Chapter 25

What's wrong with this woman? She turned against me right after filming the kissing scene?

Before Ranlong could sort out his thoughts, Qiu An whispered to him, "Let's go, let's go have lunch together."

Ranlong felt a chill on her palm, and four ice-cold fingers pressed against her. She was startled and waved her hand, violently pulling away the hand that Qiu An was holding.

The movement was so big that it was hard not to attract the attention of Sister Hou and Yuan Chengyin.

"Ranlong, what's wrong with you?" Sister Hou asked her with concern. Her ancestors had just saved her a future, and she decided to give them a good look for the day.

Ranlong looked at Qiu An, then at his own hands. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "I touched a bug. It scared me."

Oh no, she actually wanted to save face for Qiu An.

"Were you bitten? Some mosquitoes are very poisonous. Let me help you see if you need some medicine."

As Sister Hou was about to pull Ranlong's hand over for a closer look, Yuan Chengyin quickly slapped her restless hand away.

There are a pair of eyes staring at you that are a hundred times more vicious than those of mosquitoes.

Yuan Chengyin said, "It's okay. This guy isn't that arrogant. This isn't a mountain in the countryside. Where would the poisonous mosquitoes come from?"

"I'm glad you're okay. Let's go get our lunch boxes." Qiu An never gave up after being rejected by Ran Long once, and once again held Ran Long's hand in public.

Ranlong didn't refuse her and silently let her lead him, only muttering, "What do you mean by 'getting a box lunch'? It's such an unlucky thing."

Sister Hou was stunned by the sight of the two holding hands. She looked at Yuan Chengyin for an answer, but received only a cryptic smile.

Never mind, this is fine. A harmonious relationship between Ranlong and Qiu An is a win-win for her, and it also saves her from constantly thinking about taunting others and making shocking remarks. If she becomes popular again and is exposed, she will have to spend money and energy on PR.

Sister Hou was startled by this thought, then nodded in satisfaction. She was becoming more and more like a professional broker, even developing a sense of risk management. How impressive!

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Only after walking to a place where no one could see him did Ranlong pull his hand out of Qiu An's palm.

"Why are you holding my hand?"

Holding hands was too much of an ambiguous gesture. Even when they were close, they would just hold each other's arms like best friends. But ever since Ranlong confessed his love for her, even such intimate interactions as holding hands have become rare.

But Qiu An not only didn't explain, but also asked her: "Can't I hold your hand?"

Ranlong asked back: "Do we have a good relationship?"

Qiu An countered, "Don't you want to hold my hand?"

Ranlong thought, what a strange question. He's already grown up, why should he hold hands with someone?

"No. It's so strange. There were so many people watching just now."

"When no one is around?"

"No." Ranlong said firmly.

"Okay, then I won't hold it."

These words made Qiu An seem very generous.

It's obvious that their relationship is not good enough to hold hands, and it's obvious that their sexual orientation is not enough to hold hands.

Could he be using her to provoke Yuan Chengyin? If he doesn't even like her, what's the point of stimulating her? Besides, isn't kissing more stimulating than holding hands?

We've already had a French kiss, so what's wrong with holding hands?

No, how come I ended up refuting myself after going around in circles...

After receiving his lunch, Ranlong took the boxed lunch into the RV, hoping to find a quiet place to enjoy his first meal after surviving the disaster.

But Qiu An didn't expect that "eating together" was not a joke. She didn't even ask Ran Long for permission, but got into Ran Long's RV and sat across from her.

…

"We've already filmed the most intimate scenes here in Ducheng, why are you still clinging to me?"

Ranlong didn't reject her, he just felt like saying something naughty.

Qiu An didn't answer. He put the lunch box on the table, opened the lid, and started eating in silence.

Seeing that she was feeling very aggrieved, Ranlong softened his heart and stopped chasing her away. He also put the lunch box on the table and opened the lid.

Just as he was about to pick up his chopsticks, Ranlong looked at Qiu An's rice, then at his own rice, and the more he looked, the more he felt something was wrong.

Although the dishes in Qiu An's lunch box were the same as others, her dishes looked less greasy and the portions were a little smaller than others.

"Why does your lunchbox look different from mine?"

She remembered that when she received her lunch boxes, the person in charge of distribution handed a box on the table behind her to Qiu An, and gave her the one at the top of a large bag.

Qiu An said, "Less oil, less salt, and smaller portions."

Sounds like food for cats.

It’s pretty much the same as what Ranlong guessed.

"Isn't this just being special? It looks like the same as everyone else's, but actually, less oil and less salt means it's cooked in a separate pot."

"Yeah." Qiu An did not deny it.

"They advertised themselves as being free from special treatment and acting like a big shot on the set, living and eating with all the crew, but in reality, they were staying in the most luxurious suite in the hotel and eating meals cooked in a single pot. Isn't this just a form of false advertising?"

"Yeah." Qiu An did not deny it.

"So, we're all in the entertainment industry, and your fans really dare to say you're kind-hearted and pure-minded? In fact, you're a person with so many schemes that you don't even know where to put them, right?"

"Yeah." Qiu An still didn't deny it.

"Can you say anything other than 'hmm'?"

"meeting."

“…”

Ranlong was defeated by Qiu An's sincerity.

It seems that this is not the first time that Qiu An has confessed this to her.

She remembered Qiu An saying to her, "I have taken advantage of many people," but she was still angry at the time and didn't take it seriously.

