CH 16

Xiang Rongrong smiled and said, “Of course, I have seen it. I have seen all of yours in recent years and before.”

“Then 《Spring Day》 or 《Flower Under the Cliff》, which one do you like?” (《春日》 , 《山崖下的花》)

Xiang Rongrong thought for a while and replied, “《Flower Under the Cliff》, but this one is too early for me, so I can’t remember it clearly.”

“I really can’t remember it clearly.” Qu Wenyi sneered, “Otherwise, you should remember, where are the flowers under the cliff? It is the flowers under the mist.” (Yes, XRR mistook the title)

The smile on Xiang Rongrong’s face disappeared instantly.

Qu Wenyi raised her eyebrows and looked at her, “Dare to play tricks in front of me. You are also very powerful. Why, do you want to continue pretending if you don’t roll?”

“Sister Qu, I…”

“Who is your sister?” Qu Wenyi interrupted her unceremoniously, “Call me ‘Teacher Qu’. From now on, stay away from my sight. I feel sick when I look at you.”

After she finished speaking, she stood up, holding a book, and preparing to go back to the hotel to rest.

Xiang Rongrong wanted to follow, but was stopped by Qu Wenyi’s assistant, “Sister Wenyi doesn’t like you, so don’t come in the future.”

“What’s going on? Didn’t I get along well with Sister Qu before?”

The assistant smiled, “Don’t you know what you have done? You really think that Sister Wenyi can’t see your careful thoughts, huh.”

He finished laughing, turned around, and chased Qu Wenyi.

Only Xiang Rongrong was left alone. Could it be that Tang Ziyou’s secret matter?

It shouldn’t be. This was too fast. Did Tang Ziyou secretly do something while she was not paying attention?

This Tang Ziyou is really annoying like Li Ke said!

“So you mean that Xiang Rongrong told Teacher Qu before that you did wrong, which caused Teacher Qu to dislike you at first?” Liu Xu said in surprise as she ate.

Tang Ziyou nodded, “But I don’t know Xiang Rongrong either. She is so directly targeting me, is she my black fan?”

Liu Xu frowned, “I will check it later. If I remember correctly, Xiang Rongrong seemed to have worked with Li Ke on a TV series before.”

“Then she was instigated by Li Ke to vent her anger for Li Ke?”

“It’s possible.”

Tang Ziyou was speechless, “She did her best. As soon as she came up, she won over Teacher Qu first.”

“It’s normal. She and Teacher Qu are old acquaintances, and Teacher Qu is almost the biggest woman in the crew besides the heroine. She wins over Teacher Qu and makes Teacher Qu dislike you. In the future, Teacher Qu will teach you on the set. Others dare not say anything.”

“Fortunately, I’m a fan of Teacher Qu.” Tang Ziyou smiled, “Otherwise, I guess I don’t have a point to defend myself.”

“So people are not as good as heaven, let alone Xiang Rongrong. I never thought you would be a fan of Teacher Qu.”

Tang Ziyou blinked triumphantly, bowed his head to eat.

He was eating when suddenly his cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Gu’s landline.

Tang Ziyou hesitated, not knowing whether to pick it up or not.

Take it. I’m afraid it’s Gu Jiuci. Don’t take it. I’m afraid it’s Grandma Gu.

Considering that Grandma Gu had just been discharged from the hospital and her health was not good, Tang Ziyou picked it up, “Hello.”

“Xiao You, I…”

As soon as Tang Ziyou heard Gu Jiuci’s voice, he directly hung up and put the phone aside.

Soon, the phone rang again and Tang Ziyou pressed mute and didn’t care.

Liu Xu curiously asked, “Whose phone number?”

“Gu Jiuci.”

Liu Xu: ! ! !

“Film Emperor Gu is looking for you? Is something wrong?”

“I don’t know.” Tang Ziyou shook his head, “Don’t worry about it.”

Liu Xu looked at him like this, thinking that he really didn’t love him anymore, so his face didn’t change.

She was thinking as her cell phone rang.

Liu Xu picked it up and looked at it. It was a strange number, “Hello.”

“It’s me, Gu Jiuci.”

Liu Xu: ! ! !

Liu Xu looked at Tang Ziyou, covering her mobile phone and said to him, “Film Emperor Gu.”

Tang Ziyou was surprised, “How does he know your phone number?”

“Everyone is in the same circle. With his contacts, he can get any contacts from anyone he wants.”

Tang Ziyou said helplessly, “Don’t care.”

Liu Xu looked at him awkwardly, “Of course, you don’t have to worry. How dare I? Other artists under my hand have to eat.” (我手底下其他艺人还要吃饭呢, not sure)

She let go of her hand and smiled, “Mr Gu, is there anything I can help you with?”

“Give the phone to Tang Ziyou, I will tell him.”

