The Villain Just Wants to be a Salted Fish

After finished watching “Foodie Journal”, He Jinyun said he had to go home.

The two said goodbye as usual, and it seemed that there was nothing unusual.

But only Ye Zexi himself knew that the tension on his body gradually disappeared until the moment the door was closed.

After a long sigh of relief, Ye Zexi leaned back a little, and the tight muscles in his body relaxed completely at this moment.

Before Ye Zexi could think carefully about the reasons, the phone notification sounded. Ye Zexi glanced out the window subconsciously. The lights of the villa next door had just turned on, He Jinyun should have just arrived home.

Looking at the phone again, it turned out to be He Jinyun’s message: “I’m home, go to sleep early, and good night.”

Ye Zexi smiled and typed back: “You too, good night.”

After sending the message, Ye Zexi got up and turned off the lights in the living room, and slowly went upstairs.

After taking a shower and simply packing up his luggage, Ye Zexi was ready to go to bed.

Just closing his eyes, he suddenly got up as if suddenly thinking of something, picked up the phone on the side, and opened Weibo.

As soon as he opened Weibo, Ye Zexi saw himself and He Jinyun’s related tag on the real-time hot search recommendation——#Have you congratulated (HeXi) today?#

What He Jinyun said was right. After the airing of “Foodie Journal”, the CP fans of the two of them have started to increase sharply.

It was only an hour after the premiere of “Foodie Journal” ended, and there were five or six related entries on the hot search list, three of which were related to Ye Zexi and He Jinyun.

The one with the highest ranking is #Have you “congratulated” today?#

Ye Zexi clicked into the entry. This time it was not the blog post of the marketing account, but the blog post of a fan:

@Holding the banner of HeXi up high: Today is really a day to go crazy, Film Emperor He knows how to dote on someone! Jelly, jelly!

#picture#, #picture#, #picture#.

Ye Zexi was puzzled as he clicked to open the picture.

The first was an animated picture of He Jinyun pulling Ye Zexi’s hand, the second was a photo of the two running away from the program team holding hands, and the third was Ye Zexi standing beside the azure glass wall, looking up at the blue sea while He Jinyun standing at the door and looking at Ye Zexi in front of him with a smile.

“The last photo!!! My goodness, there are stars in Film Emperor He’s eyes! This look is too affectionate!”

“Holly Shot! What else is there to say, come and chant with me: HeXi is real!!!”

“Oh my God, I am a pure passerby fan, but the look in Film Emperor He’s eyes is really fascinating! The sister in the front row, I recommend you to watch the video clip cut. This gif was originally Film Emperor He came to call Xi Xi to dinner. But I didn’t expect that Xi Xi didn’t close the door, so Film Emperor He walked to the door and saw this scene. The camera originally focused on Xi Xi but then back to Film Emperor He. You can see that Film Emperor He just smiled! Damn! This scene! It’s an amazing capture! I’m sold!”

“I want to watch it just by reading the description!”

“Yes, yes, yes! Just for Film Emperor He’s smile, I will watch it back and forth dozens of times. It’s too sweet! It was a genuine smile from Film Emperor He when looking at Xi Xi, and that smile is enough to make this old mother’s heart melt!”

“The last photo is perfectly illustrated by my favorite poem: ‘You stand on the bridge and watch the scenery, and the people watching the scenery look up at you’, it’s so beautiful!”

“It’s so unbelievable. When I saw the last photo, this was the first verse that came to my mind!”

“The last photo is really amazing! Please add me to your ship!”

“After watching the first episode of “Foodie Journal”, I just want to say that Film Emperor He really likes to spoil Xi Xi! Hearing that Xi Xi wants to eat fish, he immediately dropped the program crew and took Xi Xi to go fishing. Every mission after that they’ve done carefully, just to make fish for Xi Xi! It’s too sweet!”

“Yes, and when they were cooking together the next night, Film Emperor He just asked Xi Xi alone what he would like to eat at night! As for the other guests, he never asked!”

“I can see that Xi Xi really loves fish.”

“Anyway, no matter how I analyze it now, I think the CP I ship is real! They are a pair!”

“So they are actually together?”

“Maybe not. Although their interaction in the show is very sweet, Film Emperor He did a lot of things for Xi Xi, if you look carefully, you can still see that there is still a small distance between Xi Xi and Film Emperor He. Both of them are now in the state of: one side shows his feeling, while the other is just being ignorant. Simply put: Film Emperor He has made up his mind, but Xi Xi has not yet, which is what we often call a one-sided love.”

“Continue on, they are so sweet on the show, they are not together yet? Are they?!”

“I also think that the possibility of one-sided love is very likely. Film Emperor He is in an unrequited love. In addition, I am studying psychology (exhausting all my life to study the CP, this is really like me!)”

“Hahahahahaha, the sister upstairs, you are too cute! But I also agree with the one-sided love. Thinking about it this way, our CP is still a bit angsty…”

“So the current situation is that we don’t know Xi Xi’s thoughts for the time being, but we can be sure that Film Emperor He is having an unrequited love for Xi Xi, right?”

