Capturing My Demon King Costar

MY COSTAR FINDS SOMETHING

Yao Shen ignores the incessant vibration at first, more focused in carrying his luggage inside, and opening up his apartment, which has been closed for two months.

There's a distinct smell of dust permeating the still air. Yao Shen crosses the short distance towards the windows with his mouth and nose hidden in the crook of his elbow. He opens the blinds and slides open the window with a breath of relief.

As stifling as the weather is outside, his apartment's rank scent is a million times worse.

He sits down on the couch with a sigh and looks around at his small living room and cramped kitchen.

Xin Hulei's Hengdian apartment probably isn't much bigger than this, even though house prices there are only a fraction of the absurd Beijing rates. Yet, Yao Shen can't help feeling like his dingy little apartment is a lot smaller and more rundown, but perhaps the only difference is Xin Hulei's absence.

Yao Shen misses looking around and finding Xin Hulei's things carelessly thrown every each way, misses the delicious smell of his food whenever he cooked for them.

He curls up on himself on the couch with a sigh, and finally takes his mobile out of his pocket, preparing for what the internet might be saying about him now.

A cursory search reveals the origin of the commotion. 'Crimson Promise's' official weibo account announced the hiatus, clarifying that this was only happening due to their commitment to strictly following the events of the book -- which includes a faithful representation of the seasons depicted in the novel.

On the one hand, it's not unheard for for dramas to break up production in order to have the events match specific seasons, and even more common for movies to do it.

On the other hand, those are all contemporary productions.

The netizens are quick to pick up the incongruities.

[Three out of two: What does that matter for a xianxia drama???? Are they afraid that we won't be able to suspend our disbelief if we see green trees during winter while the characters are flying around in their swords?]

That comment alone has over 400,000 likes.

Several people seem to share the same opinion.

[Cutie Pi: They must think we're stupid. It's obvious the show is going on hiatus for another reason. My money is on the rumors of disagreements between the cast]

[Crayfish Menace: What disagreements? This is the first I'm hearing of it]

Crayfish Menace and Yao Shen both. People on weibo jump wildly from one rumor to the next. Even if he wanted to, it's impossible to keep up with all of them.

[Cutie Pi: Apparently the two leads hate each other??? That's what people were saying after they went on that dating show and revealed that murder]

What?

[Yellow Tiger: Are you insane??? LeiLei and ShenShen are in love! But they're under immense pressure from their agencies to stay away from each other...everyone knows that]

[Cutie Pi: Idk man, that's what I heard, I don't keep up with stars anyway]

[Yellow Tiger: ^ then don't carelessly spread baseless rumours around!]

[Crayfish Menace: aren't you doing the same?]

[Sharkfin: You're all idiots, this is clearly happening because of that whole thing with the murder. Think about it, the producers must have been contacted by police, the actor's agencies, the actors themselves. Imagine the nightmare of media surrounding the set? This is clearly a move to wait for the dust to settle before resuming filming in peace]