Chapter 299: The Traitor Cao Runs Rampant, a Beautiful, Wealthy, and Widowed Woman...

To fit the character of the female lead "Rainbow's" first husband as a poor student, the restaurant where the banquet will be held tonight is naturally a small restaurant with a lower-middle-range price.

It's worth mentioning that the restaurant owners were casual fans of Li Sishi. When they encountered this young actress who "brought glory to the country" and came to borrow the venue to film, they gave the crew as much freedom as possible tonight. The couple even voluntarily gathered in the corner of the private room to wait and watch the crew film.

Of course, the two of them also managed to get the two elder guests to play background roles, just waiting for the PA to call for their seats so they could go and find a good spot to sit.

If it weren't for the fact that they still had some customers to serve at their restaurant tonight, the couple probably would have called all their employees over to be on standby. However, in terms of professionalism, the main actors on screen were all temporary replacements of the waiters. So no matter how enthusiastic the restaurant owners were, the director only asked for a few real restaurant waiters to act as those moving background figures.

After all, the first husband and the female protagonist were both poor students with no one to rely on at the time. They had worked hard to save enough money to book these two banquet tables for their wedding, so they definitely didn't need so many waiters and shouldn't have had so many waiters.

After whispering with Cheng Erjian, Li Sishi took advantage of the time before filming officially started to go over and take a photo with the restaurant owners at their request.

In the pre-smartphone era, photos weren't so easily taken unintentionally or maliciously edited, so celebrities back then were very down-to-earth. Given the opportunity, if someone asked for an autograph or a photo, it was generally no problem—of course, it was also fine if you didn't agree to their requests, but if a tabloid later accused you of "acting like a diva" or "looking down on people," you couldn't just get angry and start a fight with the paparazzi…

These kinds of commercial films don't usually keep the costumes and makeup secrets. Since the production team was given a lot of leeway, Li Sishi naturally wouldn't refuse such a small favor in return—besides, strictly speaking, even casual fans are fans, and she'd definitely want to gain as many as possible.

Maybe it's because she's so "approachable" that when she releases an album or makes a movie next time, people will easily remember her fan-loving ways and turn their initial hesitation into a decision to buy.

Over the years, Li Sishi has attracted many new fans to her charity work because of her kind temperament and dignified demeanor, especially among middle-aged casual fans. The more she acts like an "ideal child" in other people's eyes, the more easily these middle-aged fans are drawn to her image as a "scholarly and beautiful woman."

He fell vertically into the pit and could never climb out again...

Most importantly, although middle-aged fans are much more rational in their purchasing desires than young fans, once they get excited, the powerful purchasing power they unleash, given their confidence in managing their finances, far surpasses that of young people.

Cheng Erjian was used to Li Sishi's constant efforts to expand her fan base, so when she asked him to come over for a photo, he and Xiao Xie went over as well—and they quickly received a compliment from the restaurant owners: "You two look like a family of three..."

Seeing Xiao Xie's face almost turn green, still treated like a good son by everyone, Li Sishi suppressed a laugh and leaned over to explain, "No, this time Lemon and I are playing a married couple! Of course, Yimian is also my husband..."

Although she was used to calling Xiao Xie by his English name, Nic, most people in and outside the Hong Kong entertainment circle still preferred his childhood nickname, "Lemon." To avoid any misunderstandings, Li Sishi would also call him "Lemon" in public.

"Oh, so the spaghetti must be the first husband and the lemon the second husband, right?" The restaurant owner, who had undoubtedly watched Xiao Xie grow up, couldn't help but sigh as she looked at him. "Sigh, time flies. You've grown up so much in the blink of an eye, and you're even married now..."

Although he agreed with the restaurant owner's later remarks, Xiao Xie still frowned and expressed his dissatisfaction with the earlier subconscious ranking based on appearance and age: "You're wrong, I'm number one."

Even if we were to rank them by their nicknames, he should definitely be ranked higher, right? "Lemon Spaghetti" sounds weird, but who has ever heard of "spaghetti with lemon"?!

"So you're ranked first and he's ranked second? That's for sure. Girls all like men they can rely on. It's normal that Ah May chose Nan Ge over you. You're still young. You'll understand when you grow up in a couple of years..." The restaurant owner was probably a fan of Cheng Erjian's character and casually added a sentence that was no less than a fatal blow to Xiao Xie at this moment.

"Never mind, they'll probably understand when the show starts." Li Sishi quickly tried to smooth things over, managing to appease Xiao Xie, who was pouting and looking down. Then she led him away to their positions to prepare for filming.

The scene that opens the movie uses a dialogue between the female lead "Rainbow" and her first husband "Red" to briefly introduce their story of getting to know each other and falling in love. Then, the two hold hands, look at each other affectionately, and make a promise, showing what a young couple full of dreams and hopes for the future looks like.

