51. Paid Posters

Qi Le An got on the boat after he put on the life jacket, he was too embarrassed to raise his head.

He now finally knew why the staff member had that cunning smile on the whole time.

Qi Le An crossed his legs and didn’t want to speak anything about that.

‘What should I do? We just hugged so tightly, Wei Chang Feng must have sensed it!’

Qi Le An did not dare to look at Wei Chang Feng’s face. He wished he could hide in the lake!

“Oh, are you scared, young man?” The boatman asked.

Qi Le An permitted a dry smile.

Wei Chang Feng looked at Qi Le An with teasing written all over his eyes. After getting off the boat, Wei Sama comforted him, “Mmm… It’s just a normal physiological phenomenon. Don’t be afraid.”

‘Am I afraid? Do I look like I’m afraid! I am just embarrassed!’

‘Having a boner when I was being hugged tightly by my idol for the first time, I don’t know how my fellow fans are going to make fun of me!’

Seeing that Qi Le An was still embarrassed, Wei Chang Feng thought he was just too shy. He bought some popcorns and a SpongeBob SquarePants balloon to cheer Qi Le An up.

“Are you hungry? You wanna grab a bite somewhere?” asked Wei Sama.

The two of them had been playing like two kids the entire afternoon and both were already hungry that their stomachs began to rumble.

Qi Le An found the way Wei Chang Feng tried to cheer him up quite sweet and amusing at the same time. He took the popcorn and tied the SpongeBob SquarePants balloon to Wei Chang Feng’s arm.

The two of them walked out while having some popcorns. The lights were already on in the amusement park when they started to walk out. It was a rare opportunity for two successful actors like them to spend a whole day playing happily in an amusement park.

As they walked to the parking lot, Qi Le An suddenly said, “Damn it, we didn’t take the Ferris Wheel!”

Wei Chang Feng opened the car door and said, “The Ferris Wheel… You can give that a go when you are here with your girlfriend next time.”

For some reason, Qi Le An was a little unhappy and he pouted, “I won’t have a girlfriend.”

Wei Chang Feng looked at Qi Le An with a smile, “An is still young. You will wish for a girlfriend when you get older.”

Qi Le An suddenly asked, “Wei Sama is older than me, do you want to have a girlfriend?”

Both of them were stunned for a second.

Wei Chang Feng smiled and shook his head. Then he undid the SpongeBob SquarePants balloon from his arm and put it into the car, saying, “No, I don’t.”

“Why not?” Qi Le An couldn’t help but ask.

Wei Chang Feng said resignedly, “It’s not easy to meet someone you like…”

Wei Chang Feng drove the car out of the parking lot while Qi Le An sat in the passenger seat, lost in thought.

They had Shanghai food for dinner and Qi Le An had five bowls of rice. Seeing that, Wei Chang Feng said seriously, “Good job, An, this is how it’s done! ”

Qi Le An felt a bit shy after hearing that.

Both of them were going to fly back to Guang City the next morning, Wei Chang Feng drove Qi Le An to his apartment, and Qi Le An went upstairs with popcorn and the SpongeBob SquarePants balloon. When he was alone in the elevator, Qi Le An suddenly felt like he was Cinderella. When the bell rang at noon, he had to return to his life and face the reality.

Oh wait, he felt like the boy version of Cinderella.

But he had such a great birthday!

After returning home, Qi Le An finished the popcorn Wei Chang Feng bought for him. Then he found a place for the SpongeBob SquarePants balloon and called Chen Shan.

He didn’t know how Wei Chang Feng had convinced Chen Shan that Chen Shan didn’t frown on hearing they were going to spend the whole afternoon all by themselves.

“You’re home now?” There was loud music coming from the phone. Young Master Chen must be in some bar, you could tell he was a bit tipsy from his voice.

“Happy Birthday, An!” Young Master Chen grinned.

Qi Le An, “…”

“Aiya, is that Qi Le An? Chen Ge, invite him here, we wanna meet him!”

“Chen Ge is a manager now? Why not become an actor yourself now that you are in the entertainment industry?”

“When will you give me a chance, Chen Ge?! I’ve got the face too!

“…”

“…”

Other people’s teasing kept coming from the phone and Qi Le An hung up with a knowing smile.

It seemed that when Chen Shan would be back to his playboy life when he was not with Qi Le An.

Although Chen Shan was drunk that night, he still arrived at Qi Le An’s house on time the next morning. As soon as he entered the door, he was stunned when he saw the SpongeBob SquarePants balloon. Then he couldn’t help laughing, “This is from Wei Chang Feng, right?” Where did you guys go yesterday? It looks like you two had a playful time.

Of course, Qi Le An wouldn’t tell Chen Shan that he and Wei Chang Feng went to the amusement park yesterday, but everything was clear after Chen Shan saw the news that morning.

“An, you are still a boy, it makes sense that you guys went to the amusement park.”

Qi Le An couldn’t help but look at the headlines of the newspaper. It was a picture of him and Wei Chang Feng on the Turbo Drop.

Chen Shan didn’t drive that day. He asked his family driver to drive them to the airport. There was still half an hour after he got the suitcases checked and everything, he and Qi Le An went to the VIP lounge to kill some time.

After a while, Wei Chang Feng came to the lounge with some breakfast in hand.

“Have you guys eaten?” Wei Chang Feng asked naturally.

Qi Le An nodded. Chen Shan brought him breakfast from home and they had just eaten in the car.