Liu Xu handed the phone over.

Tang Ziyou had to take it and said impatiently, “What’s the matter?”

Gu Jiuci coughed twice, seeming to be very weak, “I’m sick. The doctor said it’s better to have personal care here, but Aunt Zhang is not at home, Grandma is resting, and my brother is at the company. I heard Shan Qikun said you have no show this afternoon, so can you come back?”

Tang Ziyou: ……

Tang Ziyou was tired, “I should have made it very clear before. There is no longer relationship between us. Please find your assistant.”

“Xiao You, a hundred days of grace for husband and wife in one day, although we are not husband and wife, we are also unmarried couples. At least, there are fifty days of grace. Come back and see me.” (一日夫妻百日恩, it meant that once married, there’s a deep affection, here)

He had a weak voice, “Just take a look for a while.”

“I see.” Tang Ziyou finished speaking and hung up the phone.

Gu Jiuci clenched his fist and whispered, “Yes”. He knew that feelings, such things, how could you say that you let go completely. Although Tang Ziyou wanted to give up now, he had liked him for so long and had a soft heart. As long as he sold badly and used bitterness, he would still feel pain.

He should still have me in his heart, Gu Jiuci pondered.

“So what’s the reason for Film Emperor Gu looking for you?” Liu Xu asked curiously.

“He said he was sick and wanted me to see him.”

“Then you want to go? You can go. Anyway, there is no scene for you in the afternoon, so you can go and return soon.”

Tang Ziyou looked up at her, thought about it, and picked up the phone on the table.

Two and a half hours later, Gu Jiuci heard the doorbell.

He got out of bed quickly, checked his sick makeup in front of the mirror before opening the door, and hurriedly added some powder to make himself look very weak.

Gu Jiuci clenched his fists, coughed, and went downstairs. He walked slowly to the door and opened the door.

However, to his surprise, what stood outside the door was not the long-awaited Xiao You, but a strange middle-aged woman.

“You are?”

“You are Mr Gu, right?” The woman said, “My surname is Zhao. You can call me Aunt Zhao. Mr Tang said you need a caregiver here, let me come over.”

Gu Jiuci: ……

Aunt Zhao was still actively promoting herself, “I know a lot and the charge is very reasonable. It only costs 50 per hour. Everyone who I had taken care of is very satisfied. Don’t worry, Mr Gu.”

Gu Jiuci: …so he is only worth fifty yuan!

Gu Jiuci was embarrassed, “Thanks for your hard work, but I don’t need it. You’d better go back.”

“Mr Tang paid a deposit. If you don’t need my service, then my deposit is non-refundable.”

Gu Jiuci nodded, “No need to return it. I’m sorry to trouble you. Goodbye.”

After he finished speaking, he closed the door.

Aunt Zhao saw this, so she had to contact Tang Ziyou, “Mr Tang, Mr Gu said he doesn’t need my service.”

“Then you can go back. You have worked hard.”

“It’s okay, but I don’t refund the deposit.”

“I know.”

“Aren’t you coming to have a look? I think this gentleman’s complexion is not very good. He seems to be very ill. His complexion is particularly pale, without a trace of blood.”

“It’s okay.” Tang Ziyou didn’t believe how serious his illness could be.

He and Gu Jiuci met (again) when they were adults. Gu Jiuci had no sickness in all, just a minor illness such as a cold. Unlike him, he had been sick several times.

He hung up Aunt Zhao’s phone and ignored Gu Jiuci.

Gu Jiuci was left alone, frowning depressed on the sofa.

Knowing that he was sick, he didn’t want to take a look at him. Did he really want to give up this relationship completely?

Gu Jiuci couldn’t believe it, but there was a voice in his heart telling him, “He really doesn’t love you anymore.”

“Impossible.” Gu Jiuci retorted.

He clenched his fist and comforted himself in a low voice, “It must be that I just didn’t act well enough. Xiao You heard the flaw and knew that I was lying to him, so he didn’t come.”

It must be, Gu Jiuci comforted himself.

However, he couldn’t help thinking in his heart that the former Tang Ziyou didn’t care about the truth at all. Even if he knew it was a fake, he would show up in front of him for the first time, or call himself to make sure he was okay.

But now, he would never show up again.

Gu Jiuci remembered that a long time ago. Once he went to work at the company and came out after finishing the work, he found that it was raining outside.

He didn’t care, but he saw Tang Ziyou wearing a mask and glasses, waving at him on the first floor of the company.

“Why are you here?” He puzzled.

Tang Ziyou said, “Bring you an umbrella. It’s raining. I will take you home.”

He said, smiling slightly. His eyebrows bent and the lens of his glasses couldn’t block the light in his eyes.

“I have an umbrella in my car.” Gu Jiuci reminded him.

“I know.” Tang Ziyou blinked and whispered, “But I am still worried about you.”

