3RYB 71-80

Chapter 71

After Gu Qi posted on Weibo, She stayed alone for a while.

Then she walked out of the room as if nothing had happened. To her surprise, she found the house cleaned up and the three Younger Brothers and three dogs were sitting on the sofa obediently. This scene was a bit discordant.

Seeing Gu Qi come out, the three of them showed nervous expressions in unison.

Even the puppies at their feet seemed to sense some intimidating atmosphere and they all stopped moving for a while.

Gu Qi found this scene a little funny and asked, "Why haven't you left yet?"

"Worried about you!" Jiang Lechuan blurted out, but then realized that it wasn't a good idea to say so and immediately changed his words: "... I'm worried that you won't have breakfast tomorrow! I wanted to ask you what you want to eat and I'll bring it to you during my morning run!"

Gu Qi refused at once: "That's not necessary. I'm going to see Director Xie Yun tomorrow morning. The crew will start filming in a few days. It should be very busy in the near future."

"Okay." Wenren Jing patted Jiang Lechuan's sleeve to stop him from continuing to speak these inappropriate words and asked directly: "Are you sad?"

Gu Qi paused.

The originally quiet atmosphere in the living room heightened, as if a pin drop could be heard.

Gu Qi knew there was no need to lie to them. After all, the past had been made public and wasn't a secret, so she said, "A little bit. It's not the first time, so I'm prepared."

Wenren Jing was silent for a few seconds, "Actually, I think he did it on purpose. He's not that stupid, is he? He knows your past better than anyone else. This trick won't work against you."

Gu Qi looked at Wenren Jing with some surprise and asked, "Are you comforting me?"

Wenren Jing nodded and propped his chin with one hand: "I guess so. Maybe he has some difficulties. Will you feel better this way?"

Jiang Lechuan disagreed: "What kind of comfort is this? He already treated Elder Sister like this! It can’t... be that you are in the same group with Song Cheng, right?"

As the two were about to fight, Gu Qi's phone suddenly vibrated and attracted all their gaze.

Gu Qi lowered her head and took out her phone.

It was a message from someone unexpected.

[Song Cheng]: I know you hate me and you should. Still, I want to remind you that Shen Anran has been targeting you for a long time. Although I don’t know how you offended her, you should be careful.

Gu Qi replied immediately with a question mark.

She didn’t understand why Song Cheng told her this.

After so many years of tacit understanding, Song Cheng understood what she wanted to ask.

[We are considered acquainted after all. In the end, I did you wrong. I will go back to the countryside to open a small supermarket to retire. All I can do was remind you of this.]

Gu Qi didn't reply again.

And a few minutes passed.

Song Cheng sent another message.

[If you go to see Ah Yue in the future, choose the morning. You won't meet me in the morning. You know, I can't get up early]

[Qi Qi, I wish you a smooth career in the future. This time I'm sincere]

Gu Qi still didn't reply. After a brief hesitation, she chose to delete Song Cheng's WeChat and all contact information.

Whether Song Cheng's words were true or false and what his purpose for telling her all this, in Gu Qi's opinion, the grudges between them had been settled. They had nothing to do with each other from now on.

She couldn't figure it out.

She couldn't figure out why they were once like family to each other, but now they were in a situation where both sides were broken.

These were not important anymore.

She wasn't the one who felt guilty nor was she the one with a burdened heart.

People should look ahead.

Even if one couldn't forgive others, one should reconcile with themselves.

＊

The next day.

She woke up.

Last night, she was really a little emotional. So it wasn't until now that Gu Qi began to pay attention to what Song Cheng said to her.

Shen Anran had been targeting her for a long time.

Song Cheng couldn't be so bored as to deliberately provoke the relationship between her and Shen Anran. So if what Song Cheng said was true, he had no reason to pay attention to Shen Anran, an artist who had no connection with other companies.

If it was hearsay without actual grasp, news in the entertainment industry always spread fast and she wouldn't have heard nothing so far.

Then the biggest source of information he could get was—

Shen Anran herself.

Song Shiqing expressed that he understood. He took a sip of coffee slowly: "So, you suspect that Song Cheng’s previous livestream to add insult to injury during the rumor of campus bullying was initiated by Shen Anran?"

Gu Qi nodded and ate the last bite of dessert on the plate: "I probably didn't know her at that time."

Gu Qi really couldn't figure out why Shen Anran hated her before, so when Song Shiqing offered to pick her up for lunch, she couldn't help but tell him about her confusion.

After all, they were partners.

Or rather, she didn't know who to talk to about this.

As for younger brothers or Ning Xiwei, they may still meet Shen Anran next time. If they make random guesses without solid evidence, it may affect their normal relationship.

"Just because you don't know her doesn't mean she doesn't know you." Song Shiqing said as he reached out and wiped the cream off the corner of Gu Qi's lips with a tissue. Then he said, "Don't dodge, there are paparazzi outside the window taking pictures."

The two of them had lunch together was what they agreed on. They provided an ‘anonymous tip’ to paparazzi that they were going on a date. In order to confuse the Gong Family and the Jiāng Family, they released a smokescreen to make the entire network think that they were in a relationship.

"En." Gu Qi responded, holding the juice in both hands and trying to make her expression more natural. She asked: "What do you mean?"

Song Shiqing retracted his hand and stared into Gu Qi's eyes: "It's very simple. You may have offended her somewhere before and she’s retaliating against you, or your existence posed a threat to her and she wanted to eliminate you in advance. There is no hatred without reason in this world."

The second half of Song Shiqing's sentence made Gu Qi stunned for a long time. Then a slightly absurd idea popped up in her mind.

Could it be...

Did Shen Anran know what would happen in the future?

This idea was quickly ruled out.

If Shen Anran knew, there was no need to hate her. After all, she and Jiāng Fengzhi didn't have much to do with each other now and it would not affect their relationship in the future.

It might be that there was progress of Shen Anran and Jing Fengzhi's relationship outside the variety show that she didn't know about and Shen Anran regarded her as an imaginary rival.

Thinking in this way, everything could be called reasonable.

Gu Qi didn't go into it further, because next, she had to accompany Song Shiqing to the cemetery to pay tribute to his mother.

This matter was too solemn. If she wanted to make everyone believe that she and Song Shiqing were already in love in the shortest time, this was the only way.

Gu Qi didn't expect that today was actually the anniversary of Song Shiqing's adoptive mother's death.

When watching Song Shiqing sitting in front of his adoptive mother's tombstone and saying that he brought a girl he liked for a long time to see her, Gu Qi couldn't help but utter ‘halt’.

She understood the principle of acting the whole set onc en role, but theoretically, those paparazzi who followed them couldn't hear their current conversation, so there was no need to lie to the dead!

"You are still this rigid." Song Shiqing laughed wantonly, "If Mother is here, she would volunteer to act with us. There was a parent-teacher meeting in elementary school and parents and students were required to be present. Mother said that the crops in the field couldn’t be harvested in time, so she told me to pretend to have a stomach ache to go home early. In the end, I couldn't hold back the laughter at the sight of her pretending to be weak. When I got home, she beat me up and my butt hurt for a few days."

When Song Shiqing mentioned the past with his mother, the smile on his face became more gentle and his voice became lighter.

Just like for him, death wasn't a kind of departure, but another kind of eternal companionship and not a topic that couldn’t be touched.

Gu Qi found it interesting and asked, "Did the crops get harvested in the end?"

"No." Song Shiqing tilted his head, "My mother harvested most of the crops in the field. She got drunk at night because she was happy. I was curious at that time, so I secretly drank the remaining wine. As a result, I got drunk. The next day, she found out and beat me up again."

...

The two of them sat cross-legged in front of Song Shiqing's adoptive mother's grave. She chatted naturally and listened to Song Shiqing talk about the interesting things he did with his adoptive mother when he was a child.

Gu Qi found it interesting. Song Shiqing was happy to share the pine nuts used for worship with her.

The hot search of the day was on as they wished.

It changed from ‘Song Shiqing took Gu Qi on a sweet date and worshipped his mother signal joyous event soon” to "Song Shiqing and Gu Qi sat in the cemetery to eat and drink after the sweet date".

Netizens.

[…Although I can tell that they definitely know each other and have some relationship in private, I can’t tell that they got a relationship to do such a weird thing]

[Doing such a weird thing in such a formal occasion, I’m dumbfounded]

[ROFL, they even shared the last orange. They really didn’t leave any. Don’t be this ridiculous!!!]

[Didn’t they say that they were going to worship Song Shiqing’s mother? There’s no need to be reserved with Mother, hahaha]

Finally someone caught the main point.

[Wait a minute, although the latter incident is indeed very shocking, have you completely forgotten what they were doing at the beginning!]

[Yes! That was a date! A date!!! ]

[Which step have they reached? Song Shiqing actually took Gu Qi to worship his mother]

[This is ‘meeting the parents’ to some extent]

[@Jiang Lechuan, what do you think? ]

Some people disagree.

[Although I should scream at this kind of explosive news, but... didn't this process look a little familiar? ! ]

[It's not the first time for Gu Qi to have dinner and date with a top star and go home]

[It's not the first time for Gu Qi to have dinner and date with Jiang Lechuan's mortal enemy and go home]

["The Wolf is coming"]

[@Gu Qi, tell me, is Song Shiqing your Younger Brother]

[You five live a good life is better than anything else]

…

Gu Qi: "…"

Gu Qi looked up at Song Shiqing, "Sorry, I didn't expect them to think like this. So better directly admit it."


Chapter 72

Obviously, Song Shiqing wasn't prepared for this situation.

The two looked at the comments of netizens. Both lowered their chins in contemplation.

Song Shiqing didn't directly agree to Gu Qi's proposal, but asked: "Why don't they believe it?"

Gu Qi said: "Obviously, they are afraid of misunderstanding me again."

After all, the scandal of her having her foot in three boats with the three younger brothers was called ‘the number one wrongful case in the entertainment industry’ and netizens were afraid of being slapped in the face again.

What's more, those trivial matters between her and her manager had been clarified and the whole network had infinite good feelings for her now. Naturally there were ten thousand people who think about the reasons from her perspective and automatically rationalize everything related to her.

The two looked at each other again.

Gu Qi shook her phone, but didn't ask; just silently questioned Song Shiqing again whether he wanted to ‘make it public.’

"No rush, it's too early. Everyone hasn’t gotten off work and school and have time to eat melons. Let the public opinion ferment for a while."

Song Shiqing finished the last sip of coffee in the cup, stood up, and continued: "I have to go to Gong's house first. I can't take you home."

He uttered, showing a slightly provocative smile: "Jiang Lechuan must be squatting at your door waiting for an explanation. It's a pity that I can't see him call me Elder Brother-in-law with irk today."

"It’s fine." Finishing this, Gu Qi asked with a little concern: "Do you need me to accompany you?”

They were originally prepared to act the full play and pretend to love each other to death in front of everyone. The Gong Family was naturally one of their important audiences.

"No need." Song Shiqing smiled at her, "You have worked hard today, so you should go back and rest early."

At this time, the waiter gifted a few more packaged cakes. Song Shiqing was a regular customer here and they immediately left the private room.

Song Shiqing handed all the cakes to Gu Qi, "I have ordered all the signatures of this store. Go back and try which flavor you like. I'm leaving first."

One out of the coffee shop, the smile on Song Shiqing's face faded a little and was replaced by some exasperation.

There was another big drama to be performed next, a headache came just thinking about it.

Of course he couldn't take Gu Qi back.

After all, there was Gong Xuanan’s existence. It was impossible for the Gong Family from top to bottom to show a good face for Gu Qi.

Rather than letting her suffer these grievances together, it was better for him to handle them all.

When Song Shiqing returned to the Gong Family, Gong Wei was already waiting for him with the so-called family law.

Gong Wei had a gloomy face, "Last week, I arranged for you to meet Miss Jiǎng, but you didn't want to go. It turned out that you already had someone in your heart."

Gong Wei naturally knew the importance of the adoptive mother to Song Shiqing. If he didn't really like her, he would not take her to see her.

If it was someone else, he could have turned a blind eye, but Gu Qi was the culprit who ruined his Xuanan's reputation and caused the decline of their Gong Family's stocks.

Madam Gong pretended to care and dissuaded: "Shiqing, apologize to your father and promise not to have any contact with that child from the Jiang Family again."

