The girl had originally hoped that the one in his arms was just a sleepy brother, but she didn’t expect him to actually be his boyfriend!

Jiang Ruotang grumbled and turned his head in his arms, “I’m not petty at all!”

“Then I’ll give her my phone number now.”

“No.” Jiang Ruotang rubbed his eyes, still looking sleepy, but when he looked up, his eyes held a hint of warning.

The bus arrived, and Jiang Ruotang dragged Lu Guifan to the very back corner seat.

Gradually, the entire bus filled up. Most of the uncles and aunts gathered in the front rows, chatting enthusiastically.

On the other hand, Lu Guifan was surrounded by many young people.

Jiang Ruotang deliberately pulled down the brim of his baseball cap, adjusting the angle so that others couldn’t see his eyes, but he could pretend to be asleep and clearly observe the movements of others.

For example, in the front row diagonally opposite, someone was leaning sideways, placing their phone between the two seat backs, clearly taking pictures of Lu Guifan.

That guy looked like a photographer or something, because he had a professional camera hanging around his neck, probably a fan site photographer.

Jiang Ruotang thought to himself, “You can see through that old-fashioned pair of glasses to Lu Guifan’s handsome essence, you have good taste. Here’s a couple photo for you.”

Just as the other person pressed the button, Jiang Ruotang tilted his head, and his head landed squarely on Lu Guifan’s shoulder. Lu Guifan lowered his head sideways, and the moment he looked at him was captured.

There was also a pair of girls sitting next to Lu Guifan, one of whom was the one who had just wanted to ask for his phone number.

Although she knew Lu Guifan had a boyfriend, it didn’t stop others from enjoying the view.

Jiang Ruotang knew how enduring Lu Guifan’s looks were, so he clasped Lu Guifan’s fingers and squeezed hard.

Lu Guifan lowered his head and smiled, then turned to the girl and politely said, “Look at the scenery, don’t look at me.”

“Ah?” The girl was startled, her face instantly flushed, and she repeatedly said “I’m sorry.”

Lu Guifan raised the hand that Jiang Ruotang was holding, “It’s okay, I’m just afraid he’ll get angry.”

The girls were stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter.

“But we all think you’re so handsome! When you get to the film and television base, an agent will definitely notice you and ask if you’d like to be an artist.”

“Yeah, you’re so tall too! If you wore ancient costumes, you’d definitely look especially graceful!”

“Your nose bridge is so high! My uncle has the same black-rimmed glasses as you, but his always slide down, while yours stay firmly on your nose bridge—has anyone ever told you that your eyes are beautiful?”

Hearing this, Jiang Ruotang was both proud and happy.

“Yes, the first person in this world to tell me my eyes were beautiful was my boyfriend.”

Lu Guifan smiled, a rare occurrence when Jiang Ruotang was mentioned.

The girls laughed, “That’s right, your boyfriend is a handsome guy too! A very sleepy handsome guy!”

Jiang Ruotang could feel their kindness and tolerance, and he felt inexplicably happier.

Halfway through the journey, one of the girls got carsick and finally threw up at the gas station.

Jiang Ruotang nudged Lu Guifan with his arm, “There’s a motion sickness patch in the bag, can you get it for her?”

Lu Guifan lowered his head and carefully observed Jiang Ruotang’s expression, “Since it’s your kindness, you should give it to them.”

“They think you’re handsome. Just standing in front of them is enough to make them feel good and comfortable.”

Jiang Ruotang pushed Lu Guifan again, signaling him to go over.

Compared to the many misunderstandings Lu Guifan encountered in middle school, Jiang Ruotang was happy to see him understood and accepted by others.

Lu Guifan touched his head, then took the motion sickness patch to the pale-faced girl. Jiang Ruotang stood a short distance away with his bag, and he didn’t know what Lu Guifan said specifically, but the two girls smiled and waved at Jiang Ruotang, and even said “thank you” when they got on the car.

Just as Jiang Ruotang wished for the whole world to understand and be kind to Lu Guifan, Lu Guifan also wished the same for Jiang Ruotang.

The car drove for a while longer, finally arriving at the film and television base.

Just the ticket gate had a long queue. Jiang Ruotang glanced at Lu Guifan, feeling that their trip to the film and television base wouldn’t be too smooth.

Sure enough, after entering, there were film crews shooting in many places. Some fan site photographers and fans performed various tricks to capture their beloved stars, and even people climbed trees, which shocked Jiang Ruotang.

It was crowded everywhere, with tour group flags fluttering around. The places for taking photos and checking in had long queues. “Two minutes on the imperial chair, two hours for photos” was no joke.

As they passed over the arched bridge, Jiang Ruotang’s hat was even knocked off by a tourist’s parasol, almost falling into the moat below the bridge. Fortunately, Lu Guifan behind him was quick-witted, stretching out his arm to catch the hat and putting it back on Jiang Ruotang’s head.

Someone on the opposite bank saw this scene and exclaimed, “So handsome—”

Jiang Ruotang smiled, reaching back to grab Lu Guifan’s hand, but instead heard a hearty laugh.

