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    Chapter 1 Habitual Hypocrisy

    Hangovers are the most excruciating thing in the world.

    If alcohol didn’t bring such nasty side effects a few hours later, he would definitely enjoy drinking more, Xia Xiqing thought as he leaned on the carpet and opened his eyes.He reluctantly stood up on the sofa. He had a severe headache. He dug out an ibuprofen on the coffee table and ate it. He took out his phone and checked the time.

    13:24.

    The memory nerves numbed by alcohol finally started to operate slowly. He suddenly remembered that there was a press conference for Zhou Ziheng’s movie at 6 o’clock tonight. I got the VIP tickets, so of course I had to go and see it.

    Zhou Ziheng is an actor who was born as a child star. Although he is only 20 this year, he has been acting for 14 years. He was only 6 years old when he debuted. He played the role of the male protagonist in his childhood. The drama won the annual ratings championship in one fell swoop, making him the most popular child star.Because of this, Zhou Ziheng later filmed many other film and television works, but he has always been trapped in the framework of a child star.

    He, who later took the college entrance examination, stopped acting for a few years, disappeared from the public eye, and did not even take the art exam. Like all high school seniors, he took part in the ordinary national college entrance examination, and was admitted to the Physics Department of P University with an astonishingly high score. How long the freshman military training lasted, how long Zhou Ziheng stayed on the hot search.

    But he seems to be very low-key, and the frequency of filming has dropped again and again after entering college. Initially, the public thought that he would quit the entertainment industry to concentrate on his studies, but a group of candid photos taken while he was in school became a hot topic again.

    In the photo, he is participating in a school basketball game. He has smooth and solid muscle lines under the red uniform, sharp eyebrows that cannot be concealed by short hair, sweat dripping down to the jawline, and a slightly frowning brow when shooting. These details that are blurred by the flash are so clear from the perspective of the candid shot, and every picture is full of attack.

    By some strange combination of circumstances, Zhou Ziheng, who had always been positioned as a child star, was dubbed the “Walking Hormone”. He inadvertently changed his profile and embarked on the popular “Alpha” route. Needless to say, high school girls who are keen on chasing stars, and even women who are a few years older than him, fell into this hormone trap without any resistance.

    After becoming an adult, Zhou Ziheng almost no longer appeared in TV dramas, not even romance films. The style of the dramas he took was very consistent. Most of them were realistic themes. Even the commercial films were mostly science fiction. Even this drama finally had a female protagonist, but she ended up playing a brother and sister. Therefore, Zhou Ziheng was always complained by netizens as the actor with “the most wasteful appearance”.But even so, as long as he appears in variety shows or programs, fans and netizens can always find a lot of potential.

    Xia Xiqing also joined He after his transformation. At that time, He was studying abroad. He happened to see some photos of Zhou Ziheng playing basketball. He felt that his body proportions and texture lines were perfect, so he suddenly had the idea of ​​​​drawing him. So he drew a watercolor and posted it on Weibo. Unexpectedly, no fans found it and retweeted it like crazy. It became so popular.

    He has naturally become the so-called painter in the rice circle.

    Xia Xiqing looked in the mirror and realized that his hair was indeed a little long and it was time to cut it. He pulled out a rubber band with paintbrushes tied around it, put the paintbrushes on the table with a bang, tied up his hair casually, found a white shirt from the closet and put it on, put on a black mask and went out.

    When he arrived at the venue, the creative team had not yet arrived. Xia Xiqing took a photo and posted it on Weibo, and soon received comments from a group of fans.

    [Master Ruheng]: Ah, Mrs. Summer is here too!!!

    [The First Alpha in the Universe]: Damn it, Mrs. Summer!Isn’t Mrs. Summer an overseas party? So excited!

    [I am Mrs. Zhou]: Oh my god, I really want to meet my wife~

    [Ye Du Renren Zhou Ziheng]: Well, I am also there. My wife is so close to the stage. Could it be that she is a VIP??

    [I’m the coolest]: What the hell VIP?!None of the webmasters at Yongheng Station are so close.

    To avoid causing more speculation, Xia Xiqing had no choice but to randomly pick a fan and reply.

    [Tsing_Summer]: Ticket given by a friend.

    Coincidentally, as soon as he finished replying, he received a text message from the “friend who gave me the ticket” – Xu Qichen.

    [Xi Qing, I have something to do and I can’t leave today. I’ve said hello to the organizer. I’m sorry.]

    [It’s okay, I’m already at the scene.]

    After Xia Xiqing finished sending the text message, he turned his phone around with his fingers.

    Xu Qichen is a young writer, and the movie starring Zhou Ziheng is adapted from his novel.It’s a coincidence that Xia Xiqing and he are high school classmates and friends. The VIP invitation this time was given by he, but the author himself couldn’t come.

    After waiting for half an hour without starting, Xia Xiqing felt a little bored and walked out of the venue, walking through a long corridor to a side hall.The taste of this hotel is not bad. He looked at the Goya paintings hanging on the wall, which are considered to be relatively high-quality fakes.

    As he was watching, someone suddenly hit him hard in the back, causing him to barely stand, and the phone he was holding fell out of his hand.Xia Xiqing looked back. Behind him were several bodyguards in black uniforms, surrounded by a celebrity who was taller than the bodyguards and wearing sunglasses.Xia Xiqing recognized this person as Zhou Ziheng almost instantly.

    Similarly, Zhou Ziheng immediately realized the rude behavior of his bodyguard, stopped his hurried steps, nimbly bent down to pick up Xia Xiqing’s knocked-off mobile phone, passed through the crowd and handed it to he, with smooth movements.

