Ji Lin coaxed and pestered Siyu for a long time. Siyu, who was pestered by him, had no way out and finally agreed to go with him to the program. Director Liang, who heard that the two of them wanted to join the variety show, generously granted them a three-days leave.

When they were discussing, Xu Qingwan happened to pass by and heard it word for word. She abruptly stopped and said to Siyu with a forced smile, “Congratulations, you just made your debut yet able to join a top variety show. Unlike us, a nobody that doesn’t interest people. However, it might not be good for a newcomer to make a scene like this.”

If someone who wasn’t in the know heard these words with hidden needles of hers, they would think that Siyu used a backdoor to get this opportunity. Ji Lin immediately frowned and said with a heavy tone, “It’s the program’s group that decided who to choose as the honored guest. If you spoke like that, then do you also think that I shouldn’t be on the program?”

Ji Lin’s retorts made her choke. Xu Qingwan’s face turned stiff and a flash of grievance appeared in her gaze, “Ji-ge, of course I didn’t mean that. You are very popular, how could you be compared to a newcomer!”

Siyu tugged Ji Lin’s sleeve to prevent him from continuing bickering with Xu Qingwan. She turned around to face Xu Qingwan who was ardently looking at Ji Lin and coldly said, “Xu Qingwan, you said that nobody paid attention to you. However, isn’t it too self belittling? Aren’t you on a friendly term with many sponsors? Furthermore, your relationship with the mass media isn’t bad either. If you want to be on the program, you only need to ask, isn’t it easy?”

Xu Qingwan held her breath. Impossible, how did this woman know? She clearly concealed it very well! When she found that Ji Lin’s gaze on her slowly turned scrutinizing, Xu Qingwan’s heart panicked. She hastily defended herself, “No, don’t listen to her nonsense. Me and those people are only friends!”

It was good if she didn’t say anything, but once she spoke it’s the same as confirming Siyu’s statement. Only friends —— who would believe?

Siyu purposefully didn’t lower her voice and when Xu Qingwan yelled her voice wasn’t small either. Many people around them hear it. The query and distrustful look that once fell on Siyu now fell on Xu Qingwan.

Recently, Xu Qingwan has been rather popular in the crew. She had purposefully kept a good relationship with others. She paid for the afternoon tea every day. Prior to this, it’s not that people had never doubted where she got all that money. Now that Siyu said this, everyone was suddenly hit with a realization: No wonder Xu Qingwan had always worn a different famous-brand-clothing every day yet they had never heard that she was some kind of “Ms Perfect ”, she actually had this kind of relationship! [T/N: 白富美: Ms Perfect (fair-skinned, rich, and beautiful)

Ji Lin had always believed whatever his sister said. He also felt the faint displeasure that Siyu had towards Xu Qingwan. Since he also disliked this person, he supplied another cutting remark: I think Siyu-jie wasn’t talking nonsense. Do you think that no one saw you drink tea and have a meal with Chairman Wang?”

Xu Qingwan suddenly turned pale.

She sensed the gazes from the surrounding that fell on her. Her face was burning. It was unknown whether it was just a misconception or not, but she seemed to hear someone pointing at her. Xu Qingwan worked very hard to manage her image in the crew. But today, it was destroyed with a few words from Siyu. She was ashamed and resentful. Her whole body felt uncomfortable. She didn’t even have the courage to ask Siyu how she got to know all of these. She just wanted to leave this awful place. Therefore, she hurriedly turned around and left.

Xu Qingwan fled in a panic. She ran out of the crew from the side entrance, but she was blocked by a journalist who was stationed there. Director Liang’s films were tightly sealed during the shooting period and didn’t accept any media interviews. This journalist was forced to squat at the entrance to wait for an opportunity. Then he just happened to catch the sight of Xu Qingwan. His eyes immediately lit up and rushed up with a microphone.

“Wait a minute, beauty. I am a journalist from Orange Entertainment Weekly Publication. Could you spare me a moment to ask a few questions? You can rest assured that these questions aren’t related to spoilers. I heard that there is an actor called Zhou Siyu in your crew. Do you know her? Can you tell me your opinion of her? I heard she had a good relationship with the famous star, Ji Lin. Is that true?”

The journalist was very excited like he was injected with chicken blood, at last he caught someone. Since that post that vilified Siyu appeared on the forum, she had become the focus of the great battle between fans and haters on Weibo overnight. Ji Lin’s ruthless fans that had always rejected actresses actually had a lot of praises for Siyu. In this war of words, they fervently support Siyu. So, it’s hard to avoid people’s imagination from roaming and suspecting the relationship between the two. 