“Oh, young man, are you trying to grab your sweetheart’s hand? You’ve got the wrong one!”

Jiang Ruotang quickly retracted his hand and repeatedly apologized. At this moment, someone squeezed next to him, an arm wrapped around his shoulder, directly pulling him forward.

As expected of Lu Guifan, his arm strength was still powerful, full of security.

They finally managed to get away from the crowd, and the aunt’s laughter still seemed to linger behind them.

Jiang Ruotang rubbed the tip of his nose: “How about… we go to Dad’s film set first…”

Lu Guifan also couldn’t bear to see Jiang Ruotang squeezing with others anymore, “Okay, I haven’t seen a filming set before anyway.”

Jiang Ruotang’s eyes curved into a smile again, and he took out his phone to send a WeChat message to Jiang Huaiyuan: [Dad, there are too many people at the film and television base. Guifan and I are almost squeezed into paper-thin figures. We’re coming to your set now. Tell the set manager to let us in to take a look, okay?]

They waited in place for a while, but Jiang Huaiyuan’s message didn’t come. He was probably in the middle of filming and wouldn’t check his phone until a scene was finished.

Jiang Ruotang looked at Lu Guifan apologetically, but Lu Guifan shook his head. Instead, he took out a tissue from his backpack and wiped the sweat from Jiang Ruotang’s neck.

“How about we go over there to eat something and rest for a bit.”

Jiang Ruotang looked up and saw an antique-style building with a tall pagoda. From the top of the pagoda, it looked like people were drinking and taking pictures inside, and they could also overlook the film and television base.

“I remember… the prices there are quite expensive.”

“Really? There should be ice cream.” Lu Guifan casually took Jiang Ruotang’s hand and walked towards it.

When the crowd was sparse, he held it loosely, but once it got crowded, Lu Guifan’s fingers would clench.

Whenever this happened, Jiang Ruotang would subconsciously look at Lu Guifan’s back, hoping the crowd would get more and more crowded, so Lu Guifan would clench even tighter.

Actually, Lu Guifan didn’t need to worry about holding Jiang Ruotang too tightly and hurting him.

Sometimes, such pain made Jiang Ruotang believe that the happiness at that moment was real.

Finally, they arrived at their destination. Unexpectedly, there was an elevator inside the building, and to go to the top of the pagoda, they had to make a reservation, otherwise, they would have to pay an extra hundred yuan per person for the sightseeing fee.

Jiang Ruotang really wanted to shout “They’re robbing us!” The Shengshi TV Tower only cost thirty-eight yuan to go up to the eighty-eighth floor!

Who knew Lu Guifan touched Jiang Ruotang’s head through his baseball cap: “Since we’re already here, let’s go up. I haven’t seen the full view of the film and television base yet.”

After paying, Jiang Ruotang and Lu Guifan entered the elevator. The coolness made Jiang Ruotang feel completely refreshed, and he let out a deep breath, feeling as if he had finally been saved.

Lu Guifan chuckled softly.

“What are you laughing at?”

“I was thinking if you were a puppy, you’d be panting desperately by now.”

“You’re the puppy!”

The elevator opened, and the top floor of this building was not very large, no wonder there was a limit on visitors.

The interior of the building was antique, and the exterior had a semi-open area.

There were quite a few fans willing to spend money, one by one setting up cameras with super long lenses against the outer wall, not knowing what they could capture.

Jiang Ruotang was already wilting from the sun, lying on a small table, squinting his eyes and enjoying the air conditioning. Lu Guifan, fearing he would catch a cold, took out the sun protection jacket from his backpack and covered him with it, then went to buy ice cream.

The ice cream set here was quite exquisite, arranged in layers like ancient architectural models, placed on a retro tray.

When Lu Guifan put down the tray, Jiang Ruotang held the spoon and looked left and right, reluctant to poke it.

“If you don’t poke it, it’ll melt anyway.” Lu Guifan jokingly poked off the top of the palace-shaped ice cream and extended it to Jiang Ruotang, “Your Majesty, please have the first bite.”

“Hehe.” Jiang Ruotang opened his mouth and ate the top of the palace.

What’s eaten is eternally owned.

The two stayed there for a while longer before Jiang Huaiyuan finally replied: [Son, where are you? I’ll have Xiao Xu pick you up!]

Jiang Ruotang slowly replied: [We’re in the tallest pagoda at the film and television base.]

After a while, Xiao Xu drove an electric scooter to pick them up.

Jiang Ruotang and Lu Guifan sat in the back of the car, shaded from the sun, with the summer breeze blowing by, carrying the heat. Jiang Ruotang leaned back against the seat, squinting his eyes, his bangs fluttering up and down with the electric scooter on the stone road. Lu Guifan watched him, and for some reason, he really wanted to hug him. However, with Xiao Xu driving in front, for traffic safety, Lu Guifan could only naturally rest one arm on the back of the seat, subtly moving it behind Jiang Ruotang’s back.

Jiang Ruotang was dozing off with his eyes closed when another bump caused the back of his head to rest on Lu Guifan’s arm.