Song Shiqing curled his lips and faced his father’s gaze,: "I have long determined that it can only be her in this life. Whether Father agrees or not, it will not affect anything."

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Jiāng Family.

As future in-laws, they always got gossip much faster than the outside world.

Jiāng Zhiyu soon learned that Gu Qi and Song Shiqing’s scandal was spreading around. On top of that, Song Shiqing lost the management rights of Gong's new project in order to be with her. He voluntarily gave up part of the shares that were originally in his hands.

She looked at Jiāng Fengzhi beside her, read all the information aloud in a rhythmic manner, and grinned: "What a good pair of pinned lovers! The true love is moving."

Jiāng Fengzhi didn't look up from the screen, but asked coldly: "Are you idle recently?"

Since the siblings tore through their farce, they didn't meet unless necessary. Except for having to eat at the same table, they didn't spend much time together.

"I feel sorry for Elder Brother's infatuation as well as being surprised by Gu Qi's stupidity. Why didn't she choose the illegitimate son instead of being the legitimate young madam of our Jiāng Family?" Jiāng Zhiyu laughed and leaned over to look at Jiāng Fengzhi. She asked, "Did Elder Brother reflect on how you are inferior to Song Shiqing? Should you try harder and fight a bit? Better not wait until they get engaged and cry alone at home?"

Jiāng Fengzhi got impatient, put down the mouse, and looked up at Jiāng Zhiyu: "So? What does it have to do with you?"

"Of course it does." Jiāng Zhiyu held the phone tighter, "If she marries Song Shiqing, and I'm with Gong Xuanan, won't she be in my hands for the rest of her life as the wife of the illegitimate son,?"

Jiāng Zhiyu didn't take Song Shiqing seriously.

She was an inherent eldest miss who was above people. In her eyes, this illegitimate son wasn't worth mentioning. He was a bastard that she could pinch.

Once a major household wanted to deal with illegitimate children by some means, there were too many ways.

What could they understand with their kind gazes?

When she torture Gu Qi enough, she will make something up and push them out to take the blame. It will be enough to make them die without a burial place.

Sure enough.

Everything hadn’t reached the end yet. It was too early to tell who will win or lose.

Jiāng Fengzhi sneered and asked: "So? To win Gu Qi, you are willing to marry Gong Xuanan now?"

Jiāng Zhiyu responded: "Marriage for people like us is originally a chess piece on the chessboard. Of course it is worth it to win the game."

What's more, she had long known that she was her father's abandoned piece.

Even if her mother was willing to protect her, what's the use? After all, the Jiāng Family was surnamed Jiāng. So she might as well take this chance.

Marrying Gong Xuanan could not only suppress Gu Qi forever, but use the Gong Family to find a better way out for herself.

＊

Everything went more smoothly than expected.

Song Shiqing used enough sincerity to make Gong Wei relax. Of course, there was the help of Mrs. Gong.

Everyone knew that the Jiang Family was an appendage of the Jiāng Family. Her son married a Jiāng Family’s daughter, while the illegitimate son of that bitch married a Jiang Family’s daughter. Quite a good match.

At nine o'clock that night.

Gu Qi responded on Weibo.

Gu QiV: Thank you very much for your attention to personal feelings, there is nothing to clarify.

Once Gu Qi's Weibo was released, it instantly triggered several hot searches.

＃Gu Qi has nothing to clarify＃

＃Gu Qi responds to romance＃

＃Gu Qi defaults＃

[Nothing to clarify = everyone's guess is true]

[Damn, they are really a couple? ]

[@Jiang Lechuan]

[@Jiang Lechuan]

[@Jiang Lechuan]

[Hahaha you guys are so mean. How can you @Jiang Lechuan at this time? Jiang Lechuan and Song Shiqing have such a bad relationship, so it’s just short of Elder Sister getting taken by the latter. He must be so sad! Isn't that right @Jiang Lechuan?]

[ROFL, above sister, you were the real wicked one, okay? ]

……

Gu Qi frowned slightly. She didn't like lying in her life. Although it was necessary for the plan, she still felt a little uncomfortable when at the thought of deceiving others.

Song Shiqing saw that she was worried and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Gu Qi pursed her lips, "I'm thinking about what to do after things are resolved. After all, these are..."

Though she didn't finish her words, Song Shiqing could naturally understand the meaning.

Song Shiqing didn't answer, but instead lowered his head. Holding his mobile phone, he typed something on the screen.

Gu Qi asked him, "What are you doing?"

"I should come out to respond, but I haven't used Weibo for too long and almost forgot my password." While responding, Song Shiqing pressed the publish button before waving the phone at Gu Qi.

Gu Qi took this opportunity to check the newly published content on the screen.

Song Shiqing V: I really like her.

Netizens: "?!"

[Oh my god, Song Shiqing's Weibo has finally been updated after a few years]

[There had been no movement for so many years. Now there is, it’s an explosive one. Awesome! ]

[Good, good, good, you kid. The whole internet knows you're so lucky to take our elder sister]

[Wow, little Song, be brave. Take the beating from Jiang Lechuan! ]

[Hahaha, Song Shiqing won the fight back then! There's no way he could lose this time! ]

Gu Qi was slightly paused.

Suddenly, she thought of what Song Shiqing said in front of his adoptive mother's grave.

[It's a girl I've liked for a long time]

[I truly like her]

The word like was too heavy, Gu Qi will not say it easily. Hearing it from the same person twice in one day, it was inevitable that she was a little dazed.

She even began to suspect whether Song Shiqing really liked her.

This doubt was soon dispelled.

After all, it was one of the three major wrong assumption in life -

He/she likes me.

She shouldn't think too much. Can't make their pure cooperative relationship strange.

Gu Qi was about to say something, but saw Song Shiqing continue to lower his head and fiddle with something. The next second he turned the phone screen toward her.

Gu Qi scanned it and then fell silent.

Because the screen logged in was a new Weibo account, it said -

70CP Global Fans Support Club.

Although it was just established, the number of fans had increased rapidly.

Gu Qi: "..."

What? Even the CP fan club was being organized.

Wait.

Doid he need to do this kind of thing personally? There was no need!

Song Shiqing had already started thinking: "How should we manage it?"
Chapter 73

This kind of matter was still too much for Gu Qi.

When she met Song Shiqing's expectant eyes and thought she had promised him first, she cooperated: "It can work. Depends on what you think."

Song Shiqing could do whatever he wanted, she would cooperate.

After hearing Gu Qi give the ‘decision-making power’ to herself, Song Shiqing's eyes lit up: "Let Jiang Lechuan call me Elder Brother-in-law in public. As long as Jiang Lechuan ‘recognizes’ me, no one will question our relationship."

Gu Qi was silent.

This was really too difficult.

So Gu Qi said: "... This one may not work, change it."

Song Shiqing was very 'sensible' and gave in: "Then let Mu Yuan call."

Anyway, everyone knew that Gu Qi had three Younger Brothers. It didn't matter who did it.

Gu Qi: "..."

She began to regret giving the go ahead.

"Sorry, this isn't very convenient." Gu Qi could only apologize to Song Shiqing and added: "Wenren Jing isn't okay either."

Having Gu Qi predict what he was going to say next, Song Shiqing let out a chuckle.

Gu Qi could only express her thoughts to him: "This is a matter between the two of us, so let's not involve other people."

"Okay, I understand." Song Shiqing nodded: "Then I’ll think of something else..."

Before he finished speaking, the two people's mobile phones vibrated at the same time.

Hot Weibo Notification

The two of them picked up their phones at the same time and clicked in to see that Wenren Jing had updated his Weibo.

Wenren Jing reposted Gu Qi's Weibo, but he tagged Song Shiqing and wrote a caption.

[Hi Elder Brother-in-law]

Song Shiqing: "!"

Gu Qi: "?"

[Good gosh, Wenren Jing, you know how to judge the situation]

[Already calling Elder Brother-in-law? ]

[I was wondering why Wenren Jing and Song Shiqing had so many shots together after the variety show was recorded. Did you know it at that time? ]

[Report! There's movement from Jiang Lechuan too! He recently liked a Weibo post that had only received a few likes from ordinary netizens in the past eight months, "When women are young, they are always attracted to some flashy appearances, but that isn't love"]

[ROFL, Jiang Lechuan almost wrote "I oppose this marriage" on his face. While Wenren Jing directly made a big move of surrendering to the enemy]

[Jiang Lechuan, you have grown up! You dare to give sarcasm to your elder sister! ]

[No no no! Jiang Lechuan's main point is that he disapprove Song Shiqing hahaha]

[It seems that one of the two Younger Brothers agrees and the other opposes, so we reached a tiebreaker. I want to know what Younger Brother Mu Yuan thinks]

[Younger Brother Mu Yuan doesn't use Weibo very much, there's nothing that can be done]

[Those who have Younger Brother Mu Yuan's WeChat contact, please come out and report to us! ]

Gu Qi slowly raised her head and eyed Song Shiqing, asking with uncertainty: "What kind of magic potion did you give Wenren Jing?"

She had expected Jiang Lechuan's reaction, but it was rare for Wenren Jing to be so ‘well-behaved’.

Song Shiqing immediately raised his hands to show his innocence. At the same time he ‘seriously’ analyzed: "... Maybe he is our CP fan."

Song Shiqing's words reminded Gu Qi of her last slip of the tongue and she felt a little amused and helpless.

Wenren Jing was a smart and decent person. He expressed his welcome to Song Shiqing. Jiang Lechuan and Song Shiqing have ‘long-standing grudges’. Although it was unknown why it developed like this, everything seemed to be the best arrangement and it achieved the effect they originally wanted--

Real enough.

Gu Qi didn't ask any more questions, but glanced at the WeChat messages that had been bombarded. She brought the topic back on track, asking: "What do we need to do next?"

The smile on Song Shiqing's face faded a little. He changed his expression to a serious one again: "Tomorrow night is Gong Wei... that is, my nominal father's birthday. He has agreed to our marriage. Go through the motions and meet him."

＊

It was obviously a birthday dinner held by the Gong Family for Gong Wei, but the door had been surrounded by countless media. They had already received the news that Gu Qi would accompany Song Shiqing tonight.

Song Shiqing had some relationship with the Gong Family. The matter that he himself was probably a hidden rich second generation had stirred a lot of public opinion on the Internet.

Although Madam Gong was unwilling, she could not let the family have an illegitimate child scandal and could only not make any response. Therefore, this made the netizens assume Song Shiqing was a collateral branch of the Gong Family.

With the bodyguards of the Gong Family present, these reporters didn't dare to act rashly. Still, at the sight of Gu Qi's car, they earnestly squeezed forward.

Microphones were put in front of Gu Qi as the reporters had countless questions for her to answer.

"Excuse me, Teacher Gu Qi, when did you and Teacher Song Shiqing meet?"

"You are here as Song Shiqing's female companion today. Does it prove that you have been recognized by his family?"

"Teacher Gu, how long have you been dating Teacher Song? Is it convenient to share some details?"

...

The countless questions gave Gu Qi a headache. Even though she had privately rehearsed all the questions that might be asked with Song Shiqing, she was still uncomfortable lying in front of the camera.

Fortunately, Song Shiqing showed up in time. He was wearing a black suit and pulled Gu Qi to his side. He turned around and smiled at the media: "There will be opportunities to answer these questions later. Today is a very important day for us. It is related to whether everyone will write about our relationship in the headlines next time as boyfriend and girlfriend or engaged couple. So please give me some face and go back first."

Song Shiqing said this naturally, but the amount of information behind it could be said to be explosive.

They were about to get engaged. So how long they have known each other and how deep their feelings were? It was all left to the media and netizens to speculate and discuss.

"... Sorry, did I drag you down just now?" Gu Qi followed Song Shiqing into the Gong’s house and apologized for her unnatural response to the media now.

"No." Song Shiqing stopped and released the hand that was holding Gu Qi's wrist. He looked back at her and curved his eyes: "Gu Qi is Gu Qi, working seriously, talks little to outsiders, and usually doesn't like to accept media interviews. This is you. If you suddenly become another person because of love, it will be very strange.

The same for later. Don't feel any pressure. If you want to talk to them, say a few words. If you don't want to pay attention to them, leave it to me. You are responsible for eating more desserts. The taste is definitely in the top three of the banquets I have attended."

