"With so many people here, what am I supposed to do? I'm so afraid of trending and getting scolded..."
She looked up at Pei Yan, her beautiful eyes shimmering with tears, reflecting his face.
She raised her slender hand, gently caressing his cheek, her touch as light as a dragonfly skimming the water.
"I feel so sorry for you. The injury on your face looks so scary and swollen... It must hurt a lot, right?"
Pei Yan: "..."
"I'm sorry."
Even though he was the one who got hit, with a red mark on his face from Gu Yu's fist, he bowed his head and sincerely apologized to Su Zhiyi, guilt sprouting like weeds in his heart.
"I'll talk to him alone later, but my friendship with him ends here."
"I'll respect your choices, and I'll make sure he does too."
"Don't worry, this won't affect you. Let me handle it. Focus on your acting."
"Mm..." Su Zhiyi wiped a tear from the corner of her eye.
"Don't do things like this anymore, okay? Seeing you hurt makes my heart ache."
She looked like she cared, but internally she was annoyed by these jealous men.
Can't these men just stay calm? Neither of them has any claim on her, yet they tear each other apart over her!
Pei Yan couldn't hear her thoughts. He only knew that her voice was gentle, like a cotton ball soaked in medicine, covering his wound, the medicine spreading and slowly healing his pain, making it disappear entirely.
"It won't happen again. Don't worry."
He promised Su Zhiyi.
Pei Yan's injury needed treatment. The director was afraid something might go wrong during their shoot and immediately announced that Pei Yan and Su Zhiyi's scenes would be filmed in two days. Today, they'd shoot the remaining scenes to avoid delaying progress.
After Pei Yan and Su Zhiyi left, the director, who had been tense, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"These two really... If today's events get out, it'll cause such a storm." Director Zhou sighed heavily.
He scanned the staff who had witnessed everything and gave a stern order.
"No one is to speak of what happened today!"
"If I hear about it spreading outside, and I catch whoever leaked it, you can forget about working in this industry again!"
Thinking of Pei Yan and Su Zhiyi, he hesitated, then said, "As for the Pei Yan and Su Zhiyi CP promotion... proceed with the original plan."
*
Pei Yan's face was injured. The doctor prescribed anti-inflammatory and swelling medication, saying it would take at least seven days to heal.
Since the injury was on his face, Pei Yan couldn't film for those seven days.
After that day, Pei Yan really did go to talk to Gu Yu alone.
Su Zhiyi didn't know what the two men discussed.
But after their talk, whenever Gu Yu chatted with her alone, they both tactfully avoided mentioning Pei Yan or what had happened that day.
Two days before Pei Yan's injury was about to heal, Su Zhiyi saw a trending topic related to her and Pei Yan.
#UncleLiterature YanYiCPIsSoSweet#
#Chang'anFerrySetSpoilers#
[EntertainmentCircleX: "Chang'an Ferry" set spoilers! Yumo smiles so sweetly at Xia Xu, and Xia Xu looks at Yumo with such adoring eyes. Little X feels like they're seeing the Sweet Girl+Cool Guy from "Melody of Love" again! Are you also looking forward to "Chang'an Ferry"? #Chang'anFerrySetSpoilers#
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Poll—Are you looking forward to "Chang'an Ferry"?
Looking forward.
Not looking forward.]
[XiaYuCPisReal: Brother Xia's eyes when he looks at Sister Yu are anything but innocent. Are they really dating?]
[EntertainmentCircleX: "Chang'an Ferry" spoilers are here again! Actor Pei makes a guest appearance as Regent Cheng Feng. Someone caught Pei Yan and actress Su Zhiyi on set. Did Pei Yan kiss Su Zhiyi? Is Pei Yan actually acting in a romantic scene?
Although Little X is shocked, both Pei Yan and Su Zhiyi have stunning looks—talk about a visual powerhouse combination!
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[NetizenA: Wait? Who's acting in a romance?]
[NetizenB: ? Did I read that right?]
[NetizenC: Wow, not only is Pei Yan acting in a TV drama, but he's also doing a romance?!]
[NetizenD: What the... Why would Pei Yan lower himself to act in a historical costume romance?]
[PeiYanTopFan: Brother Pei is just a guest star. It's not like he's really acting in a costume drama. He's joining another production next month, a movie directed by Director Lu.]
[NetizenE: As an original novel reader, I never expected the Regent to be played by Pei Yan. The Regent and the Grand Princess's CP is really sweet! I'm relieved it's Pei Yan!]
[NetizenF: I'm also a novel reader. I've heard of Su Zhiyi? I don't remember her well. I just searched her up—she's really pretty.]
[NetizenG: I'm a casual fan of Pei Yan and I've read the novel. Honestly... I think it's kind of sweet?]
[YanYanZi: Brother Pei just followed Su Zhiyi on Weibo and retweeted the official account. So Brother Pei knows about it. If he hasn't said anything, haters shouldn't stir up drama.]
Seeing that comment, Su Zhiyi was stunned.
Pei Yan followed her on Weibo?
She exited the trending page, opened the search bar, and typed Pei Yan's name.
She clicked into his profile, and under his name, it clearly showed "Followed back."
Pei Yan had followed her.
Su Zhiyi, on a whim, clicked to follow back.
She and Pei Yan now followed each other.