Afterwards, Xu Chi didn't hear a single word of the Spring Festival Gala. Gu Jingxuan sat next to him, with his long legs unable to find a comfortable position, propped up on one corner of the coffee table. He munched on potato chips, making a crunching sound, while watching the gala and constantly criticizing it.

Xu Chi was so frozen with fear that he dared not move. The scent of body wash, which was still lingering around Gu Jingxuan after he had just finished showering, made Xu Chi feel dizzy just from sniffing it.

When Gu Jingxuan came to talk to him, Xu Chi would just nod and smile stupidly, completely clueless about what was going on in the TV show.

Until the final countdown, Gu Jingxuan turned up the volume of the TV to the maximum. Outside, the sounds of fireworks being set off by households gradually began to fill the air.

"...3!2!1!"

"Happy New Year, little children," Gu Jingxuan leaned against Xu Chi's ear, almost shouting.

Xu Chi turned his head and looked at Gu Jingxuan's smiling face. He also raised a big smile, his eyes crescent-shaped and narrowed into a slit.

Gu Jingxuan! Happy New Year!

Originally, it was agreed to start work on the third day of the lunar new year, but on the night of the first day, everyone received a notice requiring them to start work immediately on the second day.

Xu Chi was still curled up in his warm little blanket, scrolling through Gu Jingxuan's past scandals, when the phone rang.

"Has your assistant returned?" came the sound of a car horn from Gu Jingxuan's side. Xu Chi emerged from beneath the covers and glanced at the time.

"He's not coming back. He won't return to City A until the fourth day of the lunar year." Originally, Xu Chi had planned to drive to the film set by himself today. If he had known that they would start working so early, Xu wouldn't have gone back to his apartment and would have directly stayed at the hotel near the film set.

"I'll come pick you up; we're just about to leave."

Once Xu Chi heard it, he immediately jumped out of bed and stuttered, wanting to refuse, "No... no need, it's... too much trouble for you."

Listening to Xu Chi's nervous and unconscious words of respect, Gu Jingxuan laughed in a very impolite manner on the other end of the phone.

"Just passing by your place, I'm almost downstairs now. Hurry up and get out of bed."

As soon as he heard Xu Chi's voice, which was still a bit hoarse, he knew that Xu Chi hadn't gotten up yet.

Without waiting for Xu Chi to refuse, Gu Jingxuan hung up the phone and headed towards Xu Chi's house by turning the steering wheel.

Xu Chi scratched his messy hair, rummaged around on the bed and put on his clothes, then neatly folded the blanket before heading to the bathroom.

After finishing his morning routine at lightning speed once again, Xu Chi grabbed the milk on the dining table and rushed downstairs. As he opened the door, he saw Gu Jingxuan sitting in the car with the window open, smoking.

When Xu Chi saw Xu Chi coming, Gu Jingxuan immediately butted out the cigarette in his hand and sprayed a bit of air freshener into the car. He watched as Xu Chi got into the car.

"Jiang Dao is starting work today to take us to soak in hot springs. His friend's hot springs happens to be empty today, so he booked the whole place."

Gu Jingxuan received a phone call from Jiang Yusen last night, and learned the truth about today's construction commencement.

"I'll just take you directly to the hot springs, too lazy to squeeze into the crew's car with them."

"Go... to a hot spring..." Xu Chi's heart resisted intensely.

He was worried that his secret would be discovered, even though he really wanted to see the abs and pecs of his idol.

"Don't worry, in the healing hot springs, you can't see anything once you're in the water. Why be embarrassed? We're all part of the crew, it's just taking off some clothes," Gu Jingxuan thought that Xu Chi was feeling shy about being naked in front of others, so he tried to comfort him considerately.

Xu Chi bit on the straw, slowly sipping on the milk.

Anyway, it's just soaking in a hot spring, as long as I stay in the water I won't be discovered. I just need to be careful myself.