Male Sing and His Pet Owner: Chapter 42

In broad daylight, with many people around, a nearby couple immediately looked over, curiously sizing up the two people frozen at the entrance.

Zhan Hang quickly shook off the girl’s hand and lowered his voice, saying, “You’ve got the wrong person.”

“How is that possible?” The girl said excitedly, “I wouldn’t mistake someone! This hat is the one I gave you. You are Zhan Hang! How could I not recognize your voice!”

The more she spoke, the closer she got, grabbing his arm again, as if she were about to reach out and pull off Zhan Hang’s mask the next second.

The woman in the couple also realized this wasn’t so simple. She immediately pretended to take a selfie, raising her phone with the lens aimed in Zhan Hang’s direction.

Zhan Hang frowned and said, “Let go.”

Zhao Kaile was so frightened he rushed out of the car, getting between the two of them, forcefully separating the girl’s hand. “Miss, miss, you’ve got the wrong person. My brother and I have matters to attend to, so we’ll be leaving now.”

“Zhan Hang.” She turned a deaf ear, looking past Zhao Kaile at the person behind him. “I’ve liked you for so long. I don’t mean any harm. I just wanted to tell you.”

Zhao Kaile said helplessly, “He’s not…”

The girl glared at him, “You shut up!”

Zhao Kaile: “…”

Zhan Hang’s temper flared upon hearing this, and he reached out to confront her head on. Zhao Kaile saw the situation turning bad and quickly dragged and hugged him back into the car, pleading in a hushed voice, “Brother Hang, let it go, let it go! It’s not a big deal! Just one little girl… There are so many people here. Don’t let it blow up.”

In the car, Xiao Li had originally been hesitating about whether to get out and help. Seeing Zhan Hang being dragged back, he quickly drove away.

That girl stared fixedly at the license plate number of Zhan Hang’s departing car. In the rearview mirror, she stood far away in place, her expression gradually becoming unclear.

Zhan Hang took off his sunglasses and said angrily, “Damn, what kind of people are these.” He remembered what the girl had just said, and instantly showed a face of disgust. He took off the hat and fiercely threw it toward the window, but Zhao Kaile caught it in one grab. Zhan Hang roared, “Let go!”

Zhao Kaile shouted, “No matter how angry you are, you can’t throw things out of the car! If you get caught on camera, they’ll deduct points and fine you!”

“…” Zhan Hang became even angrier, “They’re not deducting my points!”

Xiao Li in the front seat: “…”

Zhao Kaile had a face full of begging for mercy, “Don’t be angry, Brother Hang. Calm down, calm down.”

Zhan Hang finally calmed down.

He looked toward the back. Zhao Kaile looked back with him, saying, “She probably won’t follow us. Jin Mengjie said there are lots of artists filming in this area, so fans are probably wandering around nearby. She just happened to spot you.”

“Better be.” Zhan Hang turned back around. Recalling that girl’s gaze, he still had an uncomfortable feeling. After thinking for a moment, he said to Xiao Li, “Xiao Li, drive the car back first in a bit. Have Bai Li arrange a different car for you to come back.”

Xiao Li said, “Okay, Brother Hang.”

Zhao Kaile knew he suspected that girl had secretly memorized the license plate number. He frowned and bit his nails for a while, thinking that she probably didn’t just note the plate number, because just writing it down was useless. If she was really a sasaeng fan, she would likely go around to the clusters of hotels below and stake them out one by one, searching for a vehicle with this license plate number.

But in the end, it was still because of this hat that the girl recognized him at a glance. It seemed that in the future, when Zhan Hang went out privately, he wouldn’t dare to wear gifts from fans anymore.

He called Bai Li and explained the situation step by step.

Bai Li said decisively, “Switch hotels. Go to CC. The security there is more reliable. If it’s really a sasaeng fan, there might not be just her acting alone then. Book a higher floor.”

“I understand.” Zhao Kaile hung up the phone and started handling the procedures for checking out of the old hotel and booking the new one.

Zhan Hang hugged his arms, feeling extremely unlucky, “What kind of bad luck is this…”

“It’s not necessarily a brainless fan.” Zhao Kaile comforted him, “Anyway, no matter what, let’s just take defensive measures first.”

They had finally gotten a day off. The good mood was inexplicably ruined. After spending half a day switching hotels, Zhan Hang lay on the bed extremely displeased, flipping through the script and starting to memorize by rote the content he had to film tomorrow.

Zhao Kaile was beside him organizing his clothes. In the blink of an eye, it was time for dinner. He went out to get dinner for Zhan Hang, turned around, and had a precise eye contact encounter with Jin Mengjie.

Jin Mengjie: “…Zhao Kaile?? Why are you here?”

“Oh, oh, we just switched hotels.” Zhao Kaile only then remembered that Li Yang was also staying at this hotel, but he had never imagined that Li Yang was staying right next door! He recalled the excuse he had used to decline Jin Mengjie and hurriedly explained, “Brother Hang wasn’t feeling well, so he wanted to switch to a better environment, so…”

Jin Mengjie suddenly understood, “I get it, I get it. How is Brother Hang now? Is it a cold? Is it serious?”

“Yes yes yes, it’s fine, it’s fine. Just a little cough.” Zhao Kaile said, “Then I’ll go get dinner first. See you later.”

Jin Mengjie, “Ah, sure, go ahead.”

Going downstairs, Zhao Kaile quickly sent a WeChat message to inform Zhan Hang of this unfortunate news.

Zhan Hang had fallen asleep hugging the script and didn’t see it.

Past ten at night, Zhao Kaile was typing in his room when he suddenly received a call from Bai Li.

“Kaile, Xiao Li got into a car accident.” Bai Li said calmly from the other end, “Did anything happen on your side?”

