330: Chapter 330 Instantly

With the lights off, the young couple cuddled together, whispering to each other.

Ruan Xingyu first criticized his daring behavior, immediately followed by self-reproach for being just as daring herself, then suddenly remembered the alarm hadn't been set. In the darkness, she reached for her phone and set an alarm for 5:30 for him. Finally, she issued a warning: "Go to sleep now. If you don't wake up when the alarm goes off tomorrow morning, you are dead!"

She added another line: "And I'm dead too!"

Lin Chuyan held her, shamelessly replying: "This is called an adventure, okay? A dull life always needs a little excitement."

Ruan Xingyu quickly understood what he meant.

There is no central heating in the south, so it was still a bit cold at night.

Fortunately, a lover's body is like a little sun, continuously providing heat to the person beside them.

Continuously. And while maintaining that continuity, one also had to stay quiet. It was indeed quite exciting.

The next morning, it was indeed done without anyone knowing.

As soon as the alarm rang, Lin Chuyan immediately turned it off, then nimbly got out of bed, not even waking Ruan Xingyu.

He opened the door, poked his head out to peek at the living room, then grabbed his phone and pillow and quickly slipped back to the guest room. None of those cliché scenarios of getting caught happened; the whole process was smooth and seamless.

He played on his phone in the room for a while, then fell back asleep—I have to say, a second sleep is truly the best.

When he woke up again, the sound of Ruan Xingyu chatting with his mom was already coming from the living room...

There was also a message from his girlfriend on his phone. No text, just a "thumbs up" emoji.

While getting dressed, Lin Chuyan even had time for wild thoughts: Was she praising him for not waking her up when he went back this morning? Or praising him for his perfectly executed mission without getting caught? Or perhaps praising his impeccable performance last night? Probably a bit of everything.

The plan for the morning was to have dim sum.

Why eat in the morning? Because in the morning, the teahouse is full of elderly people, and the chance of being recognized is very low... Young people are either at work or still sleeping in; who has time to eat dim sum? Noon is their prime time.

Su Lanxin and Lin Zhiyuan originally wanted to let the two of them go alone, not wanting to disturb the young couple in love. However, since the two had finally made it back and were only staying for two days before leaving, they didn't want to abandon their parents to be alone either.

So, Lin Chuyan gave a different reason, one that his parents couldn't refuse: "Let's go, let's go. You two are responsible for covering for us. If it's just the two of us eating out, it's very easy for people to notice us."

Unfortunately, they were still photographed by the time they finished the meal. No one disturbed them, though; Lin Chuyan saw it on Xiaohongshu, which Xia Zhi had forwarded to him.

That post had reached the peak of the account's popularity, with over a thousand likes.

"I didn't expect that a whim to get up early for dim sum would lead to a chance encounter with Lin Chuyan and Ruan Xingyu! Did they actually arrange to come back to Lin Chuyan's hometown in Guangdong Province together? It's a bit far, but luckily my phone's resolution is good enough—it's definitely them! There are two people sitting opposite them, but I can only see their backs, so I don't know who they are! PS: Please don't ask about photos in the comments. Unified reply: I don't dare!!!"

The comments section was already starting to discuss it.

"So which teahouse is it?! Quick! Tell me!" "Sister, you were right not to disturb them. I support you." "Ruan Xingyu is wearing a black tracksuit; it looks quite plain, so why does she look so good in it?"

"That's not the point, hey! The point is they went back to Lin Chuyan's hometown together! Is this meeting the parents? Wait, no, aren't the people sitting opposite them the parents?"

"It probably is. By the way, last time Ruan Xingyu's parents went to Lin Chuyan's movie premiere, and this time Ruan Xingyu came over to meet his parents... Ah, have they already reached this stage?"

"Shouldn't they date for a few more years??? Are they in such a rush???" "Could it be that good news is near? My blind guess is next year!" "It wouldn't be a shotgun wedding, would it? Okay, that's a bit exaggerated." "Why don't you say they've already had a kid?" "Yes, we do have a child!"

"Lin Chuyan is in the rising phase of his career, huh? He doesn't care about his fans at all." "New fan? Us old fans don't have that worry. You have to understand, showing off affection is already engraved in his genes."

"I've thought it through. Do you think those who say they aren't dating on the surface really aren't dating behind the scenes? Rather than sneaking around to find some random, unknown woman, it's better to be open and aboveboard. That's Ruan Xingyu, after all." "Scary, sister, you've already been molded into Lin Chuyan's shape."

Just as Lin Chuyan was scrolling through, smiling, Director Chu Dong suddenly called.

The special effects for pegasus 2 were almost done, and Director Chu Dong was becoming increasingly confident about the film. On one hand, it was because of the film's quality; on the other hand, he could now be said to possess two trump cards: Dong Peng and Lin Chuyan.

Not to mention Dong Peng, the current number one in domestic comedy films, he could almost be called a box office guarantee; the Spring Festival Movie Season couldn't possibly be without him.

As for Lin Chuyan, when Director Chu Dong first approached him, he already thought he was very popular, but he didn't expect him to be even more popular now—no, he completely didn't expect him to be popular to this extent.

Look at a moment of romance; with so much box office in just the New Year's Eve slot, who would dare say Lin Chuyan can't carry a box office now?

In other words... pegasus 2 now has two actors who can carry the box office. Tell me, how can this wave lose?

A more intuitive set of data is Douyin; the official Douyin for pegasus 2 is already in operation, though they've only posted one video. The content of the video was very simple: just a 10-second behind-the-scenes clip of Dong Peng and Lin Chuyan chatting and laughing on set, which was completely unrelated to the film's content, yet it quickly reached a million likes, and the comment section was basically full of anticipation. It's just that exaggerated.

However, Director Chu Dong was calling Lin Chuyan today for something else. "Xiao Yan, some news. It's not necessarily good or bad, but 'Creation of the Gods' has set its release date, and it's set for this Spring Festival Movie Season."

"My teacher told me about it before, and also said it was highly likely to be this slot. I just don't know how the quality of the film is." "Love to see it, a master-disciple PK, hahahaha..."

Lin Chuyan had a head full of black lines: "Director, I am the second male lead, and my teacher is also the second male lead. I'm stating this in advance: if the box office isn't good, you can't blame it on me. Also, are you not worried at all?"

"They are the ones who should be worried!" Director Chu Dong stopped laughing, "However, those who come are not kind, and those who are kind do not come. Knowing that this film has you and Brother Dong Peng, and still insisting on going head-to-head, I suspect the film's quality is good. Also, the themes and genres of these two films are completely different, so the final result certainly won't be like you and Feng Liqian—where you had billions in box office, and he struggled even to break a hundred million."

"That makes sense..." "Right, there's one more thing. 'Creation of the Gods' released a video, and the effect is quite good." "What video?" "A video of a group of muscular men riding horses." "Well... it's understandable that everyone loves to see that..."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Chuyan couldn't help but go check it out himself. But by the time he went to look, the trend seemed to have changed again—busy-bodies had put the video of this group of men riding horses side-by-side with the video of him riding a horse for a Vogartis ad to compare them.

The comments below were all "Dominated" and "Lin Chuyan dominated." It's over, it seems like 'Creation of the Gods' has had a bit of an unlucky start.