Xian Sui did not notice the makeup artist’s unusual behavior, simply feeling puzzled as to why the person remained completely unresponsive to his questions. Thus, he tentatively asked one more time: “Is something wrong?”
The makeup artist no longer wasted any time, directly raising the scissors with the sharp point aimed right at Xian Sui. No matter how slow-witted the latter was, he instantly realized something was wrong.
Xian Sui immediately got up from his seat, abruptly retreating a few steps. “What do you want to do? You aren’t a makeup artist. Who are you?”
“I warned you, I won’t let you go. Why won’t you listen?” The person lunged toward Xian Sui gripping the scissors. The latter quickly darted to the side and managed to dodge, but an injury was still inevitably carved into his arm, and fresh blood poured out of it uncontrollably.
He couldn’t help letting out a cry of pain. The assailant still had no intention of letting him go, continuing to press forward step by step. Just before the assailant’s scissors were about to descend again, someone outside the makeup room finally noticed the commotion inside, barging in through the door and stopping the uninvited guest’s actions.
Someone present caught sight of Xian Sui’s injury and couldn’t help letting out a gasp, while security guards forcefully dragged the perpetrator away from the scene.
Xian Sui instinctively covered his wound, his palm quickly dyed completely red with fresh blood. The staff members reacted very swiftly, dispatching people outside to notify medical personnel for emergency treatment.
Before the medical personnel could arrive, Gu Fanzhou abruptly appeared right beside Xian Sui. “You’re badly hurt.”
“Can I still act?” Xian Sui’s complexion looked terrible. He managed to lift his gaze and instinctively asked the Gu Fanzhou in front of him.
“Not for the time being,” Gu Fanzhou took off the thin jacket he was wearing and temporarily wrapped it around Xian Sui’s wound, just like when Xian Sui had stopped the bleeding for him back when his own palm had been stabbed. “Heal your injuries first, then come back to work.”
“It’s so deep, I bet it’ll leave a scar,” Xian Sui’s gaze fixed on the wound wrapped up by Gu Fanzhou. “Jian Shuyu doesn’t have scars.”
“Xian Sui shouldn’t have scars either. Trust me, it will be fine.” Gu Fanzhou’s tone was very gentle.
The medical staff quickly arrived at the scene, giving Xian Sui professional temporary bandaging before calling an ambulance to transport him to the hospital.
Xian Sui’s assistant finally arrived in a panic, boarding the ambulance together with Gu Fanzhou. He even clutched the corner of Xian Sui’s clothes wailing to the heavens, making Xian Sui find it somewhat amusing instead. “I’m fine, stop crying. Anyone who didn’t know better would think I was already dead.”
“If I had been there, that psycho definitely wouldn’t have dared to pull anything.” The assistant wore a look of utter regret, looking so wretched as if he were the actual victim.
Inside the ambulance, tears and tragic drama lines flew simultaneously. Gu Fanzhou simply couldn’t bear to listen anymore, and took the opportunity to look up and down at Xian Sui’s skin-and-bones assistant: “If you were there, you’d only result in an extra medical bill.”
Assistant: “…” How could he possibly find a single word to refute that?
Xian Sui’s wound was examined by a doctor. The perpetrator seemed to have used quite a bit of force, giving it a certain depth and a length about half a forearm long, but it hadn’t reached an irreversible stage. With active treatment and dietary restrictions, it shouldn’t be prone to leaving scars.
“Don’t worry, Brother Xian Sui,” the assistant sat beside the hospital bed looking at Xian Sui. “Modern medicine is so advanced nowadays, even if it leaves a scar, you can get surgery to remove it.”
Holding his own blood-stained thin jacket in his hand, Gu Fanzhou turned around to instruct Xian Sui’s assistant to go buy lunch, emphasizing that it needed to be light food to prevent the wound from getting inflamed.
The assistant quickly left the ward, and Gu Fanzhou sat down in the exact spot the assistant had just occupied. Xian Sui naturally met the gaze of the person before him. “Thank you for helping me earlier.”
