ISWMQ – Chapter 148

Riding the momentum of The Eldest Princess during the New Year’s slot, their team planned for The Lover to be released during the Lunar New Year period.

Choosing this release window wasn’t necessarily the wisest decision, as many other excellent films were also premiering on the same day, all of them lively comedies or grand, large-scale productions.

However, with The Eldest Princess concluding its run during the Lunar New Year, following it up with The Lover was actually a rather clever move.

Furthermore… prior to this, Chu Feiliang and Rong Guang, including the director himself, had once again generated a wave of publicity for the upcoming film.

Rong Guang and Chu Feiliang promoted news about The Lover on Weibo as usual. During this period, it was the first time in years that the two of them were taking a break during the New Year’s slot. They didn’t participate in any work, and even the unavoidable promotional events for the film crew were limited to variety shows they could fly in and out of on the same day.

This was an unspoken decision they both made after learning certain things—neither wanted to give up this unique and long-awaited New Year.

As a result, seeing the main leads being so lax with their promotions, the comment section, as one might expect, exploded with delight.

【I knew it, The Lover is definitely going to be another public display of affection.】

【Pick up the dog food I kicked over before. I’ll eat it all, even if I have to cry while doing it!】

【No more pain, no more pain, this child is already traumatized.】

Chu Feiliang found these comments quite amusing as she scrolled through them.

She looked at Rong Guang and said, “Teacher Rong, all these comments are begging the main couple to appear together and give them some sweet moments. What do you think?”

Rong Guang thought for a moment and said, “We’ll be busy after The Lover is released. We’ll definitely have to appear together then.”

Neither of them had any resistance to appearing together to show their affection.

However, they both understood the principle that too much of a good thing can be bad. Plus, they both had representative works now and didn’t need to rely on variety shows for gimmicks or to earn money, so neither was particularly interested in participating in such activities.

But Chu Feiliang had accepted one not long ago.

“Just think of it as a guest appearance,” Chu Feiliang said. “It’s an observational lifestyle show. We’ll just film for one day, from morning to night—when it airs, we’ll be able to watch it from the studio.”

Rong Guang considered it. She was actually curious to see what she and Chu Feiliang did all day from a third-person perspective, so she agreed.

The day of the shoot arrived quickly.

All the cameras and pre-recorded segments had long been set up. For Rong Guang, it was supposed to be an extremely simple day, and Chu Feiliang felt the same.

Therefore, when the two of them sat down in the studio for the live reaction, they had no idea what was about to happen.

Their segment came up on the screen.

At that moment, Rong Guang was in the dance studio stretching her legs—the dance studio had actually been converted by Chu Feiliang into a private gym. This change was made after Rong Guang moved in.

One person most often goes to a gym, but for two people, working out at home is the happiest thing.

And so, the next scene unfolded.

While Rong Guang was stretching, Chu Feiliang was busy in the kitchen.

A short while later, she entered the dance studio with a bowl and began intermittently feeding Rong Guang—not to mention all sorts of fruits, she also kept trying to stuff snacks into her mouth, and even, outrageously, a small cake that could be finished in one bite.

Outside the camera’s view, Rong Guang covered her face.

Chu Feiliang, however, managed to keep her composure.

Then, in the next second, the corner of her mouth twitched as the sound from the television slowly drifted over—

“Teacher Rong, have some more.” Chu Feiliang was holding a piece of cantaloupe. While Rong Guang was doing a plank, she lay down beside her, propped her body up with her feet, and slid over. “Have some more, have some more.”

Rong Guang almost couldn’t hold back her laughter and could only eat it helplessly. “What are you doing—I can’t eat anymore. My next role is a ballerina, I need to maintain my figure.”

“Are you dropping spoilers, Teacher Rong?” Chu Feiliang picked up another piece, this time holding it in her own mouth before feeding it to Rong Guang.

This time, Rong Guang didn’t refuse. She just stared at Chu Feiliang for a moment before smiling and eating it.

“Even if you’re maintaining your figure, you can’t be too thin.” Chu Feiliang rested with her hands on her hips for a moment, then pushed herself up from the floor with a ‘heave-ho’.

