6 Answer
The accommodation arranged by the production team was by the seaside.
Night had fallen, and the vast ocean stretched out, pitch black and boundless.
Jin Binghe helped Jiang Ranyun carry her suitcase into the seaside cabin.
Lights glowed both inside and outside the house. Four people were playing a toned-down version of Truth or Dare in the living room.
When Jiang Ranyun and Jin Binghe entered, the noise caught their attention, and the game paused.
“Has Ranyun arrived?” asked Zhu Jinyi, one of the regular guests on the show, as she got up to check.
“Jinyi!” Jiang Ranyun smiled, spreading her arms to embrace her.
Zhu Jinyi, in her forties, was an exceptional actress. Jiang Ranyun had worked with her on a film and learned a great deal.
The other two regular guests were idol Wei Yining, known for her strong variety show presence, and singer Jiang Cong, who loved fitness and was brimming with unused strength.
This episode featured three guests. In addition to Jin Binghe, there was also actor Xu Tianze, whom Jiang Ranyun had also collaborated with.
“Long time no see,” she greeted them, then turned to the two unfamiliar regular guests, “Hello.”
Jiang Cong was excited: “Finally, a newcomer! Binghe, you’d better come soon or I’ll be tortured to death playing alone!”
…
Yi Feicheng felt that the atmosphere online nowadays was quite unpleasant.
There were too many chaotic shipper fans.
Seeing Jiang Ranyun and Xu Tianze appear together, some viewers in the live comments were already squealing.
The two had starred in a crime thriller, with Xu Tianze playing a policeman and Jiang Ranyun portraying his deceased first love (a false death) and the final villain, ending in a tragic and brutal conclusion. That movie had many shippers at the time.
Yi Feicheng had watched the film multiple times. Honestly, it was just an average commercial story, with the most outstanding, brilliant, and valuable part being Jiang Ranyun’s storyline.
As for Xu Tianze…
He assessed Xu Tianze calmly: thirty-three years old, countless exes, had a girlfriend for seven years who never brought up marriage, and they eventually broke up. Old and rotten. Acting skills were mediocre.
But… was he really any different before? Was that why he disliked all the men around Jiang Ranyun?
Suddenly, Yi Feicheng wondered if he was just a possessive person…
In the live stream, the guests invited Jiang Ranyun to join their game of Truth or Dare. She said she’d wash her face and change clothes before coming.
As Jiang Ranyun disappeared from the screen, Yi Feicheng lost all interest in what was happening.
He looked down and unlocked his phone.
The new phone had only essential apps installed, and his previous WeChat messages were gone. In the past couple of days, many new messages popped up, all about him and Jiang Ranyun.
He hadn’t replied to a single one.
He thought his parents might react strongly, but after a few messages and calls, they stopped contacting him.
Jiang Ranyun’s Moments were set to “visible for three days,” and since she was busy filming, she wouldn’t be messaging him on WeChat, so Yi Feicheng hesitated but then opened Weibo.
He switched to the account named “Arctic Herring.”
Just then, a new comment appeared, and Yi Feicheng clicked on it.
It was a comment on a blog post he had written a year ago—a review of that crime thriller.
“Waaah, the ship I’m on is appearing together again! I’m reading this masterpiece again! The analysis of Bai Xinran and Chen Tianzong’s relationship is so detailed… Ranyun and Tiange, please be together in real life to make up for my regrets. Tianran, let’s grow old together, okay? Okay.”
Yi Feicheng: “…”
Another comment refreshed immediately after.
“Sis, you better back up this blog post quickly! You’re about to get blocked by Arctic Herring!”
“?”
“Don’t you know Arctic Herring is Jiang Ranyun’s obsessive fan?”
“I know not to mention YFC—I didn’t mention him!”
“The usual procedure when mentioning YFC is to first remove the fan. If you keep bringing it up, then you get blocked. So you have a few chances. Mentioning other male actors is instant block—he blocks as soon as he sees it.”
“Oh… why didn’t you say so earlier? I’ll back it up now…”
Yi Feicheng didn’t give her the chance; he immediately deleted the comment and blocked her.
