SM Chapter 81

“Happy Qixi Festival, Wei Lai is still you @Ye Lai.”

Lin Han sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, and read Sheng Mingqian’s newly posted Weibo word by word. He nudged him with his shoulder and teased with a smile, “I say, dear Great Director Sheng, you just keep showing off every day, aren’t you afraid of sickening people to death?”

Sheng Mingqian was handling the last bit of work at hand while explaining to him, “A few days ago, some marketing accounts said we were divorced, so I’m clarifying it now.”

Usually, on special holidays, he would post a Weibo and then @Ye Lai. It wasn’t deliberately showing off to others. In the past, except for promoting movies, he didn’t use social media accounts much. It’s just that various media outlets and marketing accounts were too exaggerated, reporting about them every now and then, either saying he was having an affair or that Ye Lai had a new love. Even when they went out to eat together, if they walked out of the restaurant one after the other without holding hands, the media would say they were experiencing marital problems. Even more outrageous was the rumor that he was sleeping with new actresses, had illegitimate children, or was even involved in multiple-person activities.

Sheng Mingqian usually didn’t pay much attention to this kind of news. Once, Ye Lai came across it, and angrily cursed the marketing accounts for a long time. After that, Sheng Mingqian would clarify it on Weibo every time.

Later, when Ye Lai promoted his new movie, he, as a family member, couldn’t lag behind. He promoted it on Weibo and clarified the rumors. Later, he would post on Weibo during festivals, and he got used to it over time.

However, there was one accident in the middle. Once, he was preparing to film a video of Ye Lai drunk. Ye Lai didn’t notice and drunkenly pounced on him, pressing him down on the sofa and kissing him.

In that few-second dynamic short video, the first few seconds were normal, but after the world spun, the angle was tricky, showing only the two people’s arms and a corner of the sofa. But you could still see that the two of them were holding hands tightly, and there was a very ambiguous kissing sound, and Ye Lai calling him a soft “Director Sheng,” with an inviting tone.

His hand was pressed down by Ye Lai, and he didn’t know that the video had been accidentally posted. It was still one o’clock in the morning, but the comments section immediately fell.

[Ye Lai’s only fan: What the hell? Is this something I can watch without paying?]

[I raise the flag for Ye Sheng: Continue, continue, I’ll get a VIP to watch the full version.]

[I don’t want to sleep every day: Get excited, get excited…]

[Muyu is not an elm comment to I don’t want to sleep every day: Do you have an accent? Hehehe.]

[I don’t want to sleep every day reply to Muyu is not an elm: Yes, I can’t distinguish between z and c]

[Tian Yichun: The atmosphere has been created, it seems that the two protagonists have to do it, I’m going to make a fuss and cry to watch the bed scene.]

[Little Sapling Who Wants to Eat Meat: It’s only a few seconds, is this a moral decline or a distortion of human nature?]

That Weibo post was deleted by Lin Han after logging into Sheng Mingqian’s account. The next day, he warned them not to post on Weibo casually. Sheng Mingqian did quiet down for a few months, but he would still seriously clarify things when he encountered rumors again.

This time, Ye Lai also replied to him for Qixi Festival: Happy Qixi Festival, let’s watch the sunset together @Director Sheng Mingqian.

The accompanying picture was a mountain forest sunset picture, which was the filming location of the play he was currently shooting.

After Sheng Mingqian finished the last bit of work at hand, confirmed the cast list for the new movie with Lin Han, he carried his suitcase and walked out. Today is Qixi Festival, Ye Lai is still filming in the mountains and can’t come back, so he is going to visit the set.

“I’ve found that Director Sheng, you’re getting clingier and clingier now,” Lin Han’s voice floated out from the office.

“You’re the same, mutually,” Sheng Mingqian replied.

Counting the time, he hadn’t seen Ye Lai for a month. The mountain scenes would take another half a month to finish. Sheng Mingqian couldn’t help it, he had to go. He also turned down several dinner invitations from investors, and specifically set aside half a month so he could focus on being with Ye Lai while he filmed.

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Because it was Qixi Festival, two people in the cast and crew took leave. Ye Lai also finished work early after two scenes and prepared to continue filming tomorrow.

