Chapter 4: It turns out you also had a crush on me. Good news: He loves me so much! …
"Question 4: What was the most impressive thing on the day of your successful proposal?"
"She actually agreed." Gu Zhi wrote in neat handwriting.
On the other side, Jiang Ziyi showed six words in a flamboyant manner: "I actually agreed."
Host: "…Why is the synchronization rate of the most difficult question so high?"
Just one year after dating Gu Zhi, Jiang Ziyi ran away.
She left a contradictory farewell letter and hid in Mao Yuanzhan's house for more than half a month, not even daring to open the window during the day. The alcohol addiction that she had finally quit came back, and she was so depressed that Mao Yuanzhan suspected that she was the one who was dumped.
That was the year when Gu Zhi was at the peak of his popularity. He was nominated for multiple awards for his first feature film and won the highly prestigious Best Actor award, which was unheard of among actors who were not professionally trained.
Gu Zhi held up the trophy, his eyes were like a calm lake, slightly blue under the projection of the light.
After a decent speech and a lengthy thank you, he spoke again without warning:
"Thank you my love,"
Gu Zhi looked at the seats below the stage, his throat rolled for a moment, and his eyes dropped back.
In that moment of less than a second, they confirmed that their eyes met each other.
His eyes became like a whirlpool.
"My lifelong wish is to reach a conspiracy with you." This line from his own voice that appeared in the award-winning movie was mispronounced by Gu Zhi.
Jiang Ziyi and Gu Zhi's attitudes towards publicizing their relationship were surprisingly consistent: for their fans, both of them wanted to provide vivid interpretations of their characters rather than bubble-like dreams, and neither of them deliberately concealed the fact that they were "dating someone."
At Jiang Ziyi's request, the specific information of the "dating partner" was concealed. She tried to make the relationship controllable in this way:
You can interrupt, you can retreat, you can regret; there is no need to be so affectionate that both sides suffer.
But when she saw her reflection in his pupils and trembled all over because of his confession, which might have been made on a whim, Jiang Ziyi finally realized: this relationship was never controllable.
She began to feel instinctively afraid.
Gu Zhi finally found her. His eyes were dark and he looked as miserable as she was.
"Jiang Ziyi, do you still love me?" After a long silence, Gu Zhi asked with difficulty.
"We have been together for quite some time. Whether it is for career development or life planning, it is best to cut losses in time..." She turned her face away and dug her nails into her palms. "I love you."
"But what can I do? My work will only get busier and busier. We can only see each other once or twice a month... You rejected several auditions some time ago. How can an actor on the rise do such a thing? I have a bad reputation to begin with, and I'm in a lawsuit with Lin Shuyao. What if we are photographed by paparazzi together? Our relationship is good now, but what about the future? Can you promise to always... love me? Even if everything develops for the better, what if we get married in a few years? What if I'm not ready..." Jiang Ziyi said incoherently.
“…Are you considering marrying me?” Gu Zhi’s breathing paused for a few seconds.
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"Finally, what was the moment you confirmed that you fell in love with someone?"
"There is no unified answer to this question." Gu Zhi asked the question of a good student.
"Yes, so in order to ensure that the answers are honest enough, we have specially prepared a lie detector!" The host clapped his hands, and after a burst of exaggerated fireworks sound effects, the staff brought a rectangular machine and two pairs of animal ears.
Gu Zhi handed the furry black cat ears to Jiang Ziyi, and then put the pointed fox ears on his own head.
The live broadcast room barrage was hit by cuteness
[Cute Mouse, I forget it]
[Ahhh, the props are well chosen! ]
[Baby, you are a little black cat with pointy claws]
[Baby, you are a little fox who has hidden his tail]
[Jiang Ziyi is the kind of bad cat who seems to ignore you but will deliberately lick his fur where you can see him]
[Bad cat? Good cat! ]
[Gu Zhi laughed so hard that he seemed to be wagging his tail in front of Jiang Ziyi for a few circles...]
[Thanks, I picked up another bite]
[The couples in divorce variety shows are going crazy]
[This is the kind of BE feeling that is still there]
After installing the equipment, Gu Zhi first conducted a test: "After Yi Yi participated in the art exam, a clip of her group performance soon circulated on the Internet... Frankly speaking, I have never been so moved."
The role assigned to Jiang Ziyi was a lighthouse keeper who appeared in the movie "The Angry Torrent" for only ten minutes.
The area was infested with sharks, and she would warn every passing ship. In order to prove herself, she lifted up her skirt again and again to show her mutilated left leg.
The sea was calm, and fishing boats were coming and going. Gradually, no one took her words seriously anymore.
She became a crazy woman on the lighthouse. She accidentally broke her leg on the stairs, but insisted that she was bitten by a shark.
Until a small boat was hit by a huge fish shadow and overturned, and a cloud of blood mist appeared in the water. About an hour later, the night watchman crawled to the shore, soaking wet, and wiped the blood off the dagger with an expressionless face.
With her alert and clear eyes, she said to the crew members she rescued in the same tone as she had for ten years: "There are sharks here. Light the lights on the bow. Injured people cannot go out to sea."
After the "accident" that occurred during the filming of the third season of "Neighbors", Gu Zhi and Jiang Ziyi's contact was cut off, and he could only piece together her current situation through fragmentary reports in the entertainment news.
She refused to appear in an advertisement for a lingerie company, and during a standoff with her agent, she cut her face with broken glass.
