Chapter 142: Gege Fei Still Likes Your Previous Salutation
In the hotel suite, the man sat on the sofa, smiling faintly as he looked at the chat page on the screen. Just now, a message had been retracted, and a new voice message had been sent.
It was the same sentence, but the final salutation had been changed:
“Yuqi said you’re very good at games, can you teach me, Gege Fei?”
Trying to cover up the tracks.
Gu Fei leaned lazily against the sofa back, his thin lips curving into a casual smile. His deep, sharp features softened slightly, and his calm eyes were filled with amusement.
He pressed the phone screen, his thin lips moving, calmly replying with a voice message: “Baby, Gege Fei still likes your previous salutation.”
After hearing this voice message, An Qingyan immediately blushed and covered his burning cheeks in shame. How could this happen? Wasn’t he fast enough in retracting the message?!
He simply pretended to be oblivious, tremblingly sending a message: [Mom called me down for lunch, talk later.]
After sending it, he immediately threw the hot potato-like phone onto the sofa and quickly turned to leave, like he was escaping.
It’s all Lu Yuqi’s fault, why did he have to say those two words, “Husband”!
Gu Fei, who didn’t receive a reply, silently made a mental note of it.
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A few days later, An Qingyan packed his bags to go to the Nine Continents drama crew.
His parents, of course, were reluctant to let him go, worried that their youngest son would suffer and get injured while filming, especially concerned about his lack of pain sensation. They even wanted to send a few bodyguards with him.
An Qingyan laughed wryly and refused. The company had assigned him two assistants, which was enough.
Nine Continents wasn’t starting filming yet. The actors had to participate in training first, including posture and martial arts movements. As a period costume wuxia drama, it naturally involved many fight scenes.
He had a dance background, so learning shouldn’t be too difficult.
“I’m really not at ease, YanYan. Filming is so hard…” Song Shuman’s brows were filled with worry. Filming period dramas involves wire work and other things. An Jing once broke his leg while filming.
An Jing comforted her, “It’s okay. I’ll go to the crew after a while. I’ll be watching over YanYan.”
He had spoken to Wu Weiguang, the director of Nine Continents, asking for any role he could play, as a family member appearance, free of charge. It was his younger brother’s first drama, so he naturally had to support him.
Wu Weiguang was naturally very happy. With An Jing’s current status, he couldn’t be easily hired even with money. Now that he offered himself, how could he refuse?
Since it was free, of course, he couldn’t just give him any role. He quickly thought of who An Jing would be suitable for: the final big boss villain of this drama. The role wasn’t too big or too small, but it spanned the entire drama.
Um…ratings guaranteed.
The main actors of this drama were young actors. The protagonist, Shen Tinghan, had his family exterminated and he seeks revenge, meeting four companions with different personalities along his path of revenge. The five of them travel together.
Besides Shen Tinghan, the other four companions were two men and two women.
A cold and aloof girl from a foreign land – Nan Li.
A quirky little girl, only eight years old but with superhuman strength – Liu Xiaoxiao.
A naive young master from a noble family who ran away from home to roam the Jianghu – Xie Xinghe.
And the proud and contradictory young master of the wolf tribe – Lin Xiao.
That evening, the crew booked a large private room at the hotel they were staying at for a meeting and dinner for the main actors. As the male lead, An Qingyan naturally had to attend.
He was introverted and shy, not very good at socializing. In his previous life, he was even more socially anxious, without even a single friend.
So, he was naturally a little nervous, worried that others might not like him. After all, he was just a newcomer from a talent show with no acting experience.
“YanYan, it’s about time, we should go down.” This was one of An Qingyan’s assistants.
The two assistants were personally chosen by his agent, Gao Feifei. One male and one female, both relatively lively, cheerful, and meticulous. An Qingyan got along well with them.
The crew seemed to have no shortage of money. The main actors were all staying in hotel suites. An Qingyan tidied his clothes in the room and then followed the assistants downstairs to the dining room.
The assistants didn’t follow him in. As soon as An Qingyan entered, a little girl in a princess dress bumped into him. She cried out, “Oops!” He quickly helped her up, kneeling down to look at her, “Little sister, are you alright?”
The little girl was only seven or eight years old, with two pigtails, big eyes, and a chubby, fair face, looking particularly cute.
This should be the young actress playing the role of Liu Xiaoxiao.
“I’m fine, it doesn’t hurt at all.” The little girl touched her nose, her big eyes sparkling as she looked at An Qingyan. She smiled sweetly and complimented him generously, “Brother, you’re so handsome.”
An Qingyan couldn’t help but touch her head. His gentle voice was filled with a faint smile, “Thank you, you’re very pretty too.”
