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Last edited 7/13/21.

Jiang Mo Chen’s scenes finally ended at 11PM.
His two assistants handed him clothes and water respectively.
Jiang Mo Chen took them and glanced at Yan Qing Chi who sat on a chair, indicating that it was time for him to leave.

Yan Qing Chi got to his feet and followed after him (JMC) into the hotel at a distance.

Yan Qing Chi didn’t go to Jiang Mo Chen’s room immediately.
Instead, he waited for a while before he went over.

Jiang Mo Chen was puzzled by his actions, “What took you so long?”

“Nothing, don’t we have to avoid arousing suspicion?”

“There’s no need to be so deliberate.
Even if it was two people who didn’t know each other, it’s normal to become familiar with one another once you’re in the same filming crew.
Moreover, you and I are in the same company.
In this cast, only the two of us are artists from Nan Cheng.
On top of that, I’m your senior.
It’s normal for you and I to have a good relationship.”

Yan Qing Chi instantly internally commented, ‘Oh, so it could be like that.’ He sighed, “I don’t know these things.
I’ve never experienced these things before.
I thought that when you said we had to hide our relationship when we’re filming, we really had to act like we didn’t know each other for the whole time in front of other people.”

Jiang Mo Chen was helpless, “Of course we need to hide our marriage relationship, but this doesn’t mean that we are complete strangers for the whole duration.
Understand?”

“Since you put it like that, I understand now.”

Jiang Mo Chen was quite tired after filming for a day.
Hence, he unbuttoned his buttons and asked, “Are you going to shower first or am I?”

“We’re sleeping together today too?”

“Why else would I let you come to my room?”

“You mean it wasn’t to return my phone?”

At this time, Jiang Mo Chen recalled that Yan Qing Chi’s phone was still with him.
He nodded, “Speaking of which, I don’t think I allowed you to speak.”

Yan Qing Chi was practically speechless, “You—”

He had just uttered a “You” when Jiang Mo Chen pointed a finger at him, “You’re not allowed to speak.”

Resigned to his fate, Yan Qing Chi flipped the middle finger at Jiang Mo Chen and entered the bathroom to take his shower. 

Jiang Mo Chen snickered at his reaction.
He took out Yan Qing Chi’s phone which he had stowed in his pocket and discovered that unexpectedly, the other man’s lock screen was a simple landscape picture.
‘He seriously has no taste,’ Jiang Mo Chen thought, then he set the phone aside.
 

Yan Qing Chi showered for a while before he came out in a bathrobe.
As he toweled his hair dry, he indicated that Jiang Mo Chen could go in now.

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“I put the phone on the bed for you.”

Yan Qing Chi nodded.

He padded over to the bed, picked up his phone, unlocked it, and took a seat in one fluid movement.
There weren’t any urgent messages; they were all the usual WeChat messages from home.
Yan Qing Chi put his towel down and began to compose replies.

When Jiang Mo Chen came out from the bathroom, he was met with the sight of Yan Qing Chi sitting under the blankets with his head down as he fiddled around with his phone.

He walked over and peered at the other man’s phone.
Unexpectedly, Yan Qing Chi was posting on Weibo.

“Posting on Weibo at this time?” Jiang Mo Chen asked.

“Yup.
Mei-jie told me to remember to take time and post on Weibo, but I always forget.
I haven’t made another post since the day we started filming.”

“If you don’t want to post or don’t know how to, you can give your account to He Fei and let him do it for you.”

“Little He did make the offer, but I don’t really like other people logging into my account.
Anyway, I’m not popular right now so I might as well do it personally now.
In the future when I am popular, I’ll let Little He do it.”

“That works.
Just be careful that it doesn’t become part of your dark history after you become popular.”

“Don’t worry, I’m aware.” Yan Qing Chi smiled.

Jiang Mo Chen looked at him and abruptly asked, “What’s that that you got in your mouth?”

“Candy.”

“It’s night, we’re about to sleep, and you’re eating candy.”

