Top Dupe CH 078 Boiling Frog Part 2

In the next moment, Luo Yu suddenly elbowed Gu Xiaowei’s shoulder, forcing him to tense every muscle to resist. At the same time, Luo Yu changed his direction of attack and struck between Gu Xiaowei’s upper arm and forearm. 

Instinctively, Gu Xiaowei let go of Luo Yu. 

Then, taking advantage of the force from leaning against the statue, Luo Yu raised his left leg to trap Gu Xiaowei and, with a powerful twist of his waist, pushed him to the side. 

Gu Xiaowei was caught off guard and staggered a step, but by the time he regained his composure, Luo Yu had already jumped down from the statue. 

“You said I wouldn’t find my way back to the villa; that might be possible. You said I would be dealt with by Nie Yangchen—are you looking down on me!” 

After saying that, Luo Yu walked toward a small path. 

Gu Xiaowei’s voice rang out, “That way leads to the Blue Lake.” 

The impact wasn’t great, but the insult was quite strong. That chilly tone seemed to say, “Don’t you know yourself? Can you really get back on your own?” 

The Blue Lake is the one next to the resort, reportedly being developed for diving projects. During the day, the water is clear and bright, but at night, it becomes eerily quiet. 

Luo Yu, lacking any backbone, turned around and followed Gu Xiaowei. 

He then realized that this guy must have rushed out as well; he was still wearing his silk pajamas, with casual shoes on his feet. The shoelaces were noticeably loose, suggesting he had just slipped them on to head out. Over his pajamas, he wore a dark gray sweater, probably something he often wore at home while going through scripts. 

Luo Yu’s exit from his room was very quiet, and Gu Xiaowei must have followed him after hearing the sound of the villa door because there was some distance between them, so Luo Yu hadn’t noticed him. 

“Hey, what if the director sees Nie Yangchen's lip injury tomorrow and says you did it?” Luo Yu didn’t want the other to remain silent all the way. 

Because Gu Xiaowei's voice is genuinely pleasant. He liked listening to it, so he wanted to hear more. Otherwise, it would be a waste of Gu Xiaowei's beautiful voice. 

“Then I’ll say he intended to do something wrong in the middle of the night.” 

“Oh, so you are the hero?” Luo Yu asked with a laugh. 

“Otherwise do you think I robbed him?” Gu Xiaowei retorted. 

“It was not much different from a robbery,” Luo Yu said, laughing as he walked ahead of him. 

Gu Xiaowei sighed from behind, “It's to the right, not the left.” 

Luo Yu hurriedly stepped back, deciding to obediently follow Gu Xiaowei again. 

They returned to the villa, and it was already three-thirty in the morning. 

“If you can’t sleep, we can rehearse,” Gu Xiaowei said to Luo Yu before entering his room. 

Gu Xiaowei could notice that Luo Yu had gone out at midnight, which meant he wasn’t sleeping either. 

“I don’t want to,” Luo Yu chuckled lightly, turning back and saying, “If you can’t sleep... you can draw me.” 

Just as you said I could imagine everything about you, I also allow you to think of me more when you can’t sleep. 

Gu Xiaowei paused briefly, looking at Luo Yu with a hint of suspicion in his eyes. 

This made Luo Yu feel a bit frustrated; perhaps because he had never been in a relationship, and his previous words came off as narcissistic and silly? 

“Or you can leave the door unlocked. If I can’t sleep in half an hour, I’ll really come to rehearse with you.” Luo Yu found a way to salvage himself. 

“Ha.” Gu Xiaowei laughed coldly, apparently thinking Luo Yu’s sleep quality was much better than he imagined. 

Luo Yu returned to his room, lay down on the bed, and when his head hit the pillow, he thought of many things. 

In this life, Gu Xiaowei felt very close, while in the previous life, Gu Xiaowei had a sense of distance. 

But even when he was far away, he once slept against his shoulder after drinking two cans of beer. 

Wait... Xiao Qin seemed to have said that Gu Xiaowei had a good tolerance for alcohol. 

Alcohol tolerance shouldn’t change between lives. 