"Then what is your purpose in approaching me now?"

Qiu An lowered his head and ate silently, but he pursed his lips and frowned, as if he was thinking about something.

Ranlong decided to show mercy and give her some closed questions that were easy to answer.

"Because Yuen Cheng-yin chose me as the lead, he had no choice but to act with me. He wanted the filming to go smoothly?"

"no."

"You want to use me again?"

"no."

"Atoning for having betrayed me before?"

“Yes… and no.”

"Here I am playing with turtle soup!"

Ranlong was angry, and Qiu An was laughing secretly.

She almost wanted to turn her lunch box upside down on this woman's head. She was being so serious all day long but still doing something frivolous.

She thought Qiu An got into her car to talk to her, but until the meal was over, Qiu An did not take the initiative to bring up the topic.

"I'm leaving." This was the only sentence Qiu An said on his own initiative.

"Oh, wait until I finish the last two bites and help me take the garbage down."

Qiu Anzhen listened to her and stood beside her, watching her finish her lunch box and leave with the garbage.

Strange woman.

There was still some time before the lunch break ended, and Ranlong didn't want to take a nap, so he opened his phone and started browsing the entertainment section of the forum.

Although Qiu An is in the crew, there are quite a few posts about her in the forum, and they are all discussing her joining the crew.

Ranlong clicked on a post titled "【Few words, big news】Qiu An goes to the adult entertainment industry, new gossip guaranteed to be authentic", and saw that the poster, through an informant with complicated connections, revealed that Qiu An had signed a contract for a lesbian film directed by Yuan Chengyin.

1L: This post is going to be popular, grab the sofa first

2L: True or false? A believer's wish came true, and she will be a vegetarian for six months.

3L: Who will play the other female lead? I bet Yuen Shing-yin will direct and star in it himself [fingers hooked][squinting smile]

4L: I have already thought of the plot. I will come out as soon as the movie is released. I will be nominated for many Golden Hong Awards. My acceptance speech will say yes, we are together and have a child [smirk][covering mouth and laughing]

5L: [Quote 4L] Support with both hands and feet

…

Ranlong silently clicked exit.

I clicked on another post titled "【Please reveal】Who is the other female lead in Qiu An's yuri film?"

Users in the thread have used their talents to uncover the recent schedules of many female artists. Unfortunately, those who flew into Ducheng at the same time either had other public schedules or their subsequent schedules did not match.

In the end, some people even suspected that Yuan Chengyin wanted to use undebuted artists as the protagonists.

There were more than 600 replies in total. Ranlong flipped through them one by one unwillingly. His eyes were dazzled, but he still didn't see his own name.

What, is she so confused that her flight information is no longer available for sale and is harmless?

What a joke, she and Qiu An flew to Ducheng on the same flight!

There are hundreds of people in this thread. If just one of them pays attention to her movements, then why would six hundred discussions still fail to hit the target?

Ranlong didn't believe it. She entered her name in the forum's navigation bar to conduct a precise search, but found that the most recent entry was a review of a bad movie she had acted in a year ago.

…

Ranlong deleted his own name, typed in the abbreviation "rl", and searched again.

This time she finally found something. She saw a post published two weeks ago, the title of which was "【rl】I think I know who the other heroine is."

1L: Please decode, who is rl?

I spat a mouthful of blood onto my phone screen. Yes, progress in this era is so rapid. One day you were trending and everyone was calling you a traitor, and the next day people were asking where you were from.

2L: Super male villain, female artist with a surname

3L: Uh, are you kidding me? Such a niche word needs to be abbreviated?

4L: To reply to the above, she is a super villain, please be considerate of her. If you write her full name, what if someone uses the internet cable to beat you up?

…

Ranlong didn't know who to scold first.

5L: So why her? Where is the host? Can you provide evidence?

6L: Ahhh, the director of this film is Yuan Chengyin, what a Shura field! Is there anyone who can understand me?

7L: Here it comes! The poster has a classmate whose relative is an agent at Hulu Media. It is said that the agent is now in Ducheng with the crew. The timeline is exactly the same as what the next door said.

This was the last straw that broke Ranlong's psychological defenses.

Who would have believed that this group of people finally found her through Sister Hou's itinerary...

Who can understand her...

8L: I checked the announcements of the artists under Hulu Media, and except for RL, the others have no schedule or are not in Ducheng. And RL seems to have not been live streaming recently.

9L: Tonic ah ah ah I don’t want to listen, I don’t want to listen

10L: Is your circle empty? You can't ban this kind of emotionally unstable actor with a history of violence forever? This kind of person should be in jail. Why can he be a 208?

The reply ends here.

Perhaps because the title did not contain the word "Qiu An", it failed to gain popularity; or perhaps because the actual results were not what everyone wanted to see, the post quickly faded away.

Ranlong felt very uncomfortable for a while.

She wondered if the day the casting was officially announced would flood Qiu An's comment section. Would people accuse Qiu An of backstabbing the fans who had stood up for her, calling her an ungrateful person? Would her fans become disheartened and turn against her en masse?

Also, will she really be able to regain her popularity after the movie airs, or will it just bring up the old story between her and Qiu An?

She was used to being scolded, but this matter was bound to affect Qiu An.

Don’t let it end up that she doesn’t become famous, but instead drags Qiu An into trouble.

Of course, dragging Qiu An into this is something we'd all like to see, but...

It's just what...