Did Not Say Anything About My Feelings - Chapter 39. Wanted To Kiss

An SUV was waiting downstairs. When Jiang Lian and Lin Ye appeared, the staff that were outside the SUV waved to them and motioned for them to get in the car.

After Lin Ye got in, he realized that Wen Mian and Li Yuan were sitting in the car. The two of them were surprised when they saw Lin Ye. Wen Mian greeted him with a smile, while Li Yuan refused to look him in the eyes the whole time.

The SUV drove out of the main gates of the base, sending them to an indoor gymnasium in the island. When the four of them entered the gymnasium, the staff brought them to change their clothes.

After they finished changing their clothes, the staff told them to get their boxed lunch and eat. After eating, they had to go to the makeup artists to put on their makeup.

While they were eating, Lin Ye noticed that Li Yuan and his clothes were sweaters made for casual wear in different colors, whereas Jiang Lian and Wen Mian wore jerseys and basketball shorts.

The boxed lunch was not very nice and Lin Ye ate very quickly. When he and Jiang Lian got up to find the makeup artist to put on makeup, Wen Mian and Li Yuan were still holding their boxed lunches and picking out the green onions and chilis.

When they finished doing their makeup, Wen Mian and Li Yuan had just started. The director called him and Jiang Lian over and briefly talked about the contents of the advertisement. Jiang Lian needed to play basketball with Wen Mian, leaving Lin Ye and Li Yuan in the stands.

After the director finished speaking, he took a basketball from his assistant’s hand and handed it to Jiang Lian, “Try it out first. If you can’t shoot hoops, we’ll make two separate cuts and edit them together.”

Jiang Lian casually weighed the basketball in his hands, glancing at Lin Ye who was next to him, “Do you know how to play basketball?”

Lin Ye was a little tempted, but because he could not make large movements, he could only suppress the emotions in his eyes, “Of course, I was in the basketball team in school.”

Jiang Lian raised his brows in surprise and threw the basketball towards Lin Ye, “Make a shot?”

Lin Ye patted the basketball in his hand and walked towards the basketball hoop, then he stopped before the two-point line, raising his arms high as he threw the ball in his hand.

The basketball flew out in an arc, hitting against the rim of the basketball hoop and moving in two slow circles before it fell out of the hoop

The basketball fell onto the ground before bouncing against it and flying up again. Jiang Lian reached out his long arms to grab the basketball back into his arm, raising his gaze and commenting, “Looks like the accuracy of shots for the school team isn’t very high.”

Lin Ye glanced at him, “If it wasn’t because of you, I won’t be in this state now.”

From Jiang Lian’s smooth movements when throwing the basketball just now, it was not hard to tell that his basketball skills were very good. The urge to play basketball was increased when he noted Jiang Lian’s skills. He could not help reaching out to grab the other’s shoulder, his gaze as he looked at Jiang Lian was energetic, “Next time, let’s compete?”

Jiang Lian lowered his gaze and did not speak.

Lin Ye smiled, “Are you worried that I will win?”

Jiang Lian took a step forward. The two of them were only separated by the basketball, “We can have a competition. But,” His tone suddenly changed, speaking carelessly but with a deep and meaningful look in his eyes, “Next time, let’s not do it in such a dark place,” Jiang Lian lifted the corners of his lips, “I like your current gaze.”

Lin Ye was stunned and his gaze could not help but drift downwards, landing on Jiang Lian’s lower body. He had yet to have time to say anything when a sudden force was exerted on his back, causing him to stumble forward.

Wen Mian, who had finished doing his makeup slung his arm around Lin Ye’s neck from behind, “What are you two talking about?”

Lin Ye was rendered temporarily speechless.

Only Jiang Lian was able to answer with an unchanging expression, “We’re talking about a basketball competition.”

Wen Mian nodded and let go of Lin Ye, saying, “The director asked me to tell you two to go over.”

When the other finished speaking, he started walking towards the gallery, leaving Jiang Lian and Lin Ye behind. When Jiang Lian raised his feet to walk forward, Lin Ye could not help turning his head to the side and sliding his gaze downwards, once again glancing between the other’s legs.

Although the basketball shorts were loose, the material was also very thin. However, Lin Ye could not see anything out of place when the other was walking, so he looked away and quickened his pace to catch up to Wen Mian.

