The Villain Just Wants to be a Salted Fish

 

"What does he mean to want to be a rich second generation and not wanting to film?"

"I probably understand it now. The withdrawal statement issued by Ye Zexi earlier shows that he really wants to leave the circle!"

"Ye Zexi, you've been exposed!"

"Is that a new fan upstairs? I thought this is something everyone knows."

"Yes, all old fans can see how obvious Ye Zexi's Weibo was before."

"Yeah, so don't you see that we were all coaxing him to keep him from withdrawing?"

"Let me sum it up in one sentence: Ye Zexi just wants to retire. As for whether he is tired or not, Ye Zexi is just looking for excuses."

When they saw this comment from a fan, countless fans shouted "brilliant".

Ye Zexi sold [1] misery late at night, because he just wanted to get out of the circle!

Some fans speculated that maybe he didn't have a scene today, he must have watched anime until late at night, and out of nowhere this idea popped up in his mind and he just acted on it!

By looking at the "?" from Film Emperor He, this was the best proof!

So the comments in the comment area quickly became as follows:

"Ye Zexi, be more sober! You are already a star now, you can't just casually go back to being a rich second generation!"

"Reconsideration! You have already made your debut, and you can't run away after you've made your debut!"

"Look at what you've done, Ye Zexi, you scared Film Emperor He, can't you let Film Emperor He have a good rest? Look at your good deed!"

"We're sorry, Film Emperor He, our Ye Zexi is being naughty, we will explain some manners to him!"

"Ye Zexi, you must work hard on filming, it's a great opportunity to work with Film Emperor He, must study hard!"

"Yes, there is also Director Chen. Treasure it! Come on, we trust you!"

Under Ye Zexi's Weibo, two-thirds of the comments were telling Ye Zexi to do well on the filming, not to slack off.

As for Ye Zexi, he said he was tired.

Ye Zexi read through the comments, except for the fans who comforted him at the beginning, as it went on, they were all telling him to focus on filming.

Ye Zexi had question mark bubbles all around him.

They said that he did not even have a scene today?

He clearly had been filming all day today! It could be said that today was the only day he came back to his room so late since he joined the filming crew!

Ye Zexi felt that he couldn't reason with the fans. Anyway, if he wanted to get out of the circle, he could do so at any time after the movie!

With this thought, Ye Zexi finally felt better, turned off the phone and went to sleep.

What Ye Zexi didn't know was that shortly after he fell asleep, He Jinyun, who had just finished taking a shower, also saw the comment. He Jinyun replied to the fan without thinking and refuted their remarks.

"Zexi just finished work half an hour ago. Today's filming task is really heavy. You've misunderstood him."

Ye Zexi fans: "???"

Is it so?

It seemed that they misunderstood Ye Zexi.

However, Film Emperor He called Ye Zexi as Zexi!

 

He also came out to explain for Ye Zexi, this tone sounded a bit doting!

He Jinyun's fan base is one of the biggest, and it's rare for He Jinyun to post once on Weibo, so countless fans have set up special notifications for He Jinyun.

This time, after more than a month, He Jinyun finally remembered his Weibo account.

But who would have thought that He Jinyun's account was not for Weibo business, but just to like Ye Zexi's Weibo and to comment on Ye Zexi's Weibo?

He Jinyun fans shouted "good grief".

They all said, when He Jinyun sees the fragility of his fans, can he come to comfort them and justify them?

More fans said: "I wonder, why every time Ye Zexi posts on Weibo, our Teacher He always rushes to the comment area first? He lives on Ye Zexi's Weibo?"

As soon as this comment was posted, it was quickly praised to be the second most popular comment, and it was lined up with He Jinyun's "?" before.

One of Ye Zexi's fans joked casually when they saw it: "Could it be that Teacher He set a special notification for Ye Zexi, right?"

No, as soon as this comment was posted, all the other fans were in agreement.

"I think it makes sense."

"You spoke the truth!"

"The truth is always in the hands of a few people!"

"So what's the reason for Teacher He cares about Ye Zexi so much?"

"...Fuck, I feel that if I keep investigating this matter, I can't help but ship this CP."

"Is there something wrong with you upstairs? You can ship a CP just like this? Don't give out bad ideas everywhere, okay?"

"I don't think the sister upstairs should be so angry. Think about it carefully. Apart from Ye Zexi, who else has our Idol given his concern for?"

Countless whale fans were silent for a moment when they saw this comment.

It seems...not that many!

The more they think about it, the more they feel that something is wrong.

"I'll go first. Shan Zeyu posted on Weibo. Our male god [2] also liked and commented. But this is the male god's good friend, everyone knows that, so...is there anyone else?"

The answer was ......

Fans of He Jinyun dared not answer.

Soon someone asked: "Film Emperor He prefers men or women?"

He Jinyun's fans were silent.

Because He Jinyun's long time fans know that as early as the first year of He Jinyun's debut, He Jinyun publicly admitted his sexual preference is male.

Why haven't you been in love? He Jinyun just replied that he hasn't met the right person yet.

Looking at the situation now, He Jinyun's fans really dared not make lies.

Over the course of one night, the two fandoms had a heated discussion. The next morning, the marketing account updated again, and countless people who love to eat melons also flocked to the topic discussion. The names of Ye Zexi and He Jinyun actually became popular, hanging at the back of the hot search.

Tang Jing woke up in the morning to find that Ye Zexi had posted a Weibo last night. He went to bed early and naturally missed it.

Clicking on the hot comment, Tang Jing saw He Jinyun's comment.

 

Tang Jing's eyebrows suddenly frowned, and his expression was a little ugly: "These fans really love detective games. Teacher He has always treated everyone well. Why do they think he gives Ye Zexi special treatment?"

