It was originally planned to continue filming the argument scene, but it suddenly started to rain outside. Director Baek was hesitating whether to continue filming when a mysterious investor suddenly called and said he wanted to discuss investment matters for other movies with him.

The old man was overjoyed and immediately set off, leaving the crew behind.

So the filming was suspended, and the actors had free time. Qi Huai and Yoon Nam-hyuk’s hot pot date was naturally brought forward.

The sound of rain seemed to go well with hot pot, and beef hot pot was even better. Yoon Nam-hyuk, who hadn’t had dinner with Qi Huai for a long time, only now realized that this guy had actually prepared a set of pots and sauces specifically for beef hot pot in the RV.

“…You really love beef hot pot.”

Yoon Nam-hyuk was dumbfounded, so slow that it made Qi Huai laugh.

“What are you laughing at?” Yoon Nam-hyuk muttered in dissatisfaction.

“Laughing at you for being heartless,” Qi Huai said.

“Me? Heartless? That’s ridiculous,” Yoon Nam-hyuk was annoyed.

He thought to himself, I’m the one who’s on pins and needles. You’re the one who’s heartless. After a whole night of indulgence, you forgot all about me the next day. You only remembered me when it was time to eat beef hot pot.

There was resentment in his words. Qi Huai smiled and said nothing, making hot pot in the narrow kitchen of the RV.

During the day, he filmed, and at night, he would occasionally use his computer to check various software and program architectures. In order to protect his eyes, Qi Huai often wore a pair of anti-blue light glasses in private.

The frame was made of tortoiseshell pattern and metal, which didn’t make him look like a nerd, but rather gave him a sharp and ascetic feeling, exuding a more mouth-watering carnal desire than the beef balls.

Yoon Nam-hyuk’s heart thumped. All his resentment was easily resolved by the other’s smile. How pathetic.

The steaming hot air rose. Qi Huai, who was wearing glasses, dodged it, took a white radish and cut it on the dining table. As he cut, he said to Yoon Nam-hyuk, who was sitting next to him, “Sunbae, can you help me take off my glasses? My hands are wet.”

“Oh…” Yoon Nam-hyuk got up and obediently helped him take off his glasses. He was already used to listening to the other’s instructions in the kitchen. He would do whatever Qi Huai asked him to do, almost as a subconscious reaction.

Their eyes met. Yoon Nam-hyuk’s ears turned hot, and he couldn’t help but look away.

Qi Huai’s lips curved. He slid his index finger down Yoon Nam-hyuk’s nose, getting water all over his nose.

Yoon Nam-hyuk was startled. “Mmm!”

Cold.

Qi Huai lowered his head and continued to cut the white radish, smiling. “I wanted to say it when we were filming today. Your skin is really good, senior.”

Today’s filming was all kissing scenes. Saying this in private was almost no different from harassment. Yoon Nam-hyuk was dumbfounded. After a long while, he hummed and said, “You too…”

Qi Huai stared at him. Yoon Nam-hyuk was so stared at that his back broke out in a sweat. “What’s wrong? What are you looking at me for?”

Did I say something wrong?

“Nothing,” Qi Huai started cutting the radish again.

Yoon Nam-hyuk was extremely confused. He felt that Qi Huai was saying A one moment and B the next. His thinking was erratic and his behavior was also erratic. In short, he was not the same as the Qi Huai he knew, but he couldn’t say what was different.

He was a little scared.

He felt that this hot pot meal was like a Hongmen banquet.

Slices of white radish were thrown into the pot, like floating jade plates. In addition, there were beef balls, corn, shiitake mushrooms, spinach… all things that Yoon Nam-hyuk loved to eat.

“Did you buy these today?” Yoon Nam-hyuk was a little surprised.

The set was not close to the supermarket, but the spinach was very fresh, so it was probably bought on the same day.

“Mm,” Qi Huai nodded.

Yoon Nam-hyuk pursed his lips. “Isn’t it raining? Why did you still go to buy vegetables? Did your assistant buy them?”

“I bought them,” Qi Huai smiled. “But I bought them in the morning, it wasn’t raining then.”

