Chapter 35: Driving Away the Senior Sister, Keeping the Senior Brother (Please Collect and Recommend)

Accompanied by the agent and Jing Tian, Qi Hui toured the house.

The apartment had two bedrooms and two living rooms, fully furnished; aside from the somewhat feminine decor, Qi Hui found no major issues.

Without hesitation, he immediately signed the lease with the agent; the price was not high, a normal market rate.

Seeing the contract signed, the smile on Jing Tian's face grew sweeter.

"Senior Brother, from now on we are neighbors," Jing Tian said happily.

"You live here too... oh, you were the one who introduced it," Qi Hui suddenly realized.

Jing Tian blinked her big eyes: "I live right above you."

Saying this, she pointed at the ceiling.

"Senior Brother, come visit sometime," the girl waved goodbye.

"Definitely," Qi Hui smiled and nodded in agreement, but in his heart he felt a bit dismissive; a single man and a single woman alone in a room would sound strange if spoken of.

One still needs to observe the distinction between men and women.

After seeing Jing Tian off, Qi Hui began to tidy the room and, incidentally, informed Ling Xiaosu and Zhang Ruoyun of his address.

Little Zhang was fine, sending Qi Hui his blessings.

Old Ling, however, was somewhat disdainful, urging Qi Hui to buy a house quickly.

On the day he bought a house and moved in, he would definitely cook Qi Hui a fine meal of Hulutou Paomo.

Hmm... Ling Xiaosu is also from Chang'an.

Upstairs, the apartment.

As soon as Jing Tian closed the door, a text message popped up.

It was a bank message; the funds from the agent had arrived.

"Hee hee..." Jing Tian chuckled softly; tonight was truly happy, having driven away the senior sister and kept the senior brother.

"Oh, I must quickly put the key away..." She hopped along, hiding the key to the downstairs apartment in her bedroom.

This way, when Qi Hui came to visit, he wouldn't know she was the landlady.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

These days Qi Hui was very idle, either chatting with Jing Tian on QQ or working out at the gym in the downstairs residential complex.

Having finally regained his six-pack abs, how could he possibly let them merge back into one?

Of course, there were also unpleasant matters.

For instance, Yang Mi had not given up, always trying to pull him out, often sending over a dozen messages on QQ.

Qi Hui was somewhat speechless; he replied with "My phone has run out of oil" and then ignored her.

However, not long after, Yang Mi stopped sending messages too.

Because she had gone to Huairou to join a film crew for shooting.

Qi Hui's situation was much the same; it was time to head south to Magic City and join a film crew for shooting.

After saying goodbye to Jing Tian, Qi Hui shouldered his luggage and boarded the plane flying to Magic City.

Magic City

The city lives up to its name: magical.

Guo Jingming's "Tiny Times" was criticized for promoting extravagant hedonism.

Yet when the epidemic arrived, people discovered that while you laughed at Guo Dao for not understanding film, Guo Dao laughed at you for not understanding Magic City.

Yang Chaoyue had also said that the Magic City she saw was not the same as the one on television; the Magic City she saw was not as prosperous as what appeared on TV.

Later she learned that this was simply because she had taken a green train.

Only after she landed at the airport via business class and walked through the VIP channel did she realize that Magic City had always been Magic City.

A city of red lights and green wine that never sleeps, with luxury cars everywhere... Compared to Imperial City, this was truly the "Ten Miles of Foreign Fields."

Sitting in the car, Qi Hui watched the bustling scenery outside the window rush past, stirring some waves in his heart.

Perhaps because he had stayed at construction sites for too long before crossing over, Qi Hui felt somewhat unaccustomed to this scene.

He was more familiar with construction sites filled with flying dust, roaring machinery, the smell of machine oil, and scorching sunlight.

Here, he could not find a way to blend into these scenes; he always felt out of place.

"A mountain pig can't eat fine bran, I suppose..." Qi Hui helplessly mocked himself.

"Teacher Qi, we've arrived," the crew's driver called out. "All the actors in the crew are staying here; this is your room card."

Saying this, he handed Qi Hui a hard card.

"Thank you," Qi Hui waved his hand and got out of the car.

"It's nothing," the driver smiled shyly.

Although the pay the crew offered was not high, they were not stingy in other treatments, directly giving Qi Hui the maximum.

A top-tier hotel room, the best meals, plus a temporary crew assistant to help take care of Qi Hui's daily life.