After Song Shiqing finished speaking, he walked to Gu Qi and stood side by side with her, stretching out an arm.

Gu Qi’s lip corner hooked up slightly.

She raised her head and stretched out her hand to hold Song Shiqing's arm.

Facing countless eyes gazing at them with inquiry or curiosity, Gu Qi slightly moved closer to Song Shiqing and made a more intimate gesture.

Song Shiqing paused slightly before continuing to walk in as if nothing had happened.

At first, there was some polite flattery.

Some people came to bless them, and some people came to express their concern in a false manner. They responded to them one by one.

This lasted until the tedious procedures in front were completed. Gong Wei stood on the stage and announced that everyone could do whatever they wanted. Afterward, a servant came to invite them upstairs to have a family dinner tonight.

Because Gong Xuanan and Jiāng Zhiyu were nominally engaged, the Jiāng Family attended this dinner.

When Song Shiqing and Gu Qi walked into the dining hall, a contemptuous chuckle rang out.

Jiāng Zhiyu looked at them, "What a perfect match."

Gong Xuanan took a sip of red wine, looked at Song Shiqing with extreme contempt, and echoed, "They are indeed a good match."

"Xuanan, don't talk nonsense." Madam Gong gently reprimanded her son on the surface and apologized to Gu Qi and Song Shiqing with a false smile: "I'm sorry, he is insensible."

"He isn't wrong."

Song Shiqing was about to say something, but Gu Qi spoke first. Meeting Gong Xuanan's gaze frankly, she uttered. "Shiqing is a very good person and I am very happy to be praised that I match with him."

To be honest, there was no one on this table that Gu Qi liked.

They used Song Shiqing's identity as a degrading joke, but Gu Qi who knew the truth found it ridiculous and tragic.

She naturally wouldn't remind Madam Gong. She was a cold-eyed spectator.

The purpose of coming here today was very simple, to let Jiāng Zhiyu see with her own eyes the ‘love’ between her and Song Shiqing.

In Jiāng Zhiyu's opinion, Gu Qi had always been an indifferent person, not caring about other people's misunderstanding and ridicule of her. All attacks on her that didn't cause any substantial harm were like hitting cotton, which sparked her own rage instead.

So when Gu Qi stood up to defend Song Shiqing, the only doubt Jiāng Zhiyu had left dissipated.

Even Song Xuelian stood up to smooth things over: "Of course, we all know what kind of character Shiqing has and we are relieved to have such a good child like you with him."

This move wasn't in line with her usual character. It was obvious that she had something important to say. That was why she calmed their emotions first to avoid being interrupted.

Gu Qi and Song Shiqing gave face and sat down at Song Xuelian's urging.

Everyone at the table had ulterior motives, but on the surface they were chatting enthusiastically.

Only Jiāng Fengzhi remained silent throughout the whole process.

Occasionally, his eyes fell on the movements of Gu Qi and Song Shiqing when they got closer to each other to talk.

It seemed that the time was about right.

Song Xuelian proposed again: "Since the children are here today, let's say it directly. We, as parents, have thought about it and feel that we should not restrict your freedom. Let's forget about the old-fashioned matter of family arranging marriage."

As soon as Song Xuelian finished speaking, Gong Wei immediately observed his wife's expression nervously and wondered if she would be angry.

There was silence for a few seconds.

Gu Qi and Song Shiqing had anticipated this situation. Song Xuelian certainly didn't want to marry her favorite daughter to Gong Xuanan, a useless person.

Song Shiqing suddenly opened his eyes and hinted at Gu Qi.

Go full out with the act.

As a professional actor, there was no reason to be nervous about a ‘performance’ that couldn't even be considered an intimate scene.

Gu Qi took a deep breath, raised her head, and put on a happy expression, leaning toward Song Shiqing.

Song Shiqing stretched out his hand to hold Gu Qi in his arms, smiled, and looked down at her. He lowered his voice and complained in Gu Qi's ear: "We two seem to be petty people who have succeeded."

Gu Qi's smile, which was originally a little stiff, became more natural because of Song Shiqing's complaint.

According to common sense, with the dissolvement of Gong Xuanan and Jiāng Zhiyu’s engagement, the biggest beneficiary was Song Shiqing and they should be delighted now.

"It's not suitable."

"I don't agree!"

Two voices rang at the same time.

The former was Madam Gong.

The latter was——

Jiāng Zhiyu.

She stood up and repeated again under everyone's stunned gazes: "I don't agree to cancelling the engagement. I am willing to marry Gong Xuanan."
Chapter 74

No one could have expected Jiāng Zhiyu’s sudden outburst.

The first person to react was Gong Xuanan. He choked on the red wine that he had already drunk because of surprise. He wiped it awkwardly while looking at Jiāng Zhiyu and asked, "Ahem! Are you crazy...crazy!"

Although he had always wanted to marry Jiāng Zhiyu to win over the power of the Jiāng Family, he held resentment that his reputation was ruined because Jiāng Zhiyu was too stupid and the school violence was exposed.

He was the heir of the Gong Family after all. He didn't have to marry Jiāng Zhiyu.

Despite Mother’s countless reminders, Gong Xuanan didn't take Song Shiqing so seriously. There was no precedent of letting the illegitimate son inherit the company when the child of the legitimate wife of a wealthy family was still alive. If his father dared to do this, his spine would be stomp broken.

Although the engagement banquet had been held, the two have always assumed that this engagement was to cover up the previous storm and they won’t go through it in the end. Moreover, they have always been in a state of not getting along with each other privately.

Don’t know what was going on with Jiāng Zhiyu’s brain circuit. Her mom had proposed to cancel the engagement and she didn't accept this step down. She really wanted to marry him?

Gong Xuanan wanted to speak, but Mother abruptly clasped the back of his hand and shook her head at him.

Gong Xuanan knew that it was inevitable for his father to be partial because he had more than one son, however his mother was definitely on his side. It was right to listen to his mother.

So Gong Xuanan didn’t chip in and took a sip of red wine to calm down.

The most infuriated person was naturally Song Xuelian.

She didn’t know which circuit in her stupid daughter’s brain was installed wrongly for her to dare to stand up and sing against her at this time.

Song Xuelian took a deep breath, looked at Jiāng Zhiyu, and asked in a calm tone: "Zhiyu, what's wrong? Didn't we come to an agreement?"

Jiāng Zhiyu naturally couldn't tell her true thoughts, so she could only say: "No matter who I marry, it’s still marriage. Instead of marrying those unfamiliar people outside, I'd rather marry Gong Xuanan. I've known him for so many years and Uncle and Auntie treat me very well."

When she said this, her slightly vicious eyes swiped in Gu Qi's direction.

Madam Gong understood the reason at a glance and immediately stood up with a smile to smooth things over: "Since the children are willing, Xuelian, you can't break up the couple. Okay, if everyone has no objection to the marriage, let's set the date as soon as possible and arrange it for Shiqing and Xiaoqi as well.

If you all live a good life, we elders will be at ease."

Song Xuelian was still standing there. She stared at her daughter, so mad that she could hardly speak.

Her painstaking efforts were used to cultivate such a fool.

She paid so much to help her daughter cancel the engagement, but unforeseen, her daughter sent herself up.

How could Song Xuelian not tell her daughter's thoughts? Although the ‘madam of the house’ wouldn’t silently kill a person in modern society, it was still easy to suppress the career and even lifestyle of an illegitimate child.

They knew what Song Shiqing did in order to be with Gu Qi. It was almost a foregone conclusion that they were together.

Song Xuelian took the red wine and drank it in one breath to suppress her anger. She stared at Jiāng Zhiyu: "I'll ask you one last time, do you really want to get married?"

Don't know why, when meeting her mother's eyes, Jiāng Zhiyu felt a little flustered. It was as if giving her mother an answer that she didn't want to hear, this time her mother would completely give up on her.

She was used to listening to her mother since she was little and almost never disobeyed.

But the sight of Gu Qi who was laughing and talking with Song Shiqing, fury blinded her.

Why?

Even at this time, she didn't take her seriously?

Jin Zhiyu couldn’t accept it

She was unwilling to let Gu Qi ruin her career and life in vain. Not a price paid at all.

She listened to her mother so much over the years, but her mother didn't have the ability to make everything smooth.

After all...

Her mother was a sacrificial item used and played by men.

It went without saying the family property belonged to Elder Brother. She knew she couldn't fight for it.

Rather than continue to be a victim of arranged marriage and be controlled by others, it was better to choose Gong Xuanan. At least by marrying into the Gong Family, she could still take the absolute initiative. Better fight for herself.

So she raised her head again and firmly stated: "I will marry."

＊

Everything went according to plan quite smoothly.

On the way to send Gu Qi home, at the red light, Song Shiqing stopped the car. He turned to her and asked: "Are you unhappy?"

"No." Gu Qi instinctively denied: "Maybe I'm tired."

"It’s fine. Don't say it if you don't want to." Speaking, Song Shiqing took a few candies from the car and handed them to Gu Qi: "Eat something sweet? Maybe you'll feel better."

Gu Qi took the candy, peeled one, and put it in her mouth.

After a few seconds of silence, she asked: "How do you know?"

It was an indirect admission that her mood was indeed not great.

Song Shiqing answered in a half-joking tone: "You frown so much that you can almost pinch a fly. Look at the rearview mirror for yourself."

Gu Qi listened to Song Shiqing's words and looked up at herself in the rearview mirror.

With a frown on her face, she looked like ‘strangers should stay away, and acquaintances should get out.’

She had been practicing smiling in front of the mirror every day recently. Jiang Lechuan praised her for looking more friendly. It had been a long time since she had seen such an indifferent expression.

So Gu Qi pondered and voiced out her thoughts: "I didn't expect that she hated me so much. No... I don't understand why she hates me so much."

Obviously, the beginning of everything was caused by Jiāng Zhiyu. Now she sow what she reaped.

Gu Qi thought about it.

Jiāng Zhiyu had paid a certain price for her past behavior. Shouldn't she turn the page on all this like the way she persuaded Zhizi?

Her agreement to cooperate with Song Shiqing was equivalent to handing the decision to Jiāng Zhiyu.

The engagement was a bait.

If Jiāng Zhiyu no longer wanted to take revenge on her, then she wouldn’t continue the engagement with Gong Xuanan and do such a behavior of hurting the enemy by a thousand and hurting herself by eight hundred.

Since it was like this, she could drop all unease.

Jiāng Zhiyu was still Jiāng Zhiyu. Even after going through so much, she had not changed a bit.

She easily took the bait. In order to make her ‘suffer’, she even risked her own life.

"Evil people will not realize that their behavior is wrong. They will only think that others who dare to fight back after being hurt are not knowing what is good for them." Song Shiqing looked at Gu Qi and continued: "On the other hand, they are aware of the harm suffered by the victims and they think that they are in a life-and-death relationship. So they can only take the initiative and never let themselves suffer in this contest.

However, they don't know that compared to meaningless wins and losses, many victims want true repentance and atonement to the best of one’s ability, as well as a sincere apology."

Chapter 75

Song Shiqing's words made Gu Qi silent for a few seconds.

Pondering, she nodded and then said with emotion: "Did you study psychology abroad? The way you said this is quite like the life mentor who appears at the critical moment in the movie to change the fate of the protagonist."

"Really?"

The green light was on at this moment. Song Shiqing stepped on the accelerator and replied: "It's my honor."

Song Shiqing sent Gu Qi home and didn't stay back to dawdle.

Because tomorrow was the day when the filming of the movie 《Chun Sheng》 starts.

As the leading actor, Gu Qi had to pack her luggage tonight and officially join the crew tomorrow morning. Until the filming of the movie is over, she will live in the hotel arranged by the crew.

When Gu Qi left, the three puppies in her family were completely handed over to Mu Yuan to take care of.

Gu Qi thought it was too hard for Younger Brother to go to school and take care of three dogs alone, so she considered finding an auntie to help. However, Wenren Jing interjected in the group.

[Wenren Jing]：How is Mu Yuan alone? I’m not entering the crew any time soon and can go over and help him anytime.

[A puppy shaking its butt jpg.]

Yes, they have a group chat.

Jiang Lechuan created it at some point and he shared his life in the group every day. Over time, they got used to using this group.

[Jiang Lechuan]：Yes, yes, although I have a lot of endorsements recently, I can go over and help in the evening!

[Two puppies shaking their butts jpg.]