Suddenly, Luo Yu had a certain thought; blood rushed to his heart, making his heart tremble, almost causing him to sit up and think wildly. 

He covered his heart and told himself to stop thinking; he had teased that guy several times, yet he remained unaffected. It was completely a waste of effort and feelings. 

Rest, just take a break. 

Once he regained his energy, he could properly boil water to catch a frog tomorrow. 

He absolutely had to make him jump. 

Gu Xiaowei closed the door and paused while locking it. 

Two seconds later, his hand dropped, and he turned around, leaning against the bedroom door, tilting his head back and letting out a deep sigh. 

He leaned against the door for a long time; Luo Yu’s casual remark, “If I can’t sleep in half an hour, I’ll really come to rehearse with you,” left him with a sense of anticipation. 

He could even imagine how Luo Yu looked, sleeping with his profile nestled in the pillow. 

If he knew that he wanted to kiss him in the shadow of that statue, to possess his breath and heartbeat under the gaze of the gods, igniting those rebellious myths, and that he was the only aesthetic that constituted his world... would Luo Yu flee from his world? 

The sky gradually lightened, and the shadows were slowly dispelled, revealing large patches of roses blooming in vibrant colors. 

The phone rang, and Luo Yu, with his eyes closed, fumbled around for a while before reluctantly sitting up. 

Downstairs, the sound of Ye Shengyi coming down in slippers indicated that breakfast had been delivered by the resort. 

Next came the sounds of Xiao Qin, Brother Yan, and Ye Shengyi washing up and chatting. 

Luo Yu opened his eyes, swaying slightly as he opened the door. It was indeed torture to get up after only three hours of sleep. 

As soon as he opened the bathroom door, he saw Gu Xiaowei bending over the sink, washing his face with water.

His legs are really long.

He had been dead tired, but upon seeing him, that restless feeling in his heart stirred again, and Luo Yu felt a bit guilty.

He didn’t say anything and just kept looking at him until Gu Xiaowei straightened up and wiped his face dry.

"Have you been standing behind me this whole time?" Gu Xiaowei asked, looking at Luo Yu in the mirror.

"I just suddenly remembered that you had a movie last year, and the poster showed your back. The lines were really nice... Was that real, or was it photoshopped?"

Gu Xiaowei turned to look at him and said in a calm tone, "Haven’t you tried it yourself? If it’s real or photoshopped, how would you not know?"

Luo Yu was taken aback, "I... What have I tried?"

"Squatting while princess carrying you. Otherwise, what do you think I meant by trying?" Gu Xiaowei's eyebrows slightly raised.

Luo Yu's heartstrings also lifted.

He had once lifted him up from the edge of the swimming pool and could easily grip his waist to place him on the statue.

In front of Luo Yu, Gu Xiaowei unexpectedly held an absolute advantage in strength.

Luo Yu decided to go find a personal trainer; Gu Xiaowei’s physical prowess was too intimidating.

If he really was overstepping, one day when things blew up, and Gu Xiaowei shouted, "I see you as a brother, but you want to sleep with me," he would have to defend himself, and it would be best if he had some sort of countermeasure... Luo Yu suddenly felt he was being very positive and optimistic.

"I’m done with the bathroom."

Gu Xiaowei sidled past Luo Yu, who was standing at the door, as if he was carefully trying not to brush against him.

Luo Yu walked to the sink to brush his teeth and wash his face.

Thinking about the serious expression on Gu Xiaowei’s face just now, Luo Yu felt a bit annoyed. If he had known, he might as well have lifted his shirt and said he wanted to admire his abs; maybe he would have blushed a little.

When they arrived at the villa where they were shooting, they saw the assistant director talking to Nie Yangchen.

"What’s going on with you? One side of your face is all swollen! Even the most skilled makeup artist can’t reduce that swelling! Did you really slip and fall in the bathroom?"

Yan Jun, who played Zhao Sicheng, passed by and couldn’t help but chime in, "Looks like you got punched, right?"

Brother Yan, are you not planning to spare him any face?

