【I am Ethan Carter's wife】: Is the team completely useless? Ethan Carter's plaza has been wiped out, what are you all doing!

【Has Ethan Carter acted cute today】: Meng family, calm down, this isn't the place to argue...

What's going on?

Brian Foster noticed that the direction of the comments was getting a bit off.

Trending? Plaza?

He exited that Weibo post and switched to the trending page, only to find his own name at the very top of the trending list.

Not only that, but 【Ethan Carter Lin Ran】, 【Ethan Carter Nan Ke】, and 【Yu Ning casting Ethan Carter】 were all in the top ten of the trending chart.

Was there an official announcement? Brian Foster clicked on the top trending topic, but what he saw wasn't the official Weibo of the Nan Ke production team, but rather several marketing accounts posting photos from the opening ceremony. None of the photos were very clear; you could barely make out the silhouettes of a few main actors.

【The moonlight is beautiful】: Did the paparazzi take these while running on a sewing machine? Not a fan, but for the first time I get Ethan Carter's looks—such beauty can't be hidden even by heavy blur.

【True cutie】: Damn! That's Ethan Carter!! Ethan Carter and Lin Ran?? Is this real, someone wake me up!

【Mango Shaved Ice】: What's the use of being good-looking? How does Ethan Carter have the nerve to stand in the same cast as someone like Lin Ran, who's at the level of a movie king, and even act as his rival? It's a total public execution.

【Watermelon Watermelon】: Just a passerby, I've always liked Director Chen's films, but now even Director Chen is starting to bow to the market, it's really sad.

【Steamed Yunmengze】: Some fans, stop pretending to be passersby here. Director Chen has always been extremely strict with casting. Since he chose Ethan Carter, there must be a reason. Stop trying to push the narrative that Director Chen has fallen, how shameless.

【Dawn Wind and Waning Moon】: I'm not surprised Lin Ran would act in this kind of film, but I'm shocked that a traffic star like Ethan Carter would actually take a gay role?!! Can't imagine it.

...

Brian Foster didn't keep scrolling. His fans were also working hard to control the comments and promote him below, but Brian Foster knew in his heart that from a passerby's perspective, no one wants to see fans controlling the comments.

Whatever. From the day he chose to fight for this role, he was already prepared for this.

0901: "Mr. Foster, if this will make you unhappy, I suggest you don't use Weibo for now."

Brian Foster: "No, I'm not unhappy. They're not even criticizing me."

0901: "...You have a point."

Looking at these things on Weibo from Ethan Carter's perspective is pretty discouraging, but he can't be like that. Behind all this public opinion are hidden hands fanning the flames. He has to dig deeper beneath the surface to ensure the main mission goes smoothly.

He felt a bit hungry. While considering whether to go eat, the doorbell rang. Brian Foster put down his phone and opened the door, seeing Sophie Bolton standing there with two big bags.

"Mengze-ge, I ordered takeout for you!"

Brian Foster quickly took the bags from Sophie's hands, feeling delighted. "I was just hungry. Come in and eat with me."

Sophie Bolton shook her head. "I've already eaten, Mengze-ge, you go ahead. I still have things to finish, so I'll head out."

This little assistant was like she had wheels of fire under her feet—came fast, left even faster.

Brian Foster opened the takeout bag, and the aroma hit him in the face.

Yep, a little angel on wheels of fire.

Inside the takeout box were lots of fried chicken, fries, burgers and the like—all of Brian Foster's favorite junk food. Back when he wrote Ethan Carter's eating preferences, he just used his own. Turns out that was a wise move.

Brian Foster had a chicken wing in his left hand and a cup of soda in his right, and all the drama on Weibo was forgotten.

Just as he was happily eating, the doorbell rang again.

Was it Sophie Bolton again?

He put down his food and searched for his slippers for a while, but only found one. So he just went barefoot to open the door.

The moment the door opened, Lin Ran saw Brian Foster with wet hair, bare feet, cheeks stuffed full, and big round eyes staring at him.

As soon as Brian Foster saw Lin Ran, he instinctively wanted to close the door, but the other squeezed in before he could.

"Hey, hey, we're at least working together now. This isn't how you treat a guest, is it?"

Brian Foster realized he shouldn't close the door, but his mind was a bit scrambled and he didn't know what to say. In Lin Ran's eyes, this just looked both funny and cute.

"Having dinner?"

Brian Foster nodded and struggled to swallow his food. "Want to eat together?"

He was just being polite, but the other didn't hesitate for even half a second. "Sure!"

0901: "Mr. Foster, this is a rare opportunity. Cherish it."

The sudden voice startled Brian Foster.

Two single men, alone in a room.

This scene really has the vibe of crispy duck literature.

0901: "Mr. Foster, this is literally a scene from crispy duck literature, and it's your crispy duck literature."

Brian Foster: ...So you had a hidden snarky side after all.