[Jiang Lechuan]poked [Mu Yuan]

[Mu Yuan]：……All right.

Mu Yuan first typed a string of ellipses and barely managed to squeeze out the two words ‘all right’.

Jiang Lechuan poked him again, reminding, "Aren’t you forgetting something?" ]

After a brief silence, Mu Yuan reluctantly followed suit and sent a gif.

[Three puppies shaking their butts jpg.]

No need to waste saliva, who didn't know how great at pestering Jiang Lechuan was.

Only then, Jiang Lechuan was satisfied.

Gu Qi looked at the three cute gifs on the screen, wondering how they persuaded Mu Yuan to join such a childish activity, and still couldn't help laughing out loud.

As the saying goes, three cobblers were better than Zhuge Liang.

Mu Yuan, a student, had it hard, taking care of three puppies. With Jiang Lechuan and Wenren Jing's help, she could feel more at ease.

So Gu Qi agreed and told them.

[I asked two couriers to deliver the keys to you two. If you have any disagreements, listen to Mu Yuan. I'll be back on Friday night]

Jiang Lechuan: "?"

Jiang Lechuan was dissatisfied. [We are the elder brothers right? Why should we listen to a high school student when we have disagreements? ]

[A puppy baring its teeth jpg.]

Wenren Jing expressed agreement.

[Although Jiang Lechuan is indeed unreliable, he and I are different]

He sent a gif.

[A lion baring its teeth jpg.]

Jiang Lechuan: “???”

[Are you kidding me? We are on the same side, okay? ]

[And what’s that gif you have? I didn’t send you this before! Can you follow my formation? ]

Feeling helpless, Gu Qi found an excuse to get away.

[Mu Yuan has experience taking care of puppies, while you two can’t even take care of yourselves]

This trick really shut up the two people who had no experience in taking care of pets and they could only accept Gu Qi’s arrangement.

Jinyue was quite important to Gu Qi. On top of that, Director Xie Yun fought for her, believing that as her female lead, her life must be taken care of so that she could be in a better state to face the filming.

So Jinyue equipped her with a dedicated driver, nanny car, male and female assistants, and an extremely strong bodyguard who came to carry her luggage early in the morning.

In fact, with Gu Qi's status, black popularity was still popularity. She should have had these basic treatments long ago.

It was just that the original company never thought of cultivating her for a long time and only wanted to use her to make as much money as possible. Thinking that it was a waste of the company's human resources, they were unwilling to arrange these for her.

On the way to the crew, Gu Qi received a ‘important’ news, that is, Director Shen Wei's new movie would start today and Shen Anran would be the female lead.

These were nothing.

When Xie Yun told Gu Qi that the theme of Shen Wei's movie was similar to theirs, Gu Qi frowned slightly.

Xie Yun took a sip of hot tea and continued: "The script is completely different and can't be considered plagiarism. It's clearly because of the previous troubles, they want to compete with us at the same time.

"It doesn't matter." Gu Qi looked at Xie Yun with a relaxed expression: "If it's a fair competition, I will try my best."

Xie Yun's expression eased a little,: "You're right. It's been so long since I made a movie. Time to compete with them."

＊

After the opening ceremony.

Gu Qi didn't expect to see acquaintances in this crew.

Zhizi greeted her happily. She was holding a lunch box in her hand, while Ning Xiwei, who appeared self conscious, stood behind her.

Gu Qi stood up in shock: "Why are you here?"

Zhizi explained: "Director Xie sent someone to contact me last time. She heard that I have good cooking skills and wanted to invite me to arrange the weekly menu for the canteen."

It made sense.

Xie Yun 's crew didn’t allow outsiders to casually enter. In order to avoid delivery guys coming in and out, they simply arranged a canteen to make it convenient for everyone to eat.

As she said that, she turned to Ning Xiwei, "Xiaoxi knows you are here too, so she wants to come over and check it out."

Gu Qi's eyes fell on Ning Xiwei's hand holding Zhizi's sleeve and she joked, "It seems that you have reconciled."

Zhizi nodded and turned to Gu Qi with gratitude, "Thanks to Xiaoqi's encouragement last time, I had the courage to talk to my Younger Sister. She understood my situation for so many years and I know that she isn't as happy as I imagined. Like you said, turn a new page and we have reconciled with each other and the past."

"Enough." Ning Xiwei interrupted Zhizi, feeling a little accustomed to this topic, took the lunch box from Zhizi's hand, and handed it to Gu Qi, "There are desserts and some snacks like biscuits that we made in it. You can eat them when you are hungry. Don't go to the canteen at noon, I will send you a separate meal."

Gu Qi immediately understood Ning Xiwei's words and asked, "Openly a private stove for me?"

"So what?" Ning Xiwei said confidently, "Director Xie only hired Elder Sister and not me. She came here to work and should provide equal treatment. While I’m borrowing the kitchen. Isn't it only right that the food I made is only for you to eat?"

Gu Qi nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay."

Because Gu Qi was occupied with makeup and filming, she didn't have time to chat with them. Once she left, she couldn't help but murmured, "Why is Ning Xiwei a little different from usual? Um... a little fierce."

The assistant next to her stared at her for a long time and couldn't help saying, "It's been said on the Internet that since you, Teacher Gu, helped Teacher Ning's friend to get justice, she doesn't like to play the role of a green tea person to anyone except you..."

Halfway through her words, the assistant immediately shut up when she realized that she had said something wrong, "I'm sorry, Teacher Gu, I’m talking nonsense."

The little assistant looked like a college graduate. After interacting with Gu Qi this morning and felt that she was much more friendly than the rumors, she couldn't help it for a while.

"It's fine, but you have to distinguish between occasions and people when you say this. If outsiders hear it, it's easy for a weakness to be caught." Gu Qi didn't mind the assistant, but instead found the answer to the mystery from her words.

Yes.

After that live broadcast, Ning Xiwei no longer maintained her previous persona and even evolved to the point where she could make Jiang Lechuan speechless.

Gu Qi knew that Ning Xiwei had always been very gentle to her.

She thought Ning Xiwei was grateful to her or wanted to be friends, but now it seems that it was because she had another knot in her heart at that time.

The current Ning Xiwei was very good.

There was no need to deliberately lower the tone when speaking. It was cute to be kind to people in a fierce manner.

Because she was completely relaxed and free.

＊

The first scene was between Gu Qi and the male lead. This was a typical female oriented film. The male lead's role wasn't important and his character wasn't good. He was destined to be a foil for the female lead and wasn't the first choice for male actors.

However, Xie Yun still invited a heavyweight, Liu Haoyin. He was an award-winning actor in his early thirties who had won two awards and was ranked in the top three in the domestic box office. It must have taken a lot of effort.

Liu Haoyin was a very kind person. He wasn't arrogant when he met Gu Qi. He took the initiative to greet Gu Qi, looking quite cheerful and merry.

Although it was the first time for Gu Qi to work with him, she had heard of his good popularity and reputation in the circle. All the actors who worked with him were full of praise for him. He was a famous good father and husband. It could be said that he was a well-known good man. Therefore, he was a satisfactory co-actor.

The other actors were basically not famous but powerful actors with great acting experience.

Under the premise of Xie Yun 's guidance and excellent co-actors, the first day of filming went very smoothly.

Night scene.

Draped with a blanket and holding a roasted sweet potato in her hand, Gu Qi turned her back to the busy crowd and made a ‘yeah’ gesture to the camera. She posted a selfie on Weibo and captioned: I like the script very much and like the crew very much.

There were many comments. Some from fans and friends, and some from Younger Brother who was talking about loneliness and making a fuss.

Gu Qi's eyes were attracted by one of them.

He Quanyi V: Congratulations.

Other fans in the comment area knew that He Quanyi was one of the competitors for this role back then. Since she could congratulate Gu Qi so frankly, they praised her character.

They didn't have a good relationship and they didn't even add each other on WeChat.

So He Quanyi sent her a message through Weibo private message.

[You know Shen Anran also joined a crew, right? You must win her this time]

So out of the blue.

Using such an imperative tone?

Gu Qi felt a little irked.

She replied immediately.

[Why? Want me to win? Are you already willing to lose to her? ]

He Quanyi’s fire instantly flared and sent a long voice message of a few dozen seconds.

[Have you gone mad, Gu Qi? I’m standing on your side with good intentions, but you are ridiculing me? Yes, I didn't act well last time, but how is that admitting defeat? You are temporarily ahead now, but I will definitely find a chance to win it back! ]

After sending the message, He Quanyi waited on this screen for five minutes, but Gu Qi’s reply never came.

She was so angry that she exited the private message page and wanted to directly tag Gu Qi to reply to her private message. Although Gu Qi didn't reply to her private message again, she had suddenly replied to her comment.

[Thank you, keep up the good work, I hope that next time I attend an awards ceremony, my competitor will be you]

He Quanyi was stunned for a moment. Then a scoff came out: "Truly a fool uttering dream words. Just started filming and you are already thinking of winning awards and ceremonies. So confident that you’re not afraid of being laughed at!"

Though she was berating, she still called her manager.

"Yes, I want to act. Pick a script for me at once. As long as the script is good, I don't care about the pay, I can take any role.

Reason? There is no reason. Why ask so many questions, just send me the script!"

Chapter 76

Gu Qi wasn't surprised that He Quanyi would pay attention to this matter.

Because the entire Weibo was discussing the ‘Xie Shen dispute’ at this moment.

It was no secret that Xie Yun and Shen Wei had a bad relationship. Gu Qi and Shen Anran were the two most rising young actresses of the new generation. In addition to the previous company interviews and variety show competitions and after a series of processes, the audience could see that there was a hidden smell of gunpowder between them.

Now the crews of both sides actually started filming on the same day. This was clearly a competition.

There was no one who didn't like to watch drama. The netizens were all buzzing with excitement at this moment.

Some people even started betting on which side would win.

Gu Qi couldn't help but be curious.

Because Shen Wei’s side was too mysterious. Apart from the official announcement of the female lead Shen Anran, no other information had been revealed. The confidentiality work had almost been implemented to a strict degree.

This was illogical.

Any crew needed popularity. It was impossible to keep it secret so strictly, at least the audience should be told who the male lead was.

After hearing Gu Qi's confusion, Xie Yun put down the script with some helplessness in her eyes and asked: "If you are Shen Wei, under what circumstances would you not reveal any information?"

"Hmm..."

Gu Qi pondered for a few seconds and answered seriously: "If I am Shen Wei, unless I invite a very powerful cooperation partner, I will give everyone a surprise when it is ready to be released."

"You really overestimate him."

Xie Yun laughed out loud: "Shen Wei started the filming in a hurry this time. It’s likely that your performance in the variety show hit his self-esteem. So he wanted to suppress us and win over us. Shen Wei isn't short of money. It is easy to gather investment with the family behind him and past achievements, but it isn't so easy to find a suitable actor."

Gu Qi understood what Xie Yun meant, but felt it was absurd. She asked tentatively: "Has their male lead not been decided yet?"

Xie Yun nodded, indicating that Gu Qi guessed correctly.

Gu Qi still couldn't believe it: "How is it possible? With such a large crew starting filming, how can the male lead not be decided yet..."

"Maybe."

Xie Yun interrupted Gu Qi, patting her shoulder: "There are two possibilities. One is that their script contains a background male lead and it doesn't matter who comes. Shen Wei only needs to concentrate on training Shen Anran; the second is... they already set their eye on a male actor and even declare it can only be him. However, they haven't convinced him yet and can only leave it vacant for the time being."

After Xie Yun said this, she stood up, looked back at the scene being filmed and loudly reminded the staff of things to pay attention to.

As the director of the entire movie, Xie Yun didn't have time to keep chatting with Gu Qi: "Get ready. It's been hard work today. There's one last scene and we'll be done today."

"Okay." Gu Qi obediently responded, got up, went to the makeup artist to touch up her makeup and prepare for the last scene.

In the dressing room, she met an unexpected person.

Chen Yunyao, a male supporting actor with the least amount of scenes, but his position in the crew was very special.

He enjoyed all the treatment that only the protagonist could have. He was completely different from other supporting roles. He could do make-up in the dressing room of the main actor. Except Xie Yun, almost everyone had to be respectful when seeing him.

All this was because——

He was Hang Ze's friend and was very rich.

