Cāi Cāi

Chapter 71: Act IX: The Secret That Cannot Be Told (5)

Xiang Cai set off for the tour. The house that was originally just right for the two people was now empty.

Tan Yiming's life returned to the way it was half a month ago: eating alone, cleaning the room alone, and facing an empty, dark living room after work.

When there was nothing to do, he would watch a movie. The curtain lowered, the drapes were pulled, and the small living room became a dim home theater.

The lights and shadows changed on the huge screen, and wonderful movies were staged in turn. However, when Tan Yiming looked and watched, he was always distracted.

He couldn't help but think of that evening, when the boy stood there barefoot and used his body as a paintbrush and the curtain as the stage, spinning - constantly spinning.

Tan Yiming couldn't look away from the boy at all. He was like a swan spreading its wings, every move breathtakingly elegant and beautiful.

That scene was deeply imprinted in Tan Yiming's mind. No matter what he was doing, that figure spinning like the wind would abruptly jump into his world.

Tan Yiming missed him, the feeling etched into his bones.

The man formed new habits.

He began to pay attention to the weather forecast, and, according to the tour schedule, checked the local weather conditions in turn; he began to refresh Weibo frequently, just to check if there were re-posts of the day's show; he also went to the official website of Happy Pancake to check the remaining tickets of the show, worried that when Xiang Cai appeared on the stage, he would be sad to see the empty auditorium.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly.

Or ... it went too smoothly.

The show, First Love Is Now, was produced by Happy Pancake Company. It had been released for over a year. The script had been refined, and a total of four crews were touring the country at the same time according to the south, east, north, and west regions.

As the name suggested, it was a very sweet romantic comedy, and the male and female protagonists would naturally have a lot of physical contact.

Many audience members praised the sense of CP from the male and female protagonists. From campus to wedding dresses, from pencils and erasers to chai, rice, oil, and salt - every move was full of sweet and sour breath of love.

[T/N: chai, rice, oil, and salt = an idiom meaning daily necessities, like food, clothing, housing.]

The final curtain call was even more ingenious: the male protagonist picked up the female protagonist in a wedding dress and jumped from the stage to the audience. The heroine leaned in his arms, slowly dismantled the bouquet in her hand, and threw the flowers one by one to lucky audience members.

Photos could be taken during the curtain call, so many viewers on Weibo shared this extremely romantic scene.

Some comments said-

"I've seen the cast perform the first version before in Shanghai. This time, when I saw that we actually had it, I quickly bought front row seats! I found out that the actor was an actor I hadn't heard of before after I purchased it, so I was a little worried. When I saw it, I laughed so hard my cheeks went stiff!!! The confession on the school radio station, the acknowledgement in the graduation thesis, and the last wedding princess carry!!!! This girl's heart died and came back to life!!!

"None of the other tour groups had this curtain call!!! Listening to the staff, I heard them say that it was the male protagonist who took the initiative during rehearsal!!! He carried the heroine all the way from the stage to the auditorium, and when the heroine gave flowers to the audience, he looked jealous!"