded as usual, then he couldn’t help but tilt his head to rub behind his ear.

Was it an illusion? When he sat down just now, Gu Xun’s nose seemed to rub against…. 

He couldn’t help but raise his hand to scratch behind his ear again and wipe the sweat from his forehead.

It was hot.

His back stiffened.

Gu Xun’s palm over his waist was too hot.

 

……

 

Throughout the rest of the journey, Qi Cong kept his head down, concentrating on holding his cell phone and talking with Editor Cold Wind Like a Knife about his contract signing.

According to the contract, Jiangwang,.come will transfer all his novel data from the old website to the new one today. After the transfer is completed, all the money rewarded by those netizens can be withdrawn through the cash withdrawal system.

The popularity of the plagiarism incident has declined in recent days, and the rewarding behavior of netizens has decreased. According to Qi Cong’s estimation, at most, in three days this kind of rewarding behavior would stop completely. When he uploaded a chapter yesterday, he checked the total amount of reward he received had exceeded 650,000.

According to the sharing algorithm of jiangwang.com, after deducting their share and personal income tax from this 650,00 yuan, he will get over a little over 300,000 yuan.

Soon his mobile phone vibrated and Editor Cold Wind Like a Knife sent a new message

Editor Cold Wind Like a Knife: After the novel is moved to the new website, the data will be recalculated. The hits for “Chivalrous Bones” right now are over 500,000 people.  After removing the data from visitors and users who aren’t registered on the new website, the data of “Chivalrous Bones” will drop sharply. Prepare yourself.

Qi Cong had known this in advance, so he replied simply that he understood.

Editor Cold wind like a knife: After the data from “Chivalrous Bones” is moved to the new website, the novel’s information will be synchronized in the newly signed activity section of the old novel on Jiangwang’s app.  With the popularity of “Chivalrous Bones,” it will probably be on the top of the list. Now is the era of mobile phone traffic. The data will rise again. You will definitely be able to get 100,000 rewards, so write well.

This was the sixth time that Editor Cold Wind Like a Knife told him to“write well” since they established contact.

Qi Cong felt the kindness of the Editor Cold Wind Like a Knife, and soon replied again.

“Oh, I remember now, surname Jiang! Yes, right now the owner of the sponsorship brand of “Legend of the Youth” is a native of Haicheng. If you ask me, today young people are really powerful. I heard that Jiang Zhaoyan is the owner of Yanhuang Smart Homes, is less than 30 years old and started from scratch. In just three years his company has grown to its current size, and he will soon open a branch in Beishi, ah.”

Qi Cong stopped taping on his mobile phone and looked up at the producer.

“Who are you saying is going to sponsor “The Legend of Youth”? Jiang Zhaoyin?” Shen Jia’s reaction was faster than Qi Cong’s, his voice also rose. “Why is he sponsoring an ancient costume drama when he runs a smart homes business?”

The producer didn’t notice that Shen Jia’s tone was wrong and just thought that he was purely confused so he replied, “Hey, why else would it be? It’s because costume dramas have decent popularity. “Legend of Youth” is also a novel adaptation with its own popularity, while you are the leading actor Shen Jia. You don’t know how many people are watching us now, so we need to hurry and start shooting the drama ahead of schedule. If the sponsorship is decided one day later, it will be one day less of exposure, which will be a loss.”

Qi Cong frowned deeply.

Jiang Zhaoyan was going to sponsor the “Legend of Youth”? He wants to open a branch in Beishi?

There’s no way Jiang Zhaoyan didn’t know that “Legend of Youth” was starring Shen Jia, so why would he choose to sponsor his drama when there are so many other dramas? What does he want?

“This Jiang Zhaoyan,” Gu Xun suddenly spoke, speaking slowly. It was a bit too slow, “I’ve heard that he has recently cooperated with the Amber Interior Design Company?”

Qi Cong returned to his senses and looked towards Gu Xun, but because of his position, he couldn’t see Gu Xun’s expression.

Then he realized something in hindsight.

If Jiang Zhaoyan really sponsored “Legend of Youth,” then he was bound to cross paths with Jiang Zhaoyan again. Now there was even Gu Xun, who will film in the same city. He clenched his fists, his nails pinching into his flesh.

Would Gu Xun meet with Jiang Zhaoyan? Will he know about all the crazy things he has done in the past three years?

The producer and Shen Jia both looked towards Gu Xun and the producer seemed to realize that it wasn’t a good idea to discuss sponsorship like this, so his words became vague. “It seems like it, but I don’t know the details. Ah, we are almost at the Film and Television City. Which hotel are you staying at, Mr. Gu? We’ll take you there first. “

Gu Xun paused for two seconds before he replied, “I am staying at Dingli.”

Producer was stupefied for a moment and then smiled. “What a coincidence, we also are staying at Dingli.”

Ten minutes later, the car stopped at the door of Dingli Hotel, and a group of people got off one after another.

Kevin, Gu Xun’s assistant, and Yang Zeling, his agent, were at the door of the hotel and when they saw them get out of the car, they hurried to greet them.

Yang Zeling, Gu Xun’s agent, was a tall man in his mid-thirties, and a somewhat bandit-like appearance with a bald head. He didn’t look like an agent at all, but rather like a gang leader. He glanced at Gu Xun first, then went up to exchange pleasantries with the Producer, Zhao Zhenxun, and Shen Jia, intentionally or unintentionally not bringing Gu Xun with him.

Kevin took this opportunity to walk up to Gu Xun, his face full of disapproval. “Brother Gu, you-“

“Wait a minute.” Gu Xun interrupted Kevin’s words and walked to the trunk of the car. He reached out to help Qi Cong take down his suitcase and then looked over at Zhao Zhenxun and Shen Jia, who were still speaking to Yang Zeling. Leaning close to Qi Cong, he whispered, “You promised to have a meal with me. Contact me on WeChat?”

Qi Cong looked at the smiling Gu Xun and his mind flashed back to the day when they first met again. Gu Xun asked him if Jiang Zhaoyan was treating him well. Looking down, he squeezed the luggage handle and nodded. “Okay, we’ll be in touch. I’ll wait for you to contact me.”

This was the first time that Qi Cong offered to wait for Gu Xun to contact him since their reunion.

Gu Xun’s eyes widened slightly. Looking at Qi Cong, his smile obviously deepened. Then he looked over at Zhao Zhenxun and suddenly took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket and put it into Qi Cong’s hand. His voice dropped even lower. “I secretly brought it for you. I hope Zhao Zhenxun doesn’t control you by forbidding you from eating snacks. You…. I’ll get in touch with you when you finish eating this chocolate.”

 

The author has something to say: 

Gu Gu: Baby’s waist is really too thin. Hello, 110? There is a pervert here!

 

Edited by: Antiope1

 

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