Finding someone whose eyes light up whenever your name is mentioned is rare enough as it is. Even more so when you guys have been together for many years.
Lucky for Faye Wong, 54, she seems to have found that person: Nicholas Tse.
Recently, the 43-year-old actor was promoting his new movie Customs Frontline when someone brought up Faye.
It started during the Q&A session when a fan asked: “If your lover and boss are at odds, would you choose to side with your lover or boss?”
Nicholas wittily answered: “I’ll take over the boss and then live a simple life with [my lover]. I think these two are not conflicting, I just need to allocate my time well.”
That was when said fan suddenly threw a curveball at the actor.
“I believe Faye Wong and Boss Yang [Yang Wen Jie, director of Nicholas’ production office] will be very pleased with your answer!,” she laughed.
Nicholas had the cutest reaction upon hearing his lover’s name.
He scrunched his body and stepped backwards while bashfully exclaiming: “I’ll never be able to escape from this!”
The actor’s response soon won over the hearts of netizens and the phrase “Nicholas Tse’s reaction when a fan brings up Faye Wong” even started trending on Weibo.
“How is their romance still so sweet, as though they’re 20-year-olds in a relationship?” swooned one envious netizen.
Another raved: “We’re all getting old, but Nicholas and Faye are still in their honeymoon phase”.
Nicholas and Faye started dating in the late 1990s but broke up in 2002. After Nic divorced Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung in 2011 and Faye’s divorce from Chinese actor Li Yapeng in 2013, the couple reconciled in 2014.
Since then, they have remained low-key about their relationship, with rumours claiming that they’ve broken up surfacing every now and then.
Last year, Nicholas and Faye were photographed holding hands in an airport in China.
Earlier this year, they were again spotted by fans at the Beijing airport after a vacation in Japan.