“It’s nothing, just returning a favor.” Gu Fanzhou folded the blood-stained jacket neatly.
Xian Sui remembered the favor of stopping the bleeding for Gu Fanzhou on set, which the other party had already repaid. Aside from that, he genuinely couldn’t think of anything else. “A favor?”
“You accompanied me to drink at the villa previously.”
Xian Sui couldn’t help letting out a soft laugh. “How is that a favor? That should count as you treating me.”
“Think whatever you want.” Gu Fanzhou abruptly shifted the conversation. “The person who pretended to be a makeup artist has already been handed over to the police. The person who sent the gifts was also him. He even sent private messages on your Weibo, didn’t he?”
Xian Sui didn’t deny it. Gu Fanzhou spread his palm open in front of him: “Give me your phone.”
The next second, Xian Sui unlocked his phone from the bedside table and handed it to Gu Fanzhou. He watched with his own eyes as Gu Fanzhou opened Weibo, scrolled the private messages all the way to the bottom, and after checking the contents, blocked the person who had been threatening Xian Sui. “It’s because of me.”
“It has nothing to do with you. You’re not the one who made him slash me with scissors.” Xian Sui pulled his phone back out of Gu Fanzhou’s hand. The latter said nothing more, merely tucking the corners of Xian Sui’s blanket in. “Other people’s scenes will be filmed first during this period, so you don’t need to worry about the production crew’s matters.”
Right as those words fell, the assistant walked through the door holding a bowl of warm porridge. Gu Fanzhou specially inspected it first, confirming there were no unsuitable ingredients before bringing it over to Xian Sui.
Xian Sui instinctively raised his hand to pick up the takeout spoon, completely forgetting that his right hand was injured. Pulling at the wound like that, he couldn’t help letting out a yelp of pain.
Gu Fanzhou pressed down on Xian Sui’s palm to stop his next movement, while opening the plastic lid of the porridge bowl himself, scooping a spoonful and holding it right beside Xian Sui’s mouth.
“Thank you,” Xian Sui opened his mouth and took the porridge. “Brother Gu, my assistant is actually right here, you don’t have to stay here specially to take care of me.”
Gu Fanzhou’s movements paused for no apparent reason. “This matter was brought about partly because of me.”
“I told you it has nothing to do with you.” Xian Sui couldn’t help frowning, thinking to himself why this person was so stubborn.
Acting as if he didn’t understand Xian Sui’s words, Gu Fanzhou quickly brought the second spoonful to Xian Sui’s mouth. The latter naturally didn’t have the heart to refuse, swallowing it down. “Wait a moment first, it’s a bit too hot.”
“Why didn’t you say so earlier?”
“Because telling you to go back was more important just then.”
“Just how much do you want to avoid me?” Gu Fanzhou actually looked vaguely displeased.
“I didn’t mean it like that, I just feel like Brother Gu doesn’t need to waste time on me.” Xian Sui hurriedly explained.
“This isn’t called wasting time.” Gu Fanzhou scooped up another spoonful. This time, he blew on it beside his own mouth, and only when he felt it was about right did, he deliver it to Xian Sui’s lips. “Is this suitable?”
Xian Sui gave an affirmative reply, and Gu Fanzhou blew on every single spoonful first before feeding it to Xian Sui. The assistant standing off to the side stared with his eyes wide open. Was this really the cold, unapproachable Best Actor Gu he saw in the entertainment news?
By the end, the porridge in the bowl had cooled down quite a bit, so Gu Fanzhou simply fed it to Xian Sui’s lips one bite after another. As a result, he moved too quickly, almost getting porridge all over Xian Sui’s mouth. “Too fast, can you slow down a bit?”
“So delicate.” Although Gu Fanzhou complained verbally, his feeding pace indeed slowed down considerably compared to before.
Xian Sui clearly didn’t quite like such a description, hurriedly defending himself. “I’m not being delicate. If it were you, you wouldn’t be able to stand it either.”