After scrolling down past the 10th comment, Tang Jing saw the CP fan comments of him and Ye Zexi.

Seeing this, Tang Jing's face looked a little better.

He skimmed through half of the comments on Ye Zexi's Weibo post, then Tang Jing exited Weibo, opened WeChat, composed a message after many corrections and proofreadings, and Tang Jing pressed the send button: "Did you finish filming late last night? Take a good rest!"

After waiting for a while, Tang Jing didn't wait for Ye Zexi's reply.

Tang Jing glanced at the time, guessing that he might not be up yet.

While he was browsing Weibo, the assistant had come to urge Tang Jing to get up quickly.

Tang Jing responded, put the phone aside and went to wash up first.

After washing up, Ye Zexi still didn't reply. Tang Jing frowned and checked the phone.

Tang Jing never received Ye Zexi's reply. From time to time, he would pick up the phone and open the WeChat interface for any message.

Tang Jing's WeChat vibrated when he almost reached the set.

A red number 1 appeared next to Ye Zexi's name on WeChat.

Tang Jing's breathing stopped suddenly, his heart beating very wildly at this moment, he hurriedly clicked to read the message.

Ye Zexi simply replied with one word: "Okay."

After actually seeing the message, the tension on Tang Jing's face was obviously dissipated, but what followed was an unknown feeling of loss.

He couldn't help thinking, why did Ye Zexi only reply to him one word?

How could he continue with the next topic?

Tang Jing couldn't think of a good topic. After struggling for a long time, he could only reply: "Alright, I'll go shooting first. I won't disturb you. Let's get together when you finish."

This time Ye Zexi responded quickly: "Okay."

The reply was not better than the last one, but Tang Jing's mood was still obviously better.

At least this time he was able to ask Ye Zexi out!

Tang Jing turned off his phone contentedly, just as he was about to get out of the car.

Without waiting for the driver to completely stop the car, the agent next to him suddenly stopped him and said: "Xiao Jing, are you in love?"

Tang Jing's heart jumped a bit, the phone was almost unsteady, and his voice was shaking: "What, what?"

The agent frowned: "I noticed that you were a bit out of it earlier, just now it looked like you were waiting for a message?"

Tang Jing's heart suddenly tightened, but the expression on his face did not change, and a smile appeared: "How, how so? I was a bit bored earlier and did not know what to do, so I looked at the phone."

When the car stopped, the agent opened the door first and looked at Tang Jing and said, "It's best to be like this. Your career is now on the rise. I've told you many times, it is not good to have your love life publicized, it would affect your career development, you should be more careful of yourself."

Tang Jing felt a little guilty and nodded: "Yeah, Sis, don't worry."

The agent didn't say anything, then their group of people walked to the studio.

*

Hengdian Hotel.

Yesterday, Ye Zexi had a lot of scenes, but today he had a really easy day. Ye Zexi did not have any morning scenes, so he got to sleep in on such a rare occasion.

When he saw Tang Jing's message, Ye Zexi was not completely out of sleep, so he just replied a few words casually.

After he had completely woken up, Ye Zexi read the message from Tang Jing again, and his brows suddenly knitted together.

Some time ago, Tang Jing sent messages to Ye Zexi every day, but Ye Zexi deliberately did not reply. After two days, Tang Jing did not send him any more messages.

It now seemed that what he did that day was correct.

Ye Zexi really didn't know what went wrong. How could Tang Jing start to get close to him?

Although it was indeed good to be friends with such a handsome guy, his relationship with Tang Jing could only stop at being friends.

After all, Tang Jing is He Jinyun's official match.

Thinking of He Jinyun, Ye Zexi couldn't help but think of last night's Weibo, and the little dried fish that made him feel unfulfilled.

Ye Zexi's eyes suddenly lit up. He couldn't ask He Jinyun for dried fish, but he could have Tang Jing to help him!

As long as he and Tang Jing have a good relationship, he can ask He Jinyun through Tang Jing anytime!2

Thinking of this, Ye Zexi suddenly felt that the dark clouds on top of his head disappeared instantly.

Picking up the phone on the side, Ye Zexi rarely took the initiative to send a message to Tang Jing: "Do you want to fall in love?"

Tang Jing's agent was holding onto Tang Jing's phone when it vibrated. She thought it was her phone, but when she took it out, she realized that it was Tang Jing's phone.

The agent didn't think much of it, just when she was about to put the phone away, she saw the WeChat notification on the screen lock interface——

Ye Zexi: Do you want to fall in love?

The agent's hands trembled and she almost dropped the phone.

This Tang Jing! He dares to lie to her that he doesn't want to fall in love!

But what made the agent more shocked was that this person...how could it be Ye Zexi?

Didn't Tang Jing say that he can like anyone but Ye Zexi?

The agent's mood instantly became very complicated.

At the same time, she was struggling even more. Should she have a talk with Tang Jing?

But at this moment, Ye Zexi, who was preparing for the next scene, didn't know of this big misunderstanding.

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Note:

[1] sold/sell/selling - you probably see this a lot in entertainment slang. Because the artists are like business people, who are selling their art to the fans. Fans are the ones buying their products. So that's why they use the word "sell" whenever the artist posts something on social media, etc. This word can be positive and negative, so just take the context into consideration when you see it ^^

[2] male god - literally means male god, but it is used to describe a male that is usually so handsome and good-looking that he is almost god-like. It sounds like a mouthful, but this slang can be used on a daily basis. [I used "Idol" before because it sounds more fitting, but after much consideration, I will just go with male god, it gives that authentic feeling hehehehee]