CHAPTER 81: THE RUMOR BREAKS

The old man stood in front of Rong Xingyu and looked him up and down.

The smile on his face grew deeper and deeper.

After Tang Xinci introduced him, Rong Xingyu finally understood that this man was the chief director of the film and his name is Bai Jing.

Rong Xingyu greeted him politely.

Director Bai waved his hand and said casually, "Since you are Xiaohao’s younger brother, no need to be so polite. Come, let’s go and try on the costume."

He turned around and led Rong Xingyu toward the makeup and dressing area.

Rong Xingyu followed him while listening to Director Bai explain the character he would play.

But when he heard his explanation he suddenly felt something was not quite right.

Then Director Bai continued, "He has been pretending to be a woman for his whole life—"

Rong Xingyu’s heart skipped a beat.

Pretending to be a woman?? What woman’s clothes???

Why was it woman’s clothes again?!

His second brother told him the crew was missing someone and he only needed to act for a few minutes to fill a small role.

No one said he needed to wear women’s clothes to film!

Rong Xingyu looked at the bright red costume with gold embroidery in front of him: "..."

Why did he suddenly feel like he was being tricked?

Maybe he should talk about this guest role again...

"There is nothing to talk about again. You’ll get used to it with practice."

Rong Xingyu: "..."

Director, please stop. If he kept talking, Rong Xingyu felt he might really get brainwashed!

Accepting his fate, Rong Xingyu went to change into the ancient style costume. For the first time in both lifetimes, he even put on a wig.

When the whole makeup and hairstyle was completed, he slowly walked out.

The moment he appeared, people around him took a sharp breath because of shock.

The happiest one was Director Bai. He clapped loudly and laughed, "Perfect! This is exactly the feeling I wanted!"

Rong Xingyu felt embarrassed by his strong reaction and the tips of his ears quietly turned red.

Then he was taken to the studio to shoot his costume photos.

Facing such professional and high-level equipment, Rong Xingyu became nervous.

He had never received any kind of training like this. He felt stiff in front of the camera, like a stone.

Even his facial expression became unnatural.

"I’m sorry, I—"

"Close your eyes and take a deep breath."

A deep and magnetic voice sounded.

Rong Xingyu followed the voice and looked over, it was his second brother!

Rong Xingyu realized Rong Zhenghao must have rushed here right after filming his own scene, since he was still wearing a full ancient style costume.

He was standing not far away with his arms crossed while watching him quietly.

Rong Xingyu listened and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.

"Relax. Imagine the person you trust the most is standing right in front of you."

Rong Xingyu didn’t open his eyes.

As Rong Zhenghao’s voice guided him, a figure slowly appeared in his mind.

His expression gradually softened.

"Now, open your eyes."

Rong Xingyu opened his eyes and in that moment, it was as if countless stars gathered in them.

"Perfect!"

Director Bai Jing’s excited voice pulled Rong Xingyu back to reality.

He blinked his eyes.

The only thing in front of him was the dark camera lens, there was no warm image of that person anymore.

After the costume photo shoot finally ended, Rong Xingyu sat in the car going back to the hotel and let out a long breath.

Being a star was really not easy.

"Second Brother, you worked hard," he said sincerely.

Rong Zhenghao was clearly stunned for a moment. He cleared his throat and said: "You did very well just now."

Hearing his second brother’s praise, a bright smile bloomed on Rong Xingyu’s face.

After getting out of the car, he happily followed Rong Zhenghao into the hotel.

While the two were talking, neither of them noticed a flash of light from inside the thick bushes by the hotel entrance.

Rong Xingyu was indeed tired today. After washing up, he quickly fell into a deep sleep.

But this hour was exactly when many people enjoyed surfing the internet.

At that moment, a piece of gossip suddenly exploded online and instantly set all the major social platforms on fire.

[ Late night hotel meeting! The rumored boyfriend of the popular movie king is actually him?! ]

The attached photo was exactly the moment earlier when Rong Zhenghao and Rong Xingyu walked into the hotel together.

When Rong Xingyu woke up in the morning, he heard his phone ringing nonstop.

He was still sleepy and at first thought it was his alarm.

He slid down in bed, curling deeper into the blankets while mumbling as he tried to stay in bed for a few more minutes.

Maybe life had been too comfortable recently, because Rong Xingyu had slowly developed harmless little habits like wanting to sleep in.

Wait.

Rong Xingyu shot out from under the blanket with hismessy hair sticking up everywhere.

This wasn’t his alarm sound.

Who was calling him so early in the morning?

He picked up his phone and blinked at the number on the screen.

Second Brother?

Rong Xingyu opened the door and a man wrapped head to toe in black hurried inside as if he was escaping danger.

Only after removing his mask and hat did Rong Xingyu finally see his face.

Looking at Rong Zhenghao’s overly cautious behavior, Rong Xingyu stared at him in confusion and called him out: "Second Brother?"

Rong Xingyu nodded and took off his mask and hat, holding them in his hand as he walked straight to the sofa and sat down.

"How did you sleep last night?"

When he heard the question, even though Rong Xingyu still didn’t understand what was going on, he honestly said that he had slept very well.

But it was clear that Rong Zhenghao didn’t come early in the morning just to ask about his brother’s sleep.