He had a clean and refined appearance. When expressionless, he looked a little cold, but when he spoke, he was very kind and approachable, with the shyness and gentleness of a boy next door, making people naturally fond of him.
Several people were already in the private room. When they saw the young man enter, they all stood up to greet him. There was curiosity and amazement in their eyes, their reactions ranging from calm to enthusiastic, but there was no malice.
An Qingyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, somewhat reservedly shaking hands and greeting everyone.
“An Qingyan, right? I’ve heard of you before. I didn’t expect you to be even more handsome in person. I’m a fan of your brother, An Jing.”
The speaker was the actor playing Lin Xiao, the wolf tribe young master. His eyebrows were sharp and deep-set, and at first glance, he did have a wildness of a wolf tribe, but he was quite humble and gentle in person.
An Qingyan politely smiled, “Then I’ll have to ask my brother for an autograph for you.”
“Nice to meet you, nice to meet you.” Qin He enthusiastically shook hands with the clean and beautiful young man, curiously looking at him, even wanting to pinch his fair cheeks, “You’re so small, aren’t you still a minor?”
The young man shyly touched his nose, “I’m an adult, I’m nineteen.”
“Still so young, I’m three years older than you.” Qin He smiled brightly and sunnily, like a brother next door. “By the way, my name is Qin He, I play Xie Xinghe.”
It must be said that the casting of this drama was very thoughtful. An Qingyan had read the original work several times and was very familiar with the personality characteristics of each character. Not to mention acting skills, the appearances of these main actors were very close to the original work.
In the original work, Nan Li, the girl from the foreign land, was beautiful but cold.
The actress playing her was Han Yun’er, an eighteen-year-old girl. She herself was from a minority ethnic group and indeed had an exotic look. When not smiling, she looked very cold, but her personality was quite shy, like a girl next door.
The little girl playing Liu Xiaoxiao was Su Tang. She seemed to like An Qingyan very much, staying by his side since he came in. Now she was holding onto his clothes and sweetly said, “Handsome brother, Tang Tang wants to sit with you.”
“Okay.” An Qingyan smiled and touched her head again. The little girl was well-behaved and cute, and he liked her too.
The director hadn’t arrived yet, and the atmosphere among the few people sitting together was quite harmonious. Qin He, like An Qingyan’s second brother, An Yu, was a chatterbox, so it wasn’t awkward with him present. Everyone chatted casually, and it wasn’t awkward.
After about ten minutes, footsteps sounded outside the door. Everyone looked in that direction, and upon seeing the person, An Qingyan subtly frowned.
It was Duan Ci. An Qingyan had a strong impression of him because this person had sarcastically mocked him on the day of the audition. Didn’t this person fail the audition for the male lead? Why was he here?
“Everyone’s here so early.” Duan Ci slowly walked in, his gaze scanning the room, finally stopping on An Qingyan. “I won’t introduce myself. I believe everyone should know me, right?”
Duan Ci’s popularity was indeed quite high, higher than everyone except An Qingyan. Everyone politely greeted him with a smile. Qin He said bluntly, “Aren’t you the one playing the vicious villain?”
Duan Ci’s face stiffened instantly. He let out a light snort from his nostrils, not giving Qin He a single glance, and found a seat to sit down.
He did fail the audition for the male lead, but he wasn’t willing to lose to An Qingyan. So he went to the director again, saying he could play other roles, wanting to use his acting skills to beat An Qingyan and regain face.
Wu Weiguang originally didn’t want to use Duan Ci again, but after thinking about it, one role was indeed quite suitable for him.
That was the villain who kept causing trouble for the protagonist group. The role had a lot of scenes and was considered a main role. His audition performance was good, much better than when he auditioned for Shen Tinghan.
A few minutes later, director Wu Weiguang and several other leaders from the crew arrived. Everyone exchanged pleasantries for a while before sitting down to eat and drink, chatting as they ate, the atmosphere was quite lively.
An Qingyan didn’t drink well. He didn’t dare drink too much, only symbolically drinking half a glass of red wine and then drinking juice with little Su Tang. Everyone didn’t urge him to drink, seeing how young he was.
Duan Ci was quite well-behaved, not causing any more trouble for him, which was the best outcome.
When the dinner ended, it was already past eleven o’clock at night. Everyone had drunk quite a bit. Fortunately, they were staying upstairs, so they supported each other and left.
“My mom came to pick me up. Handsome brother, I’m going first.”
“Okay, see you another day.”
An Qingyan stood at the door of the private room, watching little Su Tang skip away. He was about to return to his room when a smiling voice reached his ears: “An Qingyan, you have to perform well. Don’t let everyone laugh at you…” Duan Ci put his hand on his shoulder and chuckled, “Or everyone will think you used backdoor methods to get in.”
“Don’t bother yourself.”
An Qingyan pushed away the other’s hand and left.