Capturing My Demon King Costar

MY COSTAR KNOWS HIS ENEMY

Maybe it's because he was alive in the 90's, when the internet wasn't much of a thing, and people didn't really communicate via short messages -- but Jia Hao has absolutely no concept of how a normal text conversation is supposed to go.

Also, he overshares, a lot.

[Jia Hao: Hello, I'm so happy to talk with you, I'm a huge fan! I watched your previous drama 'Love Unbound in the Countryside' in this store that was selling TVs, and I thought you were great in it. You can tell you really improved since your debut, although I thought you were really charming in 'Friends for each season'.]

[Summer Sunligh: uhm, thank you, but why were you watching the drama in a store?]

[Jia Hao: oh I don't have a TV. By the way, you should grow your hair out, you looked really cool as Pei Su! Reminded me of my senior in high school. Thinking back I think I might have had a crush on him haha]

[Summer Sunlight: ha ha]

[Summer Sunlight: lots of people don't have TVs these days, why didn't you just watch on your mobile?]

Yao Shen chuckles a little to himself while reading through the screenshots. Gao Wu got really fixated on the TV thing, uh?

[Jia Hao: oh, I just got a phone so I could talk with you]

Sighing deeply, Yao Shen closes his eyes and massages his temples. He understands that Jia Hao is from another time, but...really? No wonder Gao Wu thinks he's a stalker.

[Summer Sunlight: ha ha that's funny]

When he doesn't get any laughing emoji or anything of the sort back, it's obvious Gao Wu panics.

[Summer Sunlight: how do you know Yao Shen again? I don't think he said.]

[Jia Hao: he owes me a favor]

And at that point Gao Wu just went quiet and sent Yao Shen the screenshots he's currently reading.

[Naughty Ghost: He's just a very sheltered kid ^^' I'll explain later, didi]

Yao Shen startles when he feels an amused puff of hair on his nape. He turns around and finds Xin Hulei reading over his shoulder.

"That's the thing with ghosts," Xin Hulei says, nudging Yao Shen's neck. "they're stuck in time."

He finishes drinking his tea and gets up from the bed, rubbing the back of his head.

Yao Shen's gaze is drawn to the twin dimples on his lower back, just above the waistband of his tight underwear.

"How do you know so much about ghosts, anyway?" Yao Shen asks, just to do something else with his mouth besides lick those two divots.

"Know thy enemy," Xin Hulei says, smirking over his shoulder as he makes his way out of the bedroom.

His words are meant in jest, but they send Yao Shen hurtling back to reality.

The haze of lust and bliss around him begins to dissolve letting in the harsh light of day.

---

After a quick breakfast of supermarket baozi, Xin Hulei takes Yao Shen back to his hotel room, right in time for Bi Jialu to pick him up.

Xin Hulei surprises Yao Shen by wrapping one arm around his waist and pulling him into a searing kiss.

He leaves after groping Yao Shen one last time.

Yao Shen wonders if he's going insane for finding it cute.

Bi Jialu clearly thinks there's something up with him, judging by the odd looks she shoots him during the car ride, but doesn't comment on it, all the way to the set, except to wish him a nice day.