"Although I can't give you anything right now, please believe that I will love you with my life!" Xiao Xie himself studied music and was brought to the screen by his famous parents from a young age, so his acting skills have always been good.

In addition, after honing his skills with the complex character in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes 3", playing this kind of hopeful and cute young man is a piece of cake for him now – perhaps also because his co-star is a young lady he likes?

Although the film's director, Chang Chung-tsu, also pays attention to gossip, he is an old man who has been involved in film production since the 1970s. Therefore, he has a good relationship with Xiao Xie's father, Xiao Yuan. Xiao Xie was able to get the role this time, thanks in no small part to the opportunities provided by those intricate personal connections.

Seeing this once arrogant second-generation star shed his innocent cuteness and appear as an actor for the first time, Zhang Songzu squinted at his smooth performance and lines, and breathed a sigh of relief: it seems he hadn't misjudged him. Besides resembling his parents in appearance, Xiao Xie also has considerable talent in the entertainment industry.

It even exceeded his expectations—Xiao Xie's earnest and affectionate manner when confessing to the female lead made him feel as if he were seeing the former playboy Xiao Yuan, who had once dominated the dating scene.

However, regardless of whether Xiao Xie's performance was "a natural fit"

"It's all about talent. As long as he can make good films, that's the important thing. He doesn't need to pay too much attention to the little thoughts of young men who like pretty older women: First of all, this feeling of first love is easy to fade with time. Even if it doesn't fade, Li Sishi is at most four years older than Xiao Xie."

Looking at Li Sishi's appearance, personality, family background... isn't every aspect of her top-tier in the entertainment industry and even the elite circles?

Aside from the four-year age gap, Xiao Xie could even be considered somewhat "unworthy" of the other child—moreover, given their current ages, Xiao Xie's age might even be a "flaw" that would be a disadvantage...

After all, among Li Sishi's various rumored suitors, there were quite a few who were comparable to him in every way and whose ages were also quite compatible with Li Sishi.

Returning to the scene between the two, after Xiao Xie said what could be considered a spoiler—"I will love you with my life"—the extra playing the lawyer immediately appeared with a will.

Xiao Xie's character, "Ah Red," has a super-rich uncle who just passed away yesterday due to a family history of heart disease. The lawyer comes with the uncle's will, saying that the uncle's dozen or so large chain supermarkets will be inherited by his nephew, "Ah Red."

Ah Red and the female lead Rainbow were naturally overjoyed at this windfall.

Especially Ah Red, who had just made up his mind to work hard and make sure his newlywed wife Rainbow had a good life—he excitedly shouted "We're rich!" and "We're rich!" as he grabbed the pen and quickly signed his name on the will.

But perhaps because of love and the need to show his commitment to his wife Rainbow, he suppressed his overwhelming excitement after signing the papers. He then hurriedly consulted a lawyer to confirm that the property he had just inherited was jointly owned with his newlywed wife. Only then did he happily want to celebrate with Rainbow...

Unexpectedly, before the smiles on their faces could fade, a tall man led a group of people into the private room. Judging from his long hair and leather jacket, he was clearly not a good guy. That's right, Hong Kong commercial films love to play with each other's memes. Cheng Erjian's gangster boss image was so popular at the time, so this movie definitely had to ride on that wave.

As for "A-Cheng," who had not yet become the second husband of the female protagonist Rainbow, the reason he suddenly came here was to retrieve the will left by his biological father in a moment of confusion before his death.

He is the biological son. Although he joined a gang and had always been at odds with his father who was in business, it was absolutely unacceptable for him to watch his father leave him only tens of millions of dollars worth of cash and real estate, and then give away a supermarket worth hundreds of millions of dollars to his nephew who had been lost for many years and had only recently been found!

This kid just studied a few more years than him!

He wanted to see if this kid could withstand his punches!

Cheng Erjian's character "A Cheng" chases after Xiao Xie's character "A Red" and beats him up. The key to A Cheng's success at such a young age is his ability to control the force of his punches and kicks, hitting people hard without causing any real danger...

As it turned out, man proposes, God disposes. Halfway through his resistance, Ah Red suddenly collapsed, clutching his chest in pain.

When the first husband realized that he had not only inherited his uncle's property but also his uncle's hereditary heart disease, he quickly summoned the lawyer who had been watching from the sidelines. Then, with his last breath, he had the lawyer notarize a verbal will leaving all his property to his wife, Rainbow.

My first husband's inheritance—successfully obtained. Please remember: Baihe (百合), mobile website, Baihe free, fastest updates, no anti-theft measures.