Yoon Nam-hyuk was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard Qi Huai continue, “I’ve been wanting to invite you to eat hot pot for a long time, senior, but I don’t know what’s been going on with you lately. You always run away after filming, and you don’t talk to me much either. I don’t know when you’re free, and I’m afraid you won’t be able to eat fresh vegetables when you’re free, so I go to buy them every morning. It’s a coincidence today, you’re free, and I’m very happy.”

Ev-every day?

It’s been almost a month since we started filming…

Yoon Nam-hyuk was instantly filled with guilt. He felt that he, who had been hiding every day and not daring to face Qi Huai directly, was simply not human. “I’ve caused you trouble… why didn’t you send me a message or call me? I was just too focused on the script recently, and I tend to get lost in my own world. If I saw your message, I would have replied.”

Qi Huai laughed out loud. “Really? Senior, if you lie, you’re a little dog.”

Woof…

Yoon Nam-hyuk was too embarrassed to speak.

Indeed, even if Qi Huai had sent him a message, he would have pretended not to see it. Not to mention eating hot pot, he had been avoiding Qi Huai for a while. The moment the director shouted “cut,” he would run away, and he would even only eat his three meals in his own RV.

Come to think of it.

Does Qi Huai know I’m avoiding him?

Yoon Nam-hyuk’s pupils trembled instantly. He couldn’t help but swallow, feeling his heart being roasted on a fire.

What was the purpose of this meal?

Qi Huai didn’t wait for an answer and wasn’t angry. He smiled, set the bowls and chopsticks, and beckoned Yoon Nam-hyuk to sit down. “Don’t be afraid, Sunbae. I don’t eat people.”

Actually, Qi Huai was quite happy.

Although his emotions had indeed been growing day by day, and even this morning his mood was not good, after a few kissing scenes, his heart was about to melt.

That morning, he mostly guessed that his Sunbae was shy, and that was why he suddenly ran away.

As for what to do next, Qi Huai had been waiting for many years. A few more days didn’t matter. So he did nothing and said nothing, patiently waiting for his Sunbae to sort out his emotions. Otherwise, what if he scared him away?

But in the next few days, Qi Huai felt that he had thought wrong. His sunbae just wanted to run away.

He was still professional when filming. His emotions and skills were all stable. But the moment the director shouted “cut,” he would disappear in a flash, or he would immediately discuss the script and camera angles with the director, giving him no chance to get close.

Why?

Qi Huai was puzzled.

Eat and run, without even a word.

Are you afraid I’ll cling to you?

In the following days, Qi Huai became more and more unhappy. He increasingly felt that Yoon Nam-hyuk only regarded him as a junior who was good at cooking hot pot.

Now that he was tired of hot pot and the junior, he avoided him like the plague, afraid that the junior would become a piece of chewing gum that would stick to his shoe even after the flavor was gone.

Annoying.

I want to teach him a lesson.

Just like that, Qi Huai held back his unhappiness until the day of the kissing scene. The two of them had many intimate scenes, and the set would be cleared, so it was a good opportunity to talk.

Unexpectedly, there was a surprise.

His senior, on the surface, avoided him like a snake, but in reality, he was shy when they made eye contact. He would blush with just a simple kiss, and his ears would also turn red. After a few more kisses, his protective gear would pop open, and his eyes would also become wet.

Qi Huai didn’t even need to reach out and touch. He knew that the wet place on the other was not just his eyes. He was like a ripe and juicy tropical fruit, brightly colored, sweet, and sticky.

Sure enough, Qi Huai thought, I made you feel so good that night, didn’t I? To the point where you react with just a simple touch now.

Once a person has had a taste, they will want to have it again. If they want to eat but can’t, they will even dream about it.

Qi Huai thought to himself, if you had resisted that day and I hadn’t eaten my fill, I could have endured for a while longer. Now that it’s done, if I can still endure, I’ll probably become an immortal.

From this perspective, Yoon Nam-hyuk’s worry was not wrong. This meal was indeed a “Hongmen banquet.”

“Are the meatballs delicious?” Qi Huai asked.