It’s a pity that Siyu had always been picked up by Lu’s subordinates every time she left the crew. These journalists didn’t even catch a glimpse of her shadow. At this time, Xu Qingwan, who the journalist finally encountered after waiting for so long, was suddenly barraged with questions.

Xu Qingwan was stunned, but she quickly responded and showed a generous and decent smile. She said, “Did you say Siyu……? It’s not easy to describe their relationship. However, after filming, Siyu often goes to the lounge to find Ji-ge.” 

The journalist automatically translated her words, “So that’s to say, it was Zhou Siyu who took the initiative to show goodwill to Ji Lin? Can you tell me more about it?”

Xu Qingwan’s smile turned even more magnificent, “Naturally can.”

The shooting location for《Unfathomable Challenge》was Jiang City. Siyu and Ji Lin were invited together as the special guests, so after they let Director Liang know they flew back together to Jiang City. This time, the program’s crew rented a whole villa in the suburbs as the shooting location. As soon as they got off the plane, the crew sent a group of staff to follow them with cameras.

The lead was a girl with a lean figure. When the girl saw Siyu, she beamed with happiness. She secretly took out the magazine that Siyu modeled in at that time and begged her to sign an autograph. After she got her wish fulfilled, she joyfully took back the magazine with the greatest care and looked at Ji Lin, “Ji-ge, you guys have finally come. All the others are already here, we’re just waiting for you two.”

Ji Lin stared at her with a passion similar to that of an ordinary fan, “Do you like Siyu-jie very much?”

That girl complacency replied, “That’s right. I’ve followed Siyu from the very beginning. But after seeing the real person, she’s actually more beautiful than the photo.”

Siyu who was complimented by her felt a bit bashful. Who expected that her silly younger brother also nodded earnestly in complete agreement, “that’s right!”

The two fellow braised fish diehard fans looked at each other with eyes brimming with tears and they chatted together excitedly. Finally, the cameraman reminded them that they were going to be late. The group hurriedly got into the car sent by the program’s crew and rushed over to the villa.

Because it was a documentary of their journey (to the shooting location), that girl acted as a temporary host and asked a few minor questions to liven up the atmosphere. At last, she jokingly asked, “Everyone said that our program could also be called ‘The Friendship Ruiner’. If you guys become enemies, are you willing to hurt each other?”

Ji Lin confidently opened his mouth, “I think that Siyu-jie and I will surely be in the same group. I don’t need to worry about this because I’ve never thought about it!”

Siyu said with a smile, “ It depends. I will let others die if I can live.”

The contrast between Ji Lin’s confident expression and Siyu’s up-to-the-heaven expression was very striking. The girl who acted as the host couldn’t help laughing, “Ji-ge, you [formal] should take things easy. Siyu-jie doesn’t seem that she’ll be merciful to you.”

The car quickly arrived at the destination. The girl led them inside while introducing the other guests to them. At first, everything was okay, but when the name “Chu Shuangyan” was read aloud, Ji Lin couldn’t help but curse in a low voice.

Siyu was also stunned. This Chu Shuangyan… isn’t she the supporting female lead of the《Superstar’s Pampered Marriage》? She actually also participated in this program?

Speaking of Chu Shuangyan, her family and the Ji family were on friendly terms. She and Ji Lin could be regarded as childhood sweethearts. Duan Rulan had always been fond of her since she was a child. She [DRL] always had the thought of arranging a marriage between the two families. Unfortunately, Ji Lin was totally indifferent to Chu Shuangyan and even a bit fed up with this stubborn girl with princess disease, rejecting her didn’t work at all. Even when Ji Lin ran away from home and entered the entertainment circle, it was partly because Chu Shuangyan and Duan Rulan forced him to do so.

After that, in order to pursue Ji Lin, Chu Shuangyan also entered the entertainment circle. Now, it’s the era of public personas. With her sweet appearance, Chu Shuangyan’s princess disease nature actually attracted a lot of loyal fans. She always liked to draw attention to herself. She once publicly said that Ji Lin was her ideal type. Just because she had her family as her backer, her journey had always been smooth sailing. 

“This troublemaker is actually here too…. How come no one informed me?” Ji Lin asked with a dark face.