However, his wrist was pulled to the left by the person next to him and Lin Ye went in the direction he was pulled in. The person who pulled him over released his wrist and put his arm around Lin Ye’s shoulders instead, “I didn’t get hard. But if you keep looking at it, I can’t guarantee it will stay like that.”

The director explained the advertisement script in detail and his assistant handed them the drink props that they were using for the filming. The staff members then went to their positions.

The camera started with a basketball match in the center of the court. Lin Ye and Li Yuan were looking at the court and shouting in support. Jiang Lian had gotten the ball multiple times and was on the offensive, but was stopped halfway due to Wen Mian’s defense.

He seemed frustrated and suggested taking a break, walking to the benches at the sidelines, and sitting down, picking up a towel and covering his head with it.

The camera then panned to the audience seats. Lin Ye and Li Yuan had yelled till their throats were dry. They then turned their heads to pick up the drinks placed on the seats next to them, twisting the cap open and drinking the drink with big gulps.

Halfway through his drink, Lin Ye stood up from his seat, holding onto the railings and calling out Jiang Lian’s name. The latter turned around when he heard his name, still frowning.

Lin Ye smiled at him and turned around to pick up another bottle of drink, throwing it towards Jiang Lian.

Jiang Lian raised his head and drink two mouthfuls of the drink before closing it and throwing it back into Lin Ye’s arms, regaining his confidence and returning to the basketball court, managing to break past Wen Mian’s defenses and taking three steps and dunking the ball.

Seeing Lin Ye and Li Yuan cheer, Jiang Lian jumped into the audience seats, hugging Lin Ye and Li Yuan. The final scene was the four of them raising their drinks and tapping their drinks together before taking big gulps of the drink,

They did not NG many times during filming. The last time they NGed, it was because after Jiang Lian returned to the audience seats and hugged them, he took Lin Ye’s bottle by accident.

Lin Ye instinctively reached out to stop Jiang Lian and heard the director call out, “Cut!” The director then corrected Jiang Lian’s mistake before they filmed the last scene again.

He did not even have the time to grab the beverage in Jiang Lian’s hand. he could only watch as the other pressed the bottle to his lips and drank Lin Ye’s drink.

Lin Ye raised this head and gulped down the drink in his hand as he glanced at Jiang Lian’s moving Adam’s apple. He felt a strange feeling, especially when he thought about how the drink in his hand had also been drunk by Jiang Lian.

When filming ended, the director shouted out, “Thank you for your hard work”, while clapping to indicate for the four of them to change their clothes. The changing rooms were the two small lounges in the backstage of the basketball court.

Lin Ye had separated from the rest midway to use the washroom. When he returned he saw an assistant playing with his phone while leaning against the wall outside the changing rooms.

He reached out to push the door on the right side and found that it was locked. Then, he walked to the left side to push it lightly and the door opened slightly.

Lin Ye did not enter immediately and turned his head to ask the assistant, “Is there anyone in this room?”

The assistant raised her head when she heard Lin Ye, looking towards the door that had already been pushed open by a sliver. She thought for a moment before saying, “I think there’s no one. The person in this room has already come out.”

Lin Ye thanked her and pushed the door open, walking into the room.

The moment he closed the door and turned around, Lin Ye realized that there was someone in the room. That person’s back was towards him, his arms crossed as he grabbed onto the hem of his shirt, about to remove his clothes.

All he needed was one look at the back of the person’s head. He did not even need to look at the number at the back of the jersey to recognize that the person was Jiang Lian and not Wen Mian. He stopped walking backward and instead, walked to the small sofa and sat down.

“I need to change,” Jiang Lian turned his head to the side to glance at him, “Aren’t you going to go out and wait?”

They had no chance to rest when filming and after Lin Ye sat down, he did not really want to move. He relaxed on the sofa lazily, speaking directly, “We’ve already done it before, why can’t I look?”

Jiang Lian raised his eyebrows but did not say anything more, letting him wait in the room. He raised his arms, exerting some force in his shoulder and pulling his shirt over his head.

When Lin Ye saw the other’s muscles and defined shoulders, Lin Ye pressed his lips together without speaking. However, his gaze could not help landing on Jiang Lian’s back. Some emotion burst out from his head and he could not help imagining how transparent sweat flowing down the other’s back would look like.

