APCF -Chapter 12 (1)

Tonight’s dream was also minty.

QI Xingchen often had messy and disordered dreams, most of them about the unpleasant shards of his childhood. Fresh dreams like tonight’s were extremely few, allowing him to sleep very soundly.
Due to this, he was in a good mood when he woke up, humming while making the bedsheets.

Bo Ye woke up slightly earlier than him. The hand that was towel-drying his hair paused: “What are you doing?”

“Folding the quilt.”

The hotel quilts would be unfolded for washing after the guests have checked out; it would be for nothing if you folded them.
Bo Ye’s gaze settled on Qi Xingchen’s back for a few seconds and did not say anything. Hence, Qi Xingchen just happily folded his own quilt, then proceeded to fold Bo Ye’s quilt as well.

Breakfast was provided by the hotel. Everyone gathered together to have their meal and started to discuss their next course of action.

Tao Tao said: “ Let’s take a look around Copenhagen1 since we are here already. We can treat it as the tourist place for today.”

“I approve,” Zhang Yunfei said, “Are there any famous attractions here?”

Qi Xingchen searched through the memories in his brain: “Copenhagen Opera House2, Andersen’s3 Grave, National Museum of Denmark, the Little Mermaid Statue …… Copenhagen Opera Theatre and Andersen’s Grave are near each other, we can see them together.”

“Then it’s settled,” Zhang Yunfei clapped his hands, “Xingxing, it’s great that we have you, we saved time on strategising.”

Before she could even interject, today’s tour route was already decided in a few sentences. Liu Ziyu took one look and felt that it could not go like this, eyes darting4, “Xingxing, you specially checked the route before coming right? How hardworking of you.”

Qi Xingchen vaguely replied with a hum. The Qi family had more than ten wine cellars in Denmark, Qi Yunxiao would occasionally bring the original owner here to observe them, therefore the original owner had a deep impression of this place.

“I knew it,” Liu Ziyu sucked a mouthful of milk, “You shouldn’t have worked here before. I did do a magazine shoot in Denmark before though, a pity that time was too tight and I didn’t have time to enjoy myself.”

Only then did Qi Xingchen understand her meaning, she was speaking in a roundabout way again just to mock him for being obscure.

He had expended great effort to join 《Budget Travel 》to get close to the male and female protagonist and had no mood to care about other people. But Liu Ziyu kept trying to pick a quarrel with him, and he also did not wish to tolerate it.

“Move over.”

Just as Qi Xingchen was about to talk back, a chilly voice came from behind him.

Bo Ye had returned from his morning run at some point and stood behind him, saying to Liu Ziyu: “You’re sitting on my seat.”

“……Oh, excuse me, I didn’t notice.” Liu Ziyu smiled awkwardly, stood up, and made a beeline for the opposite bench.

As the guarantor of the click-through rate of the fourth season of 《Budget Travel》, Bo Ye had his own fixed placement, which was the place the camera was facing directly.
Like this, it could be guaranteed that he would have the most footage available during post-editing, even though he did not talk much.

Before when Liu Ziyu plopped down over here, it was also due to the fixed camera position facing at this location directly and wanted to increase her footage a bit more. Who would have thought that Bo Ye would actually chase her away?
Underneath the table where it could not be recorded, she clenched her fist with all her strength, her long fingernails almost puncturing the flesh of her palm.

…

At 10 am Denmark time, the crowd left their luggage at the front desk and departed towards Anderson’s grave.

As the oldest male in the group, Zhang Yunfei automatically assumed the responsibility of the leader, conveying the screenwriter’s intention: “Denmark is a green country, promoting low-carbon travel. On the boulevard, that row of bicycles at the opening can be used for free, saving money and the environment as well. Let’s ride the bicycles there, how about that?”

How else could it be? Looking at the big sun in the sky, the guests faked a smile: “Of course we will!”

“It’s no fun to just ride the bicycles, how about a PK5?” Zhang Yunfei further proposed.

“How do we compete?”

“We have three males and three females, so we’ll divide into two groups by gender. The male and female that gets first place will be rewarded with a large meal.”

…… Seeing that there were only such a small bit of travel funds, how large can the large meal even be? Although the guests grumbled in their hearts, their movements were still keen and quick, each person selecting a bicycle that was to their liking.

While waiting for Zhang Yunfei to issue the command, Qi Xingchen took out his earbuds, stuffing one side into his ear and wrapping the other around the handle of his bicycle.

The following shot assistant was bewildered: “Xingxing, what are you doing?”

“By letting my bicycle listen to my idol’s voice, it would be able to go faster later on.” Qi Xingchen stated resolutely.

“……” The following shot assistant had no words. One really cannot afford to mess with a Grade 106 rainbow farting contestant.

5 minutes later, when everyone had finished preparing, Zhang Yunfei shouted: “Take your positions—”

Qi Xingchen leaned forward to brace himself, while the following shot assistant did not make any sound.

“3, 2, 1, Let’s go!”

With a “whoosh”, Qi Xingchen rushed into the neighbouring alley!

The cameraman and following shot assistant did not react in time: “……Xingxing, slow down!”

Unfortunately, Xingxing could not slow down. He would usually cycle to and fro school and the acrobatics troupe, after more than a decade, this craft of his has been practised to the point of perfection.
Besides, he also knew how to ride a unicycle, if he could get things done with a single wheel, wouldn’t the addition of another wheel be a double kill?

Qi Xingchen cycled faster and faster, taking note that he was still filming a programme and thus did not show his full strength.

Afraid that the guests would tunnel through alleys, the cameramen and following shot assistants all rode electric bicycles. Now, they realised, despite the fact that their bicycles were motorised, they almost couldn’t catch up with a manually powered one. They shouted at the top of their lungs: “XINGXING!”

The director heard the cameraman shouting from the audio monitor and thought that something went wrong on site, and he hastily asked: “What’s going on?”

“I don’t dare to go too fast on the electric bike as I’m carrying the camera equipment, and I can’t catch up to Qi Xingchen!”

When the director heard this, he first heaved a sigh of relief, then felt it was hilarious immediately afterwards. He ordered the following shot assistant of Qi Xingchen’s group: “What is the scene right now like? Shoot it for me.”