The omega's hair softly brushed back and forth in the palm of his hand. Xie Wang had noticed long ago that Lin Jianlu was extremely insecure.
In the beginning, Lin Jianlu sought a sense of security from the simplest physical relationship where they each got what they wanted. Later, he turned to seeking security through "control."
Like now—when Lin Jianlu wanted a kiss, and Xie Wang gave it to him in time—the omega would be happy. Work stolen from https://chipoholictranslations.blogspot.com/p/homepage.html
So much so that on the way back, Lin Jianlu even softly hummed two songs he was working on to him.
"Sounds great, it'll be a big hit," Xie Wang commented, even humming along.
Lin Jianlu: "Really? The version I recorded in the studio sounds even better."
When he was with Xie Wang, he tended to talk more than usual. Xie Wang seemed to know this and would always get him to talk more.
"YoYo, I'm heading over to the Hidden Blade set," Xie Wang said. "Are you coming along with your husband, or spending your day off bored by yourself?"
"I'll go with you," Lin Jianlu said.
Xie Wang whistled: "OK!"
"Why haven't I seen your little sea king buddy around lately?" Xie Wang asked.
"Da Wang... My little buddy is not a sea king," Lin Jianlu corrected him. "He just has a great appreciation for alphas."
Xie Wang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"And what about you? Do you have a great appreciation too?" Xie Wang asked.
Lin Jianlu pretended not to hear and automatically ignored the topic.
"LanLan recently joined a crew," Lin Jianlu said. "He's super busy."
Xie Wang: "I thought he doesn't usually work with crews?"
"You know?" Lin Jianlu turned his head towards Xie Wang, "LanLan said…"
He glanced at Xie Wang and decided not to hide it: "Lanlan said the investor is really handsome and worth joining the crew to add as a friend."
Xie Wang ran through the list of all the big and small productions that had recently started filming in his mind and pinpointed a name: "Yu Ran?"
"You know that too?" Lin Jianlu was surprised.
Xie Wang said in his heart, Not only do I know the name, but I also know that this is your little sea king buddy's future husband.
"Tell him to take it easy," Xie Wang said, leaving it at that.
In his memories from before his rebirth, Wei Lan had been unusually well-behaved around Yu Ran, and Xie Wang had thought it was because Yu Ran was too domineering.
It was only later that Xie Wang realized Wei Lan wasn't a good thing either.
Lin Jianlu turned his head back, finding Xie Wang's words baffling but not taking them seriously.
The car stopped first outside the building of Yanxing Media.
"I'm going up to sign a contract," Xie Wang said. "Come with me and wait a bit."
And so, Lin Jianlu, an artist from Xingluo Entertainment, followed him into Yanxing's territory.
The main office was on the top floor. As Xie Wang reached the door, he hadn't even knocked when a commotion erupted from inside.
"Get lost! Don't even think about it, you bad orange!"
"I was wrong, I was wrong!"
"Can you two take your fight elsewhere?" roared the big boss of Yanxing. "You're both in your second and third years of college—can't you settle down for even a minute?!"
The door suddenly burst open, and Xie Wang tilted his head to dodge a paper ball flying out of the office.
An omega was chasing an alpha, throwing punches as they ran far down the hallway.
Xie Wang: "…"
"Please excuse me." Xiao Yu, the big boss of Yanxing Media, said, "My son and his omega are being noisy again. They're always like this."
"It's great, keeps things lively around here," Xie Wang smiled. "Where's the contract? I'll sign it right away. My wife is still waiting."
Lin Jianlu, standing by the door, caught that last sentence.
The way Xie Wang said "my wife" was so natural, as if they'd already spent a long life together.
Lin Jianlu's eyes flickered slightly.
Xie Wang always gave him a sense of security through some trivial details, gradually making him believe that he truly had a home now.
"All done." Xie Wang swiftly signed two signatures that looked like chicken scratches, then pushed the door open and half-hugged his omega as they walked out.
At this time of day, the company was bustling with artists coming and going.
The two had already made their marriage public, and Xie Wang never cared about keeping anything under wraps. Unsurprisingly, quite a few people cast envious glances their way.
