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

That evening, inside the hotel, the second episode of "Back to Field" aired on time.

Last time I watched it with Coconut, but today Tian Xiwei is the one curled up on the sofa.

The light from the screen shone on her face, flickering intermittently.

When the scene shifted to the moment when Li Ran and Zhang Jingyi were sitting side by side on a stone bench, and he looked down to examine the blisters on her hands, Tian Xiwei's eyes narrowed slightly.

She didn't speak immediately. Only after that segment had passed did she slowly turn her head to look at Li Ran, who was peeling an orange beside her.

She deliberately drew out her words, rewinding the scene, "This... is this the 'ordinary high school classmate' you told me about?"

Li Ran paused, the orange segment hovering near his mouth, and chuckled awkwardly, "It's just checking on the blisters, it's normal for classmates to care for each other."

"Hey orange, have a tangerine!"

"I'm not eating! Don't try to please me, OK!" Tian Xiwei pushed his hand away and snorted.

She raised her hand and lightly punched his arm. "Do you need to hold his hand to look at the blisters? And look at them so closely."

Li Ran could only put the orange in her mouth and explain, "We're not filming a show here! What else could we be doing?"

Tian Xiwei glanced at him sideways, "What are you doing if you're not filming a show?"

After saying that, she ignored him and continued watching TV. Li Ran scratched his head and gently pulled her into his arms.

"What else can we do? Don't you know?"

Xiaotian squirmed in his arms, finding a comfortable position. "Don't talk! Watch TV."

The program continued, and when the footage showed the four of them going for a night out, Tian Xiwei exclaimed in confusion, "Huh? Why did the camera stop there? What happened after you went out?"

"Ahem," Li Ran rubbed his nose, a little embarrassed, "I sneaked out to find a barbecue stall. How could I let the big cameras follow me? That would embarrass Teacher Huang!"

"Pfft..." Tian Xiwei burst out laughing, her eyes curving into crescents. "Is Teacher Huang's cooking really that unbearable?"

"Let me put it this way," Li Ran said sincerely, "even the cafeterias contracted out by high schools taste better than this."

"The cafeteria food is nothing more than scrambled eggs with tomatoes but no eggs, braised pork but no meat, and you have to worry about whether Teacher Huang's cooking is poisonous."

He leaned closer, lowered his voice, and smiled with a hint of sharing a secret: "And you wouldn't believe it, once Teacher Huang starts talking, he really can't stop. He can talk about everything from the cooking time of a barbecue to the philosophy of life, and from teamwork to e-sports tactics..."

"Dalinzi and I were so tired of listening that we made an excuse to leave. If we had stayed any longer, I was afraid he would have had to teach me how to allocate rune talents."

"Really?" Tian Xiwei was overjoyed, leaning back on the sofa armrest. "He even teaches you how to play games?"

"What's so special about this?" Li Ran raised an eyebrow, mimicking Huang Lei's earnest tone.

"Teacher Huang has the 'heart of a teacher,' he wants to impart all the knowledge he has learned in his life to you. He even coached Coach Liu Guoliang in table tennis on a previous program!"

"Oh my, Teacher Huang is a 'walking encyclopedia'! She knows a little about everything and dares to teach anything." Tian Xiwei laughed so hard she covered her stomach.

"Back then, Teacher Huang was what you'd call a jack of all trades, master of none."

Tian Xiwei had almost finished laughing when she suddenly remembered something. She sat up, her dark eyes fixed on Li Ran, and changed the subject.

"By the way, I have a question for you."

Her tone was casual, but her eyes held a probing look. "So, Zhou Ye, did you find someone who looked like Zhang Jingyi?"

Li Ran's heart skipped a beat, and she almost choked on her own saliva.

"what?"

He looked surprised. "What's all this about?"

"Don't tell me you didn't notice," Tian Xiwei paused the video and pointed to Zhang Jingyi's face on the screen, "their eyes, especially their profiles and their energy, particularly when they're quiet and not saying a word."

