Yao Shen looks up at Xin Hulei's stony expression and tries to disguise his panic as confusion.
"Uhm?" he says, trying to buy himself some time.
Xin Hulei doesn't repeat himself, but he crosses his arms in front of his chest, and his eyebrows draw a little tighter over his eyes.
There's no way Yao Shen can come up with a credible explanation on the spot, he needs to think things over.
"We don't have time right now, I'll tell you later," he says, and after patting Xin Hulei awkwardly on the shoulder, leaves to go stand besides Bi Jialu until Director Chen tells everyone to go again.
Eventually, they get through both scenes without any issue two more times, and Yao Shen keeps avoiding Xin Hulei and the issue entirely. Always finding something else to do when it looks like Xin Hulei is going to come closer to him.
He keeps trying to come up with plausible excuses but nothing comes to his mind.
