Vase cannon fodder is pampered by the group again

Chapter 74.2

Editor: Princess

The timing of the dawn was perfect, the actors’ expressions were perfect, and combined with Shen Ci’s fall and recovery, it was almost a heaven-sent “accident” that directly exceeded the anticipated artistic effect of this scene.

While the crew was busy marveling, Min Shoubei hurriedly threw down the megaphone and personally went onto the set to help Shen Ci up.

The crew members who had rushed over made way, and Min Shoubei squeezed to Shen Ci’s side, frowning. “Let me see the wound.”

“Oh, okay.” Shen Ci’s tears hadn’t finished falling, and he wiped them while rolling up his long pants. Fortunately, the pants were thick enough, and his knee was only slightly scraped. Some medicine would heal it in a few days.

“You’ll basically be wearing school uniform long pants throughout the scenes, so it won’t affect much. Go rest for now.” Min Shoubei crouched down and offered his back to Shen Ci. “Get on.”

Shen Ci: ???

Everyone around showed expressions of “ah, what touching father-son affection”, so Shen Ci had no choice but to reluctantly climb on, not daring to let Min Shoubei lose face.

Min Shoubei was tall and big, easily carrying his young son and striding away to send him back to the RV.

Throughout the entire process, Shen Ci buried his face in Min Shoubei’s back, unable to face the onlookers’ gazes and simply wanting to die on the spot.

How old was he… and still being carried by his father! Min Shoubei even acted like it was completely normal and calm!

Shen Ci expressed complete incomprehension!

The filming of the movie’s first scene thus ended perfectly.

Shen Ci’s next scene was scheduled for the afternoon, and he had nothing to do in the evening for the time being.

The afternoon scene was quite mundane, depicting the first meeting of the two young protagonists. After enduring the morning’s major scene, Shen Ci and Lu An completed it effortlessly.

Because the filming went smoothly, Brother Zhang praised him thoroughly, making his nose practically point to the sky. After dinner, he happily flipped through the script while eating the ice cream Min Shoubei had ordered for him during a break.

“Mr. Shen, you have a… delivery.”

A server knocked on Shen Ci’s door and politely announced.

Shen Ci was puzzled. He hadn’t bought anything.

“What is it?”

Shen Ci looked toward the door and saw the server take a small paper box from the cart and slowly open it. Shen Xiaobai was actually crouched inside.

Shen Ci: !!!

After seeing daylight again, the little white dog barked twice in a sweet voice and struggled to climb out, wanting to jump into Shen Ci’s arms.

Shen Ci quickly picked up the puppy and questioned the server. “This couldn’t have been mailed here, right? Who exactly sent it?”

Was it his big brother Shen Bie? Or… Shen Ci’s heart held vague expectations, and his voice became excited.

The server smiled politely. “That gentleman asked you to put on a mask and meet him in the underground parking garage.”

So Shen Ci rushed to the next room to find Brother Zhang, stuffed Shen Xiaobai into his arms, and ran off without explanation.

He put on his mask while entering the elevator and frantically pressed the basement level button, staring at the slowly descending floor numbers.

After an extremely long wait, the elevator finally reached the bottom and opened.

Shen Ci indeed saw a familiar tall figure wearing simple casual clothes, standing not far from the elevator with a gentle smile and slightly open arms.

“Little Uncle!” Shen Ci almost jumped up and ran over like the little white dog had just done, throwing his arms around Lu Xiao’s waist and being lifted up and spun around several times.

Shen Ci was held in his embrace, looking up with beautiful deer eyes. “Weren’t you supposed to come after this week?”

Lu Xiao cupped his face and kissed his forehead. “A little surprise.”

“Hehe.” Shen Ci smiled foolishly.

Sometimes, Shen Ci really felt that Lu Xiao was like a parasite in his stomach, always clearly capturing the small wishes hidden in his heart and inadvertently helping him realize them.

Shen Ci was sweetened until his heart felt soft and mushy, clinging to Lu Xiao’s arm and refusing to let go.

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Next to the hotel was a commercial street that was still quite lively at night. The two walked over wearing masks.

Shen Ci wore a black mask with casual long pants and sleeves that looked quite plain and dowdy. Lu Xiao had also deliberately changed into a more ordinary and simple jacket, trying not to attract passersby’s attention.

The disguises and nightfall were both effective. Additionally, being in a foreign country, no one noticed them all the way from the hotel.

Shen Ci happily held Lu Xiao’s hand with possessive satisfaction, interlocking their fingers.

“I’m so happy. No one recognizes us, so we can wander around freely.” Shen Ci smiled brilliantly.