Li Ran looked at the screen carefully and thought back for a moment: "It does seem to have a certain resemblance, but I really didn't think of it that way before."

"I don't believe you at all." Tian Xiwei pouted, her tone carrying a hint of spoiled interrogation.

"Tell me honestly, did you have a template in mind and just follow it when you went to find it?"

Li Ran sighed helplessly and raised his hands in surrender: "I'm innocent! Hero Tian!"

"First, it was Coconut who took the initiative to pursue me back then. Second, if I really had feelings for someone like Jingyi, I would have just gone straight to her. Why go through all that trouble to find a substitute? That doesn't make sense."

"Oh?" Tian Xiwei caught a glimpse of something in his words and immediately pressed, "So, do you want to make direct contact or not?"

"Of course..." Li Ran blurted out, then quickly stopped himself, noticing her eyes narrowing in an instant, and quickly changed his words.

"Of course I don't want to! With you and Coconut already, I'm already overwhelmed. How can I have the mind and energy to think about anything else?"

"What I mean is," Tian Xiwei replied slowly, her tone dangerously rising, "that once you've dealt with the two of us, you'll have the mind to think about other things, right?"

Before she could finish speaking, her "little fists" rained down on Li Ran.

"I'll let you think! I'll let you search! You greedy thing!"

While laughing and parrying, Li Ran took the opportunity to grab her two restless wrists, gently pulling her into his arms. He rested his chin on the top of her head and coaxed her in a softer tone, "Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was wrong. Let's get down to business. In a couple of days... Coconut might be coming to visit the set."

"Can you please stop hitting her?"

Tian Xiwei paused in his arms, looking up: "What's she doing here?"

"Her birthday is on the 20th." Li Ran observed her expression.

"Oh," Tian Xiwei drawled, a knowing and mischievous glint in her eyes.

"One is Valentine's Day, and the other is 520. You two really know how to pick your birthday dates. How romantic!"

She poked Li Ran's chest, deliberately putting on a stern face: "Besides, am I the kind of violent person? As long as she doesn't provoke me, I won't bother with her."

"Yes, yes, our Xiaotian is the most reasonable person."

Following her words, Li Ran tightened his arms around her, lowered his voice, and hinted, "It's getting late, we should..."

Before she could finish speaking, Tian Xiwei, as nimble as a little fish, slipped out of his arms and gently kicked him to the other side of the sofa.

"Dream on!"

She stood by the sofa, looking down at him, a faint blush on her face, but her tone was fierce, "Go back to your own room and sleep! I haven't agreed yet!"

Li Ran couldn't help but chuckle as he watched her trying to maintain her composure despite her obvious shyness. In the end, he obediently got up.

"Okay, I'll listen to you. Goodnight, Master Tian."

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Tian Xiwei pushed him toward the door.

The heat on her face only gradually subsided after the door was closed.

He picked up his phone, looked at the date May 20th, and a meaningful smile slowly crept onto his lips.

The next afternoon, during a break in filming with Li Ran and the other actors, Tian Xiwei found Director Mao, who was reviewing footage in front of the monitor.

"Director Cat, I need to discuss something with you." She smiled exceptionally sweetly.

"Li Ran and I still have a kissing scene at the amusement park that we haven't filmed yet. Do you think we could schedule it for May 20th?"

Director Mao Deshu was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized what he meant and smiled.

It's perfectly understandable that young couples want to create special memories on such a special day.

"Sure!" Director Cat readily agreed. "The atmosphere will be great that day, and you'll be more likely to get into character. It's settled then. I'll reschedule that scene for the 20th."

"Thank you, Cat Guide! I'll treat you to a big meal another day!" Tian Xiwei smiled radiantly, her mind racing with plans.

Silly guy, is this your birthday? Visiting the set?

I'll make sure I don't film a kissing scene with your boyfriend on your birthday. It'll be so romantic it'll make you cringe!

She seemed to already see the expression Zhou Ye might have, and her mood inexplicably became even happier, her steps even becoming lighter and more cheerful.