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It's not that he didn't want to kiss the older man. It's because he was afraid to be annoying and rude. It was hard enough to forge this current relationship with Fu Jinxiao. If a junior behaved this way, wouldn't that be counted as disrespectful? He didn't want to destroy this relationship he managed to make.
If he was hated, he would be sad and want to cry.
The director was still happily urging the small bunny into the wolf's den, "Suisui, don't waste time. Go quickly – if you go early, you will return early."
These words sounded more like: "if you die early, you will be reborn early" instead.
Shen Xingsui had no choice. Since he was a guest on this show, he couldn't be too pretentious. He put on his clothes, washed up briefly, and then went out.
It was about dawn time.
The sky outside was foggy, as this small town was close to the mountains. On the faraway horizon, green mountains were winding into a line. The peak was surrounded by heavy clouds, masking it in a hazy mystery. The mansion itself was very quiet, its inhabitants were still in deep slumber. Only a few chirps from songbirds in the garden could be heard, giving the building a sense of peaceful tranquility.
The director urged again in a whisper, "Go quickly."
Shen Xingsui then turned his gaze to the door in front of him. He took a deep breath under the morning light, and then walked slowly to the inside of Fu Jinxiao's room.
Netizens in the live broadcast room were anxiously waiting:
[I can tell from Suisui's expression that he is walking to his death.]
[I'm Fu-ge's fan. I was a little jealous at first, but seeing his expression now, I can only just laugh.]
[I'm sorry, it's a little sad, but it's so funny.]
[My baby Suisui is so cute
The cameraman poked him quietly again, silently mouthing, "Hurry up."
Netizens in the live broadcast room's impatience skyrocketed, scratching their hearts and lungs:
[OH MY GOD IT'S HAPPENING]
[I'm panicking! I can't see this, but I want to see!!]
[Ahh ahhh!!! I want to be in Suisui's place QAQ]
[Suisui, can you do it?]
When everyone was getting angry, Shen Xingsui, who had always been nervous and timid, finally acted.
Shen Xingsui leaned against the edge of the bed and bent down slightly. He looked down at Fu Jinxiao, his eyes were so peaceful and focused, as gentle as a clear moon, and his movements were light and slow. Because he was directly facing Fu Jinxiao, the distance between their lips was also very close.
For some reason, the cameraman's hands were sweating.
If Shen Xingsui was willing, under such circumstances, he could just kiss the actor directly. There were legitimate reasons, the right timing, and the opportunity to realize his dream.
"…"
The room was silent.
After a while–
Shen Xingsui leaned forward a little, piously and sincerely, like a believer kneeling down to a god. He placed a light kiss on Fu Jinxiao's forehead, like a superficial touch, as light as a brush of feather on your face. It was full of unspoken meaning.
However, just when Shen Xingsui wanted to get away after kissing, the sleeping man suddenly opened his eyes. There was no trace of sleepiness in those deep dark eyes. With efficient movement, he grabbed Shen Xingsui by the arm and yanked him down. The youth panicked as he felt his world turned upside-down, but he couldn't react in time.
In the end, he also fell unceremoniously beside Fu Jinxiao on the bed. Thankfully, he fell on top of the quilt, so it wasn't too awkward.
Fu Jinxiao looked at him with an indescribable look. The man who had just woken up said in a deep, hoarse, and ears-numbing voice, "Good morning."
"…"
Shen Xingsui's face was flushed.
It was obviously someone else he secretly kissed, but he blushed as if there was nothing unusual. With a blush and a stammer, he replied, "Morning, good morning."
"Such an elegant greeting, Comrade Little Shen," Fu Jinxiao's handsome face was too close. With one glance at those half-lidded eyes, Shen Xingsui felt his heart jump out of his ribcage. It was too attractive, it felt sinful.
With a teasing voice, Fu Jinxiao asked, "I got up early in the morning, what are you doing here?"
