Chapter 262: Coach, I Really Want to Learn This!

The drama "Ever Night" is by the same author as "Joy of Life," which Bai Liang is about to join the cast of.

When the time comes, these two works will obviously be compared side by side~

Of course, Arthur—that is, Chen Feiyu—although he basks in the halo of his father Chen Kaige, is still a rookie and rather green at this point, so it's perfectly normal that he can't compete with Bai Liang.

Even Tencent Pictures behind the scenes values the latter more—"Joy of Life" is the real male-channel gamble.

The script Bai Liang got isn't some underdog-comeback story; from the very start, it's a spotlight-on-top-of-the-world ascent.

Everyone's waiting for this drama to blow up~

But Arthur, young and brash, clearly doesn't think that way.

Everyone says I can't do it? Am I really no good?

The novels even have that line "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west"—he's been reading web novels online lately, and not for nothing!

The underdog youth's comeback path is the true king of male-channel web fiction.

Arthur feels that's exactly the kind of script he's got.

If you're not full of fire, can you even be called young? ~ Taking down the four top-tier stars starts with a big-male-lead drama!

Bai Liang: You're not wrong, but my script is the invincible-protagonist kind.

No matter how awesome Arthur's old man is, no matter how famous, he can't just inherit it directly.

If you want the audience to buy in, you still have to walk it step by step on your own.

Wait—his old man doesn't seem to have all that many audience members willing to buy in anymore either.

"Can you stop calling me Arthur? My English name is Arthur."

"Alright, Arthur, you're not even of age yet, so put down the alcohol and have some juice."

Bai Liang smiled and took away the drink in front of Arthur, asking Meng Ziyi to pour him a glass of coconut juice.

Arthur had strong opinions about this.

He felt Bai Liang was looking down on him, treating him like a kid.

But the coconut juice really was pretty tasty, and Arthur's face unconsciously showed a streak of pure, innocent foolishness.

Yet he was actually secretly observing how Bai Liang drank—learn from the barbarian's strengths to subdue him.

His old man is a little poetry whiz, so of course Arthur can pull these things out of his hat too.

This meal was, of course, on the drama crew—Bai Liang had come all the way to Xinjiang to visit the set, and not hosting him properly would make their crew seem terribly rude.

But at this point, most of the veteran actors in the "Ever Night" crew had already wrapped and left; the remaining filming schedule of nearly a month was basically all the young artists' scenes.

This was exactly what Meng Jie had been anxious about earlier—she was afraid her scenes, which could've been shot in two days, would drag on until next month.

Next month—"Joy of Life" will have already started filming for a while.

Now she's not anxious anymore. The little hedgehog has come, Zhecheng is at peace! The little hedgehog has come, and the blue sky is here!

Actually, the "Ever Night" crew wasn't deliberately targeting her or anything; it was purely because Meng Ziyi is a small-time nobody, so they subconsciously felt no need to worry about her schedule and prioritized the others first.

Very reasonable.

So after Bai Liang arrived, there was none of that showing-off-and-slapping-faces business.

He didn't say a word—just came to visit the set—and everyone instantly got the message.

Everything arranged perfectly clear.

This must be the Face-Fruit power.

After three rounds of drinks, Meng Ziyi started having trouble holding herself together, her body gradually leaning against Bai Liang.

The obvious flush on her cheeks actually made her look a few shades more charming, exuding a spilling-out allure.

In those bright, beautiful big eyes, the rippling waves of affection made anyone who saw them feel a quiver in their heart.

A she-devil.

I heard she's playing a courtesan queen in "Joy of Life"?

The few remaining people at the table silently gave a thumbs-up—whoever picked the role? Damn, what a great choice!

Even Arthur next to her couldn't help stealing a few extra glances.

For Bai Liang, Meng Jie is still a little girl, but for Arthur... she's a "big sister" contestant too.

Coincidentally, at that moment Meng Ziyi brought up the topic herself.

"When you go film 'Joy of Life' later, you'll still have to go out and do promotion in the middle, right?"

"Yeah, with Zhao Liying and Miss Jing Tian—one TV series, one movie." Bai Liang said casually.

The release of "How Long Will I Love U" and the broadcast of "The Story of Ming Lan" really did come one right after the other, and he was thinking that when he went out to do promotion, maybe he could kill two birds with one stone and drag both of them along.

But Meng Jie pouted and said, "They're all big sisters—you're quite the pro at getting along with big sisters."

When she said this, she actually deliberately lowered her voice, but Arthur was close by on one hand, and had pretty good hearing on the other.

A pro at getting along with big sisters? Really?!

At that moment Arthur suddenly recalled that besides the huge scandals with those two top-tier Misses of Xinjiang, Bai Liang also seemed to have pretty good relationships with various 85-flowers.

Some were even quite intimate with him—Arthur couldn't help sitting up straight, a hint of "knowledge"-hunger showing in his eyes.

Coach, I really want to learn this!

Bai Liang, however, didn't notice this kid's "thirst for knowledge"—he felt Meng Ziyi had drunk about enough today, and any more and she'd really be drunk.