As a top second-generation rich, he didn't like to spend money on wine and women and ruin his family business. Nor did he like to start a business to prove himself. His only hobby was acting.

He insisted on loving to play the role of a wealthy boss without getting sick. The reason was very simple. He knew that he can't act and thought it would be easier to play a role similar to his real life.

Reality was different from expectation.

His acting skills couldn’t be flattered at all. Still, with money, he could be willful and only played some supporting roles to satisfy his acting dream. Netizens were quite tolerant of him.

Though Xie Yun wouldn’t allow such a person with poor acting skills to join her crew, it couldn’t withstand his and Hang Ze’s friendship. Due to this and his investment and pestering, he got Hang Ze to ask Xie Yun for such an opportunity to play a role that lasted less than two minutes.

Xie Yun had already told Chen Yunyao that if she wasn't satisfied with his performance, it wouldn’t be used after it was shot and it would be cut out when it was released.

Chen Yunyao was really rich and confident. For his two-minute role, he even brought three acting teachers to join the crew, to prove himself with his ‘reborn’ acting skills.

At this moment, he was looking at Gu Qi with disdain.

Though he didn't say anything, Gu Qi understood everything.

Because Chen Yunyao was Shen Anran's friend.

Chen Yunyao's parents were a marriage arrangement between the two wealthy families of the capital and City A. When he was little, he and his mother went back to City A and encountered Shen Anran once. It was just that he went abroad to study too early and there was no follow-up.

He returned to the country some time ago and because of some banquets, he interacted with Shen Anran again. Because of the fact that fellow villagers met fellow villagers, the friendship between the two developed rapidly. Shen Anran even posted a photo of her dinner with Chen Yunyao on Weibo.

The system’s explanation for this was-

As a female lead, the plot deviated and the original affectionate male partners around Shen Anran were no longer moved by her. So naturally some other flower-protecting guardians with rich identities had to be arranged to make up for it.

Gu Qi made Shen Anran suffer more than once, and Shen Anran mentioned her grievances in front of Chen Yunyao intentionally or unintentionally. Chen Yunyao's impression of Gu Qi wasn't great.

Gu Qi didn't care much about these things, politely greeted him because she entered later. Then she sat down obediently and let the makeup artist help her touch up her makeup.

Chen Yunyao's eyes fell on Gu Qi without concealment. In a suit, he looked a little frivolous. He asked in a tone of watching the drama: "I heard that you and Song Shiqing are together? Do you know he is..."

Gu Qi clearly felt the brush in the makeup artist's hand pause slightly on her face. She knew what Chen Yunyao wanted to say, and immediately stopped him: "I know."

It was no secret in the wealthy that the Gong Family had an illegitimate child, but few people knew that this Second Young Master Gong was the former top-tier Song Shiqing.

The Chen Family was the wealthy family that had been closest to the Jiāng Family in the past two years. The two families have a lot of business dealings, so it was understandable that Chen Yunyao knew about it.

"...Huh?" Chen Yunyao was very surprised by Gu Qi's answer. He held a candy in his mouth. After he made eye contact with Gu Qi to confirm that she wasn't joking, his expression became a little contemptuous.

For wealthy families, no one was willing to marry a legitimate daughter to an illegitimate child. This was as absurd as the eldest daughter of a legitimate family marrying a concubine born in ancient times.

Despite having a good impression of Gu Qi because of Shen Anran, he was still worried that Song Shiqing was hiding his identity and deceiving her in this matter. He wanted to remind her, but unforeseen Gu Qi knew.

Chen Yunyao had already made a judgment about Gu Qi: a superficial woman without any principles, willing to marry an illegitimate child for popularity or wealth and glory.

Chen Yunyao couldn't help asking, "What are you thinking? You don't want to be with someone like Jiāng Fengzhi, who is such a good marriage partner? He can't even compare to Jiāng Fengzhi, right?"

Gu Qi found it laughable.

She and Chen Yunyao couldn't be said to be unfamiliar, but they didn't know each other at all. They knew each other, but they wouldn't even say hello when they met at a banquet.

"Thank you." Gu Qi responded like this on the surface, raised her head to Chen Yunyao, and smiled: "If you think Jiāng Fengzhi is great, then go and marry him, I will give you my blessing."

"... You!" So irked with Gu Qi’s words, Chen Yunyao stood up, "You don't know how to recognise kindness!"

"What are you angry about?" Gu Qi looked puzzled, patted the makeup artist's wrist to signal her to stop, and stood up, "I am kindly reminding you that such a good marriage partner, you should cherish Jiāng Fengzhi. If you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again."

"I am a man! How can I marry him..."

Chen Yunyao didn't finish his words. Consumed by anger, he couldn't speak.

Gu Qi still maintained a faint smile, without any emotional fluctuations: "Since you find him so good, gender isn't a huge disadvantage. Do your best, I won't discriminate against you."

The more calm she was, the more angry Chen Yunyao was shaking.

He had good intentions when reminding Gu Qi, but he didn't expect the other party to be so stubborn.

He deeply regretted it at this moment.

Anran was right, Gu Qi's personality was extremely detestable and ungrateful.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open, breaking the deadlock between the two.

Liu Haoyin, who wanted to come in to touch up the makeup, was startled by the tense atmosphere between Gu Qi and Chen Yunyao. After a few seconds, he reacted and asked: "What are you two doing?"

Chen Yunyao didn't answer, slammed the door, and left.

"Nothing." Gu Qi smiled at Liu Haoyin and made up an excuse to perfunctorily pass this topic.

Liu Haoyin had been in the circle long, so his EQ was naturally not so low that he must force the truth. In a blink of an eye, he happily chatted with Gu Qi again.

After filming the last scene, Gu Qi didn't eat dinner. She grabbed an apple and went back to the hotel.

After taking a shower and blowing her hair, the first thing she did was to use her mobile phone to make a video call with Mu Yuan to see what was going on over there.

Mu Yuan answered the phone quickly.

From the background, he was outside.

Gu Qi asked: "Are you walking the dog?"

Mu Yuan had a complicated expression, nodded, and shook his head.

Gu Qi: "?"

Gu Qi guessed what he meant: "Was walking the dog, but not now?"

Mu Yuan nodded, and then turned the camera around.

What appeared in Gu Qi's sight was a group of male models wearing vests with obvious muscle lines... No, they were members of a boy group.

Each of them held a Samoyed in their arms and ran back and forth in the large open space in front. They looked full of energy, while the three dogs looked lifeless.

Gu Qi could swear that she had never seen those energetic puppies look so tired.

Mu Yuan explained with difficulty: "Jiang Lechuan brought his teammates over. More than three hours have passed. The dogs are already exhausted, but these people haven't played enough."

Gu Qi asked: "...Where is Jiang Lechuan?"

Mu Yuan continued to turn the camera and finally captured a figure running like the wind.

There were four of them, but only three dogs. Now they were in a fierce battle to snatch the dogs.

Their group will have a concert tomorrow. After more than a month of devilish training, these members seem to have gone crazy. They were playing recklessly to vent their endless brute force.

Gu Qi took a deep breath, hung up the phone, and called Xu Yanyue. "Hello, I am Jiang Lechuan's elder sister Gu Qi.

My home address is...

Thank you for your help."


Chapter 77

Gu Qi called Mu Yuan back and casually chatted with him.

Ten minutes or so passed.

There was a fierce holler on the other end. Mu Yuan was very considerate, turning the camera to the scene so that Gu Qi could watch the show.

Xu Yanyue rushed to the scene and swiftly grabbed Jiang Lechuan's collar.

Jiang Lechuan had always been one to not suffer things alone. He put down the dog and grabbed another teammate in an instant.

They were pulled into the car like a string of candied haws.

Amid the cries, Jiang Lechuan shouted in disbelief: "Why are you here!"

Mu Yuan timely appeared and pointed the phone screen in the direction of Jiang Lechuan.

Gu Qi politely pulled up her hand and greeted Xu Yanyue.

Xu Yanyue said to her: "Thank you very much."

Thanks to Gu Qi's ‘report’, he was able to catch these little brats and take them back to have a good rest, lest that they would be exhausted today and affect the stage performance tomorrow.

Seeing Elder Sister, Jiang Lechuan immediately shut up and submitted to his cowardice, and was dragged into the car obediently.

And his three teammates’ expressions changed instantly. They didn't expect that the first time they ‘met’ their teammates' elder sister would be like this.

One of them regained their wits the fastest immediately called out-

"Elder Sister! I'm not like this usually! Jiang Lechuan forced me!"

The other two followed suit.

"Yes, yes, yes! Elder Sister, I am very well behaved!"

"It's all Jiang Lechuan! It's all Jiang Lechuan!!!"

Jiang Lechuan: "?"

Amused, Gu Qi went along with them: "I believe you."

One of the most unabashed ones immediately shouted: "Elder Sister, do you have time to watch our concert tomorrow?"

Gu Qi was troubled by this question. It just so happened that she had joined the crew recently, so she could only tell the truth: "I don't know, try your best."

Another one followed: "If Elder Sister doesn't come, Jiang Lechuan will be sad and cry under the quilt!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Lechuan, who had been stuffed into the car, suddenly struggled to lean out and kicked his teammate's butt: "Shut up!"

Jiang Lechuan looked at Gu Qi in the video, Awkwardly, "Don't listen to their nonsense. I know that this time’s crew is very important. There is no need to come here specially for the group concert."

Gu Qi stretched out her fingers and flicked them in the air, like she usually flicked Jiang Lechuan's forehead, "I know, go back and rest early."

Once Xu Yanyue and the group got in the car and left, Mu Yuan led the three puppies on the way home. He noticed Elder Sister was in a bad mood and directly touched the subject: "You don’t have time tomorrow evening?"

Gu Qi nodded and then shook her head. She comforted Mu Yuan: "Actually, it's not that I don’t. Their concert starts at 6 o'clock. According to the notified schedule, there is no night act tomorrow. I can get off work at 6 o'clock. It should be no problem."

VE had a traditional process for the annual anniversary concert. The relatives of the group members go on stage to give them flowers to express their blessings.

Because her relationship with Jiang Lechuan wasn't made public before, in the past few years of VE's concerts, it was the staff who gave Jiang Lechuan flowers.

Gu Qi understood why Younger Brother was so stubborn. He would rather leave the place of his relatives vacant because he was waiting for her.

VE was a time limited group. This year was their last concert together on the second anniversary of the founding of the group. It was of special significance and crucial.

Now that the siblings have reconciled, it was time for her to personally give Jiang Lechuan a bouquet of flowers that had been belated for many years.

The concert will last nearly two hours, and there was more than enough time on the road. She only needed to arrive at the last minute, which was theoretically in time.

Gu Qi's personality was like this. She will not tell others about things that she wasn't 100% sure of being able to do, so as not to give hope and disappoint others.

Gu Qi changed the subject and asked Mu Yuan: "He gave you a ticket for the concert, will you go?"

"No." Mu Yuan shook his head and explained: "I'm not interested. It's very noisy."

Gu Qi bit her lower lip lightly.

She knew that Jiang Lechuan gave her, Mu Yuan and Wenren Jing consecutive seats on the first row. He clearly wanted them to go to his concert, but he acted like he didn't care, as if he gave them the tickets because there were too many tickets to sell.

Gu Qi naturally wanted Mu Yuan to go, so that Jiang Lechuan would be happy.

Mu Yuan was her Younger Brother.

It was unfair to impose her will on Mu Yuan in order to make Jiang Lechuan happier.

At this moment, Mu Yuan looked at the three big white dandelions in front of him who were eager to go home after escaping from the clutches of the devil, and turned to Gu Qi's slightly embarrassed face on the screen. His mood became complicated.

To be honest, he wasn't that resistant to attending Jiang Lechuan's concert.

The refusal was a habit. He never liked to participate in such lively activities.

But when thinking about how the person sitting next to him was Elder Sister, they go out for dinner after the concert, Jiang Lechuan will definitely brag about his performance, and Wenren Jing will complain about him with disgust. When the two of them argue, Elder Sister could only stand up to mediate. At this time she will exchange a helpless expression with him.

Thinking of all this.

Mu Yuan suddenly felt that he didn't seem to resist and even had some vague expectations.

He pursed his lips and thought to himself that as long as Elder Sister persuaded him again, he would agree.

However, Gu Qi thought it through.

