A-Xuan spent the two weeks before shooting the Emperor's consort, working on his new album. He was basically locked every day in the studio, at Tian Records. He never saw Caitian, since he's been actively avoiding him.
He deleted all the dates recorded in their mutual calendar to let him know that they were done. He had a deal with the original, not him. Thankfully he never showed up at his door again.
He didn't see him but Caitian sure did, and every day at that. A few days after he tossed him out of his house he felt a shift. He was coming back from the studio when he felt cameras.
Only his husband would do that, in every life. Unless they started to date early on, even then he liked to watch him work on his computer while he himself worked. He has a hard time understanding him in this life.