Cao Yifan gathered his things, Xu Zimo was already at the door, and the rest followed without a word, and they were gone.
The door closed.
The studio held its breath for three full seconds.
Then Bai Zichen turned to Guiying with the expression of a man who had just witnessed something he intended to recount for the rest of his natural life.
"I need you to know," he said, "that I would die for you."
"You don't need to die for me," Guiying said.
"I want to," Bai Zichen said seriously. "It would be an honour."
Lin Yansu pressed her lips together very hard.
Pei Jiahao looked at the door Quinn had just walked through and said simply, "Good riddance."
Shao Mingye walked past with his camera bag over his shoulder and said without stopping or looking up, "Good shoot today, Mr. Tang," and kept walking, and somehow that landed heavier than everything else combined.
Guiying pulled out his phone and stepped into the elevator.
Liuxian picked up on the second ring.
