APCF -Chapter 11

In the original text, Tao Tao would then live with Bo Ye in the room with the twin beds. The male and female protagonists would be alone together for the first time. The sweet sleeping face of the female protagonist would let the exhausted male protagonist have a good night’s sleep.

This kind of plot was very romantic, and Qi Xingchen was not very willing to do things that ruin others’ fated matches. But the male and female protagonist’s divine love threatened this little life of his, and he had no choice but to make a move.

Tonight, he must separate the male and female protagonists.

After washing up, Tao Tao knocked on the door, wearing the same white T-shirt and jeans she wore that morning, “Who would I be rooming with?”

Just now when everyone was cleaning up, the programme team placed cameras in all the rooms except for the bathroom, and every single person’s gestures or attitude was in plain sight.
Qi XIngchen did not dare to continue slouching1 and sat up as straight as a board. He asked her half genuinely in reply: “Tao Tao-jie, who would you like to room with?”

Asking this question was equivalent to shifting the dilemma onto Tao Tao — if Tao Tao chose Bo Ye, there would undoubtedly be some netizens who would scold Tao Tao for one-sidedly sticking to him to rub off his popularity; if Tao Tao chose Zhang Yunfei, no one could say for sure if it would be made into something scandalous.

Amongst them, the choice with the least controversy would be him, the one without many fans and who was of a young age. Even if they stayed in the same room, the programme team would not make a mountain out of any sparks between them either.
It was the safest choice.

Tao Tao seemed to hesitate and did not speak. At this moment, Bo Ye had finished washing up and brought his wet clothes out from the bathroom and said in a low voice: “Next.”

There was only one bathroom in the suite, thus everyone had to take turns to wash up. Qi Xingchen had yet to deal with Tao Tao, so he turned to Zhang Yunfei: “Yunfei-ge, you go ba.”

“You can go first, I care for the young.”

“You should go first,” Qi Xingchen joked, “I respect the elderly.”

After he said that, Qi Xingchen covered his mouth and pretended to just realise that he said something wrong. Zhang Yunfei very cooperatively acted like he was spitting out blood.

Behind the monitors, the director laughed, “Later, edit a few arrows onto Zhang Yunfei’s chest at this part, giving the feeling of a million arrows through the heart…… Noah really didn’t sign this kid for nothing.”

“They really didn’t,” The assistant director marvelled, “Surprisingly, he has this much sense for variety, as long as he doesn’t mess up, he would surely be famous in the future.”

Of course, when the director said these behind the scenes, the four people in the room did not know. Qi Xingchen hurriedly got up to apologise to Zhang Yunfei, while Zhang Yunfei held his chest all the way to the bathroom “in grief”.

After the show was over, Qi Xingchen sat back down on the sofa. Just as his butt touched it, a hint of a refreshing mint smell wafted into his nose.

Turning his head, Bo Ye had sat next to him at some unknown point. His hair had not dried yet, and the damp strands stuck to his forehead.

To sleep comfortably, he had changed into a loose black T-shirt. Water droplets ran down along the side of his face, sliding over the bump of his Adam’s apple and disappeared into his T-shirt collar.

Qi Xingchen: “……”
Damn, in order to seduce the female protagonist, wasn’t this male protagonist working way too hard?

Qi Xingchen did not doubt that as long as it was a woman who saw that scene just now, they would absolutely not be able to escape from the attack of his charms!

After watching Qi Xingchen’s and Zhang Yunfei’s performance, Tao Tao’s line of sight was already shifting over. Qi Xingchen hurriedly opened his mouth: “Why not—”

Tao Tao looked towards Qi Xingchen: “Hm?”

“Let’s room together, Tao Tao-jie,” Qi Xingchen saw that she did not look at Bo Ye and breathed a sigh of relief, “I sleep very quietly, without snoring or turning over in my sleep. No sounds at all.”

The camera was beside them; Qi Xingchen had already opened his mouth, therefore Tao Tao had no position to refuse and was ready to agree with him.

“No way.” Bo Ye said all of a sudden.

“……” Qi Xingchen choked up for a moment.
Is it a must for you2 to sleep together with the female protagonist?

Honestly, he could not blame Bo Ye. After all, their plot was supposed to develop like this, and as the male protagonist, Bo Ye had to follow the rules.

Qi Xingchen silently lowered his head, waiting for Bo Ye to throw out an olive branch to the female protagonist.

“I am a relatively light sleeper,” Bo Ye stated, “I can’t stay with the average person.”

Oh, that just means you can only stay with the female protagonist then, why are you still searching for a reason? Qi Xingchen thought in his heart.

“So,” Bo Ye turned towards Qi Xingchen, “You’re sleeping with me.”

Qi Xingchen: “……”
Qi Xingchen: “???”

…

And the rooms were assigned like that.
Zhang Yunfei was slightly shy as he brought Tao Tao to the larger bedroom, while Bo Ye and Qi Xingchen slept on the double bed.

Qi Xingchen was currently staying at the school dormitory and used bunk beds. But when he was younger, he had lived on the large communal beds of the acrobatics troupe before, and he was not opposed to the idea of two men sleeping on the same bed.

He was only curious as to why Bo Ye specified that they were to sleep together, was he afraid of him laying his hands on the female protagonist???
Compared to him, Zhang Yunfei was good-looking with a good body figure, was he not a greater threat?

Qi Xingchen was immensely puzzled, digging his pyjamas out from his suitcase, and he continued to think about it while tugging on the hem of his shirt.

Bo Ye was still sitting on the sofa listening to music but removed his earbuds when he saw his movements. He frowned: “What are you doing?”

“……Changing my clothes, heading to shower, then sleep ah.” How is this also your business?

Bo Ye cast a sidelong glance at him, casually picked up his jacket and walked to the left corner.
He tossed it upwards, covering the camera perfectly, “Many people are watching, be careful.”

“Th-thank you,” It turned out he had misunderstood him, Qi Xingchen rubbed the tip of his nose, “I shower very quickly, I won’t delay your sleep.”

After saying that, he rushed into the bathroom. He got it done efficiently and came out. Bo Ye was wearing an eye mask with his back facing him and seemed to have fallen asleep already.

As soon as Qi Xingchen laid down, he could smell a long-lasting cool fragrance.