“Oh, then you can try feeding me next time.” Gu Fanzhou clearly didn’t take the other person’s words to heart.
“I’m not a child, how could I randomly feed you?”
Gu Fanzhou couldn’t help letting out a soft laugh. “I was actually taking you seriously.”
Realizing he was being teased, Xian Sui immediately clammed up in a huff, not uttering a single half-sentence. Even when Gu Fanzhou finished feeding him an entire bowl of porridge, he didn’t offer his usual thanks.
Seeing him with this indifferent attitude, Gu Fanzhou didn’t have the patience to deal with it either. After taking a phone call, he hurried back to the film set.
The assistant had also disappeared somewhere, leaving Xian Sui all alone in the ward, where it always felt inexplicably empty.
He began casually scrolling through his phone with his uninjured hand, accidentally clicking into Weibo by mistake. The homepage happened to push Gu Fanzhou’s latest update right to him.
First was Gu Fanzhou reposting the police case briefing regarding this incident, explicitly stating that he personally did not support such irrational behavior.
The next post was a photo of Xian Sui’s hand injury, with the accompanying text simply reading four words: wishing a speedy recovery.
Xian Sui stared at the photo for quite a while. It was probably taken while the doctor was examining him, uploaded straight to Weibo without a single word of warning.
He couldn’t help his curiosity and opened the comments.
[Brother, why did you accompany them to the hospital? Don’t tell me you got caught up in something too QAQ]
[People are filming, what about their co-star? It’s totally normal for them to have a good relationship and accompany them to check it out. Those crying about clout-chasing should pipe down too. Even though I’m not their fan, they’re already in the hospital, they wouldn’t stoop to chasing clout like this]
[Since the brother posted on Weibo, they must genuinely have a good relationship. Brother is happy with it, and if he didn’t say anything people would think it’s an official announcement. Seeing you guys having a meltdown like that and even using scissors to hurt people, seriously, go check yourself into a psychiatric ward]
Xian Sui browsed the plaza, and as expected, there were all sorts of opinions being voiced. Some people believed that Xian Sui, a minor unknown internet celebrity, was trying to use this opportunity for marketing, especially since he had previously posted the plush doll from Gu Fanzhou’s fans on Weibo.
He had originally just shared it casually since his Weibo follower count wasn’t high, never expecting that people would constantly twist and misinterpret it.
Others were concerned about what kind of private relationship Gu Fanzhou and Xian Sui actually had. Media outlets had revealed that the two were currently filming a same-sex themed movie, and there was no telling if sparks might fly. Although relevant legislation did not yet exist, today’s era was much more open than before, and same-sex couples weren’t uncommon, even being accepted by the majority.
Xian Sui’s eyelids twitched, and for no good reason, he felt a wave of guilt and exited the interface.
The comments on Weibo were chaotic and messy. Xian Sui closed his phone without finishing them and drifted off to sleep unawares.
When he woke up, he happened to remember to open WeChat, only to discover that quite a few people from the production crew had sent him greetings. Meng Qiao even mentioned that she would bring gifts to visit him when she had free time later on.
Gu Fanzhou had probably finished filming, messaging him to tell him that things were fine over at the set and only the police had come to collect evidence. At the end, he asked if Xian Sui needed anything, adding that he would come take a look at him around dusk.
Xian Sui asked Gu Fanzhou to bring him some spices. The sachet’s fragrance had faded a lot, and the materials inside needed to be replaced.
He waited for a while, but Gu Fanzhou didn’t reply. Who knew if he had even seen it?
Right at that moment, someone knocked on the ward door. Xian Sui was surprised that Gu Fanzhou could arrive so quickly, and hurriedly called out for him to come in.
However, the very next second, the person who pushed open the ward door in front of Xian Sui turned out to be Xie Zhuangqiu, dressed head-to-toe in a sharp business suit.
“Xian Sui, long time no see. I was so worried about you.”