My Idol System: An Idol, But Also A Savior-Chapter 184: On wrapping

Even though Louis looked upright and proper, with a sense of distance on his face, Lucas could not help shrinking back in fear.

Louis had clearly noticed Lucas’s emotions as well. He averted his gaze, looked toward Arthur, and smiled as he said, "This is..."

Arthur laughed outright. "Just one of my toys. What is it, Louis, do you like him? I can lend him to you."

Lucas could not help trembling, and Louis frowned slightly as well.

First of all, Louis had no desire for Lucas. It was just that looking at Lucas’s face stirred a kind of gentle affection in his heart. Moreover, he was not someone who slept around casually.

Arthur laughed. "I’m joking. Lucas is an idol. He made a few mistakes some time ago, so now he has to pay the price himself."

Louis frowned. He knew this had nothing to do with him, but seeing Lucas’s pitiful expression, he still could not help saying, "Let him go. Just name your price."

Hearing Louis and Arthur discuss him as if he were an object, Lucas was so angry that he clenched his fists in secret. But when he heard Louis’s words, he could not help freezing in shock, lifting his head in a daze to look at Louis.

Seeing him look over, Louis even gave a slight nod.

Arthur narrowed his eyes as he looked at the two of them, the corners of his lips curling into a gentle smile. "No need to name a price. Since you want to protect Lucas, I don’t have any objections." He smiled as he looked at Louis. "Our cooperation will last a long time. How could I let such a small matter affect our harmony."

Lucas almost could not believe what he had just heard.

Just like that, something he had never dared hope could be resolved was now settled with a single sentence.

He could not help looking toward Louis. This man was almost completely different from the people he had encountered before.

At this moment, Louis also looked toward Lucas. Seeing Lucas’s eyes brimming with tears, he paused briefly before saying, "There’s nothing for you to do here anymore. Leave."

Lucas had been waiting for this moment for a long time. He glanced at Arthur, only to see Arthur still smiling at him, the smile on his face seeming as though it would never change.

Lucas shuddered and almost fled the place at the fastest speed he could manage.

Arthur watched Lucas’s retreating figure, then turned to look at Louis again, smiling as he said, "You really like making decisions on your own. What if he actually wanted to walk down this path?"

That was indeed the case. The company had never planned to rehabilitate Lucas’s image quickly. It needed time. But Lucas could not endure the possibility of his popularity declining, so he gambled everything. He even landed his debut role. His fans were already screaming in celebration, saying that last time he had only performed poorly because he was too nervous, that his talent would still shine one day.

Yet after tasting enough sweetness, he grew afraid of the very thing that had brought him those rewards, believing that he could already spread his wings and fly on his own.

Louis frowned as he looked at Arthur. He truly did not like Arthur’s attitude very much. He only said softly, "He feels very familiar. Maybe it’s fate."

Hearing this, Arthur could not help narrowing his eyes. "Familiar?"

Louis sensed an underlying meaning in Arthur’s words, but Arthur did not pursue the topic further. They soon shifted to talking about work.

Joshua’s acting work lasted nearly three months before his own scenes finally wrapped. As for the other main actors, they still had a long way to go.

After that came post-production, editing, approvals. By the time the film was released, it would likely be the end of the year or the beginning of next year.

On the day filming wrapped, Lance even gave Joshua an enormous red envelope. The others could not help teasing him, saying that none of the other actors had received such a big one when they wrapped.

With a cold expression, Lance chased everyone away, then looked at Joshua, his eyes sparkling. "After this film is done, you have to go eat with me!"

Joshua was already used to Lance’s excessive enthusiasm, but Lance was genuinely a good person.

So this time, he nodded. "Alright."

From the side, Luis suddenly slung an arm around Joshua’s shoulders and pulled him over. "Count me in too, right?"

Joshua nodded cheerfully.

Lance could not help turning a cold gaze on Luis, the look of disgust unmistakable.

Luis sneered. "If we get photographed like this, the media will say our friendship has fallen apart."

Lance smiled faintly. "If you keep putting your filthy hand on Joshua, then our friendship really will fall apart."

The two faced off against each other, sparks practically flying, the faint scent of gunpowder hanging in the air.

At that moment, Joshua suddenly grabbed Lance’s arm and tossed it over his own shoulder, one on each side of him. He crossed his arms, standing tall and imposing, smiling brightly as he said, "That works, right? We’re all friends."

Friends? Lance did not want to be friends!

Joshua added, "Besides, Luis is my older brother."

Lance: "..." Fine then. That works too. Being friends for now was acceptable.