So he reached out and grabbed her a bottle of coconut juice.

However, because one of his hands was being secretly held under the table by this little girl, he could only open the drink bottle one-handed.

Luckily this was no challenge for Bai Liang—he bit down with his teeth, gave a little用力, then quickly flicked the cap with his tongue—hey presto, open!

This little "trick" stunned several people around them.

The "understanding" girls showed mysterious smiles, some mischievous, some blushing, no one knew what they were thinking.

But Arthur wore a thoughtful look, feeling he was gradually understanding everything.

No wonder the internet always says top-tier star Bai Liang is a treasure of a man—Arthur felt he really could learn a lot from him.

I'll sneak a bottle back to the hotel later and start practicing!

The fact that Arthur suddenly had such a good attitude toward him left Bai Liang a bit baffled.

Fair enough, though—a boy of seventeen or eighteen has all kinds of wild thoughts at that age. Who knows what this kid has been imagining.

After Bai Liang very decisively added him on WeChat, Arthur felt as if he'd found a treasure.

Then, with a solemn yet humble expression, he said that he might have some work-related questions in the future and wanted to seek guidance from "senior" Bai Liang.

Honestly, Mencius couldn't help giving Arthur a like.

She thought to herself that this famous director's son wasn't just a resource-backed pretty boy—he really worked hard! And he was willing to set aside his pride and face.

Most young people rarely want to seek advice from an actor of Bai Liang's age group.

Unless they're a Miss who's very close to him.

The fact that Arthur could do this naturally earned him a few extra points of respect—she felt he was genuinely hardworking.

Still, Bai Liang kept feeling something was a bit off.

As a man, he knew perfectly well what a seventeen-year-old version of himself would be thinking about all day.

With no worries about the future, his head would be full of pretty older sisters and pretty younger sisters.

That really was the age where you could get hard just looking at illustrations in a textbook.

Once the temperature rose in the private dining room, Meng Jie felt hot and took off her jacket.

Underneath she was wearing a fairly form-fitting sweater with a rather wide neckline.

It outlined the curves of her upper body while also revealing a glimpse of snowy-white skin; leaning forward like that, the smooth curves were quite breathtaking.

Now it wasn't just her mouth that was sexy~

The little girl has been well-raised!

So—

You've played the "boil wine and discuss heroes" game too, and now you've caught the Cao Cao thief's itch?

"Has this kid been flirting with you on set?"

When Bai Liang quietly asked this question, Mencius naturally felt a bit embarrassed upon hearing it.

The blush on her cheeks seemed to deepen; she stretched out her slender, fair fingers and gently poked Bai Liang.

But very quickly, she lightly bit her lip, her expression somewhere between a smile and not.

Clearly, she really liked Bai Liang's question.

"Guess~ Oh, why haven't you finished your beef yet? It's getting cold."

Bai Liang smiled. "I don't eat beef."

The moment those words came out, Arthur suddenly felt the lights overhead seemed a bit dizzying.

When he looked at Bai Liang again, the other man met his gaze—but his eyes were different from the usual smiling ones.

Narrow, long, calm and indifferent, like a Candle Dragon squinting! "Since when don't you eat beef? Oh right, what you just said—nah, he's only that old."

Arthur: What's that thing flashing?

At that moment he suddenly felt a chill on his back; reaching back to touch it, it was drenched in sweat.

Instantly uncertain and on edge, he looked at Bai Liang again and found the other's gaze and smile very gentle.

Weird—was it just my imagination?

Arthur scratched his head. He didn't think much of it, just figured maybe he'd been filming a bit too hard lately.

The coconut juice he drank today had actually made him feel tipsy.

He'd even spaced out for a moment.

But very quickly his brain was once again occupied by the things a seventeen-year-old boy ought to be thinking about.

He couldn't even focus on filming—now his head was full of big sisters.

But he didn't so much as glance at Meng Jie; his instincts made him subconsciously avoid looking.

After the meal ended, Arthur gave Bai Liang a shy smile, seemingly genuinely wanting to build a good relationship with him so he could ask questions on WeChat later.

Bai Liang: This kid most likely won't be asking anything proper.

Fortunately, he himself wasn't exactly proper either.

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Hotel.

No errors, no missing chapters—read everything here first!

"Xinjiang is so dry here~ The bag of chips I opened the day I arrived—I left it for three days and forgot to eat it, and it wasn't soft at all, it was even crispier!"

"Didn't you bring a humidifier?"

"I did, but my mouth is still really dry—my lips are even peeling."

After saying this, Meng Jie, whose face was still flushed from the alcohol, puckered her lips at Bai Liang.

Lips pursed, round and full. Bai Liang looked left and right and still couldn't spot any peeling.

Instead he thought they looked quite appetizing.

A few seconds later he got it. "If your mouth is dry, just moisten it a little."

"Oh~ then how should I moisten it?" Meng Jie asked with great curiosity, then kept pouting after speaking.

"Drink water."

I've given you too much face!

Before Meng Jie could even feel wronged, Bai Liang decisively helped her moisten things. Now she was satisfied, closing her eyes, her brows relaxing.