“I’ll just go brush my teeth again later.”

“Where did you get the candy from?” Jiang Mo Chen was curious.

“It’s the one that you set on the table.” Yan Qing Chi lifted his chin towards the table, “The one that you gave me this afternoon.”

Jiang Mo Chen nodded, “Is it tasty?”

“You’ve never eaten it before?”

“It’s the candy that the production crew bought as a prop.
He Yu uses it to coax his girlfriend.
And I don’t like to eat candy so naturally, I haven’t eaten it before.”

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Yan Qing Chi stopped what he was doing and asked, “Wanna know?”

“I’m simply curious.”

Then, Jiang Mo Chen saw Yan Qing Chi smile.
Before he could react, in the next second, the other party threw his phone to the side and leaned forward, landing a kiss on his lips.

Yan Qing Chi kissed him chastely.
Seeing that Jiang Mo Chen still hadn’t processed what had happened nor did he make any moves, he (YQC) was about to leave.
Yet as soon as his lips had left, Jiang Mo Chen grabbed the back of his (YQC) head and pressed him down against his lips again.

Startled, Yan Qing Chi unconsciously lifted his eyes to look at Jiang Mo Chen, only to hear the latter growl, “Close your eyes.”

Yan Qing Chi complied.
As soon as he closed his eyes, he sensed that Jiang Mo Chen was kissing him.
For some reason, he thought that it was kind of funny; however, he didn’t laugh out loud.
Instead, he cooperated with him (JMC) in the kiss, slipping the candy into the other party’s mouth.

“Is it good?” He asked.

Jiang Mo Chen released his grip on the back of his (YQC) head, crunching down on the candy in his mouth, “No.”

Yan Qing Chi twitched his mouth.1 He harrumphed and ignored the other man.

Sensing him retreat backwards, Jiang Mo Chen reached out and wrapped an arm around his waist, “Are we doing it today?”

“Nope.
Pla-to-nic.
We won’t do it after today either.
The road to Mount Akina had been sealed up earlier this afternoon, did you forget?”

Jiang Mo Chen nodded, “I did forget.
I forgot that you don’t have the right to speak right now.
Only I can speak; you have to shut your mouth and listen.” 

Yan Qing Chi gave a cold snort.
He shoved his phone in front of Jiang Mo Chen’s eyes, “Open your eyes wide and look at the time, why don’t you, Film Emperor Jiang? It’s already past 24:00, meaning that a day is already over.
Your privilege has become invalid.
If you want me to obediently shut up and listen to your words, you better wait for the next time.”

Jiang Mo Chen looked at the time on the phone, protesting, “Who told you that it was invalid after midnight?”

“Or what?” Yan Qing Chi asked, “You still intend to abuse this power for a lifetime? Choose one: it becomes invalid at midnight or in the future, I—who should be playing along with your acting—will pretend to turn a blind eye2.”

Jiang Mo Chen was speechless.
He just knew that as soon as Yan Qing Chi’s mouth was released, all the reasoning in the world would have to take on his (YQC) surname.3

“Why don’t you think about it? Is there anything else that you need my help with?” Jiang Mo Chen kindly prompted. 

Yan Qing Chi shook his head, cheekily responding, “What a shame, I don’t.”

“Acting with you, teaching you a couple tips and knowledge about acting—you don’t need those either?”

Yan Qing Chi cheerily replied, “Nope, I’ll go find Su Nuan.”

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“What did you just say?” Jiang Mo Chen could barely believe his ears, “You won’t come and find me; instead, you’ll go ask Su Nuan? She has a ton of problems in acting that she needs to improve on, and you’re going to go ask her?” 

“Yup.”

“Say that one more time.”

Yan Qing Chi couldn’t resist and burst into laughter.

Jiang Mo Chen was made so angry by him that he practically had no idea what to do, “I’m going to ask you one more time: who are you going to find?”

“You, I’ll find you.” Yan Qing Chi wrapped his hands around Jiang Mo Chen’s neck, “You’re so incredible.
Not only are you handsome, you are competent in your profession, and you know how to teach accordingly to the student’s ability.
Who would I find if not you?”