That thought had only flashed by in his mind quickly before the naked back in front of him was covered up by clothes again.

Jiang Lian had changed his clothes but had no intention of leaving. He crossed his arms and leaned against the cabinet, his words direct, “Be quick.”

Lin Ye realized the hidden meaning of Jiang Lian’s words, the back of his ears heated up, but his expression was composed, “You aren’t going out?”

Jiang Lian’s voice was low and calm, “There is someone from the production team outside. If she sees me walk out, what will she think?”

Lin Ye was stunned, he had not expected that the reason the other would give would be such a legitimate one. After that, he lowered his head to look for the clothes he had removed before filming started.

The uniform that he had changed out of had become a little wrinkled from him sitting on it. Lin Ye picked it up and shook it lightly twice. Then, he flattened the clothes and placed them on his legs, raising his hands to remove the hoodie he was wearing.

The collar for the hoodie was a little tight and Lin Ye raised his arms high, trying twice but was unable to remove the shirt.

His expression was troubled as his face was covered by the shirt. Then, he opened his mouth to call Jiang Lian over so that he could help him.

The latter laughed once before walking to stand in front of Lin Ye, bending down and reaching out to pull on the shirt’s collar, helping him take off the thick sweater. Lin Ye’s hairstyle, which had been styled before the shoot was now a mess. He hurriedly put on the class uniform on his knee and ran his hand through his hair.

Jiang Lian, who was already standing up glanced at him before leaning down again, reaching out to hold Lin Ye’s jaw and lifting his face, another hand landing on the top of Lin Ye’s head, saying mildly, “Don’t move.”

Lin Ye stopped his movements and raised his head as he looked at the person in front of him before he realized that the other was helping him style his hair properly.

Lin Ye’s eyelids were lowered and he looked at Jiang Lian’s perfect jawline, a little distracted.

Jiang Lian’s voice brought him back to his senses, “When we were filming the last part, why did you grab me?”

Lin Ye thought about it for a moment, his tone changing to a meaningful one, “I just wanted to remind you, so that you won’t eat my saliva by accident.”

Jiang Lian was confused for a moment before he realized that Lin Ye was bringing up what Jiang Lian had said previously, that he had no habit of eating other people’s saliva.

He smiled, stopping his movement. His gaze locked onto Lin Ye’s, “You can’t remember lyrics very well, but you bear grudges very well.”

Lin Ye said, “Did I say something wrong?”

“What you said is not wrong. But,” Jiang Lian’s gaze slid downwards silently, landing on his slightly curved lips, “But didn’t anyone ever tell you before, that there are exceptions to everything?”

Lin Ye raised his gaze suddenly, looking deeply into Jiang Lian’s eyes. A second later, his lips moved slightly and he said quietly, “What exception?”

Jiang Lian did not answer, but the gaze that was on Lin Ye’s lips started to have an indescribable feeling to it.

Lin Ye instinctively turned his gaze away, avoiding Lin Ye’s gaze, his heart beating erratically like he was about to act out. However, he kept his lips curved and did not move.

It was like even the air felt heavy and froze. However, at that moment, it felt like there was something invisible moving about.

The fingers Jiang Lian was using to hold Lin Ye’s jaw increased in force slightly.

Lin Ye’s gaze that was looking away seemed a little out of it.

The next second, there was a knocking sound on the door.

Wen Mian’s voice sounded from the outside, “Lin Ye, are you done?”

Jiang Lian backed away to make way, turning his head to signal to Lin Ye to leave first. His expression did not show many emotions.

Lin Ye did not speak, picking up the clothes he had taken off and walking out. He turned around and closed the door behind him as he walked out.

Wen Mian asked, “Have you seen Jiang Lian?”

Lin Ye paused slightly and answered, “Nope.”

“The teachers asked me to bring you guys over,” Wen Mian said as he walked two steps forward. He turned around and saw that Lin Ye was not following. When he stopped walking to wait for Lin Ye, his expression was strange, “What are you thinking about?”

Lin Ye returned to his senses and smiled meaningfully, “I was wondering where Jiang Lian went.”

After he said that, he rebutted in his heart. No, he wasn’t wondering where Jiang Lian went. He was just wondering why he had thought that Jiang Lian wanted to kiss him in the changing room just now.