"Isn't it... a bit too risqué?"

In the hotel room, Jiang Chi was impeccably dressed, with even the top button of his shirt properly fastened.

Jiang Chi's cheeks flushed red. "I don't even dare to look at the comments."

"It's fine, it's fine." Li Weili excitedly scrolled through Weibo, cheering, "The fans are all boiling over, okay?! Didn't I say this was the best one? Oh my god hahahahahaha, everyone's saying they need to save it immediately, afraid you'll wake up, get shy, and delete the post."

Jiang Chi gave a dry laugh, "I'm actually tempted to delete it..."

But it wasn't because he was afraid of the fans seeing it, but afraid of Ye Lan seeing it.

Ever since being followed by Ye Lan, the frequency of Jiang Chi's Weibo posts had plummeted. When he absolutely had to post, he would ponder his words and revise them for ages, afraid of being seen as foolish by Ye Lan.

Jiang Chi looked at the time... Ye Lan should be in a group interview right now, he probably hadn't seen the post yet.

And when he did see it... he probably wouldn't pay it any mind. It was fine for fooling the fans, but being in the same crew, Ye Lan was well aware of his schedule. He would know with a single glance that the photo was staged, and would probably just swipe past it without a second look.

But if Ye Lan truly didn't pay any attention, Jiang Chi felt it was a bit of a shame—he had spent so long taking the pictures, all for Ye Lan to see.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have posted this one, the one that made him the most embarrassed.

"Not embarrassing, not embarrassing at all." Li Weili was all smiles as he scrolled through Weibo, his sense of accomplishment bursting. "Brother Jiang... you don't understand. In this age of male eye candy, everyone is already numb to half-naked or fully-naked muscle pics. Plus, you're too young, and your physique and temperament aren't fully mature yet, so you can't go that route. This kind of slightly titillating, 'begging to wake up' photo is the most suitable. Hahahahahaha the entertainment marketing accounts have already started taking screenshots and posting on Weibo to leech traffic. I just love this kind of free publicity hahahaha. Brother Jiang, you have to give me major credit for this!"

Jiang Chi tried his best not to think about Ye Lan and smiled at Li Weili, "Crediting you is no fun, I'll give you a big red envelope."

"Thank you, Brother Jiang." Li Weili happily continued scrolling and laughed, "Hahahaha the top ten hot comments are all screaming, hahahahaha and there are even people wanting to form a group to beat up the assistant, blaming me for waking you up hahahahaha."

Jiang Chi smiled, and just as he was about to speak, his phone rang.

It was Geng Tian.

Seeing the caller ID, Li Weili immediately went silent. Jiang Chi gave him a reassuring look, "Don't worry, if Brother Geng gets mad, I'll say it was my idea."

"Hello." Jiang Chi answered the phone.

It was noisy and bustling on Geng Tian's end, as if he were in a practice room. The moment he heard Jiang Chi's voice, he burst out laughing, "Not bad, Jiang Chi! That Weibo post just now already made it to the trending list, hahahahaha who took it for you? Is it a promotional still?"

"No, no." Jiang Chi winked at Li Weili, explained with a smile, and then added a reminder, "There are no publicity plans on this side yet, so whatever you do, don't say where I am."

Geng Tian knew what was important and agreed, "I know, I know. Aish, it's my fault, I've been too busy these past few days and haven't paid you much attention. Tonight, I'll contact a few media outlets I have a good relationship with and use that photo to issue some press releases for you."

His goal achieved, Jiang Chi smiled. "I'll be troubling you."

"What's with all this 'troubling you' talk with me? When I'm not so busy here, I'll come visit you on set. We can also chat about your work arrangements for next year. Uh, speaking of which..." Geng Tian sounded a little guilty. "That, um, the male lead for Crystal Lover was taken by your senior brother, Yu Xijia. That role doesn't even suit him! A man in his thirties, isn't he afraid of being mocked for filming an idol drama about someone in their early twenties... I guess he's still holding a grudge against you, deliberately snatching this role."

Jiang Chi said, "I've already heard. It's fine, my schedule is full anyway. If it wasn't him, it would've been someone else, so it doesn't matter."

"As long as you're not angry. The company owes us for this one. I'll have to use this to bargain and fight for more resources for you next year." Someone called out to Geng Tian on his end, and he said hurriedly, "Take care of yourself, I'll come see you when I'm not so busy."

Jiang Chi agreed and hung up the phone.

Li Weili looked at Jiang Chi expectantly. Jiang Chi relaxed and smiled, "Brother Geng is pretty happy. He said the picture was great and thought it was a promotional still."

Li Weili was relieved and went back to happily scrolling through Weibo.

Jiang Chi also scrolled for a while. After replying to a few interesting comments, he looked up and asked Li Weili, "That um... which platforms are doing Brother Ye Lan's group interview? What time do they usually put out the press releases?"

Li Weili thought for a moment, then said uncertainly, "It should be the few that Film Emperor Ye usually works with. I think I heard someone say just now that one of them is doing a livestream. You know, a lot of platforms are starting to do livestreams now..."

Jiang Chi searched for the keywords. Sure enough, Xunfeng Entertainment's official platform was livestreaming a set visit with Ye Lan.

Jiang Chi took out his tablet, walked to the living room, connected to the WiFi, and downloaded Xunfeng Entertainment's livestreaming app.

He opened the app, and the promotion for Ye Lan's livestream was right on the homepage. Jiang Chi quickly tapped on it, sat down, and waited for the livestream to begin.