"Isn't this a problem?" Lin Jianlu asked.
Being this affectionate while coming and going from the company could easily get them photographed.
"I can't wait for them to take more pictures and post them everywhere," Xie Wang said. "Let all Lin Jianlu's dogs see them and stop getting any ideas about my wife."
"…Childish," Lin Jianlu said.
Despite saying so, his heart was slowly filling up bit by bit.
From complete marking to getting a marriage certificate, their relationship had progressed at lightning speed. Yet Xie Wang didn't seem casual about it in the slightest.
The Hidden Blade crew was wrapping up the final stages of filming, with the director leading the team to reshoot some intricate scenes.
When the director saw Lin Jianlu arrive, he wasn't surprised and waved for him to take a seat.
"What are you shooting today?" Lin Jianlu asked.
"We're filming the lead's crazy days before he met his wife," the director said.
Lin Jianlu: "?"
That sounds quite exciting.
"Every time you show up, Da Wang puts extra effort into every take—sometimes even overdoes it," the director said with a chuckle. "I'll make sure to include all of it in the blooper reel for you."
This segment was about the Hidden Blade protagonist in his teenage years.
Xie Wang was styled by the makeup artist into a cool bad boy. His brow bones, cheeks, and jaw were all painted with wounds, and his entire appearance exuded a wild surliness.
"This scene depicts the protagonist's chance encounter with the pervert during their teenage years," the director explained to Lin Jianlu. "The pervert remembers it, but the protagonist doesn't. This part is shown through the pervert's memories, giving another perspective to portray the protagonist."
Lin Jianlu listened intently.
Xie Wang's face and acting skills were undeniably striking. Even without the added effect of the styling, when he came out holding the script, leaned casually against the wall, and smirked, he already embodied the rebellious essence of the character.
The "rebellious teenager" strode over, pinched Lin Jianlu's chin, and gently tilted it upward: "Where did this good student come from?"
"You're already acting before the cameras are even rolling," the director muttered, mid-conversation with Lin Jianlu.
"It's fine. He likes it," Xie Wang replied.
Lin Jianlu did, in fact, enjoy his intermittent role-playing. He never said it outright, but Xie Wang understood him more and more.
Meanwhile, Chen Yimo had also been given a youthful makeover, but his look was not as arrogant as Xie Wang's. The biggest boss in the movie, the yukaihan pervert, was still a model student in his teenage years. Work stolen from https://chipoholictranslations.blogspot.com/p/homepage.html
"Your styling looks great," Lin Jianlu commented.
"Thanks," Chen Yimo replied, adjusting his student outfit awkwardly.
"What are you fidgeting for," the director asked. "You've played a pervert so much that you cannot play a good student?"
"It's really like that," Chen Yimo said with a headache. "What are good students like?"
"Just watch Lin Jianlu for inspiration," the director suggested. "We have a ready-made good student right here."
Good student Lin Jianlu raised his head in response.
"Yes, indeed," Chen Yimo pondered. "He's a top student at X University's Music Academy after all."
As expected of a famous A-list actor, Chen Yimo quickly adjusted his state. With a turn of his head, he transformed into the picture of a proper, clever student—dressed in white, his expression shy and cautious.
"Watching those two act together is really interesting. There's a lot you can learn… Oh, wait, you don't plan on acting in the future, do you?" the director asked Lin Jianlu.
"It's fine. Doesn't mean I don't want to learn," Lin Jianlu replied, sitting beside the director.
He had a vast collection, all of which were mature alphas played by Xie Wang. This sort of wolfdog persona with a strong sense of youth was entirely new to him.
The current scene was set outside the city's red-light district.
The protagonist played by Xie Wang staggered drunkenly out of a bar, clutching a bottle of liquor. He appeared thoroughly inebriated.
The alley was noisy and chaotic, with a group of small-time thugs beating up a student.
"Pay up! Can't pay back the money, and you still want to go to school?"
"Beat his face so he's too ashamed to show up at school tomorrow!"
The teenager played by Chen Yimo was sprawled on the ground, surrounded by scattered books. He clutched his head tightly with both hands.