She turned her back to the camera, facing Rong Guang, letting Rong Guang block the camera’s view of her front. She whispered, “Look at me.”

Rong Guang looked down.

Because Chu Feiliang was sitting and hunched over, a small belly pooch was visible.

It was soft and very white.

Rong Guang couldn’t resist and reached out to pinch it.

Then Chu Feiliang grabbed her hand and said, “Do you understand now?”

Rong Guang blinked. “Understand what?”

“You’ve made yourself so thin, think of how much fun I’m missing out on.” Chu Feiliang glared at her. “Don’t you know my favorite thing is to pinch you for fun—”

The camera angle changed, focusing on Chu Feiliang’s mischievous hand.

She was idly playing with Rong Guang’s arm, patting it one moment, pinching it the next, having a wonderful time.

Rong Guang covered her eyes and collapsed sideways, laughing.

Chu Feiliang cleared her throat. “Ahem, well—please excuse us.”

There were quite a few people sitting in the studio.

The host was very good at seizing the right moment and immediately said, “It seems Teacher Chu really likes Teacher Rong. I’ve heard that when you like someone, you want to frantically feed them until they’re plump. Is that true?”

“Of course it’s true, I can vouch for it.” Chu Feiliang nodded very seriously and said to the host with a solemn face, “Do you know how many love rivals I have? Don’t listen to the nonsense from those reporters. It’s true that Rong Guang liked me first, but I also had a secret crush on her for many years. I put in a lot of effort to get her to chase me on set.”

The host’s smile widened. He said from the heart, “And after you got together?”

“After getting together, of course I want to hold on to her tightly.” Chu Feiliang shrugged, openly took Rong Guang’s hand, placed it in her palm, and interlocked their fingers. “My wife, she’s beautiful, she can dance, she can sing, she can cook, she can make clothes for me… there’s nothing she can’t do. She even knows pottery. The plates and vases we use at home were all made by her, proper glaze and all…”

Chu Feiliang listed Rong Guang’s many virtues in one breath, then smacked her lips, still not satisfied. “I’m fine with knowing the highlights of her figure myself, my phone is full of her pictures, but I still want to fatten her up a bit… a little fatter is good…”

The host was stunned by Chu Feiliang’s torrent of words and looked at Rong Guang with a smile.

Rong Guang maintained her smile, nodded silently, and said with a laugh, “Sister has been learning to cook recently, making me delicious food with new recipes every day… I haven’t cooked in almost a month, she does it all herself. She can cook enough for a family of seven or eight all by herself.”

Chu Feiliang lifted her chin with a bit of demure pride.

The day’s broadcast quickly came to an end.

Rong Guang asked the crew for a copy of the original footage, then suddenly turned back and said, “Actually, I’ve realized we could do these lifestyle variety shows more often. They make for a really wonderful memory.”

“I think so too,” Chu Feiliang nodded with a smile.

Then she opened Weibo, excitedly saying, “Let me see if this bunch of little fans are spamming ‘please get together’…”

【Thank you, Teacher Rong, for taking our silly daughter off our hands.】

【I was wrong. I originally thought you were the mature one, but I didn’t expect… speechless.】

【Teacher Rong, it must be tough taking care of the child Chu Feiliang. On behalf of myself, I bow to you.】

【Bow +1】

【Bow +2】

【…】

The smile on Chu Feiliang’s lips gradually froze.

Rong Guang was laughing so hard she had to wipe the corners of her eyes. She took out her phone, picked the comment “Teacher Rong, it must be tough taking care of the child Chu Feiliang. On behalf of myself, I bow to you,” and forwarded it.

Rong Guang:

We are each other’s child.

We help each other stay forever innocent and forever happy.

She tagged Chu Feiliang at the end of this post.

Chu Feiliang immediately received the notification and instantly bounced back to life, forwarding the post.

Chu Feiliang:

[doge/]

See? [doge/]

She put away her phone with a smug look, puckered her lips to ask Rong Guang for a big kiss, and then said with satisfaction, “Now this is how the script should go.”