In a corner of the hotel's conference hall, the lights were in place. After Cen Wen repeatedly confirmed that there were no issues, she notified the security personnel to bring the reporters over.

Ye Lan sat on the sofa playing on his phone for a little longer. When the entertainment reporters entered, Ye Lan put his phone away, looked up, and greeted everyone with a smile.

After the routine pleasantries, the entertainment reporters took turns asking questions.

"We heard that Lights of a Thousand Homes has already been scheduled for release, is that true?"

Ye Lan smiled, "That's what I've heard too, but the official announcement hasn't been made yet, so I'm not sure of the specific date. Please pay close attention and show your support."

"We'll definitely watch! When the movie trailer was released, there were rumors that you and the female lead, Jiang Ying, got along very well and had great chemistry while filming. Is that true?"

Ye Lan gave a sly smile, "I get along very well and have great chemistry with every co-star."

"So is this an indirect denial of some of the false rumors?"

Ye Lan smiled charmingly, "I don't know what the false rumors are."

The reporter understood that Ye Lan was indirectly clarifying that he and Jiang Ying did not have an intimate relationship. They figured the previous rumors were just the production company building hype for the movie's release, so they tactfully refrained from pressing the matter.

Another reporter quickly seized the opportunity to ask, "Ye Lan, we heard you've been preparing for a new film for the past few months. Can you reveal anything about it?"

Ye Lan paused for a moment before smiling, "It's not convenient to disclose it for now. In short, I haven't been slacking off, I've been working."

The reporters laughed and pressed on, "Then can you tell us what genre or type the film you're currently shooting is? So the fans can look forward to it."

"The genre..." Ye Lan thought for a moment, then vaguely avoided the keywords, saying, "It's more on the realistic side, hmm."

"Wow, it sounds like another classic." The reporter asked curiously, "Can you tell us who your co-star is?"

Ye Lan gave the reporter a gentle smile, "Don't make it difficult for me, okay?"

The female reporter's face instantly turned red. Ye Lan pondered for a moment before saying, "But I can tell everyone, it's someone I've never worked with before."

A reporter standing in the back row heard this and smilingly threw out the question Ye Lan had just dodged, "When working with this actor, is your relationship also very good, with great chemistry?"

Ye Lan pursed his lips, was silent for a moment, and then smiled, "More than that."

In the small suite on the seventh floor of the hotel, Jiang Chi, who was sitting on the sofa holding a tablet, exclaimed, "!"

Ye Lan... he's... he's talking about me, right?!!

Jiang Chi's blood pressure suddenly spiked a little.

He swallowed.

The reporters were clearly spurred on by Ye Lan's words, their spirits lifted, and they began to ask questions frantically in a jumble.

"Has filming already started? Which director is it this time?"

"It's a realistic theme, are there any passionate scenes?"

"What does 'more than that' mean, can you be more specific?"

"Someone you've never worked with before, can you narrow down the scope?"

Cen Wen cursed Ye Lan inwardly and stepped in to stop them, "It's really not convenient to disclose any more, please understand."

Ye Lan rarely commented on his co-stars. After interviewing him for so long, they had finally gotten one explosive line. The entertainment reporters were not about to let it go so easily and continued to ask. Ye Lan made a "shush" gesture at everyone, his eyes holding a mix of helplessness and indulgence as he smiled, "Just one more sentence, and then you'll spare me, okay?"

The livestream screen was flooded with a torrent of screaming "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

Jiang Chi's face was also flushed from Ye Lan's teasing. 'Who could say no when you ask like that,' he thought.

"A very dedicated actor with great acting skills."

On the screen, Ye Lan suddenly looked at the camera and smiled faintly. "It's very comfortable acting opposite him."

Very comfortable, very comfortable, very comfortable...

Along with the livestream that had crashed, Jiang Chi's brain crashed right along with it.

"Hey?! Brother Jiang, what's wrong? Do you have a fever?"

Half an hour later, Li Weili, who had scrolled through Weibo to his heart's content and was finally feeling hungry, walked out of the bedroom to see Jiang Chi, face flushed, staring blankly at the screen where the livestream had long since ended.

"Did you catch a cold when we were taking photos just now? You can't get sick, or else Director Ren will kill me." Li Weili touched Jiang Chi's forehead. "Do you feel unwell anywhere?"

Jiang Chi came back to his senses, rubbed his face, and said awkwardly, "I'm fine. That um... what time is it? Should we order food?"

Li Weili nodded, still worried. "Okay, are you sure you're fine?"

"I'm fine." Jiang Chi evasively ran to the bathroom and splashed his face with cold water, saying, "Go ahead and order. Get extra for me."

Li Weili chuckled. "You always eat a lot when you're happy. What's up? Is it because your Weibo followers skyrocketed today?"

"Ah? Oh... yes!"

Jiang Chi went along with the excuse, vigorously rubbing his face in front of the mirror to stop himself from smiling too creepily.

Ye Lan said it was comfortable acting with him.

Isn't that wording a bit too ambiguous? The reporters will definitely write all sorts of things when they get back! Ahhhhh, so happy! They must write whatever they want! He doesn't care about being slandered!

Jiang Chi let out a long breath, the corners of his mouth uncontrollably curling upwards.

Jiang Chi wiped his face. After praising today's interviewers ten thousand times, he fickly became a little annoyed at their lack of persistence. Why didn't anyone press on with the questions then?

Comfortable...

Just how was it comfortable?