She smiled at Mu Yuan, "It's okay, Jiang Lechuan isn't a person who really cares, but you have to buy a few bags of candy to coax him at night."

Mu Yuan was silent for a few seconds. When Gu Qi reminded him to rest early and was about to hang up the phone, he couldn't help but take the initiative to speak: "Actually, Elder Sister, I can go."

Gu Qi's eyes flashed with surprise. She didn't expect Mu Yuan to take the initiative to declare his attendance.

At this moment, the camera was facing the three puppies on the ground. Gu Qi only heard Mu Yuan's voice, but didn't see his expression. She misunderstood.

She thought that Mu Yuan must be well-behaved and saw that she wanted him to go, so he compromised and aggrieved himself.

Feeling even more guilty, Gu Qi began to reflect on whether she was partial to Jiang Lechuan and made Mu Yuan feel wronged. She hurriedly expressed: "It really doesn't matter. In fact I can understand, I don't like to stay in crowded places. Alright, don't think too much, go home quickly, wash up and go to bed early."

Mu Yuan: "..."

Since Gu Qi said so, he couldn't say anything else. Mentally, he regretted what he had said.

In the end, thousands of words could only be reduced to two sentences——

"Okay, I understand. Elder Sister should go to bed early, good night."

At this side.

After hanging up the phone with Mu Yuan, Gu Qi sat cross-legged on the bed and looked through the script in her hand.

As the female lead, she had scenes with almost all the actors in the crew. It just so happened that... her co-actor in the last scene tomorrow was Chen Yunyao.

Thinking of Chen Yunyao's acting skills, Gu Qi felt uneasy. The earlier scenes must go smoothly to leave more time for the last scene.

The next day.

Gu Qi's scenes during the day were mainly scenes with Liu Haoyin. A few conflict scenes were filmed together. Because of the other party's excellent acting skills and Gu Qi's perfect performance, it went smoothly.

Once it came to the last scene with Chen Yunyao, it was nearly an hour earlier than the original time.

Gu Qi breathed a sigh of relief and rejoiced in her heart. If she had better luck, she might be able to watch the whole concert.

Chen Yunyao glanced at Gu Qi and absent-mindedly flipped through his script.

It was two thin pages. Still, anger vibrated from him when he flipped through them.

The character played by Chen Yunyao was a successful entrepreneur. He and the female lead Chunsheng were classmates when they were young. At that time, the two imagined the future together and had different dreams.

Now, Chunsheng was trapped in a small world by her family and life, while the friend who once planned the future together was different from her. He wasn't bound by the rules of the world and had become the adult he wanted to be when he was young.

Time had passed and the two met again.

A slightly awkward housewife and a successful business tycoon. No matter how close friends they were in the past, they only have a few awkward polite words when they meet.

Everything was ready and the shooting officially began. Chen Yunyao's acting skills were really not that good. Gu Qi clearly realized it when he said the first line of dialogue of the first encounter.

First of all, his lines weren’t great. It could even be said to be terrible.

However, Xie Yun was famous for not hiring dubbing actors and all actors must use original voices.

Not to mention the acting, even the lines must be corrected sentence by sentence.

Once he learned the previous sentence, he forgot the next one.

His three acting teachers were helpless. In the end, Director Xie Yun had to teach him in person.

Under Hang Ze's ‘coercion and inducement’, Chen Yunyao was given these two minutes of shots. Although Xie Yun was mentally prepared, she still didn't expect him to be so bad.

Time passed little by little.

Even until the originally planned closing time exceeded, this scene still didn't pass. It could even be said that it was still far from it.

Xie Yun’s expression was a bit ugly. She didn't expect to encounter such a mess after not making a movie for a few years. At this moment, she even wanted to skin Hang Ze.

She stood up, "Ten minutes of rest."

Chen Yunyao's manager had already ordered milk tea and fruit, bowed, and apologized to the staff.

Chen Yunyao seemed to be unaffected. He stood aside with the script and asked his acting teachers for advice.

Gu Qi's good mood was completely ruined. She walked directly to Chen Yunyao coldly: "You deliberately acted badly to slow down the progress of the crew. Is this your attitude as an actor?"

Gu Qi's words made Chen Yunyao abruptly look up at her: "What did you say?"

"You know what I mean." Gu Qi felt it was laughable. She glanced at the cut fruits: "Hundreds of boxes of the same washed and cut fruits. Which fruit store nearby can have such high efficiency? Recommend it to me. I will order from this store next time."

Chen Yunyao's face turned pale, knowing that he had exposed his flaws.

These were naturally booked in advance, because he knew what he was going to do today and would never finish work on time.

He actually didn't understand why he did this, but Anran cried and begged him to help delay Gu Qi. So his heart softened and he agreed.

Gu Qi's face showed even more sarcasm and she continued, "It's not terrible to have bad acting skills, but it's terrible to have a bad attitude. It's ridiculous to keep saying that you want to be a good actor.

I don't care why you do this. I think that you have the opportunity that countless actors dream of, to stand in Xie Yun's crew and stand in front of the camera, but you don't take every second of the performance seriously. This makes you unworthy of the word actor."


Chapter 78

Gu Qi's words were so direct that they were grating to the ear. She was just short of pointing at Chen Yunyao's nose and saying that he wasn't worthy of being an actor.

The staff on the side wanted to pretend to be deaf after hearing this. They pretended to be busy even though they had no matter in their hands and fled the scene at lightning speed.

Only Gu Qi and Chen Yunyao were left in this corner. The other staff realized that they seemed to have a conflict and no one dared to step forward.

After all, one was a popular female lead who was extremely loved by director Xie Yun, and the other was a rich second-generation who had a special position of ‘bringing capital into the crew’. They couldn’t afford to offend either of them.

Every word Gu Qi said was correct. It could even be said that it was too sharp, directly stabbing Chen Yunyao's heart.

Though Chen Yunyao could not refute, his mouth was stubborn: "Of course I want to act well."

This wasn't a lie.

Although he made an exception for Shen Anran today, he still wanted to be a good actor. One performance did not represent anything. The two matters weren’t contradictory.

Gu Qi feigned surprise and didn't refute Chen Yunyao. Instead, she went along: "It turned out that I misunderstood you. This is your true level. A few minutes' act, a few hundred words of lines; this is the result of your hard work. Then you need to keep working hard."

After spending a long time with Wenren Jing, Gu Qi felt that her ability to irritate people had improved qualitatively. Chen Yunyao's face, which had darkened a few shades, was the best evaluation of her progress.

Admitting that he deliberately NG proved what Gu Qi said.

Not admitting meant naturally stupid and it was difficult to carve a rotten wood.

Chen Yunyao didn't want to admit any of them.

In Gu Qi's opinion, he was both.

All that should be said had been said. Gu Qi hadn’t said these words in the hope of changing Chen Yunyao's mind. She expressed some of her inner thoughts out of irk because she thought that she might not be able to attend Younger Brother's concert because of him.

In the end, she looked at Chen Yunyao, ignoring his fuming expression, and even asked with a faint smile: "This movie will definitely win an award. This is why you spent so much money and connections to show your face. You say you love acting. If our performance can become a classic scene that countless people watch repeatedly, but because of your deliberate non-cooperation, it becomes a mediocre transition, will you regret it?"

Chen Yunyao paused. He initially wanted to ‘argue with reason’ with Gu Qi, but now he couldn't utter a word.

For a long while, until Gu Qi walked away, she muttered a scolding: "...mental."

He liked acting and was not stupid.

He knew what he was capable of. He wanted to get some shots. Even if this movie would a big hit at the box office and well-received, it won't be his turn to become a classic with a passerby clip.

But...but, there were precedents like this.

In the most discussed movies and TV shows in the country every year, not every actor's acting skills were great. Some of them became popular because of their personalities, while others were even luckier and even have only a few atmospheric clips with suitable BGM. To put it bluntly, it was fate.

He won't be brainwashed by Gu Qi's few empty words. He promised Anran first and people couldn't break their promises.

After the break, the shooting continued again.

With a sound of action, the actors entered the scene.

Gu Qi met Chen Yunyao. She was holding a supermarket bag with some onions and garlic in it. After a brief greeting, she was taken into a coffee shop that looked very high-end.

This scene had been filmed countless times. When she saw the latte and mousse being served countless times, Gu Qi felt that she was about to get sick.

She lowered her eyelashes and stared at the food, exhaled a little, and relieved her irritability.

When she raised her head again, she met Chen Yunyao's gaze. Her beautiful eyes showed a smile. She said enthusiastically: "Old Wang, you are really promising. You are wearing a suit and look like a successful person. This cake is beautiful. Isn't it expensive?"

Chen Yunyao widened his eyes. The other staff members on the scene looked at each other and turned to Xie Yun waiting for her instructions.

Because the lines Gu Qi said now weren’t on the script.

Xie Yun waved her hand, indicating that they should wait and talk.

According to the script they had filmed for a whole evening, she should be sitting in her seat in embarrassment and helplessness at this moment. Too nervous to speak first, it was Chen Yunyao who should break the deadlock.

Gu Qi knew that Chen Yunyao wasn't going to cooperate with her performance from the beginning to the end.

Since that was the case, let's try another way.

Before the shooting started, Xie Yun gave her great freedom as a female lead. She could change the script and perform directly at any time if she had any opinions on the script.

Xie Yun 's original words were: "I don't want to hear you argue with me and convince me to accept your ideas. If you have the confidence, do it for me."

Gu Qi didn't expect that she would ‘act on her own’ so soon.

Not following the original script led Chen Yunyao into the new state she set; pulling him into the character, using his instinctive reaction, and completing the shooting.

As long as Chen Yunyao didn't know what the correct performance was like, he couldn't deliberately make a wrong response.

Even if he didn't deliberately act badly, he might not be able to have any level... Forget it.

Give it a try.

Just treat it as a gamble. Anyway, it couldn’t get any worse.

Chen Yunyao felt helpless at the moment, but he was taught in the first acting class that he had to act no matter what happened unless the director called a halt.

He could only be forced to act out the scene politely, "No, no, as long as you like it."

Facing a completely unknown ‘script’, he was even a little awkward and at a loss. Compared with the friendliness of the female lead Chun Sheng played by Gu Qi at the moment, their roles seemed to have been swapped.

Chen Yunyao had no idea what Gu Qi wanted to do and the situation was completely dominated by Gu Qi at the moment.

She was no longer the taciturn middle-aged woman she initially was. Her eyes were always on her old friend. When she mentioned the happy times they had spent together in the past, her eyes were as bright as stars emitting light.

Chen Yunyao was moved by her performance for a while.

Gu Qi kept mentioning the beauty of the past, with exaggerated expressions and body language, giving people a strong sense of substitution.

Chen Yunyao fell into the carefree world she constructed in her language, where they were both children.

He remembered the time he met Anran many years ago, when the weak and well-behaved little girl stayed in the corner and smiled innocently because of his poorly implemented magic trick. It was so beautiful that he had not forgotten it for so many years.

Chen Yunyao's expression relaxed unconsciously. As he listened to Gu Qi's words, he didn't realize that the corners of his lips had slightly risen and his eyes were completely on her.

Chen Yunyao went abroad early. Because his parents were indifferent to him and he didn't speak the language, he didn't have a good time in the first few years abroad.

He didn't have many friends. Many times, whether good or bad, he had to bear it alone. He grew up alone.

After growing up and returning to the country, he had some friends because of his identity as a rich second-generation and his playful personality.

So even though he knew that the past described by Gu Qi was false, he could not help but be moved by her vivid narration. He even secretly hoped that it would be nice if he had such a good friend.

It was until the sharp car horn sounded at the door and the driver came down to remind him that it was time to go back to the company, all this abruptly interrupted the two people's reminiscing and made Chen Yunyao wake up from his trance.

The next second, Chen Yunyao realized what a real textbook-level performance was.

The woman's face was originally pure and happy, but she was a little confused when she saw his luxury car. The next second she seemed to suddenly realize something.

Originally, she was happy to meet her old friend after a long time, but when she saw the driver of the other party's luxury car, she instantly realized that they were no longer people in the same world.

With a raise of head, the change of emotions in the eyes was instant, but it seemed like a lifetime.

She met him and briefly returned to her carefree youth. However, the beautiful dream didn't last long. She had to face reality when she woke up.