Lu Xiao tightly held his young boyfriend’s hand, listening to him chatter about everything he saw on the street, his expression gentle.

He had specially flown here tonight to see Shen Ci, but unfortunately had to return to work tomorrow morning, so every minute and second was precious.

“Little Uncle, I want to eat that.” Shen Ci pointed to a street stall, his eyes sparkling.

It was a common stir-fried rice cake cart surrounded on three sides by transparent plastic sheeting that was already covered with a layer of dust.

Two or three customers were queuing, and an elderly woman and a girl were laughingly making stir-fried rice cakes. The glossy sauce and delicious-looking finished products were vaguely visible.

It looked like something that would easily attract children. No wonder Shen Ci’s eyes went straight and he stubbornly refused to move from this spot.

Lu Xiao frowned. Shen Ci had a very delicate stomach, and this kind of street food would definitely give him a stomachache.

“Little Uncle…” Shen Ci hugged his arm and blinked frantically, activating crazy spoiled-child mode. “Coming here to play and not eating some local specialties would be such a waste. Street stalls are the soul of a city!”

“Fallacious reasoning.” Lu Xiao turned his head away ruthlessly and refused Shen Ci’s request.

Shen Ci was craving it terribly and became anxious.

In this kind of situation, based on his experience, he couldn’t get his way by throwing a tantrum with “I don’t care”. Lu Xiao would definitely just carry him away directly.

He could only persist gently and coax Lu Xiao into agreeing.

He glanced around and, seeing no one nearby, pulled Lu Xiao’s collar down and stood on tiptoe to give him a quick kiss on the chin.

“Little Uncle, I already kissed you, isn’t that enough? If it’s not enough, you can kiss me however you want tonight…” Shen Ci continued acting spoiled, bombarding him with sugar-coated bullets.

Being stared at by those bright, watery deer eyes, with the excessively delicate-looking teenager wearing a pleading expression and offering such irresistible conditions…

Lu Xiao pinched the bridge of his nose, his resolve severely shaken.

“You can only eat a little.” Lu Xiao compromised reluctantly. “Otherwise your stomach will be uncomfortable.”

Shen Ci nodded frantically. Once Lu Xiao gave in, everything would be fine.

When he tried to stop him from continuing to eat, he could just act spoiled again, right? Shen Ci wanted to give his clever self a hundred thumbs up.

He happily bought a portion. The stall owner worked very quickly and smiled as she handed over the stir-fried rice cakes after three or four minutes.

Seeing another customer eating directly at the stall, Shen Ci simply followed suit, pulling down his mask and forking a piece into his mouth.

It was too hot and Shen Ci almost spat it out, but he managed to let it cool down enough to start chewing.

The secret sauce flavor instantly conquered his taste buds. The rice cakes were tender, soft, and chewy when bitten. Shen Ci’s crescent-shaped eyes nearly disappeared from satisfaction as he kept giving the stall owner thumbs up.

The stall owner could tell Shen Ci was a foreigner and covered her mouth while praising him with words like “Cute” and “Beautiful.” After a while, she made an extra half portion for Shen Ci and said “Free” with a smile.

Shen Ci thought being handsome had this advantage and happily thanked her before accepting it.

The stall owner’s daughter had been frowning while observing Shen Ci and constantly scrolling through her phone when she suddenly let out a loud “Ah!”

The elderly woman was startled by her daughter and scolded her in a low voice, but the daughter excitedly showed her the phone while pointing at Shen Ci, her cheeks flushed with excitement.

They were speaking in H country’s language, which Shen Ci couldn’t understand. Lu Xiao thoughtfully took out his phone to find an AI translator.

“A new product from Yunxiao Technology—perfect for real-world testing.”

Shen Ci looked at the screen and from the fragmented translations vaguely understood that the two were saying they had seen him online.

No way, this was H country. Shen Ci didn’t remember his company expanding into international markets.

“Here!” The elderly woman beamed and showed Shen Ci her phone screen.

It displayed an Instagram post with images that were unmistakably yesterday afternoon’s familiar scene of Shen Ci, including photos both with and without a mask. It was quite comprehensive.

The girl chattered away in H country’s language while Shen Ci looked at the translator silently. She was saying things like “Your photos are very popular on IG, we really like you.”

Shen Ci looked carefully and saw the red heart likes next to a number exceeding one million.

No way, this could go viral? Shen Ci was bewildered. This was too mystical.

His gaze moved down to look at the tags on the photo. Besides some conventional complimentary English words, there were also several H country words mixed in.

Lu Xiao directly took a photo and scanned it—

#MostWantedBottomBoy

Shen Ci: ?

Little question mark, do you have many friends?