The girl who led them was a bit embarrassed, “Something came up for Film Empress Guan and she couldn’t make it, so the program’s crew replaced her with someone else. Because it happened suddenly, I didn’t have the time to tell you [formal]…..” and the reason why they used Chu Shuangyan, was firstly because she strongly demanded it, and secondly because there’s content to discuss!!  

Chu Shuangyan’s love for Ji Lin was already something that’s half-public. If you put these two people together, they can hype things up. The program’s crew naturally looked favorably on such a profitable deal.

Since they all have arrived there, of course, they couldn’t just give up and leave. Ji Lin, with a heavy look, walked into the villa with Siyu without saying a word.

The other six guests had already been waiting in the living room. A sweet girl in a puffy dress caught sight of Ji Lin and called out “A-Lin” joyfully while looking like she wanted to stand up and run to him.

Ji Lin complained incessantly. He really didn’t like this kind of spoiled girl. He said in a low voice, “Jie, let’s go, it’s all over if you are pestered by her.”

He said while half pushing and half pulling Siyu, bypassed half of the living room, and sat at the corner farthest away from Chu Shuangyan.

Chu Shuangyan glared at Siyu. If her glare could turn into knives, Siyu’s heart would have already been pierced through and died. She wanted to sit there, but the seats on the sofa were already full. All the people here were all influential stars. In addition, the camera had been recording. Chu Shuangyan couldn’t do something out of the line, so she could only sit back to her original seat reluctantly.

The innocent Siyu received that trouble due to her own making. She once again regretted how she made such a melodramatic comic. However, no matter what she said, now it’s already too late. She pretended that she couldn’t feel Chu Shuangyan’s gaze on her and looked around. The program’s crew had specially decorated the villa. The furniture inside was changed into a medieval theme, making it seem like an ancient castle.

Siyu was curiously looking around when suddenly the person next to her hand over a cup of warm water while softly saying, “I often heard Director Liang said that he had found a treasure recently. It must be you, right? You must be fatigued by the long journey, here drink a cup of warm water to moisten your throat.”

Siyu turned her head towards the voice and saw the handsome guy who was sitting next to her. His facial features were very gentle, the type that looked like a modest gentleman and easily made people have a favorable impression towards them. Seeing that Siyu was looking at him with some hesitation, he smiled understandingly and took the lead to introduce himself, “ I am Wen Yuan. Perhaps this is our first time meeting, but I have heard a lot of stories about you.”

Wen Yuan? That youngest Film Emperor?

Siyu had heard about this person. She had always thought that it wouldn’t be easy to meet with such a person, and yet today she found out that it was completely the opposite. Wen Yuan had a temperament that made people unconsciously want to be close to him. But to Siyu, the most important thing was that——the extreme good luck that Wen Yuan had. It was very good and almost on par with Ji Lin’s luck.

“What did you hear about me?”, Siyu, who sat between the two people with the most prosperous luck, was so comfortable that she was close to squinting her eyes. She took a sip from the cup that Wen Yuan handed over. Her eyes curved into a crescent moon and she asked that in a good mood.

From Wen Yuan’s point of view, Siyu’s expression right now looked exactly like a satisfied cat. It’s just a pity that her complexion was too pale. It made the people who looked at her feel pity.

Wen Yuan unconsciously lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of disturbing Siyu, “They said that your health isn’t good but you dare to stay in the crew all day long for shooting. Simply like you don’t want your life anymore.”

Siyu sized him up and down, then said with a smile, “I think that there must be people who risk their life even more than me. Are you complimenting me or insulting me?”

This girl’s temperament was very straightforward. This was Wen Yuan’s first impression of her. She’s sick but not weak. She’s pitiful but she didn’t need pity from others. Wen Yuan rarely saw a girl like this. Moreover, Siyu’s earnest attitude towards filming had won a great impression from him.

“Of course it’s a compliment. “ Wen Yuan said, “It’s rare to have a chance to be on the same show, this must be fate. I hope when we’re drawing lots to divide the groups later, we can be teammates.”

Originally Ji Lin had been sitting quietly at the side. However, once this sentence was said, Young Master Ji Lin couldn’t bear it any longer. What teammates?! Jiejie could only be in the same group with him!

“Say Wen Yuan, that’s about enough. Don’t use your method to coax your fans on Siyu-jie. Is she someone you can coax?” Ji Lin looked like he discovered a pig that potentially wanted to dig his Chinese cabbage. He stared at Wen Yuan with very vigilant eyes and solemnly said, “just you wait, you’re destined to meet but not fated to be together!”

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like