    “Sorry.” Zhou Ziheng’s voice was very calm. He didn’t sound like a twenty-year-old boy. He had a strange charm between a teenager and a mature man.Many fans gathered around and began to scream, holding up their mobile phones to record the scene.If a heart-warming gesture like this is posted on Weibo, it will definitely trigger everyone to repost it, and maybe it will even get out of the circle.

    This was the first time that he was so close to Zhou Ziheng. The sudden encounter was really unexpected, but Xia Xiqing was not too nervous. He managed the smile on his face to make himself look gentle and polite, “It’s okay, thank you.”

    Xia Xiqing reached out and took the phone from He’s hand. At the same time, his cold fingertips pretended to accidentally rub against Zhou Ziheng’s fingers.

    About half a second.

    The expression on Zhou Ziheng’s face didn’t seem to change much. It could be said that there was no feedback. Xia Xiqing could see it clearly, but he still smiled until Zhou Ziheng left and he returned to the venue.

    He is indeed a straight man.

    When he entered the venue again, Zhou Ziheng’s fans were handing out free gifts. A girl of seventeen or eighteen years old stopped him and asked, “Whose fan are you, handsome man? Do you need any gifts?”

    Xia Xiqing, who was wearing a mask, smiled with crooked eyebrows and a soft voice, “Okay.”

    The little girl opened the bag excitedly. Inside there were hairbands, badges, bracelets and cheering sticks, “Which one do you want?”

    Xia Xiqing took a badge, said a gentle thank you, put the badge on his chest, and returned to his place.

    The press conference started on time, the host gave a speech, and the main creators of the movie also appeared one after another.The film is adapted from Xu Qichen’s novel “Seagull”. It tells the story of an unemployed young man, Ouzi, who was tricked into going to Thailand when an acquaintance introduced him to a job. He was sold as a commodity on an unlicensed fishing boat and became a “shrimp slave” who worked without pay all year round. He finally escaped on his own strength.

    Zhou Ziheng plays such a young “shrimp slave”. In order to make his image more consistent with the role, Zhou Ziheng lost nearly 20 pounds. During the filming of the movie, he once appeared skinny and morbid. When the makeup was set for the first time, heWearing a tattered vest and a pair of knee-length shorts that were too dirty to be washed out, his face was covered with sunburn marks from years at sea, and his shoulders and back were black and red. Almost no one could recognize this young man as Zhou Ziheng. Even the director nodded repeatedly, praising him as Ouzi himself.

    It has been almost half a year since the filming of the movie was completed. Zhou Ziheng has come back a lot. His body has returned to the shape before filming due to his crazy fitness, and his muscles are full.Seeing this, Xia Xiqing couldn’t help but sigh, it’s really not something that ordinary people can do. You have to lose weight if you want to be thin, and gain weight again if you want to be fat, just like a balloon.

    He’s hair, which was specially trimmed for the movie, has also grown longer, but it is still quite short. He has sharp features and deep eyes, which is different from many male stars of the same age. Most of them are gentle and delicate in appearance, but Zhou Ziheng is an exception. He is neither gentle nor delicate. He is full of male hormones. The sharpness in his silhouette can hardly be concealed, and he has a natural aggressiveness.

    Xia Xiqing has praised Zhou Ziheng’s costume team more than once to his friends, and he did not disappoint him this time.At the press conference last week, Zi Heng wore a gray-blue shirt tied into dark gray suit trousers. The solid muscles were wrapped in it, with wide shoulders and narrow waist, and superior lines, almost the proportions of a golden inverted triangle.At 1.92 meters tall, he is calm and outstanding.

    The overall attire is high-end and simple, but he wears a pair of gold glasses. The exquisite gold glasses chain goes behind the ears and shines under the light, adding a sense of abstinence to his sharp temperament.

    A woman of about thirty years old walked next to her. She was covered in famous brands and well-groomed. When she sat down, she touched Xia Xiqing intentionally or unintentionally with her hand.

    “Sorry.”

    Xia Xiqing looked at her and bent his eyes to show friendship.The other party probably seized this opportunity and stretched out his hand with a smile, “Hello, I am Jiang Yin, the producer of this movie.”

    Glancing at the hand she extended with delicate nail polish, Xia Xiqing politely took off his mask, shook her hand, and said, “Hello.”

    The moment she took off her mask, Jiang Yin’s eyes lit up. This was quite rare. After all, she had a lot of admirers in this circle.The young man in front of me can be described as beautiful. His facial features are slightly feminine, but he has an attractive masculine charm.The slightly long hair is half tied up, revealing a pair of very dark peach blossom eyes, with a very subtle upward arc at the corners of the eyes.In addition, the mole on the tip of the nose is simply the finishing touch.

    To put it bluntly, this person has the kind of appearance that can be forgiven no matter what he does. He is non-aggressive and full of protectiveness.This type is the most popular with the audience.

    “I haven’t seen you before, you look strange.” Jiang Yin let go of her hand and smiled, “You are not from the industry, right?”

    Xia Xiqing smiled and said, “The original author of this movie is my friend. I just followed him at a close distance because of him.”

    “Oh?” Jiang Yin smiled and looked at the heroine who was talking on the stand, “So you like this type of girl.”

    Xia Xiqing chuckled, shook his head, and looked lazily at Zhou Ziheng, who was standing next to the heroine.

    “I like this type of boy.”

    The author has something to say:

    Xia Xiqing: Welcome to my home court [Laughing around]

    Chenchen: I will try my best to make a guest appearance!

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