Xie Wang walked by, not even glancing their way. But as if he'd lost his sense of direction, the rebellious teen, reeking of defiance and alcohol, stumbled back. Without a word, he smashed a bottle over one of the thugs' heads.
The thugs immediately changed their target.
The teenager played by Chen Yimo was able to break free.
"Be more careful next time," Xie Wang muttered drunkenly, still clutching his bottle as he staggered away.
Chen Yimo slowly got up, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. He sneered.
"Busybody."
The next day, at a street corner in the red-light district, the group of thugs were found dead in a grisly scene.
The young detective saw the news in the newspaper and frowned.
"The more regretful something is, the easier it is to be remembered," the director said to Lin Jianlu. "Like a futile attempt at redemption, an abrupt broken promise, or a marriage without mutual understanding."
Xie Wang swaggered over, still in character, carrying the cocky, rebellious aura of a teenager.
"What are you talking about?" Xie Wang said, staying in character as he rudely and forcefully took Lin Jianlu in his arms.
The director shot him a sideways glance and directed the cameraman to move the camera setup for the next scene.
A certain someone was playing a teenager with great enthusiasm, and without a drop of alcohol, he still managed to act drunk and overbearing.
"Beautiful gege," Xie Wang teased with a crooked grin. "Wanna come home with me?"
Lin Jianlu looked at the alpha in front of him, feeling the heat rush to his cheeks.
He loved it.
This little wolfdog younger gong play was very interesting too.
"Gege?" Xie Wang raised an eyebrow. "Say something."
Lin Jianlu said "Yes" without even thinking about it.
That feeling of losing control came rushing back. It swept him away and made him obsessively try to get closer to Xie Wang.
But he didn't feel uncomfortable.
Maybe...love wasn't the "control" he always thought it to be.
"Gege?" the alpha kept calling, fully immersed in his role. His deep, textured voice carried a magnetic charm that left Lin Jianlu's ears tingling and numb.
"Da Wang! Stop spreading your tail there!" the director yelled from a distance. "Come over for the next scene!"
Lin Jianlu: "…"
Xie Wang cursed under his breath, but when he noticed Lin Jianlu's dazed expression—too stunned to hide in time—he chuckled to himself.
The next scene picked up where the previous one left off. The deaths of the thugs brought trouble for the brave student who had intervened.
This pivotal moment led the protagonist to choose the path of a detective, embarking on a journey to hunt down criminals—a decision that set the stage for the rest of Hidden Blade's storyline.
Unsatisfied, Xie Wang walked reluctantly toward the set, his steps slow and his back tinged with a sense of loss.
Lin Jianlu couldn't help but laugh at the sight.
[YoYo]: Dating an actor is so fun! It's like having a bunch of Fierce A boyfriends all at once.
[Lan]: Totally! Especially a good actor like Xie Wang. He could probably pull off any type of A.
[Lan]: Ugh, this investor is so annoying. He's made me rewrite the same script over ten times. I want to cry.
[YoYo]: But he is handsome, so just bear with it.
[Lan]: Fine.
[Lan]: What's your husband up to? The Lin family has been fighting fiercely these days. Seems like an internal shakeup.
[YoYo]: I don't know. He hasn't told me anything.
[YoYo]: I'm on set visiting him right now. Pushes up glasses.jpg
Not far away, the teenager played by Xie Wang was sitting on the steps, fully immersed in the scene, looking dejected.
Lin Jianlu smiled softly. Work stolen from https://chipoholictranslations.blogspot.com/p/homepage.html
Perhaps he didn't need to cling so tightly to "control" after all. Being led by Xie Wang, constantly feeling out of control, seemed to bring him unexpected joy.
Xie Wang had already given him a sense of security that could be effortlessly obtained without the need for careful effort.
"Hurry up and show me the stray dog vibe!" The director yelled at Xie Wang, "Stop staring at Lin Jianlu!"
"Okay, okay." Just before the camera rolled, Xie Wang stole another glance at Lin Jianlu.
He saw a rare sight: Lin Jianlu smiling lightly in the sun.
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Da Wang: Mad dog, wolf dog, milk dog—whatever type of dog you want, I've got it.
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