After the succubus became a fake young master that everyone disliked - Chapter 40

Chi Jing and Jiang Yucheng were officially together, but Chi Jing himself didn’t feel much about it.

After a two-day break, he received a notification from the crew of the swordplay drama, and he and Jiang Yucheng headed to the neighboring city where the shoot was taking place.

Director Xu attached great importance to this drama. He had even invested his own money to build a set and had scoured various locations with the assistant director to find natural shooting spots that fit the script.

Moreover, he meticulously consulted almanacs to select an auspicious date in mid to late August for the opening ceremony. However, before the ceremony, the main actors needed to come to the set for a costume fitting.

Although Chi Jing’s role had a small amount of screen time, it was still a crucial character. Therefore, Director Xu called him to join Jiang Yucheng for the costume fitting.

Since the makeup rooms were limited, he didn’t get a dedicated one. Considering that he was introduced by Jiang Yucheng, Director Xu simply placed him in Jiang Yucheng’s makeup room.

Now, Chi Jing was sitting next to Jiang Yucheng.

After several adjustments to the makeup, it was finalized with Director Xu’s approval. What remained were the hairstyle and costume.

After trying on several outfits, Chi Jing was sweating despite the air conditioning in the makeup room.

In the end, Director Xu decided on the third and final set of costumes: a vibrant red wide-sleeved outfit reminiscent of a modified version of the Northern and Southern Dynasties style, and another outfit with a white base and bamboo leaf patterns for a specific scene.

When Chi Jing emerged wearing the red outfit, Director Xu’s eyes lit up.

“This is Zhou Si!!!” he clapped his hands repeatedly, “Good, good, this is the one!”

With the costume settled, Chi Jing and the costume staff both sighed in relief.

Finally, no more changing outfits!

The easiest job was for the stylist. With a wig on, Chi Jing could sit and play on his phone, only needing to look up or turn his head when prompted by the staff.

Once everything was finished, it was time for the costume photos.

Taking these photos also required some acting skills, as actors needed to get into character, especially with their expressions and subtle facial movements.

But this wasn’t difficult for Chi Jing. It wasn’t because of his acting skills, but because he was so fitting for the role of Zhou Si. He didn’t need much acting—just standing there, he was Zhou Si.

He finished earlier than Jiang Yucheng, who had many more styling and makeup choices as the lead actor.

After the photos, Chi Jing intended to head back to the hotel directly. However, considering he was supposedly in a relationship with Jiang Yucheng, he thought he should do something intimate, so he suppressed his urge to return to the hotel and waited in the makeup room for him… for half an hour.

After half an hour, he abandoned his earlier thoughts and turned decisively to return to the hotel.

Jiang Yucheng observed all this.

He wasn’t so sentimental as to require Chi Jing’s constant company during makeup, but he enjoyed watching his conflicted expressions. Even Chi Jing himself didn’t realize how endearing his indecisiveness was.

After he left, Jiang Yucheng finally pulled his gaze away from where Chi Jing had been.

A makeup artist from Director Xu’s team, an old hand who had worked with him before, couldn’t help but tease, “Jiang seems to be watching Chi the whole time.”

The makeup artist expected him to dismiss it indifferently or not respond at all.

But when Jiang Yucheng’s single-word confirmation came, the makeup artist couldn’t believe his ears and even exaggeratedly checked his ears with his pinky.

He hadn’t misheard!

The makeup artist was astonished, having clearly heard the affirmation.

Recalling the recent rumors about them, he suddenly had an epiphany.

Chi Jing returned to his room alone and, after taking a shower, comfortably lay down on the bed.

With the air conditioning on and takeaway ordered, he decided to have crayfish for dinner.

When the takeaway arrived, he sat on the floor, set up a projector in the room, and enjoyed a movie while eating crayfish.

This time, he wasn’t just watching the plot; he focused on observing how actors used micro-expressions in their performances.

After watching two movies, four hours had passed. He had fallen asleep on the sofa with his head resting on the armrest before the second movie even ended.

When Jiang Yucheng returned and saw him sleeping on the floor with his upper body on the sofa, he frowned instinctively.

Seeing the crayfish leftovers on the coffee table, he knew that the packed supper he had brought would be of no use.

He carefully picked up Chi Jing, intending to carry him to bed.

The sudden lifting made him frown in his sleep and grumble, trying to turn—

But he couldn’t move.

Feeling more uncomfortable, he was about to wake up when he heard Jiang Yucheng’s soothing voice.

“Just keep sleeping. I’ll carry you to bed.”

Recognizing Jiang Yucheng’s voice, Chi Jing was too lazy to open his eyes and allowed him to carry him to bed.

The bathrobe he was wearing had a strong crayfish smell. Without a second thought, Jiang Yucheng removed the bathrobe and placed him in bed.

With the bathrobe off, Chi Jing was left in just his underwear.

The blanket was cool from the air conditioning, making it particularly comfortable to lie on.

He snuggled under the covers, stretching comfortably and exposing his shoulders and arms.

The bed linen, replaced by Mu Jingshan and his new assistant, was black-brown with light brown, making his skin appear strikingly pale.

Jiang Yucheng looked down at the movements under him, dutifully covering Chi Jing with the blanket before heading to the bathroom.

The moonlight, veiled by clouds, was scattered by the wind, casting a cold white glow on the hotel room floor, serene like flowing water.

A dreamless night passed.

Chi Jing didn’t have an early shoot.

More precisely, after the costume photos, he wouldn’t need to stay at the set for nearly half a month. His current presence was simply because he was still in a relationship with Jiang Yucheng.

Since Jiang Yucheng had given him so many manor villas, he couldn’t even manage the simplest act of companionship in a relationship.

But Chi Jing didn’t know that the day after he had the costume photos taken, photos of him and Jiang Yucheng making eye contact had spread all over Weibo.

With Mu Jingshan as his manager, he wasn’t entirely unaware of this.

At dusk, he was relaxing in the orange-yellow glow of the sunset when he heard Mu Jingshan’s loud knocking on the door, which completely interrupted his rare moment of drowsiness.

His brows slightly furrowed, and if Jiang Yucheng were there, he would know that he was somewhat displeased.

As Mu Jingshan entered, he immediately raised his phone and, panting slightly, exclaimed, “Chi Jing, you’re trending again!”

Chi Jing, like a ghost, floated back to the lounge chair, sipping tea slowly.

The tea was brewed by Jiang Yucheng’s assistant. Without it, he could have slept the whole day in the hotel room.

“Am I a trending topic subscription user?”

Mu Jingshan: “Not just you, but also Jiang Yucheng.”

“To be precise, both of you are trending again.”