After sitting on the plane all day, Qi Hui exchanged two words with the assistant and then went directly to his room to rest.

Tomorrow, the "Temptation to Go Home" crew would officially begin work.

Early the next morning.

Qi Hui boarded the car arranged by the crew and headed to the filming set.

The director, Lin Tianyi, was a person from Taiwan and had worked here for quite some time.

Unlike typical Hong Kong directors, he did not organize any opening ceremonies involving pig heads, red cloth, or worshipping Guan Gong.

He simply announced the start of filming, and that completed the opening ceremony.

Qi Hui stood in the crowd, looking at the surrounding "his own family," and couldn't help but scratch his head.

He was playing Hong Shixian.

And the one playing Hong Shixian's mother was actress Liu Jie, a little-known female actress who frequently played supporting roles.

But she was a National First-Class Actor.

Qi Hui always felt she looked familiar; after looking several times, he remembered she was the White-robed Guanyin in "Lotus Lantern."

The one chanting "Wukong, wake up" in the bamboo forest.

It's hard to imagine that Hong Shixian's mother, Lin Pinru's vicious mother-in-law: Bai Feng, was actually Guanyin?

These two roles are completely impossible to connect.

She's the type whose face changes with the role.

Not just his "mother," but the one playing his "father," Huang Daliang, was also a formidable person.

In "Love in Shanghai," he was Qin Wuye of the Shanghai Bund.

That's right, the boss of the nightclub where Yiping sang.

This Qin Wuye even pointed at the nose of the Black Panther Lu Zhenhua, scolding him to go home and educate his daughter, saying his nightclub was a place to make money.

Because of this, the Green... ahem, the Black Panther Lu Zhenhua also angrily scolded his own daughter, saying everyone in the nightclub was an improper man, and anyone who went in could only sell their looks.

Later... later Lu Zhenhua also fell in love with the nightclub.

Yiping, the nightclub really makes money. JPG

Besides "father and mother," there was also Zheng Yitong, who played Hong Shixian's sister: Baolian.

And Xinzi, who played Hong Shixian's younger sister Hong Shixin, were neither pushovers.

One of them had played the Pheasant Spirit who seduced King Zhou, and the other had played the Rabbit Spirit in "Living Buddha Jigong."

It's hard to imagine that Baolian's silly big-sister look could actually seduce King Zhou.

That was the Nine-Tailed Fox's job!

Looking around, Hong Shixian's whole family were gods and demons, while he alone was a mere mortal.

Just as Qi Hui was browsing the cast and the set like a tourist, a Northeastern burly man approached him at some point.

"Ao, so you're the male lead?"

The moment the other person spoke, a thick Northeastern accent instantly hit him.

Qi Hui turned his head to look; it was an average-looking man, neither burly nor handsome, just with a somewhat large head.

He felt the other person looked familiar; after a moment of thought, he quickly remembered who this person was.

Lei Jiayin.

The famous ex-husband brother, whose phrase "I ni ma" became a commonly used meme on short videos, enduring and never fading.

However, at this moment, Lei Jiayin was shaking his large head, looking at Qi Hui with a bit of displeasure.

He also wanted to play the male lead, but... the male lead had been replaced by this newcomer in front of him instead of the originally scheduled Ling Xiaosu.

This made him very dissatisfied.

He couldn't compare to Ling Xiaosu, that was one thing, but he couldn't even compare to a newcomer who had just graduated from school?

He figured he wasn't that bad, was he?

Ding~

【Host has contacted actor Lei Jiayin, obtained one lottery chance. Do you want to draw now?】

Qi Hui felt a slight movement in his heart and silently thought "draw":

Ding~

【Congratulations, Host has obtained the skill: Swimming Mastery】

"I figured you weren't that domineering," Lei Jiayin continued to shake his large head, sizing up Qi Hui: "How can you play a domineering CEO?"

Qi Hui raised an eyebrow, stood up tall, and faced Lei Jiayin directly, showing no fear at all.

Then... he discovered that his own height of 1.8 meters was a few centimeters shorter than Lei Jiayin.

Truly a Northeastern burly man!

"Oppa!"

Before Qi Hui could speak, a shout came from afar.

Turning his head, he saw Qiu Chixuan with a face full of joy, rushing over hurriedly.

Qi Hui shrugged, waved at Lei Jiayin, turned around, and walked towards Qiu Chixuan.

Leaving Lei Jiayin alone, disheveled in the wind.