The temperature in the mountains was low, and the night breeze was cool. Ye Lai put on a thin jacket and took a photographer to the top of the mountain. They were going to take some sunset shots as post-production material.

The weather is good today, the sunset will be beautiful, and he can send it to Sheng Mingqian to see, Ye Lai thought in his heart.

The two arrived at the top of the mountain and found a suitable angle, taking several shots that felt very good. They were discussing how to integrate them into the movie when they heard someone calling him from the foot of the mountain.

“Lai Lai…”

There’s no one else who would call him that. The arc of Ye Lai’s mouth grew larger and larger as he turned around. Sheng Mingqian’s camera was pointed at Ye Lai. The photographer saw this and quickly took a few steps to the side, afraid of blocking the shot.

With a click, the picture was frozen. Ye Lai stood on the top of the mountain, a backlit, not-too-bright silhouette. The outline seemed to be filled with joy after a short separation. Sheng Mingqian thought that he could change his phone screen to this picture. The current one was also Ye Lai, a photo of Ye Lai seriously looking at the monitor on the set, also taken by him.

“Why are you here,” Ye Lai said, walking down the mountain with the camera, “Why didn’t you tell me you were coming?”

Sheng Mingqian gave him a big hug, his palm rubbing up and down his back a few times: “Didn’t you say, let’s watch the sunset together?”

“Today is Qixi Festival, Director Sheng must be here to spend the festival with Director Ye.” The photographer used to follow Sheng Mingqian, and he was familiar with both of them. Besides, he had already taken almost all the shots he needed to take. He didn’t want to continue being a third wheel, so he said goodbye and went down the mountain first.

The halo of the sunset faintly floated on the two figures standing close together. Sheng Mingqian took Ye Lai’s hand and walked down the mountain, pinching the knuckles of his fingers: “Why are you so thin? Is filming in the mountains very tiring? Are you not eating well?”

“Everyone here is the same,” Ye Lai said, taking the opportunity to act spoiled with him, “It’s quite tiring, so Director Sheng, your arrival is timely.”

The town was in the mountains. The cast and crew all lived in the town’s hotel. After going down the mountain, it was two kilometers along the road. Ye Lai took Sheng Mingqian and didn’t go back directly, but took him to a small restaurant first.

“I like this place the most. The cured pork with dried bamboo shoots, the fermented bean curd is a specialty, the three-delicacy pot. We have all our gatherings here, and we even filmed two scenes in the boss’s restaurant.”

The boss recognized Ye Lai and came up to greet him, “Director Ye is here, what would you like to eat today?”

“The same as before, and two bottles of beer.”

The boss smiled, “Okay, you wait a moment.”

In the middle, some people recognized them and came up to ask if they could take a photo together. They didn’t refuse. Ye Lai kept making a V sign, and Sheng Mingqian wasn’t expressionless either, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, very cooperative.

Four dishes, two bottles of wine, Sheng Mingqian saw Ye Lai was happy, so he didn’t stop him, and accompanied him, asking this and that. Even though there was nothing, Sheng Mingqian’s eyes always fell on Ye Lai’s face. Later, the more he looked, the hotter he became, and he wanted to finish eating and go back quickly.

The accommodation conditions in the mountain hotel were simple. Sheng Mingqian had thought of it before he came. The living environment here wouldn’t be very good. But looking at the few square meters of the room and the small window, and the musty smell of rain, he had filmed in the past with accommodation conditions much worse than this, but he didn’t feel anything himself. Now, as soon as he entered the door, he couldn’t help frowning.

“Didn’t you tell me before that the accommodation conditions were okay?”

Ye Lai often finished work late at night, and after coming back, he would take a shower and lie in bed to video chat with Sheng Mingqian. Many times, he would fall asleep while talking to Sheng Mingqian in the video. Every time Sheng Mingqian asked him, he would say that the conditions here were okay.

The hotel rooms and the better-located rooms were all given to the female actors and staff of the crew. Many of the men were in rooms of two. He was in a room alone, which was indeed considered good.

As soon as Sheng Mingqian closed the door, Ye Lai directly put his arms around Sheng Mingqian’s neck, looked up at him, and blinked his long, dark eyelashes, looking at him directly, clearly telling him with his eyes what he wanted to do now.