She sat up straight, distanced herself from him, looked down at her washed shirt, and struggled to stuff the two slightly long green onions in the supermarket shopping bag more inside, and stood up first: "You have something to do, then go. I should go home too."

She acted so naturally and so realistically.

So much so that Chen Yunyao felt a little unaccustomed, as if he was really drifting away from his best friend, but he didn't know how to stop the relationship from fading.

Chen Yunyao then remembered the original lines. As the two were about to separate, he took the initiative to say: "I'm not in a hurry, I'll take you home first."

Hearing Chen Yunyao say this, the supporting actor who played his driver immediately stepped forward to help Gu Qi carry the bag.

"No, no, I'll take it myself." Gu Qi somewhat awkwardly refused the driver's help and refused the offer to take her home: "No, you know our alley is crowded and there is debris piled on the roadside from time to time. It's not easy to get out if you drive in."

Saying this, Gu Qi waved goodbye to him and hurried out.

"Chun Sheng!"

Chen Yunyao called the female lead's name. Going by the script, he wanted to say his last line in this scene, asking Chun Sheng's current contact information.

In the original script, Chun Sheng pretended not to hear it, didn't want to interact with him anymore, and fled the scene.

Because seeing him who was successful, she would think of herself who gave up her dream and did nothing.

However, Gu Qi didn't play according to the script again. She didn't flee, but turned back to look at him.

He was dressed in a suit and had a watch on his wrist that she couldn't afford even after working hard for ten years. From one glance, he looked superior. Even the driver beside him was the same.

That was a world she couldn't reach.

She smiled at him awkwardly, self consciously grabbed her wrist, and asked, "President Wang, is there anything else?"

A trace of surprise flashed across Chen Yunyao's face. He opened his mouth, but said nothing.

The next second.

Director Xie Yun 's voice sounded: "Cut, passed."
Chapter 79

After seeing Chen Yunyao's performance, the other staff members were ready to stay up all night. Unforeseen, the scene would be passed in one go under Gu Qi's self-willed decision and they all showed expressions of finally being saved.

Most of the staff members of 'Chun Sheng' have worked with Xie Yun more than once. They knew Xie Yun had always given the protagonist great freedom in the script and the actors who have worked with her before were all award-winning actors and actresses. There were precedents of changing the script on the spot, so even if it was unexpected, they were still mentally prepared. Everyone cooperated well, so the performance could be completed so smoothly.

Chen Yunyao was different.

He himself had little acting experience. It was the first time that he had encountered such a situation where the actor who was co-acting with him had changed the script on a spur. Even if the director had said that this scene was over, he still stood there for a long time without reacting.

The assistant didn't understand Chen Yunyao's little thoughts and even came up to compliment him, flattering him in a self-righteous way,: "Elder Brother Chen, this scene is well acted. It will definitely be retained for the release!"

Chen Yunyao was about to say a dirty word. However, he couldn't voice his thoughts in public and could only slap the assistant's head, "Off to one side!"

Now it was time to finish work. The staff have packed up the equipment. Only Chen Yunyao rushed to Xie Yun and put forward his opinion: "Director Xie, this is completely different from the script. Can it be used?"

He promised Anran that he would delay Gu Qi. It couldn't end like this. He couldn't even do such a small thing well.

Xie Yun didn't expect Chen Yunyao to raise such doubts in front of her. She sneered: "Do you think I can't see why you made so many mistakes earlier? I have been filming movies for so many years. I can tell the difference between poor acting skills and deliberate mistakes. Even if Hang Ze uses the long term friendship between him and me to beg me in the future, there will be no next time.

I will keep in this scene, but not because of you. I think you are clear why. Apart from that, you only have a few background shots and a few lines that can be given to anyone. It doesn't matter whether you come or not. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can go and tell Hang Ze. Congratulations, you have finished filming. "

Those it was a congratulation, it was clearly an order to leave.

Chen Yunyao's face paled in an instant. He wanted to defend himself, but meeting Xie Yun's cold and impatient eyes, nothing could come out.

In the end, he could only leave in silence with his assistants and acting teachers.

He didn't live up to Anran's trust in him, didn't do what he had promised, get disliked by Director Xie Yun, and left the crew that he had joined after much difficulty.

These two things were a big blow to Chen Yunyao.

So when Hang Ze learned about this at the fastest speed, he thought about it for a few seconds in confusion, and asked: "So why did you do this?"

Chen Yunyao and Hang Ze had a good relationship, so he didn't play dumb: "Anran asked me to do it."

Hang Ze continued to ask: "I still don't understand. What's the benefit of dragging Gu Qi behind for Shen Anran? ”

Chen Yunyao didn't hide it from Hang Ze: "Anran said that she will meet with the new endorsement partner tonight and her biggest competitor is Gu Qi. Gu Qi is scheming, and might interfere in this matter and snatch her endorsement."

"...Huh?" Hang Ze didn't believe Chen Yunyao's words at all,: "Accept endorsements? How is it possible. Xie Yun 's crew all have unified accommodation and canteens, because she has always disliked her leading actors taking on other work during the filming of the movie. The reason why Gu Qi is still on a regular variety show is because she has recorded too many episodes and can't stop. Every week, it will delay the filming for two days. Xie Yun will never allow her to take other jobs. "

Hearing Hang Ze say this, Chen Yunyao was stunned for a few seconds. He uttered in disbelief: "Is what you said true?”

"Of course... Oh right, I remember now." Hang Ze directly sent a screenshot of the chat with Gu Qi to Chen Yunyao, "I know she can't take it, but a partner I know asked me to ask for help. So I still went through the motion."

In the screenshot. Hang Ze asked Gu Qi if she had time to endorse a sports brand, which required shooting a micro-film of about ten minutes.

Gu Qi's reply was very direct. [Director Hang, I really don't want to take any work in the next few months. I want to concentrate on acting in the drama directed by Xie Yun ]

Pinching his brows, Chen Yunyao stared at this screenshot. Hang Ze didn’t mind adding more drama and complained, "Don't blame my words being harsh. Gu Qi is so popular now. If she really wants an opportunity, it means it got nothing to do with Shen Anran, right? Rather than worrying that Gu Qi will use tricks to snatch her opportunity, I think she is brainwashing you and using you..."

"Hang Ze!" Chen Yunyao called Hang Ze's name, interrupting his unfinished words, and still deceived himself: "Impossible, I believe Anran. She will not do such a thing."

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Time was tight.

Gu Qi could only roughly remove her makeup in the car and change into a comfortable set of clothes.

There was no need to dress up. Just tie a simple high ponytail.

She took two pieces of bread and ate them ravenously, polishing them off with a few sips of water. She was quite hungry during the filming and could finally eat something now.

Gu Qi told the driver: "Try to go as fast as possible without affecting safety. "

Although the crew wasn't far from the Jiang Lechuan concert, it was rush hour after all and there was a risk of traffic jams on the road.

When the concert was nearly halfway through, Gu Qi finally arrived at the scene.

Gu Qi heavily breathed a sigh of relief, holding the flowers that her assistant had ordered long ago. As she was about to enter the venue, she was startled by the fans who didn't have tickets but still insisted on huddling outside the venue.

Quite a large crowd of people.

Fortunately, Gu Qi had anticipated this scene and asked Xu Yanyue in advance. The other party gave her a staff contact information.

After Gu Qi contacted the other party, she came to the most remote side door to wait.

What surprised her was——

In the corner not far away, there seemed to be a person standing.

The person was wearing a school uniform, holding flowers like her and facing the wall with an autistic look, as if he regretted coming here.

Even if it was a back, Gu Qi recognized it.

She loudly called: "Mu Yuan! "

The figure turned around instantly when he heard Gu Qi's voice. It was indeed Mu Yuan.

Gu Qi walked over and asked happily, "You are here too, why didn't you go in?"

"I..."

Mu Yuan opened his mouth and explained everything.

Perhaps it was because Wenren Jing mentioned it unintentionally, "Do you know that they have a family member who sends flowers at the end? I am a grown man and won't buy flowers. At that time, Jiang Lechuan won't receive anything at that time. How pitiful.”

So, as if by some strange coincidence, Mu Yuan bought flowers and arrived long in advance.

He didn't go in, but chose to find this empty corner to watch the live broadcast.

The live broadcast had different perspectives. Mu Yuan deliberately chose one that could see the front row of the audience.

Wenren Jing came early in the morning.

He greeted the camera generously and the seats on his left and right were empty.

What Mu Yuan thought was... if Elder Sister couldn't come, he would go in.

If Elder Sister came, he would go home.

When he saw that the concert had already started and Gu Qi really didn't come, he hesitated again.

Entering at this time would affect others' viewing and make it easier to become the focus of attention, which he didn't like.

Mu Yuan hesitated for half an hour.

Finally, he mustered up the courage to go in. At most, he would wear a mask throughout the whole process and ignore Wenren Jing. He would leave after giving the flowers, but what he didn't expect was that-

Half an hour after the concert started, the audience was stopped from entering.

He wore a mask tightly and the security guards didn't recognize him as Jiang Lechuan's Younger Brother, so they naturally wouldn't make concessions.

So the current situation occurred.

Not knowing what to do, Mu Yuan stood here thinking about life. When he felt a little overwhelmed, Elder Sister finally came.

Mu Yuan had hid some parts.

For example, on the way here. Because he was close to the concert venue and he covered himself too tightly with flowers in hand, some passers-by thought he was a member of the group and chased him for two blocks. After much difficulty, he got rid of them.

It was really embarrassing to say.

At that time he really regretted going out today.

As he talked, his eyes even reddened, as if he had finally found an outlet for his grievances.

Since Elder Sister came, he breathed a sigh of relief and didn't have to suffer from his conscience here.

He looked so cute and pitiful.

Gu Qi couldn't resist reaching out and rubbed Mu Yuan's head, praising: "Xiaoyuan is the most obedient and attentive."

Mu Yuan slightly paused and changed the subject a little stiffly: "Elder Sister, when can we go up?"

Elder Sister wouldn't come here for no reason. She must have some way.

After Mu Yuan finished speaking, Gu Qi pointed to the staff who came out with curved eyes: "He will take us up. "

After the two entered the venue, they didn't go directly to the audience seats, but came to the backstage lounge.

Because when walking, Gu Qi noticed that Mu Yuan's walking posture was a little wrong.

She forced a check and found that there were obvious bruises on his ankle. It even swelled a bit.

Fortunately, VE was equipped with a medical team to help bandage Mu Yuan's leg injury.

After learning that Mu Yuan was mistaken for a VE member on the road, jumped over the wall when being chased and sprained his ankle, Gu Qi felt a little distressed and a little amused: "It seems that Jiang Lechuan will have to atone for you next, both emotionally and rationally. ”

At this moment, Jiang Lechuan was very devoted to his performance on the stage.

Still, his eyes would fall on the two empty seats from time to time.

The concert was coming to an end, but Elder Sister and Mu Yuan didn't come.

It didn't matter.

He will have many more stages. He could let them come to watch in the future.

His performance this time was average and there were no original songs. It didn't matter whether they watched it or not. It was better if they didn't come...

Jiang Lechuan comforted himself like this and performed harder, wanting to show his best side. He’ll force them to watch the recording with him when he got home.

Finally, it was the last part.

The parents of the members took turns to go on stage to send blessings to the members and congratulate them on the success of the concert.

It was Jiang Lechuan's turn.

Wenren Jing straightened his collar and was about to go on stage. After realizing that he didn't bring any flowers, he turned to the fans behind him to buy some cheering lights to make do.

Wenren Jing walked onto the stage and handed the cheering lights to Jiang Lechuan, imitating the gesture of others giving flowers. He said in a boastful voice: "Wish you th best, my Younger Brother."

Jiang Lechuan looked at him expressionlessly.

Wenren Jing was puzzled: "Are you unhappy that Elder Brother is here?"

The comments were all discussing.

[Indeed, Jiang Lechuan wants to see Elder Sister. So it doesn’t matter if Wenren Jing come or not]

[Even if Gu Qi doesn't come, Jiang Lechuan give attitude to Wenren Jing, right]

[Yes, there's no need to leave Wenren Jing hanging like this, right]

Someone else weakly proposed.

[Jiang Lechuan is unhappy not because Elder Sister didn't come, but because...]

People who don't understand ask what the answer to the riddle was.

People who understood were already laughing. There were only question marks and hahaha on the barrage.