“Would you like to join me and have some more,” Wei Chang Feng smiled?

No one could say no to that smile. Qi Le An sat next to Wei Chang Feng like a smitten kitten.

Chen Shan couldn’t help but roll his eyes and then he walked to Gary to have a chitchat.

They arrived in Guang City around ten o’clock and returned to the set before noon. The two days of holiday swept over the fatigue of the previous days, the entire crew was bursting with vitality now.

Qi Le An didn’t have many scenes to shoot. However, Director Chen spent his holidays checking the materials and he had summed up a lot of scenes that needed to be redone. The production Supervisor handed the document to Chen Shan when they had arrived.

Qi Le An flipped through it and found that there were quite a few scenes on the list.

“Director Chen is like this. It has nothing to do with An’s acting,” the Production Supervisor comforted Qi Le An.

Qi Le An understood.

Returning to the set was a good thing, but after two days, Qi Le An had once again become the talk of the town, in a bad way.

Qi Le An’s hand trembled with anger when he looked at the post on the screen while holding the mouse.

He had never expected that Uncle, who had been quiet for a while, would stab him in the back out of nowhere.

“Why have you mentioned that you have a scoundrel Uncle!” Chen Shan frowned and he looked so anxious.

“I didn’t see this coming at all,” Qi Le An was livid. He thought that Uncle would go home and leave him alone after that nightmare. He didn’t expect Uncle would contact the reporters and accuse him of being unfilial.

The headlines on all the entertainment newspapers that day were the same.

[Such a two-faced person, the starlet Qi Le An?!]

[Never judge a book by the cover, Qi Le An the snake!]

[Uncle is unable to keep the pot boiling, and Qi Le An turns a blind eye!]

Those unwarranted charges hit Qi Le An as if Qi Le An were an unpardonable villain.

At the same time, paid posters started to appear on various websites, some fake posts went viral. Even the controversy about Qi Le An’s birthday fan meeting and the pricy tickets became hot again, the number of people supporting Qi Le An had decreased greatly.

“Don’t panic, someone is targeting you!”

Although Chen Shan was a novice manager, the young master was quite sophisticated. He could tell that someone was deliberately targeting Qi Le An at one glance.

“I’ve made a few calls just now, we will have paid posters by the afternoon,” Chen Shan said that with a ferocious expression, “They want to play? Great, we are going to show them how it’s done!”

Although Chen Shan looked so confident, Qi Le An still had his concerns for everything felt so well organized and the attack felt daunting. Although Uncle was not a good person, he did not expect Uncle would be that strategic and contact the reporters by himself.

There must be someone else who was behind the scenes.

Someone who knew his background and had enmity with him…

Could it be Mr. Li?

But Mr. Li wouldn’t be able to do this. If it was him, then Glory would fire him for sure.

Chen Shan suddenly raised his volume over the phone call with Glory.

“What do you mean by you are out of this? He is an artist in Glory!”

As if there were some other bad news from the other side of the phone, Chen Shan threw the phone on the ground.

Qi Le An looked at Chen Shan and said calmly, “Is the company unwilling to help?”

An established actor or artist usually had a whole PR team for cases like this, paid posters were so common in the industry. However, Qi Le An was a newbie now, and Chen Shan did not have many resources in the entertainment industry.

Our Young Master Chen’s were mainly friends only for wining and dining together, not in case of need.

“It’s okay, Glory is playing dumb, we can do this by ourselves!” Chen Shan said fiercely.

However, Chen Shan had his doubts as well, he wasn’t sure the paid posters he was going to hire were as good as those who were attacking An, they looked very well-organized. By the afternoon that day, Qi Le An had lost by a landslide, and the posts about Qi Le An’s ‘true feathers went viral online, the so-called inside scoop appeared everywhere like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. After reading the fake post, even Qi Le An himself started to hate the person in the story.

The reporters flocked to the set and had affected the filming of the crew and the entrance of the hotel was surrounded by them as well. It felt like the entire entertainment industry, which had been peaceful for a long time, had finally gotten something that could get people’s attention and hits. Everyone wanted to see how battered Qi Le An was after he‘s driven to distraction.

Director Chen had to stop filming and ask the security to drive let the reporters away.

There was nothing that could be done around the hotel though. Qi Le An’s room number was leaked, and there had been a few people knocking on the door since that morning.

Someone even rented the building opposite the hotel, observing Qi Le An’s room with telescopes, so Qi Le An didn’t even dare to open the curtains.

For the first time in two lifetimes, Qi Le An was treated like a Hollywood movie star, he shook his head and wanted to laugh.

The phone cord in the room was cut and his cellphone was turned off. The only working phone was Chen Shan’s, but Chen Shan had blocked all the unknown numbers.

Chen Shan had been calling people the whole afternoon but to no avail. The two of them didn’t even dare go out and eat, they had to have the instant noodles in the room for lunch.

“Yes, this is Chen Shan?”

“What?” Alright, he is right here.

Qi Le An spent his afternoon browsing the fake posts about him and his mind was a total blank at that moment Chen Shan suddenly walked to him with his phone and said, “Wei Chang Feng wants to talk to you.”

Qi Le An hesitated for a moment and took the call.

On the phone, Wei Chang Feng didn’t say anything to comfort him. Instead, he said seriously, “An, do you still remember your birthday wish?”

Qi Le An nodded.

“Listen to me, don’t do anything for three days.”