The musty smell of rain in Sheng Mingqian’s nose was quickly filled with the faint smell of alcohol on Ye Lai’s body. They had already said a lot of words while eating, and now they just wanted to do more.

Sheng Mingqian couldn’t help it in the first place. Looking at Ye Lai’s lips, which were filled with “desire,” he lowered his head and kissed him, like a flood of wild beasts.

Ye Lai’s shirt buttons were torn off, his neck was tilted back, and Sheng Mingqian bit his neck, pressing his teeth around the hard, round bone on the front of his neck, it wasn’t enough no matter what.

The neck is fatal, Ye Lai couldn’t stand it.

The soundproofing of the hotel room wasn’t very good. Ye Lai was still afraid of being heard, so he buried his face in the pillow until he couldn’t breathe before suddenly raising it to take a few deep breaths.

Ye Lai’s body was like it had been soaked in a spring, wet. Sheng Mingqian covered his mouth, his fingers pressed under his nose, his breathing wasn’t smooth, like a drowning person, unable to find a foothold.

It always loved to rain in the mountains in the middle of the night. The fine rain rustled outside the window, the sound of water stirred, Ye Lai’s breathing had no rhythm, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and finally there were tears in the corners of his eyes.

Sheng Mingqian dragged his body and turned him over, so that the two of them were now face to face.

Looking at Sheng Mingqian through the light and shadow, Ye Lai smiled and looked at Sheng Mingqian, saying in a hoarse voice, “Director Sheng, happy Qixi Festival.”

There were rising flames in Sheng Mingqian’s eyes: “Very happy.”

Ye Lai: “Do you miss me?”

Sheng Mingqian: “I miss you.”

Ye Lai: “What do you miss?”

Sheng Mingqian: “I miss this.”

Ye Lai: “Then hurry up…”

Ye Lai is always very direct, he has always been quite bold at this time.

Desire, emotion, and longing all gathered in those eyes that were shining with fluorescence, and then he looked at Sheng Mingqian seriously and told him.

Sheng Mingqian didn’t want Ye Lai to be so tired in the first place, but he hadn’t seen him for a long time, and he couldn’t stop even if he wanted to. It wasn’t until after two o’clock that he finished bathing Ye Lai and took him to sleep.

The next morning, Ye Lai got up on time, yawning again and again. Sheng Mingqian immediately transformed into a little assistant, carrying bags and scripts, and directing the crew.

A year ago, Ye Lai won the Best New Director Award. At the celebration banquet at that time, someone took the opportunity to tease Sheng Mingqian: “Director Sheng, Director Ye is about to surpass you soon, are you panicking? Tell us about it.”

“What’s there to panic about,” Sheng Mingqian tilted his head to look at Ye Lai, who was flushed with drinking a little wine, but was always smiling, “I’m Director Ye’s assistant now, I’m retired.”

Back then in the crew, Ye Lai was Sheng Mingqian’s little assistant, now it was the other way around, Sheng Mingqian was carrying Ye Lai’s bag.

Ever since Ye Lai focused on filming, Sheng Mingqian focused on being a “good wife.” Sheng Mingqian, the most popular director who had topped the list for many years, was also squeezed down by Ye Lai, and even surpassed his historical record by a large margin.

There was also one thing Sheng Mingqian was very clear about, he was slowly being influenced by Ye Lai. Ye Lai was serious about everything he did. His life was very rich. In addition to work, there were the children in the welfare home, and he would write new books when he had inspiration. He also had more and more friends.

Ye Lai lives his life seriously every day, and loves his lover seriously.

It was also in these two years that Sheng Mingqian slowly found the original intention and purity of filming from Ye Lai. Recently, he was also preparing to prepare for a new movie.

Ye Lai tossed and turned for half the night last night, but after starting work, he was full of energy again, running around. Occasionally, he would turn around to look for Sheng Mingqian. When he saw him, he would smile at him. It was a very reassuring smile.

Sheng Mingqian knew that Ye Lai would look for him, so he wouldn’t go too far, always standing within Ye Lai’s line of sight.

Those years, Ye Lai’s gaze in the dark looking at him had been too long, so long that Sheng Mingqian always didn’t dare to think back.

His Ye Lai, in the future, just had to stand in the sun with him.