Wenren Jing looks at Jiang Lechuan with a smile: "Hurry up and accept it, don't force me to beat you up when at your happiest."

"Accept? Alright! Accept it!" Jiang Lechuan couldn't bear it anymore and answered. He turned his head back and yelled: "Xu Yanyue! Come and take your cheering light!"

Laughter broke out on and off the stage at the same time.

Wenren Jing realized that he had made a mistake. Incredulous appeared on his face.

What?

It was obviously the girl behind him who was screaming Jiang Lechuan's name the whole time, so he thought she was Jiang Lechuan's fan, okay?

Netizens laughed.

[I originally thought Wenren Jing did it on purpose, but now it seems that he really didn't know]

[What waste of saliva. He was about to hit Jiang Lechuan. How could he be so confident if he knew he was wrong]

[He made our Lechuan so angry that he actually called the team leader by his full name, hahaha]

For Jiang Lechuan——

It was enough that his favorite elder sister and the well-behaved younger brother didn't come, but an elder brother he didn't really want to acknowledge came. It was fine that he didn't prepare flowers, but he took the wrong cheering light.

What kind of matter was this?

The more Jiang Lechuan thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. But before he could say the next word, the lights on the stage suddenly dimmed.

The audience turned off the light boards in their hands at the same time, as if they had received some instructions.

The scene was dark.

At the entrance of the stage, two blue cheering lights belonging to him lit up, attracting everyone's attention.

Gu Qi and Mu Yuan each held a bouquet of flowers in their hands and waved cheering signs at him.

Gu Qi shouted: "Jiang Lechuan! Happy debut!"

Seeing the arrival of Gu Qi and Mu Yuan, the scene was very cooperative and bursts of exclamations rang out.

Countless fans held up their mobile phones and cameras to capture the warm and happy scene of the four siblings on the same stage. Still, they felt something was amiss.

Because at this moment, Jiang Lechuan had a tense face for once and looked very serious.

The cheers and boos from the audience quietened down and they looked at each other in bewilderment, wondering what was going on. Were they quarreling in private?

The next second——

Jiang Lechuan gave everyone the answer.

He opened his mouth and before he could say anything, he burst into tears.
Chapter 80

The scene was first dead silent. It was unknown burst out laughing first and then there was a wave of laughter that was higher than the last.

Jiang Lechuan knew that his behaviour was embarrassing. He wanted to find a corner to wipe his tears before talking, but he was blocked by the wall of people formed by his teammates and could only return to the center of the stage.

Feelings of grievance and joy piled up together. Looking at Elder Sister and Younger Brother who had already walked in front of him, Jiang Lechuan cried so hard that he couldn't speak at all. Finally, he squatted on the ground, buried his face in his knees, and simply vented.

He thought they would not come and he had comforted himself to accept this fact.

Actually, it didn't matter.

It had been like this for many years. No one would come here for him.

Now, he and Elder Sister have reconciled as well as Elder Brother and Younger Brother messing around at the side.

He was no longer alone. He was already very happy. He should be content.

Unforeseen, there was such a surprise.

This was a picture he never dared to imagine in his dreams.

Jiang Lechuan wanted to look up, wanted to stand up to get the flowers, but the tears could not stop.

Until-

"Waaaaaa!"

Louder sobs sounded. It was unknown when Wenren Jing had prepared his emotions, crying so sincerely and yelling: "Younger Brother! Younger Brother!"

Because Wenren Jing's performance was too exaggerated, the laughter at the scene was even louder.

[Award-winning actor's performance time! ]

[Are they acting out some cliche drama about long-lost brothers?]

[I don't understand, but I'm shocked]

Shortly, Jiang Lechuan raised his head and his expression collapse.

Suddenly he didn't want to cry anymore.

The atmosphere was completely gone.

Jiang Lechuan stood up at once and rushed forward, attacking Wenren Jing's abdomen with his head.

Wenren Jing was unprepared and fell on the stage.

He stopped crying and called out, "Elder brothers are like fathers!"

At this moment, Xu Yanyue handed the microphone to Gu Qi. Looking at Wenren Jing's dazzling red suit and the expressions of the other members who seemed to be about to kneel down and beg her to save the situation and stop things from going in a weird direction, Gu Qi swallowed, "Thank you for watching the last act of today, bullfighting."

The audience laughed.

[Hahaha, Wenren Jing is wearing red. So festive. Isn't this a coincidence?]

[Gu Qi: Say the most ridiculous words with the most natural expression]

After being interrupted, Jiang Lechuan couldn't cry anymore. He gave Wenren Jing a fierce look and obediently stood beside Elder Sister.

Now it was time to give blessings.

Gu Qi didn't know what to say with the microphone, because she had already said what she wanted to say.

In the whole world, she wanted Jiang Lechuan to have happiness the most.

It had been like this since she was little, and it would never change.

Now...

It seemed a little different.

She took Jiang Lechuan's hand, then took Mu Yuan's hand, and then motioned Wenren Jing to put his hand on it.

She said, "I hope you can always do what you like, live for yourself, and be happy forever.

No matter what you are doing or what you want to do, I believe in you."

She will always be with them.

Because she was the elder sister.

Maybe she hated this identity occasionally and envied the love that Jiāng Zhiyu deserved as a youngest child.

She wasn't completely selfless. When she was the pit bottom, she thought that if she wasn't an elder sister, she might not be so sensible and could be the one taken care of by Jiang Lechuan.

When Jiang Lechuan stood in front of her again and again, she began to find it fortunate that she was the elder sister.

Everyone had their own situation and misfortune.

There was no need to care about who got more and who gave more.

Because they were by her side, she felt very lucky now.

Gu Qi raised her eyes and met Wenren Jing's gaze, watching him teasing Jiang Lechuan with his other hand.

Gu Qi pursed her lips and tried to make her smile brighter.

Wenren Jing turned back at this moment.

Met Gu Qi's gaze.

Jiang Lechuan was still sniffing at the side to avoid making a fool of himself.

The subtle interaction between Gu Qi and Wenren Jing made Mu Yuan notice something strange and looked over.

The fireworks on the stage bloomed at this moment.

All members returned to the center of the stage with their families to thank the fans for their support. The concert ended successfully and was lively.

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Gu Qi appeared at the VE concert to send blessings to Jiang Lechuan. The gathering of four siblings naturally became a hot search.

At this point, how could Chen Yunyao not know that he was deceived?

Gu Qi was anxious to leave the crew today, but not for any cooperation, but to send blessings to a younger brother.

Hang Ze used his connections to help him contact the brand mentioned by Shen Anran. After verification, he learned that the other party did have dinner with Shen Anran tonight and they straightforwardly signed a contract.

Because that was the resource that Shen Wei brought to Shen Anran. They never considered a second person from beginning to end, let alone Gu Qi.

Anran was deceiving him.

He couldn't even figure out the reason.

If Gu Qi didn't show up at the concert today, what did it have to do with Anran?

Chen Yunyao was a person who couldn't hide his thoughts. He called Shen Anran and went straight to the point: "Gu Qi had never been in touch with the endorsement you mentioned."

Shen Anran knew that her lies had been unearthened.

She changed into a crying voice, sounding pitiful and trying to cover up her lie.

"I'm sorry, I lied to you.

I did this not because of Gu Qi, but Jiang Lechuan. You know, he and I were on a variety show. He is normal unruly... So, he embarrassed me a lot in places where the camera couldn't see. He is the future heir of Jiang Family after all. I dare not offend him and am afraid that you will have conflicts with him because of me.

He cares most about Elder Sister Gu Qi. I want Gu Qi to not be able to attend it to send him blessings today. This way, he will be lonely and sad. I know I lied to you, because I don't want you to know that I am such a bad person. I am afraid that you will be disappointed in me.

If you can't forgive such a selfish me, then let's not contact each other anymore, I'm sorry."

Shen Anran said a few sentences and coaxed Chen Yunyao around.

He didn't care about asking seeking justice, but instead felt very distressed, "Don't hide this kind of thing from me in the future. I can support you."

Even if Jiang Family was in power now, he wouldn’t be afraid.

Shen Anran burst into a grin and changed the subject: "Are you free the day after tomorrow in the afternoon? I don't have any scenes. You can come to the crew to visit and let my uncle give you pointers on acting. You can perform well in front of Director Xie Yun ."

Chen Yunyao's original expression of concern faded a little.

Thinking of everything that happened in the crew today, he didn't know how to tell Shen Anran that he had been kicked out of the crew. After all, Shen Wei was a famous director and he wanted to receive guidance from the other party.

Though he felt a little complicated, he still agreed: "Okay."

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In the evening.

After the concert and having dinner together, Mu Yuan was the first to be forcibly sent back home to rest because of a sprained ankle.

Jiang Lechuan was extremely pumped up, bragging about his stage performance today all the way. He was about to follow Gu Qi back to her apartment to rest, but suddenly remembered that there was a fan meeting tomorrow and was instantly in a dilemma.

Finally, Jiang Lechuan decided: "I'll get up early tomorrow and go!"

Children make choices, but adults want everything.

In the past, Gu Qi would indulge him, but today she stated: "You should go back and rest early. Only in a good state can you meet fans tomorrow."

Jiang Lechuan still insisted: "But..."

Gu Qi stared at Jiang Lechuan: "This may be your last official joint concert. Tomorrow is part of the event. You must end it well."

She was telling the truth.

Xu Yanyue had already transformed into an actor and had achieved some success. Other members have already been regulars in variety shows, while Jiang Lechuan was preparing to write a personal album.

After all, they were a time limited group. After disbanding, they will go their separate ways and work hard for their own future.

So this concert had a different meaning for them.

It was true.

So even when Jiang Lechuan wanted to stay with Elder Sister, he didn't persist. Instead, he told Wenren Jing to send Elder Sister home.

"I know, do I need you to teach me how to do things?" Wenren Jing grinned at Jiang Lechuan, put his hand on Gu Qi's shoulder, and pushed her into the passenger seat of his car.

Gu Qi waved goodbye to Jiang Lechuan, she sat up straight, and only looked forward when she could no longer see him.

Passing by a pub in a remote place, Wenren Jing suddenly stopped the car and asked, "Elder Sister, do you want to have a drink?"

"No." Gu Qi refused: "I have work tomorrow and need to go back to the crew early. It's not good to drink too much and oversleep."

Wenren Jing curled his lips and asked, "Then where are you going to talk? You already sent them away."

On normal days, Gu Qi would indulge Jiang Lechuan's ideas as long as they were not too extreme.

Gu Qi's eyes fell on the rabbit ornament in front of her. She stretched out her hand and gently fiddled with it, "We ate a little too much tonight, so why don't we go down for a walk? Anyway, we both have something to say to each other, don't we?"

Wenren Jing didn't deny it. He parked the car on the side of the road, got out, and ran to a small stall. He bought two cups of sour plum juice and handed one to Gu Qi, "It helps digestion."

Gu Qi took a sip.

The two of them took a walk along the river.

The evening breeze was slightly cool, ruffling their hair.

Wenren Jing asked, "Elder Sister, if you want to ask anything, ask directly."

"It's freezing." Gu Qi said and changed the hand holding the sour plum juice. She asked casually, "I heard that you moved back home recently."

Wenren Jing nodded and took the sour plum juiced that Gu Qi complained about, "Yes, my mother isn't in good condition. You know this."

Gu Qi raised her eyes, met Wenren Jing's eyes, and asked, "What are you investigating?

Or to be more direct, Jiang Family, aka my and Jiang Lechuan's parents, what do you want to do to them?"

Gu Qi didn't care about Jiang Family, but she was concerned about whether her parents would secretly make it difficult for Jiang Lechuan. So she bribed the housekeeper and asked the other party to report to her if there was anything important.

The strangest thing about the information she got was that Wenren Jing accompanied Eldest Aunt to the Jiang Family frequently and always led the conversation at the dinner table to recall the days when his father was still alive.

Wenren Jing didn't like to interact with his mother, let alone her own parents. There must be something amiss when things were abnormal.

Because he was her younger brother, she didn't want to wait until things developed to an irreversible level before interfering.

Wenren Jing smiled, "What do I want to do? Elder Sister, do you want to guess?"

He led his mother to go in and out of the Jiang Family frequently these days in the name of going home to accompany his mother, to get more information.

Because he suspected that there was another hidden story behind his father's death.

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