“That’s more like it.”

After Jiang Mo Chen said that, he realized that they clearly were not talking about this earlier.
It seemed that he had been unwittingly brought off-topic by Yan Qing Chi.
Jiang Mo Chen was helpless, “Let go.”

Yan Qing Chi immediately let go, looking at him with feigned innocence.

“You are really……” Jiang Mo Chen paused to think of an apt description of his nature, “Insidious.”4

Yan Qing Chi snickered at his usage of the word ‘insidious’ to describe him, “Do you know what’s insidious?”

Jiang Mo Chen arched an eyebrow.

“The next time you thank me, you can only reply ‘yes, yes, yes, amazing, amazing, amazing, my dear, you are absolutely right’ to anything I say.”

“Give it up.” Jiang Mo Chen ruthlessly burst his bubble, “There will never be such a day.” Spoiler

And that, folks, is a prime example of what’s called a ‘flag’.

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“Oh, I wouldn’t be so sure.
Who knows? Maybe two days later, I might happen to help you.” 

Jiang Mo Chen chuckled, “There won’t be such a day.”

“You just wait.” Yan Qing Chi was full of confidence, “At that time, you gotta listen to what I say.”

Jiang Mo Chen sincerely did not want to banter meaninglessly with him.
He pushed the other man down on the bed, “It would be faster if you dreamt of it.”

Yan Qing Chi harrumphed and rolled to the side, diving into the blanket.

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“Go brush your teeth.” Seeing him act like he was going to sleep, Jiang Mo Chen could only urge him.

Yan Qing Chi was too lazy to move, “It’s just one night.
I won’t get a cavity that quickly.”

“Do you remember what you had said earlier?”

“Oh.
I take it back.”

” ”

“Are you a kid? Taking back something like this?”

“Yes, Daddy Jiang,” Yan Qing Chi batted his eyelashes at him, “I’m still a baby.”

Daddy Jiang who was both mentally and physically exhausted: ……

Jiang Mo Chen face-palmed, then reached out and pulled Yan Qing Chi out from under the sheets, “C’mon, Daddy will accompany you to brush our teeth together.”

Most likely due to Jiang Mo Chen’s earlier actions, Ji Si Xing returned to normal the next day of filming.
He no longer deliberately made things difficult for Yan Qing Chi.
Yan Qing Chi heaved a sigh of relief and he brought himself into Meng Luo’s mental state.
He subtly tried to lure Zhou Fang to kill the others.

When this scene was over, Yan Qing Chi’s outdoor scenes were pretty much done.
Meng Luo didn’t have a lot of screen time per se.
The majority of his screen time was inside; there weren’t many scenes outside.
However, Jiang Mo Chen and the others still had several outdoor scenes.
Therefore, Yan Qing Chi sat in a chair as he did before, observing the director explaining the scene to other people while recording the key points in his mind. 

On the eighth day of filming, an unwelcome guest visited the film crew.
When Yan Qing Chi saw Liao Si Bo vigorously stride in, he was quite surprised.
What brings him here so suddenly?

Liao Si Bo didn’t see him.
He made a beeline straight to Jiang Mo Chen, who happened to be resting.
Being called out of the blue by someone, Jiang Mo Chen unwillingly opened his eyes and said in a cold and detached tone, “What are you here for?”

Coincidentally, I had a dentist appointment coming up when I translated this part.
Now, I’m not saying I blame this chapter…But I’m blaming this chapter.

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Footnotes

Or however you would like to interpret “撇了撇嘴”.I have a mental image but it’s a bit hard to explain.该配合你演出的我视而不见 gāi pèi hé nǐ yǎn chū de wǒ yǎn shì ér bù jiàn – this is a lyric reference to Joker Xue’s song “Actor” (演员 Yan Yuan) Basically, all the reasoning in the world would be YQC’s or part of his family.阴险狡诈.

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