Yoon Nam-hyuk couldn’t swallow his food, but the taste of the beef balls was as good as ever. He nodded. “Delicious, the white radish is also delicious. It’s cooked just right, thank you.”

“So polite,” Qi Huai sighed. “Except for that morning.”

Yoon Nam-hyuk: “…”

He seemed to have a premonition. His eyes suddenly widened.

Qi Huai didn’t disappoint him. The next sentence was, “Is it still swollen down there? Sunbae.”

The white radish fell into the bowl with a “plop.” The spicy sauce splattered on the corner of Yoon Nam-hyuk’s lips. He asked with a trembling voice, “What did you say?”

Wasn’t he asleep?

He remembers it was me? Then why has he been acting as if nothing happened for so long since the filming started!

Perhaps Yoon Nam-hyuk’s shock was too obvious. Qi Huai immediately understood. His silly sunbae seemed to have imagined something not quite right…

Qi Huai wiped the sauce from the corner of Yoon Nam-hyuk’s lips, his index finger sliding down to hook his Adam’s apple, and raised an eyebrow. “You didn’t think I didn’t know it was you, did you?”

Yoon Nam-hyuk was speechless, just staring.

“…” Qi Huai said with uncertainty, “Really? You really thought so? That’s why you’ve been ignoring me?”

Yoon Nam-hyuk was ashamed and angry. “What’s with that expression! What do you mean! We-we didn’t even use a condom when we did it, and you weren’t awake in the morning! How would I know you knew?!”

Qi Huai was stunned and burst out laughing.

Yoon Nam-hyuk: “Don’t laugh!”

Qi Huai suppressed his laughter, but his face was still filled with amusement. “Yes, we didn’t use one,” he stared at Yoon Nam-hyuk’s lower abdomen, “and that’s why it’s strange, isn’t it? I shot so much, but it was clean in the morning. Didn’t you ever wonder why, sunbae?”

“…”

Qi Huai leaned closer and chuckled. “You passed out from how good I made you feel, sunbae. Did you forget? I carried you to the bathroom to wash you clean. You didn’t wake up even after all that trouble. Then I held you and slept all night… it seems you’re the one who doesn’t remember anything, sunbae.”

Yoon Nam-hyuk’s face was flushed.

He didn’t remember at all.

“I thought you didn’t like me, sunbae,” Qi Huai sighed.

Yoon Nam-hyuk didn’t dare to look Qi Huai in the eye at all. He thought to himself, it’s more than like. You moved into my house at first, and then you moved into my heart. I’m crazy about you.

But how could liking be so simple?

Mutual affection was always just the first step.

They had a big age gap, their work and long-term residence were different, and Qi Huai didn’t even plan to develop in the entertainment industry. He couldn’t help much with the other’s work, and he didn’t even understand the relevant professional terms.

If they got together just because of a momentary novelty, once the passion faded, there might be endless trouble…

“Sunbae,” Qi Huai suddenly said, “I’m planning to move to Seoul. I’ll move after this drama is filmed. I’ve already bought a house. It’s bigger, with three bedrooms, enough for two people to live comfortably. It’s very close to where you live now, so you won’t have to adapt to a new living environment.”

Yoon Nam-hyuk’s heart pounded. “You… what do you mean?”

“Senior, try dating me,” Qi Huai squatted on the ground, held Yoon Nam-hyuk’s hand, and looked up at him. “I’ve liked you for a long time. I promise you, besides the fact that we like each other, there are no other obstacles between us.”

Distance was not an obstacle, age was not an obstacle, public opinion was not an obstacle, and even their careers would not be an obstacle, because Qi Huai had opened a film and television investment company in Korea, and they would have common topics.

“Okay.”

Yoon Nam-hyuk surrendered in just three seconds.

His cheeks were flushed, and he was overjoyed. He felt very lucky. Yoon Nam-hyuk regarded Qi Huai as a gift from the god of luck, worthy of being cherished for a lifetime.

Qi Huai also felt very lucky, but his luck was something he had worked for step by step. He had planned carefully and slowly, and finally got the person he wanted in his arms.

As for their fate from childhood, Qi Huai decided to tell Yoon Nam-hyuk about it little by little in the future, as a surprise to add to their happiness.