She played several characters who died at the beginning in cheap horror movies, and every time her camera swept across, the quality of the movie was qualitatively improved.
The first thing she did after she became an adult was to sue her parents and former agency. She collected sufficient evidence, dating back to ten years ago.
She used the money she saved to train and take art exams, but a scandal involving bullying on the set broke out. Even after several parties came forward to clarify, she was still besieged offline.
She was eventually admitted to the Film Academy with first place in her major, and her group performance and dialogue clips were maliciously spread, but fortunately she performed impeccably.
She waits vigilantly, plans soberly, is smart and tenacious, will never be defeated, and guards the truth that no one cares about anymore.
…Is there no one to help her?
Gu Zhi does not have any heroism, and the "chivalry" that he is always praised for is nothing more than maintaining basic demeanor.
But he really couldn't help but care.
Jiang Ziyi was like a flame. At first, he was only attracted by her brightness and heat, but when he came to his senses, he sincerely hoped that she could burn forever.
Even if the price is to devour him.
He might be destined to be swallowed up.
Gu Zhi's fox ears stood quietly on his head, which meant that he was not lying.
"At that time, Mr. Gu was still studying abroad, and he was still studying..."
"Major in paleontology." Gu Zhi replied.
"Then was it because of Miss Jiang that you returned to China and entered the entertainment industry?" the host asked in disbelief.
"Wilfulness is only part of the reason, there are other reasons..." Before Gu Zhi finished his words, the fox's ears began to wiggle wildly.
"I've actually never been particularly passionate about anything. I studied different majors in undergraduate and graduate studies. My interest in acting is not much different from my interest in history and paleontology." Gu Zhi explained in the direction of Jiang Ziyi.
[Good news: He loves it! ]
[How can I love like this….]
[Who sent the brainwash package saying that Jiang Ziyi had been in love with Gu Zhi for two and a half years and finally succeeded with the help of a fortune teller! ! ]
[Who sent out this brainwash package saying that Jiang Ziyi took advantage of the situation because Gu Zhi was dumped by Bai Yueguang! ! ! ]
[Why do I feel that Jiang Ziyi is more shocked than I am...]
[Jiang Ziyi seems to have no idea this is happening hahahaha]
[The host looked like "I really got it"]
[So if it weren’t for Jiang Ziyi, Mr. Gu would still be digging for dinosaur fossils in the ravine, right…]
[Let's say "Thank you Jiang Ziyi"]
[Thank you Jiang Ziyi for letting the Chinese entertainment industry pick up a handsome guy with good acting skills and a good temper]
[Thank you Jiang Ziyi for letting me see Gu Zhi’s abdominal muscles on the screen]
[Giant Ziyi is good! ]
[Jiang Men [puts his hands together]]
"Why didn't you tell me before..." Jiang Ziyi was still in shock.
"This is just my wishful thinking after all," Gu Zhi coughed to cover up, "I'm also afraid that you will feel psychologically burdened after knowing it..."
"That's true," Jiang Ziyi scolded him, "How can you completely change the trajectory of your life because of just one person!"
"You're not just any guy."
"I am! Didn't we just work on the set together for a few years in junior high school?"
"You are not..."
“I am!”
"Okay, okay, it's Miss Jiang's turn to be tested." The host interrupted this meaningless confrontation.
"When Gu Zhi won the Golden Lion Award..." Jiang Ziyi said uncertainly, "His suit was really handsome."
Cat ears wiggled above her head.
"In 1931... around the Spring Festival?" Jiang Ziyi recalled, "I went to Gu Zhi's house to celebrate the New Year. He hid several boxes of fireworks and planned to show them to me at the hour, but the naughty kid next door stole them and only two firework sticks were left."
The cat's ears trembled even more violently.
"When Gu Zhi confessed his feelings?" Jiang Ziyi covered his head with his hands as if he was trying to cover his ears and steal a bell.
“…In 1929, I went to visit my friend’s film crew, and Gu Zhi was filming there at that time.” Jiang Ziyi said desperately.
It was a suspense film adapted from a famous detective novel. Gu Zhi played a gloomy young man living alone who had a crush on the girl who lived next door to him.
The heroine's husband often abused her and her children. In order to retaliate, the heroine began to poison her husband's food. Her method was not very sophisticated and was soon discovered by the young man.
After her husband died of poisoning, his body was sent for forensic autopsy, and the heroine was taken away by the police as the first suspect.
In order to help the heroine clear her name, the young man fabricated a poisoning case in which he was the murderer. By tampering with the evidence at the scene and using his excellent acting skills, he portrayed himself as an extremist who had long held a grudge against the heroine's family.
On the day he was arrested, he was handcuffed and passed the heroine in the corridor.
Gu Zhi was filming the ending scene of the film at that time, and the director needed him to add a close-up shot. Because it was an eye play, the heroine did not need to appear. Jiang Ziyi was pulled to a specific angle to act as a temporary stand-in.
Gu Zhi glanced at her casually, the hidden love in his eyes was deeper than the night, and the suppressed and surging emotions were like a tide that had already overflowed her knees, easily sweeping her away.
Jiang Ziyi, who was rarely immersed in a role, had to pinch his palms, using the pain in his nerve endings to warn himself not to fall.
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"So you also had a crush on me." Gu Zhi's eyes were as bright as the morning stars.
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