His mood improved.
It seemed he really had been like that before, disliking all the men around Jiang Ranyun.
Legally married, his feelings were understandable.
*
Jiang Ranyun finished washing up, changed into a comfortable set of loungewear, and joined the guests gathered around the coffee table. “How do we play?”
“It’s just drawing cards for Truth or Dare,” Wei Yining said, pulling out a deck. “But nothing too extreme. Dares are simple stuff like doing push-ups or spinning in place. Truth questions are about favorite actors, memorable experiences, that kind of thing.”
Jiang Ranyun nodded. “Sounds good.”
The cards were shuffled, and each person drew one.
The cards had three possible faces: “Drama Time,” “Truth,” and “Dare.”
If you drew “Truth” or “Dare,” you had to pick another card from the respective boxes.
Jiang Ranyun flipped her card.
—Truth.
“…” She had just arrived!
Jiang Cong sighed and spread out the cards in his hand. “Finally, it’s my turn for Drama Time! Who’s it this round with the Truth or Dare cards?”
He’d been unlucky so far, repeatedly drawing Truth or Dare cards. The dares were bearable, like extra exercise, but the bizarre questions made him miserable.
Jiang Ranyun put her card down. “I drew Truth.”
“Ranyun,” Wei Yining brought the Truth card box over to her. “Go ahead!”
Jiang Ranyun casually picked a card.
Reading the question, her expression was unreadable.
“What’s the question?” the others leaned in.
Zhu Jinyi glanced and read aloud: “Who was your first on-screen kiss with?”
Indeed, it wasn’t an extreme question—merely a factual inquiry anyone could find online.
But given her strange relationship with someone now…
“Who?” Jiang Cong asked eagerly. At last, the tormenting questions were passed to someone else!
Jiang Ranyun smiled. “Yi Feicheng.”
“Oh…”
The others showed no surprise, as if expected.
Jiang Ranyun: ?
Xu Tianze said, “I think that was your second movie together, right? The youth suspense film with a bit of sci-fi?”
Jin Binghe answered quickly, “Endless Summer!”
The intricate Möbius-strip-like plot and sincere youthful emotions made it a small-budget film. Initially, it had few screenings, but word of mouth spread rapidly. It was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful, with many nominations and awards afterward.
In this round, Jiang Ranyun drew Truth again, Zhu Jinyi got Dare—twenty push-ups. Zhu Jinyi smiled calmly and completed them on a yoga mat. She had been very dedicated in her youth, performing in many martial arts and kung fu films and had trained hard.
“Next round!”
Jiang Ranyun flipped her card—
Truth again.
Wei Yining laughed, “Ranyun, looks like you don’t have to move that Truth card box away anymore!”
Jiang Ranyun laughed as she drew another card, “Don’t say things that scare people like that.”
They all read the question aloud together: “Which male actor have you worked with the most?”
“…” Jiang Ranyun was silent for a long time, counting the male actors she’d worked with in her mind and finally had to say one name, “Yi Feicheng.”
Everyone seemed to see through her futile struggle and laughed.
After watching two rounds of “Drama Time” and one round of Dare, Jiang Ranyun drew Truth again.
Seeing the expectant gazes of the others, she sighed and read the question aloud: “Among the male actors you’ve worked with, who do you like the most?”
By now, for the sake of the show, she resigned herself and answered straightforwardly, “Yi Feicheng.”
No one was surprised; some even found it a bit dull.
Xu Tianze joked, “For a moment, I actually thought you might say me!”
Everyone burst out laughing.
The audience was lively, and the fans shipping “Feiran” completely overshadowed all other ships, their comments flooding and nearly covering the video screen.
“Most other stars usually name guests present during these games, unless they’re really close and don’t care about mentioning someone else.”
“Feiran is the real deal!”
“I just love seeing real couples being open and proud!”
“Ranyun always smiles so beautifully when she mentions Feige... Damn! She should be my wife!”
Far away in S City, Yi Feicheng watched the live stream, placing his hand over his chest.
His heart was pounding fast.
She really loves me.