“…”

There were a lot of comments, but the more Ye Zexi scrolled down, the more frightened he became.

What’s all this?

What they mean by Teacher He’s unrequited love for him!

You netizens ship CP all day long. Why do you still bring in a blind analysis?

Looking at the last photo again, Ye Zexi couldn’t help but think of the time he watched the show with He Jinyun at night. The program team gave a lot of shots for their scene. Ye Zexi naturally noticed this scene. At that time, he was also taken aback. Because Ye Zexi didn’t remember this scene at all, he didn’t know that He Jinyun actually stood there and had been looking at him for so long.

At that time, Ye Zexi also asked He Jinyun: “Why didn’t you call me immediately?”

He Jinyun’s eyes remained on the screen. He didn’t look back when he heard Ye Zexi’s words, but the corners of his mouth were slightly bent: “It seemed like you were enjoying the scenery, so I didn’t call you.”

“Oh.” Ye Zexi responded, and didn’t think much of it.

But now looking at this commentary from a netizen, Ye Zexi was a little skeptical of his own judgment.

Is it possible that he really was not reading the atmosphere?

But the relationship between him and Teacher He… seems to be quite normal.

Does He Jinyun seem to like him?

Ye Zexi pursed his lips and fell into a deep thinking.

They got along quite well, and He Jinyun was like an elder brother, always thinking about him and being attentive and considerate. In Ye Zexi’s view, He Jinyun was a very caring friend.

It was very comfortable to be around He Jinyun, he did not need to think too much, he could say whatever he wanted, and do whatever he wanted.

And more importantly, He Jinyun’s cooking was still delicious.

Instead, the only thing that he needed to figure out was his own action, why his face would get so hot when He Jinyun unconsciously held his hand tonight.

In the end, Ye Zexi thought of an explanation—maybe the weather is getting hot lately.

From the end of April to the beginning of May, the weather had gradually become hot. The room didn’t seem to have any opened windows. The temperature on He Jinyun’s hands was so high that it seemed normal to feel the heat.

Ye Zexi turned over and threw the phone aside.

I can only think so!

As for the comments made by netizens on the Internet, don’t think about it, he was sleeping at that time anyway!

At this moment, He Jinyun, who had slept for a whole afternoon, was browsing Weibo vigorously.

In just a few hours, the HeXi CP fandom had turned over, and the number and popularity of postings skyrocketed.

And more importantly, the HeXi CP is no longer a niche CP. With such a hot search, almost the entire network is happily shipping on the CP.

So now the question is: what would Ye Zexi think and do?

He Jinyun was thinking about it, his mouth slowly curved up, and he clicked on the hot search. He also saw a Weibo post by a netizen named “Holding the HeXi Banner Up High”.

When he saw this scene at Ye Zexi’s house, almost all the cold hair on He Jinyun’s back stood up. Ye Zexi’s question made He Jinyun nervous. He didn’t even dare to turn his head to look at Ye Zexi, so he could only smile to hide his nervousness.

Although He Jinyun wanted Ye Zexi to know the truth sooner, He Jinyun didn’t want it to be unprepared.

Fortunately, Ye Zexi didn’t ask much, and He Jinyun breathed a sigh of relief.

But now the Internet had all become their CP fans, and some of the analysis was really correct. He Jinyun suddenly had some expectations in his heart. This time Ye Zexi should understand something, right?

A dreamless night passed.

Early the next morning, Gao Shu arrived at Ye Zexi’s house to pick Ye Zexi to the airport.

Walking out of the house, Ye Zexi glanced at the villa next door. He Jinyun should still be asleep, right?

Yesterday Ye Zexi asked about He Jinyun’s itinerary. He Jinyun seemed to have something else in the afternoon, and he would be boarding the first flight in the evening.

Just as Ye Zexi was about to send a message to He Jinyun to inquire, He Jinyun’s voice came: “Zexi, are you leaving now?”

Ye Zexi looked up and saw He Jinyun on the second floor balcony. The man smiled and waved at him.

“Yes.” Ye Zexi couldn’t hold back the corner of his mouth and raised his mouth. “Then I’ll leave first. See you then.”

“Be safe and take care.” He Jinyun said in a loud voice.

“Okay.” Ye Zexi got in the car first.

Gao Shu greeted He Jinyun, and then got into the car.

As soon as he got into the car, Gao Shu couldn’t help but ask: “Young Master, when did Film Emperor He live next door to you?”

Ye Zexi was taken aback for a moment and asked, “Didn’t I tell you?”

“No.” Gao Shu said in a deep voice.

Ye Zexi nodded: “I guess I didn’t, well, now you know.”

Gao Shu: “…”

Okay, blame him for not inquiring about Ye Zexi’s neighbors!

Gao Shu sighed helplessly, and said again: “Young Master, you may have to move.”

“Huh?” Ye Zexi was startled, “Why do you want me to move?”

Gao Shu looked serious: “Because the two of you now have too many CP fans, for Young Master’s sake, and also for Film Emperor He’s sake, I suggest that you should temporarily move out of the lakeside villa.”1

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