Hearing this, Zhao Kaile’s mind buzzed. He said in shock, “A car accident?? How did he get into a car accident? Is he okay?”

“Two vans carrying a group of fans blocked him. Xiao Li was trapped in the middle with no road to drive. He probably panicked and accidentally crashed into a guardrail.” Bai Li said, “Mostly minor injuries. Just his lower leg is hurt pretty badly. He’ll need to be in a cast for a while.”

Zhao Kaile couldn’t speak for a long time. After a while, he finally caught his breath, thinking thankfully that Zhan Hang hadn’t been in the car.

It was just Xiao Li who had suffered. Zhan Hang would definitely feel guilty to death when he found out.

Bai Li said, “Don’t tell Zhan Hang yet. Let him focus on filming. Contact me anytime if there’s a situation. A different driver will come tomorrow.”

“Okay.” Zhao Kaile said, “We’ve already switched hotels. I just didn’t expect Li Yang to be right next door…”

Bai Li laughed bitterly, “Forget it, just stay there for now. If Zhan Hang makes a fuss about switching, then switch him to a different floor. Don’t go running around elsewhere.”

“Mm.” Zhao Kaile nodded. The other side hung up.

The next day during filming, Zhan Hang’s condition seemed not very good. No matter what, he couldn’t get into character.

Li Yang stood beside him, holding his sword and letting the wind blow on him, waiting for his lines. He waited for a long time but didn’t get them, so he turned back with a suspicious expression.

Wang Hua was even a bit stunned holding the walkie talkie. He frowned, observed Zhan Hang’s condition for a moment, and试探着 asked, “Zhan Hang? Why are you so groggy? Caught a cold?”

“Hm?” Zhan Hang pinched the bridge of his nose, shook his head, and said, “Let’s go again.”

“You’re not going to film well in this state.” Wang Hua called Zhao Kaile over, “You there, help him rest for a bit.”

Zhao Kaile quickly came on set and helped him down to sit in a chair. He pressed the back of his hand against his forehead. Sure enough, it was a bit hot.

“Brother Hang, how about we ask the director for a day off.” Zhao Kaile squatted beside him looking up, asking worriedly, “Are you dizzy?”

Zhan Hang made a noncommittal sound and frowned, saying, “Just take some cold medicine. Do you have any on you?”

Zhao Kaile searched back and forth in his bag for a while. Jin Mengjie came over with a cup of dissolved medicine and said, “I have some here. Brother Hang, drink this first. It’s not bitter. After drinking it, sleep for a bit and you’ll be fine.”

“Thank you.” Zhao Kaile looked at her with a face full of gratitude, thanked her, and took it to bring before Zhan Hang. He felt extremely speechless inside, never expecting that the excuse he had used to decline her would actually come true on Zhan Hang.

Zhan Hang wrapped himself in his coat and slowly finished the cold medicine. Zhao Kaile then took him to sleep in the car.

Province A was in a very strange region, as if it had no autumn. Summer ended and it went straight to winter.

The sun set, and the cold air rushed up immediately. Zhan Hang wrapped himself in his coat but still felt unbearably cold, constantly shrinking toward Zhao Kaile’s side. Zhao Kaile had no choice but to half hug him, occasionally checking his forehead.

The new driver asked a few concerned questions. When it was time, he got out of the car to buy dinner and use the restroom.

Outside the window, the cool wind blew past. Inside the car, it was warm and quiet.

The sleeping Zhan Hang was extremely well behaved. Zhao Kaile lowered his head to look at his face, his gaze sliding from his eyebrows all the way to the peak of his lips. The enclosed and narrow space of the car made his heart suddenly skip a beat.

The sleeping male star was still very handsome. Without the support of beauty filters and skin smoothing from television, it was an extremely real, striking beauty.

Zhao Kaile touched his hair. Because Zhan Hang had been filming ancient costume dramas recently, his hair hadn’t been cut much. When it hung down naturally, it was already almost at his shoulders.

His fingers touched Zhan Hang’s tightly furrowed brows again. Zhan Hang suddenly opened his eyes.

“…”

The two looked at each other. Zhan Hang was pillowed on his thigh, not fully awake. He only asked vaguely, “What time is it?”

“Six o’clock.” Zhao Kaile felt inexplicably nervous and said, “The director said you don’t have to film tonight’s scene. Sleep well.”

Zhan Hang closed his eyes again and said, “Mm. Have Xiao Li drive back.”

Zhao Kaile agreed softly, not daring to make any more sounds, afraid that once he fully woke up, he would realize the driver had been changed and come ask him why.

That night Zhan Hang did not sleep peacefully. He woke up every one or two hours. Each time he opened his eyes, he would subconsciously look at Zhao Kaile’s position. Only after seeing the person would he fall back asleep, as if he had sensed something in the dark.

At two in the morning, Zhan Hang woke up again. He saw Zhao Kaile slumped at a glance. He had recovered a bit of strength. He looked at the time on his phone and frowned, calling Zhao Kaile, “Hey.”

However, this voice was so hoarse that it startled even himself.

Zhao Kaile immediately woke up, sat up straight with a jolt, wiped the corner of his mouth and asked, “What’s wrong, Brother Hang? Do you want water?”

“Go sleep in your own bed.” Zhan Hang said listlessly, “Otherwise you’ll catch it too tomorrow.”

Zhao Kaile hurriedly said, “I’m fine. You sleep. I’ll watch over you.”

Zhan Hang frowned and said, “You think idiots can’t catch colds? Go sleep.”

“…” Zhao Kaile was speechless for a moment. He hesitated to open the door, walked out of the room, and thought, what is wrong with this person! How can he still be so fierce when he’s sick!