Screen Partner

Chapter 31 (End)

Xu Zheyi mulled over the situation in his mind all night, then finally decided that in order to catch the thief, he first had to capture the king. He left the room early in the morning and headed downstairs to the hotel lobby to keep watch.

Their director was the same one who was involved in the shoot in Taiwan, and he was immediately blocked by Xu Zheyi. At that time, he could not help but use his awkward Chinese to make a joke, “Sorry, I don’t accept the unspoken rules1.”

Looking at him boldly, Xu Zheyi cut straight to the point, “Director, wait a minute. For Ruka’s shoot, can I…”

“Can’t,” the director rebuffed, “I’m sorry, even you can’t sit on the sidelines.”

“I’m not going to sit on the sidelines,” Xu Zheyi quickly explained, “I’m going to lend a hand…”

“There have been so many people volunteering to help Ruka recently. Some of them are even willing to pay for it. If we…” the director frowned and his face showed a puzzled expression, “I don’t understand how that boy has so much charm.”

…Yeah, I don’t know either. Xu Zheyi gnashed his teeth in frustration, then continued his efforts to lobby the director, “But director, I’m not like those people.”

“What’s the difference?” The director asked, perfunctorily, and entered the elevator that had just arrived. Xu Zheyi quickly followed him and displayed a flattering smile.

“I’m the only one on the cover of the film. No one else can claim that.”

At that time, the director finally looked at him with mild interest, rubbed his smooth chin, and said,”Go on then.”

As soon as Xu Zheyi stepped into the room, he immediately saw Ruka in there, wearing only a bathrobe.

Although everyone in the background was very busy, he merely sat on the bed like an arrogant idler. He was still bleary-eyed as he bit into a sandwich. In the end it was not clear if he had actually woken up.

Nevertheless, Xu Zheyi actually found his somewhat foolish behaviour quite cute. It was possible that there was no cure for his sickness.

“Hey, give me a bite,” demanded Xu Zheyi as he leaned over and squeezed in beside Ruka.

Ruka stared at him for two seconds before he said, “You’ve got the wrong shooting time.”

“Do I? What are you doing here?” Xu Zheyi gave a frustrated snort, then vented his anger by aggressively biting Ruka’s sandwich.

At this point, Ruka’s face gave the game away, clearly showing that he had a guilty conscience. Xu Zheyi took advantage of that to pursue and attack, and asked him, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

“…I forgot,” Ruka answered lightly. Xu Zheyi was so angered by this answer that his teeth were itching, and then he had to listen as Ruka continued, “Anyways, this is nothing.”

This time, Xu Zheyi felt like he wanted to throttle the other man for a moment.

Ruka was aware that Xu Zheyi was unhappy based on his silence, but he was a rookie at love and could not bring himself to spout any false platitudes. He shoved the sandwich into Xu Zheyi’s mouth like it was a plug and made Xu Zheyi appear ridiculous. Finally, pretending to be evil, he said, “You wait for I, your father.”