He spoke softly and frankly, just as he liked to be sincere and gentle.

And now, he wouldn’t say that anymore.

Gu Jiuci lowered his head silently.

* * *

Tang Ziyou rested for a day and went to the studio early the next day with makeup on.

What he was going to shoot today was a sword practice scene. The location was not far away in the small woods. This scene was relatively simple, so Director Wang did not follow, but let the director of Group B take full responsibility.

When Tang Ziyou arrived, the staff had already set up the machine and arranged the props.

Xiao Lu helped him open the car door. Tang Ziyou got out of the car, but sensitively noticed that someone seemed to be staring at him.

When he looked back, he could vaguely see a few girls behind the tree a little further away. Those girls were holding the camera and didn’t put it down when he saw them, but kept pressing the shutter.

Liu Xu opened the umbrella and blocked the camera for him, frowning unhappily.

“Are they fans?” Tang Ziyou asked.

“It’s not likely. Looking at those dresses, it’s more like a proxy shooter.” Liu Xu said. (更像是代拍, not sure how to describe it, sasaeng? Paparazzi? Or fanatic?)

After that, she became puzzled again, “How did they know that you would be filming here today? Didn’t the director temporarily change the film to this morning last night? Why did they hide early?”

“Maybe someone has leaked the news.” Tang Ziyou smiled, didn’t take it seriously, and walked towards the depths of the woods.

The few people hiding behind the tree saw that he moved and immediately followed him, saying as they moved, “Why is Tang Ziyou here?”

“Yes, doesn’t the news about the scalper said that this point is Shan Qikun’s?”

“Did anyone buy Tang Ziyou for this shoot?”

“There should be, too. He has been on several hot searches recently. He has a great momentum of coming back. Alas, we have come here. We can’t go back empty-handed.”

“Yes, I just managed to do a difficult job beyond one’s reach (勉为其难吧).” Someone sighed, “It’s really disappointing. I thought I could photograph Shan Qikun, but I didn’t expect to be happy for nothing.”

They talked in a low voice and no one noticed that a girl named Guo Jin (郭金) walking beside them kept staring at Tang Ziyou.

The content of this filming was simple and only Tang Ziyou was part of the scene, so there were not many scenes.

They had long been accustomed to the existence of fans and proxy shooters. Knowing that these people couldn’t be driven away, they simply pulled out an isolation belt temporarily to prevent them from getting too close, but also to let them have something to shoot. So as not to rush to the actors and affected the filming of the crew because they couldn’t shoot anything.

Seeing this period of filming, they didn’t hide anymore and shot Tang Ziyou openly.

Pat, pat. Someone exclaimed, “Don’t say, Tang Ziyou is really handsome. I have changed several angles and the shots are sharp and angular, basically don’t need to be edited.”

“That is, his skin is good. No blemishes at all.”

“He is so white.”

“He’s still thin, tall and thin, so he deserves to be on the camera.”

“Move, move, fuck, so handsome.”

Tang Ziyou pulled out the sword, took a sword flower, and began to practice the sword.

He started practising this set of movements when he first entered the group. Now he was already familiar with it. He had sharp eyebrows, light footwork, gleaming sword light, graceful and moving like a wandering dragon.

Several girls, who filmed on behalf of them, were shocked. They kept pressing the shutter and some people directly recorded a small video.

“So handsome, ah, ah, this figure is so pretty!”

“My God, Tang Ziyou’s figure is also too good. This set of swordsmanship is also too handsome.”

“I want to climb the wall. This little brother is too good.”

“He is definitely going to be a hit when he comes out in this drama. Just his looks, his figure, his agility, simple, and predictable.”

“Fortunately, I came today. Otherwise, I will regret it later.”

Guo Jin listened to them and didn’t talk. She just stared at Tang Ziyou silently and quietly through the camera.

Tang Ziyou practised his swordsmanship very well. In the end, the director took a close-up of the final sword and announced that it was over.

“Yes, we can call it a day.” The director praised.

Tang Ziyou went to look at the playback screen behind the camera. When he saw that there was really nothing to do again, he nodded, “It’s hard for you.”

“You said it again, what is my hard work? Keep it up, Xiao Tang.”

“Okay.”

After Tang Ziyou finished speaking, he was ready to go back to his nanny car.

The proxy shooter standing in the distance saw that he was going back and quickly turned the camera to take the last scene before he left.

Tang Ziyou saw that they had been standing quietly and didn’t disturb him filming, so he didn’t care.

It was too late and then soon, suddenly, something hit him straight.

Liu Xu almost didn’t react. Xiao Lu pulled Tang Ziyou in time and Tang Ziyou could avoid it.

The thing fell to the ground. Tang Ziyou lowered his head and saw that there was a square iron folding mirror on the ground.