Luis nodded and rubbed Joshua’s head. "Alright, my adorable little brother, go back and get some rest now."

Lance could not help getting goosebumps in secret, while Joshua burst out laughing at Luis’s shameless sweetness.

Seeing Joshua smile so brightly that his eyes were nearly gone, Luis could not help lightly poking his dimple and said softly, "Being an idol, you don’t seem worried about getting wrinkles at all, huh?"

Joshua’s smile almost instantly vanished. He touched his face with his hand, then looked up at Luis and broke into a beaming grin again. "I won’t get wrinkles."

Luis fell silent for a moment, then finally could not resist rubbing Joshua’s cheeks with both hands.

Watching this scene, Lance suddenly felt that being an older brother was not so bad after all.

No, no, no. He absolutely could not trade away his entire future just for a bit of sweetness right now!

Not long after Joshua left the film set, Luis’s post bombarded social media.

Luis: Time to say goodbye to my adorable little brother. Photos, photos.

The pictures showed Joshua and Luis together. In one of them, Lance stuck his head into the frame, only to have his face pushed away by Luis.

The comments instantly exploded.

[Hahaha, too adorable]

[So they really are brothers in the end]

[First film of his career and he gets the king of the acting world as his brother. Joshua, that’s so cool]

[Who taught you how to name things]

[Lance really got left out]

[This pair of brothers is killing me with how adorable they are]

[Luis please don’t be sad, Joshua has stayed with you guys long enough, send him back to eat barbecue with ShineOn already!]

[That’s right, an idol’s schedule keeps getting blocked by filming. I really don’t understand why the company rushed Joshua into taking such a role...]

[Please, that’s a Lance film...]

[Joshua, is there a livestream with ShineOn tonight?]

[Oh my god, give him a break, he literally just left the film set]

Of course, after leaving the set, Joshua did not rest. Instead, he went straight back to ShineOn’s dormitory.

Because they were about to start a new schedule!

"A game show?"

"That’s right, Joshua. I know you’ve just finished filming, but they’re only waiting for you to come back so all of ShineOn can participate together..." Elly said.

Joshua replied without hesitation. "No problem, Elly. I’m already on my way back."

Hearing this, Elly smiled and said softly, "Alright, then we’ll talk about the contract details later."

At this moment, Joshua’s phone was being bombarded with all kinds of messages, but since he was already at the door, he decided to head upstairs quickly.

"Piii piii!"

"Congratulations on wrapping, Joshua!"

The moment Joshua stepped inside, he heard loud whistles, and confetti cannons exploded over his head.

Looking up, he saw Henry and Leonard each holding a bouquet of tweedia flowers. Luther was holding a confetti cannon, still blowing a whistle nonstop. Justin came running out of the kitchen, a frying pan still in his hand, grumbling, "Why didn’t anyone tell me anything at all?"

Luther blew the whistle twice more, then spat it out and said, "Joshua wouldn’t bother notifying anyone anyway."

Hearing this, Joshua could not help laughing. "How long have you guys been standing here?"

Luther lunged forward and hugged Joshua tightly, rubbing his face against the hollow of Joshua’s neck. "Joshua, I really, really missed you."

Joshua laughed and patted Luther’s back. "I missed you too."

He then looked up at the others. "I missed all of you as well."

Justin tossed the pan aside and rushed over. Leonard stuffed the bouquet into Joshua’s hands and lifted his chin. "No need to be so moved."

Joshua then looked toward Henry. Only then did Henry step forward, ruffling Joshua’s hair and saying softly, "Welcome back, Joshua."

Joshua looked at him and smiled brightly.

As if he had been deprived of Joshua’s presence for too long, Luther clung to him all the way from the entrance into the room, constantly sniffing at him.

Joshua could not help pushing him aside. "Are you a dog or something, Luther?!"

Luther leaned his head against Joshua’s shoulder and said softly, "I missed you."

Joshua: "..."

In the end, Joshua directly kicked Luther out of the room, changed his clothes, and came back out.

By then, the table was already filled with all kinds of delicious dishes. Everyone chatted happily, the atmosphere rare and harmonious.

"Joshua, when did you get to know Luis?"

Just then, Luther suddenly spoke up. The others also noticed and turned to look at Joshua.

Joshua immediately told them about what had happened last year.

Luther frowned. "Joshua, that was too dangerous."

Joshua blinked and looked at him. "Why don’t you praise me for being brave and quick-witted?"

Luther immediately clutched his heart and said dramatically, "Of course! Our Joshua is obviously the best. But next time, you should come find me instead."