Nie Yangchen’s acting was genuinely good. He touched his cheek with a lamenting expression, "I also feel like it hurts as if I was punched... But the problem is, in this semi-closed resort, the only people who could have hit me are the crew. Want to take a bet on who hit me?"

Yan Jun laughed, just as he was about to joke with Nie Yangchen when Gu Xiaowei, dressed in a black trench coat, walked between them.

"I did it."

After those three words dropped, Yan Jun looked at Gu Xiaowei’s back in shock, "What...? Gu Xiaowei hit you? Why? When and where did he hit you?"

The assistant director was also stunned, "Didn’t you say you fell in the bathroom?"

Luo Yu raised the corners of his mouth in a smile, eager to see how Nie Yangchen would handle this.

"Well, it’s not a big deal. I couldn’t sleep at night and went out for a smoke, and I saw Teacher Gu and his lover taking a walk. I couldn’t help but crack a joke, and that’s how I got hit."

The assistant director and Yan Jun went silent for two seconds, looking at Nie Yangchen’s expression, and they felt that he was just talking nonsense.

"Hehe, who is Teacher Gu’s lover?" the assistant director asked irritably.

It was clear that no one believed Nie Yangchen's tall tale.

"You’ll have to ask Teacher Luo about that, right?" Nie Yangchen deliberately looked at Luo Yu, passing the buck to him.

When the assistant director and Yan Jun looked over, Luo Yu remained calm.

"Gu Xiaowei currently has no lover. However, I’m quite clear about who your lover is, Nie Yangchen," Luo Yu said with a smile, his eyes narrowing.

Nie Yangchen’s expression remained calm as he teased back, "Oh, who is my lover then?"

"Hermaphroditus, the beautiful Greek god whose beauty is unrelated to gender." After saying this, Luo Yu walked past Nie Yangchen, "You have such unique taste; it’s probably embarrassing to tell the assistant director, right?"

The assistant director and Yan Jun exchanged glances, puzzled.

"Herm... Herm what is that?" the assistant director frowned and asked.

"A Greek god! What kind of god is that? I’ve never heard of it!" Yan Jun looked confused; he only knew Zeus, Apollo, and Athena from Greek mythology.

Nie Yangchen quickly retreated, "That’s a statue in the resort."

"Oh... no wonder. There are so many European-style statues here; I don’t know who they’re all modeled after," the assistant director thought for a moment and then shouted, "You need to ice that face quickly!"

Nie Yangchen quickly followed Luo Yu, whispering, "You seem to be able to walk alright; it seems Gu Xiaowei didn’t go crazy last night. I took a hit for nothing."

Luo Yu stopped and calmly said, "Last night, you were venting your emotions onto me and Teacher Gu because you were forced to break up, weren’t you?"

Nie Yangchen’s gaze darkened, and his voice grew cold, "Don’t worry; I’m not that despicable. I won’t go around spreading your business. After all, Teacher Gu has laid the groundwork for your brotherly bond, open and public. No one would believe me anyway."

"So, you’re very jealous that our mutual care and affection are also open and honest, right?" Luo Yu asked.

Nie Yangchen fell silent.

"Nie Yangchen, if one wants to have the freedom to indulge, they must first have the ability to clean up the aftermath. It’s the same for you, and it is the same for me and Teacher Gu."

Having said that, Luo Yu walked towards Gu Xiaowei.

At that moment, Nie Yangchen seemed to understand what Luo Yu meant.

By choosing Dijun Media, he chose the path of capital marketing, so he had to follow Ou Juntao’s arrangements. Breaking up with his lover was the price he had to pay.

And Luo Yu, having been suppressed all the way, began to rise up starting from Bai Ying. Nie Yangchen had only watched two episodes of "Counterattack" to feel Luo Yu's mature and tension-filled acting skills.

He didn’t market his persona, nor did he have ambitions for gaining traffic. When he paved the way for his acting career with one role after another, even if one day he really ended up with Gu Xiaowei and everyone knew about it, he would still have the strength to stand in the industry based on his acting skills and reputation, continuing forward.