Shen Xingsui was embarrassed and thought, 'What, you don't know what I did?? Liar!'
But Fu Jinxiao looked at him so leisurely, and Shen Xingsui didn't dare to be dishonest with his look of waiting for an answer, so he hurriedly said, "I'm doing the task assigned to me by the program group."
Fu Jinxiao, "Oh?"
Shen Xingsui hastily confessed about the director's dastardly task, "They… uh, they made me wake you up with a good morning kiss."
Fu Jinxiao raised his eyebrows, his meaning unclear.
Shen Xingsui thought he was angry, and quickly said, "I'm sorry, Instructor Fu, I didn't mean it!"
Fu Jinxiao said, "So you really kissed me while I was sleeping?"
Shen Xingsui nodded obediently, but when he found that Fu Jinxiao was still looking at him, he quickly added: "I, I didn't do other things improperly. I kissed where I shouldn't, so I just kissed it. Your forehead, don't be angry!"
Fu Jinxiao continued to stare at him, making Shen Xingsui even more nervous. His Adam's apple rolled up and down.
"Tsk…" Fu Jinxiao sighed lightly, and poked Shen Xingsui's head with his slender and fair fingers, his voice was low and seemed to be somewhat helpless, "Coward."
Shen Xingsui was taken aback, "Huh?"
Fu Jinxiao got up as if he had given up teasing him, "Don't you need to wake others up?"
Shen Xingsui finally realized: "Yes, yes."
When he thought of calling someone else to wake up and give him a good morning kiss, Shen Xingsui felt that this was the real torture, the real moment of death.
Shen Xingsui sighed heavily.
Fu Jinxiao sat up next to him then took a drink from the cup by the table. The man who just woke up looked dangerous for some reason –his nightgown was loose and he squinted at him, "Why, don't you want to go?"
Shen Xingsui with a bitter face, "This is a punishment task, because we took a shortcut yesterday, so we have to wake everyone up."
Fu Jinxiao raised his eyebrows, and his eyes fell on the cameraman next to him. The smile on the corner of his mouth seemed very shallow, and his voice gentle but it sounded inexplicably dangerous: "Is this the case?"
The cameraman felt the hidden knife behind that smile, but he could only nod.
Fu Jinxiao looked very reasonable and gentle, "The director's arrangement is also reasonable, of course we have to follow it."
The director not far away also felt a sudden chill down his spine.
Fu Jinxiao smiled more kindly, and said to Shen Xingsui beside him, "In this case, go quickly, don't waste time."
Shen Xingsui also knew that it was not good to drag things for too long. So he went out to Shen Xingchen's room next. Although he was his own older brother, the young master's sleep was notoriously hard to disturb. Despite his effort on kissing him, Shen Xingchen didn't budge. It's only after he shook the older man, he got a whine in response. Shen Xingchen finally woke up.
Suddenly, the air conditioner stopped.
The lights in the room were also off.
The temperature rose rapidly, and the room began to heat up.
Just when Shen Xingsui was about to wake other people to perform his own social death, he saw that the doors and windows of other rooms were opened. All of them woke up early without any need of a "loving alarm".
Ning Ze asked, clearly just woken up, "What's going on, the power went out?"
"I slept soundly and woke up from the heat." Li Xu'an also came out of his room, "Where is the breaker? Is there something wrong?"
Shen Xingsui himself was also shocked stupid.
Everyone was curious what's going on. Without anyone noticing, Fu Jinxiao also came out of a hidden corner slowly. The actor had been fully dressed and presentable. He leaned against the edge of the corridor and said to everyone in good spirits, "Morning."
The others greeted him back.
The stupid Shen Xingchen said without thinking, "Then, there's no task now, right? I'm so sleepy, I want to go back to sleep."
Everyone else nodded in agreement.
The director originally wanted to have a program like a good morning kiss, but he didn't expect that the electricity in the guest room would be cut off. As for who did this, he didn't dare to ask, and he didn't dare to say.
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