Huayu: Starting from retirement, sweeping across the domestic entertainment industry

Tian Xiwei, who was leaning against the opposite wall, happened to raise her eyes and glance at Zhou Ye.

Zhou Ye instinctively glared back, but Tian Xiwei's gaze only lingered on her for half a second before shifting away as if she hadn't seen anything.

He turned and walked straight to his room without saying a word.

Zhou Ye watched her retreating figure and muttered to himself: She actually waited outside the whole time?

Zhou Ye's room was right across from Li Ran's. She took out her room card, opened the door, went in, and locked the door behind her.

"She looks like a pure and sweet girl, but I didn't expect her to be such a scheming woman with quite a few tricks up her sleeve."

If I had actually stayed in Li Ran's room just now, tomorrow's gossip headlines would probably be "Zhou Ye secretly meets Li Ran in hotel room late at night".

She patted her chest triumphantly, "Luckily, I'm incredibly clever. I kept her in the dark and didn't tell her about my relationship with Li Ran."

Meanwhile, Tian Xiwei's room was in a complete mess.

She threw herself onto the soft bed, crumpled the blankets and tossed them at her feet, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, the scene from earlier replaying in her mind.

She sat up abruptly, grabbed her phone, and searched for "#Do men have a reaction when they're drunk#", hovering her fingertip over the screen before abruptly dropping it.

Her cheeks were burning hot, and her breathing became rapid.

The sound of running water came from the bathroom. She splashed cold water on her face. In the mirror, her cheeks were flushed and her eyes were glazed. She was completely unlike the calm and composed Tian Xiwei she usually was.

"Didn't they say that you wouldn't have any reaction after drinking too much...?" She murmured to herself, looking at her reflection in the mirror, but the image of Li Ran kept appearing in her mind.

Back in bed, the blanket was pulled back up to her chest. Tian Xiwei curled up into a ball, but felt as if her whole body was on fire.

Moonlight streamed through the window, casting dappled white light on the walls. Tian Xiwei stared wide-eyed at the ceiling until after 2 a.m., when she finally drifted off to sleep amidst the chaotic beating of her heart.

At 8:00 a.m. sharp, the crew of the TV series "The Young Dragon" held a launch ceremony on the school playground.

The spring sunshine shone through the clouds, making the four large characters "Minglong Shaonian" (鸣龙少年) shine brightly.

The cameras, track vehicles, and other equipment have already been set up in their designated locations, and the staff are busy making final adjustments.

Since it was the weekend, most of the students were resting at home, but a number of nearby students who had heard the news gathered outside the school wall. They stood on tiptoe, craning their necks and peering excitedly inside.

Among the crowd, a few boys stood out, jumping around in their IG team uniforms. When they saw Li Ran appear in the main cast of the opening ceremony, they immediately waved their arms excitedly and shouted "God Ran" with all their might.

"Burn, the god of jungling."

"Burning the heavens and digging the earth, burning the gods and becoming invincible."

……

The shouts that rose and fell broke the tranquility of the campus, drawing the attention of those around.

One of the boys, wearing glasses, even got so excited that his face turned red, and his voice was so loud that it almost drowned out the background noise. His companion next to him stomped his feet in rhythm, as if to express his support for Li Ran with this enthusiastic shout.

Standing next to Zhou Ye, Li Ran awkwardly covered his face. On the field, hearing fans shout like that would only make him feel excited, but in private, he was so embarrassed that he wanted to crawl into a hole.

Zhou Ye raised his hand and touched Li Ran's arm. "Look at your enthusiastic fans, you're much better than some of those popular celebrities."

He glanced at Zhou Ye and said, "Laugh if you want. Every male celebrity has a bunch of female fans screaming and shouting. I'm surrounded by a bunch of students, and male students at that."

"You're just dreaming! I wouldn't even want a woman like that." Zhou Ye glanced at him sideways.

Standing next to the creative team, Li Mingde looked at the students cheering for Li Ran and muttered in dissatisfaction, "Disgraceful. What's so great about playing video games?"

"What did you say? I never thought you were so disgusting." Tian Xiwei glared at him and said each word clearly.

"Are you seriously ill? You think you can slander Li Ran like that? Don't let me hear you say anything bad about him again!"

After saying that, she ignored him and turned to look to the side. Li Mingde's face had darkened. This was the second time Tian Xiwei had argued with him because of Li Ran, even though the two of them knew each other first.

No one noticed their little incident. After the main creative team finished offering incense and holding the opening ceremony, Li Ran still walked over to the group of students.

"Alright, stop shouting, I'm so embarrassed." He looked at the boys with a helpless expression.

One of the boys chuckled and asked, "Can we take a picture together, Burning God?"

Li Ran nodded, "Let's go together! We still have to film later, so be quiet, okay?"

"No problem, Burning God." Several boys agreed in unison.

Li Ran called his assistant over, took a group photo of them, and then instructed him to buy some drinks for a few students before returning to the main creative team.

Zhang Ruoyun saw him walking over and waved to him, "I didn't expect you to be so fond of your fans."

"Isn't this normal? They're all students." Li Ran looked at him gratefully and said, "By the way, thanks for yesterday."

Zhang Ruoyun lightly punched him, "We're all buddies, talking about this makes us sound distant."

"It's a good thing that celebrities are down-to-earth, but they still need to pay attention to their private lives. I'm a married man, so I don't care about these things."

"But you'd better watch out now, kid."

Li Ran naturally knew what he was talking about and nodded.

At this moment, the assistant director came over and said, "Teacher Zhang, Teacher Li, the extras are all ready. We can start filming."

Upon hearing this, the two followed him to the filming location.

The scene is simple: Li Ran helps a classmate bring a cell phone into the school and gets caught by Lei Ming, the teacher played by Zhang Ruoyun.

The filming went smoothly, and we got it in one take.

Zhang Ruoyun pulled Li Ran, whom she had pinned to the ground, up. "Not bad! Not nervous at all for your first time filming."

Li Ran patted the dust off his clothes. "Of course, I did take classes at the Beijing Film Academy after all."

"Come on! How many classes have you even attended?" Zhang Ruoyun retorted.

Next, we'll move to the scene where Li Ran has a phone strapped to her body, which requires her to expose her upper body.

Looking at the people around him, Li Ran said to the director, "Director Ding, could you please clear the set? I'm feeling a bit awkward."

Upon hearing this, Director Ding laughed heartily, "I didn't ask you to take your pants off, what are you afraid of, young man?"

"Just take it off quickly." Zhang Ruoyun immediately started helping him take off his shirt.

Li Ran blushed immediately when he took off his shirt. Many actresses on set stared at Li Ran's physique with wide eyes, surprised that someone so thin could be so well-endowed.

This is the legendary "looks slim in clothes but muscular when undressed" type, mainly not the kind of muscular hunks that girls dislike, but rather slender, well-defined muscles in boys.

Director Ding knew that Li Ran couldn't film because of his condition, so he had to find a way to desensitize him.

Looking at Li Ran, he grinned mischievously and said, "Actresses, I'm giving you a treat today. Each of you go up and touch Li Ran's abs. Let's see if he's still blushing!"

Zhou Ye, who was watching the scene unfold, froze upon hearing this. No way! Only she could touch Li Ran; everyone else had to stay away!