Chapter 41.2

Proofreader: Lore

However, that second one isn’t a kitty but a person ah.

Xia Rong tutted and left Su Chi’s microblog, then he also sent a post:

【Xia Rong V: Men should be handsome! #Liang Shanbo and Romeo# #Su Chi Liang Shanbo and Romeo# [muscle] [picture] [picture]】

As he was too lazy to type out all those long topics, he simply directly copied it from Su Chi, then edited it before sending it out. He even added two pictures taken during the recording process that had been sent to him after the fact by one of the program’s staff. Because it was taken after a bout of strenuous exercise, in the picture, he was sweating slightly while his clothes were light. Looking at it, he seemed both heroic and handsome.

—To describe him, of course, only the words ‘cool’ and ‘handsome’ should be used. How could his favor ever be curried with words like ‘cute’?

Feeling very smug in his heart, Xia Rong didn’t expect that as soon as he refreshed the comments, they were almost all—

【[please allow me to make a sad face] Rongrong, you copied the wrong topic】

【Wake up! Rongrong! You forgot to change the topic after copying it!! 】

【@Xxxx, hurry, come and see! Xia Rong copied Su Chi’s microblog but forgot to change the topic ahahahah…】

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Xia Rong: …!!!

He quickly deleted the just-sent microblog and retyped one. This time, he only tapped down on the confirmation to send it out after having checked it again and again, completely positive that there was nothing wrong.

Less than a minute after being posted, the hottest comments were given full-screen coverage by the “hahahaha ha, let me laugh” group. In particular was the ranked first comment, which seemed particularly eye-catchy—

【Su Chi: [doge]】

Xia Rong threw his cell phone in anger and decided, for a short period, he will not pay any attention to this guy!

Then a light tone sounded, it was a custom notification tone from WeChat:

【Su Chi: Even if it will be broadcasted¹I can’t tell if this “even if broadcast” has some underlying implications. I’m not sure whether Su Chi is just referring to Liang Ou., you still need to stay calm. [kitten_rubbing_face.gif]】

Although Xia Rong did not reply, he couldn’t help but begin to think back: When exactly did he set the other as someone special?

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The Orange TV in-house idol drama broadcasted all the way until five minutes past 10:00 PM. Xia Rong was bored to death, so he even watched it as it went into the ending song. But then, probably because the TV station wanted to save some time, they directly went to play the promotional song of 《Liang Shanbo and Romeo》, cutting off the idol drama’s ending.

The propaganda song was recorded by six of them separately. Only a small segment was played at the beginning of the variety show. One person said it. The melody was light and lively, and soon brought people into a comfortable and comfortable variety atmosphere.

After watching such a heavy domestic idol drama with poor, dim lighting for a long time right before, the sudden shift to the program practically lit up the viewers’ eyes:

Not only had the program adopted the broadcast method of Korean variety shows, but they had also paid a lot of money to invite a professional Korean idol drama’s lighting team. So the pictures were clear, the tone was fresh and elegant, and even when filming on the street, every person’s skin seemed bright and clear – with just a glance and the audience would feel warmed.

With such exquisite lighting and image quality, it was no wonder that the program decided to use “Feast for Face-cons” as one of the marketing selling points.

After a brief recap of the previous episode, the scene jumped straight to the end of the previous episode一 the shot that was left for the audience to have a heated discussion on.

However, maybe because there was continuity in the previous episode, that this shot had sparked people’s anger and indignance; yet, this episode, as it began with bright sunlight, mottled shadows from the trees, two men gazing at each other, coupled with soft and romantic background music, it suddenly made people feel as if they were in a trance of it being an oil painting of spring.

The camera slowly closed in, focusing on Xia Rong who was pressed against the tree.

Xia Rong saw himself on the screen, where his lips were slightly quirked into a smile as he raised one hand in surrender. “I was wrong, I’m returning the cat back to you.”

Xia Rong: This father’s so TMD handsome!

By the time Xia Rong successfully got to the point where he couldn’t not sigh for the fact he was too handsome, the camera turned to the opposite Su Chi. The other raised his hand to take the backpack in Xia Rong’s hand, then looked gently back at him and said a low, “Thank you.”

…Who is this person? Why hadn’t I felt he was so handsome at that time?!

Immediately after, Xia Rong saw himself again, where he obviously wanted to reveal a smile but then pressed it back down. “You’re welcome.”

Seeing it now, in fact, he might have felt it… But at that time, he simply hadn’t paid it any attention.

Who knows whether it was the miraculous editing or the magic from their dialogue, but from watching the short and simple exchange between these two people just now – which when added together weren’t even twenty characters and didn’t exceed ten seconds – it actually allowed that sullen and stifling feeling brought about by the last episode to instantly completely vanish.

There were no further tricks in the editing afterward, basically no great difference from what Xia Rong can remember. The post-production was once again the post-production that deserved countless brownie points, with its digging into the details, timely explanations, moe-ified images, rich character designs, perfect control of the intense competition’s rhythm, especially the last stage of the costumed obstacle race. The entirety had both tensity and relaxation, bringing both smiles and tears… Where the tears were shed from laughing too hard.

Just like this, over an hour passed by without him being conscious of it. In the blink of an eye, Tang Feifei – “Juliet” – leisurely appeared on the screen then chose Ye Mang as her co-star in the performance, leading to the “happy ending” that they filmed afterward to start playing: As there was a small dog that had sent letters back and forth for Romeo and Juliet, they managed to communicate properly and finally eloped on a moonless, windy night.

When the TV screen slowly faded to black and the line “And they lived happily ever after…” emerged in the center, Xia Rong thought that the episode was more or less over, so he picked up the cell phone that he had put aside, preparing to browse through Weibo to take a look at the direction the comments were blowing.

“No! In fact, the show is not over yet!” An unexpected narration suddenly sounded and background music also suddenly lightened up. The narration continued, “The program group has secretly left behind an easter egg…”

Xia Rong looked up and just so happened to see the scene of a door being pushed open.

Then his own face reappeared on the screen.

Inside the room, the curtains were still closed, so the lighting was dim, and the bedding on the large bed was messy. Xia Rong with slightly messy hair that didn’t cause him to lose any of his handsomeness was standing by the bed, he smiled at the camera in surprise. “Ah… The shooting is starting this early?”

The camera turned. In the same room, another person came out from the back—

Su Chi was using a white towel from the hotel to wipe his hair, a hairdryer in one hand. His expression seemed a bit stunned with a little bit of embarrassment. He asked with a smile: “…The recording is starting this early²Personally, I found the phrasing between Xia Rong and Su Chi’s questions to be suspiciously similar. I tried to reflect that in the translation. But this might not be consistent with the previous translator’s work. The respective raws: Xia Rong [“啊……这么早就开始拍了吗？”] Su Chi [“……这么早就开始录了？”]?”

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  I can’t tell if this “even if broadcast” has some underlying implications. I’m not sure whether Su Chi is just referring to Liang Ou. ↩︎
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  Personally, I found the phrasing between Xia Rong and Su Chi’s questions to be suspiciously similar. I tried to reflect that in the translation. But this might not be consistent with the previous translator’s work. The respective raws: Xia Rong [“啊……这么早就开始拍了吗？”] Su Chi [“……这么早就开始录了？”] ↩︎