He woke up slightly, turned his face to look at Lu Guifan, thinking Lu Guifan would be looking at the scenery on both sides, but unexpectedly, he was looking at him without any hesitation.

Jiang Ruotang smiled, and crooked his finger at Lu Guifan, as if he had something to say.

Although Lu Guifan already understood Jiang Ruotang’s subtle expressions and guessed what he wanted to do, he still approached him calmly and lowered his head.

Sure enough, Jiang Ruotang pecked him on the cheek, then showed a triumphant smile.

He thought Lu Guifan would be shy inside, but pretend nothing happened and sit back. Unexpectedly, the other party kept looking at him with deepening eyes. Just as the electric scooter bumped and swayed, Lu Guifan suddenly pulled down the brim of Jiang Ruotang’s baseball cap, and a kiss landed. Jiang Ruotang’s upper lip was parted, and something forcefully picked at him, but it happened so fast that Jiang Ruotang was stunned.

The electric scooter drove more and more smoothly, and Jiang Ruotang’s hat brim was pushed back to its original position by Lu Guifan, but his heartbeat was still like a trembling string.

This isn’t right!

He clearly wanted to make Lu Guifan blush, so why did he end up falling into Lu Guifan’s trap?

The key was that secretly kissing under the baseball cap was a scene Jiang Ruotang had designed before coming. Later, Lu Guifan was constantly watched by the passengers on the bus, which prevented Jiang Ruotang from finding a good opportunity to execute it… In short, he thought he was shameless, but in fact, he still had some shame.

Who knew that once they got on the electric scooter, Lu Guifan would get there first, making the baseball cap serve its true purpose.

Why?

Jiang Ruotang thought about it, then glared fiercely at Lu Guifan.

Who knew there wasn’t a trace of expression on Lu Guifan’s face.

He’s faking it, he’s really good at faking it!

The electric scooter avoided the tourist area and circled from the outside of the film and television base to Jiang Huaiyuan’s film crew.

This scene was called “Immortal Palace,” and the management during filming was very strict. In addition, “Drunken Immortal Platform” didn’t have any popular actors, so there weren’t too many fans or fan site photographers outside.

Inside the Immortal Palace, everything was pure white. Although it looked a bit shoddy upon closer inspection, the visual effects should be good after post-processing.

Jiang Ruotang pulled Lu Guifan and followed Xiao Xu to the filming location.

A winding pine tree stood in the center, surrounded by tracks and several cameras. The actors wore ancient costumes on their upper bodies and wigs, but several male actors had their lower garments open, revealing Hawaiian shorts and flip-flops. The strong contrast between immortal elegance and super sloppiness made Lu Guifan, who was visiting a film set for the first time, push up his glasses.

On the other hand, Jiang Ruotang was used to it. He pulled Lu Guifan inside, and as he walked, Jiang Ruotang looked for Ling Song.

Hey, where is this guy? Is the male lead not filming today?

Then why did he say he would only have time to meet after work in the evening when he made the appointment?

When he got near Jiang Huaiyuan, Jiang Ruotang realized that he was talking to the female lead about the script.

The female lead’s eyes were red, and she occasionally picked up a tissue to wipe the corners of her eyes. The makeup artist was also next to her, touching up her makeup, and an assistant was holding a parasol and a small fan for her. Although she wasn’t famous, she had all the necessary amenities.

Jiang Ruotang knew his father well; usually kind to people, but on set, he was like a king of hell.

He leaned towards the assistant director, whom he was somewhat familiar with, and whispered, “Uncle Liu, what happened? Did my dad scold the female lead?”

“How could he? Cheng Man couldn’t keep up with Ling Song’s acting, and the director called ‘cut’ several times. Then Ling Song said, ‘Can you be more invested in your emotions?’ and Cheng Man burst into tears.”

Jiang Ruotang chuckled with his hands in his pockets: “This female lead should really be grateful to Ling Song. If Ling Song hadn’t spoken, my dad wouldn’t have shown any mercy, and she would have been even more upset.”

The assistant director nodded, “As expected of his own son, you really understand your dad. It’s just that with Cheng Man’s tears, Ling Song looked like the bad guy. He probably didn’t want the female lead to dislike him, so he went to the back to read the script.”

Jiang Ruotang said “oh” and dragged Lu Guifan towards the back.

After searching for a long time, he finally found Ling Song in a corner. He was sitting on a small folding stool, his long legs bent to avoid tripping passing staff. To avoid getting his clothes dirty or wrinkled, he had to roll them up and place them on his lap. Only the eaves provided shade, and there was no small fan. He perfectly embodied the idea that a calm mind brings natural coolness, quietly reading the script as if he were in a world of his own.

He was probably too engrossed in reading, as Ling Song didn’t even notice Jiang Ruotang had arrived beside him.

It wasn’t until he turned the page of the script that Ling Song realized the sunlight reflected from the paper wasn’t as dazzling, and someone must have held an umbrella for him.

He looked up and saw Jiang Ruotang holding a black umbrella, smiling at him with curved eyes.

“You… why are you here?”

“If I didn’t come, how would I know what your situation is like on set?”

Ling Song hesitated to speak.