What dispels sorrow? Only an old flame revisited.

With a wet smack, Meng Jie, who was no small girl, plastered herself all over Bai Liang, flipping the natural order and pinning him down onto the bed.

The word "plastered" is used quite precisely here — after a few drinks, she really does have that soft, sticky-rice kind of feel to her.

She's even gotten a bit unhygienic, flicking her tongue and burrowing around all over the place.

"Are my nostrils some kind of toy for you? Could you at least aim properly~" Bai Liang said helplessly.

But Meng Jie wasn't the same naive girl she used to be. "Only you would miss. You missed last time too! So unhygienic."

Those words stirred something in Bai Liang's heart. "About that…"

Meng Jie gave him a coquettish glare. "Just this once, okay? You have no idea how much it hurts. Only because you came all this way to see me… Aiya, am I being too easy on you? If Sister Qian found out, she'd definitely say I'm not worth much!"

"You and Sister Qian actually talk about this stuff?"

"Of course not!"

While they were talking, this little girl had already skillfully turned herself into a big frog~

Back at the very beginning, she still needed Bai Liang to teach her all sorts of things, but now she doesn't need any of it at all.

The biggest difference between a girl and a woman is: one instinctively arches her waist upward, while the other habitually sinks her waist downward.

This doesn't even have an absolute correlation with age.

These days there are plenty of girls who should be crying out in pain but instead yell "harder"~

And the process of slowly shaping the former into the latter is always wondrous and deeply enjoyable.

Watching the changes bit by bit — perhaps this is the joy of cultivation?

Someone like Arthur, who likes older women, probably wouldn't get to experience this.

So you see, diversified development is really necessary. People who only play the "Cao thief" role will never get to experience certain kinds of joy.

However, in his moment of smugness, Bai Liang also made a mistake.

And that was — Xinjiang really is very dry.

The place is so dry that even Lin Lin Xian can rein herself in, and that's no joke.

The key thing is, Bai Liang habitually opens the window for fresh air after entering a room.

So, when Mencius finally wrapped filming on the "Ever Night" crew, she firmly refused to attend the "Joy of Life" launch press conference in Yanjing with Bai Liang.

Instead, she went straight to the set first and met up with Li Yitong.

"Y-y-you, what happened to you?!"

Li Yitong, who had originally come to find Mencius in high spirits, even bringing her own dog so it could be friends with Chocolate, started stuttering when she saw Mencius's current state.

Pale face, limping as she walked — it looked as if she'd been injured somehow.

What on earth did she suffer through on her previous crew?

Mencius wore a completely dead-inside expression, while also indicating that things weren't as bad as they looked, just slightly… hard to talk about.

She sighed and complained: "Xinjiang really is so dry."

"What exactly happened?"

"The skin broke and bled."

Hearing this drove Li Yitong frantic. "Where?!"

"Don't ask, I'd rather die than say." Mencius petted Li Yitong's little dog she'd only had for a short while, called Rou Rou, and felt a bit healed by it.

Other people's little dogs just feel different when you pet them.

So is that why boys are fickle too?

Li Yitong, meanwhile, "exchanged hostages" with her — holding Mencius's Chocolate and giving it a thorough petting — and then suddenly made a bold guess: "Did that male fox hurt you?"

This question left Mencius silent for several seconds. She thought about it and figured… Tong Tong already knew so much anyway, what was the harm in saying a little more.

So she nodded. "Mm-hm~"

"Sshh, it couldn't be that bad, right? He's actually pretty gentle."

"Huh?"

"Huh! I mean he looks pretty gentle, not the type to mess around recklessly. Back when you two were on the "Legend of the Condor Heroes" crew, it wasn't like this either."

"It's different, Tong Tong. Let this be a lesson — never agree to let a boy mess around in the future."

"I-I don't mess around, and who would I even agree to? How did you two mess around? Can you tell me?"

Between best friends, some topics can really go this far!

And this is only because Meng Jie's skin is relatively thin. If it were Jin Cheng she was chatting with, the scale would be even more astronomical.

Meng Jie's face was a picture of shy indignation, her cheeks puffing out. "Some places are only for going out, not for going in."

This left Li Yitong stunned, and after a few seconds she let out a long sigh: "Oh~~~"

"Anyway, this really won't do." Meng Jie emphasized again, blushing.

In any case, since she'd already said it, might as well set a bad example for her sisters, right?

There are ten thousand paths in life, safety is always the first.

Drive improperly, and your loved ones will shed two lines of tears.

But Li Yitong didn't pick up on that thread at all, and instead boldly brought up whether, without environmental factors, it might have been a completely different experience?

Mencius: Tong Tong!

But then she remembered Li Yitong is five years older than her, and here she was giving her a lecture — who knows, Tong Tong might actually have more experience in this area.

So she couldn't help but put the dog down, letting Chocolate and Rou Rou play by themselves for a while. Some topics were really not suitable for dogs to hear.

Not appropriate for children.

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Only two updates today, I'm in really bad shape, this is all I could write, sorry.

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