Chapter 7: Don’t pretend to hate me. This is a typical case of avoidant attachment…
Jiang Ziyi had never expected him to answer like this. It was almost as if he was declaring that she deserved special treatment...
"Why?" She clutched the thin hem of her skirt and couldn't help asking.
"Because I'm happy to be with you?" Gu Zhi thought about it.
“…But I often ignore you.” Jiang Ziyi found it hard to understand.
"That's cool, and you always respond when I talk to you."
"There's a huge contrast between my on-screen and off-screen personality, like I have schizophrenia."
"That means you have good acting skills! And you can handle any role. My dad said it's an actor's talent!"
"I don't like playing."
"I don't like it either," Gu Zhi said indifferently, "Then don't play. Anyway, I'm happy to do anything with you."
“…I hate you.” Jiang Ziyi once again said one thing and meant another.
"You don't hate me, you hate Zhou Shengsheng and Hao Yueru," Gu Zhi seemed quite confident, "When you feel annoyed, you look at the ceiling, but I never do that when I'm by your side... I don't think so now!"
"Jiang Ziyi, why do you pretend to hate me?" He was somewhat frustrated.
"Because we are not from the same world." Jiang Ziyi repeated what Lin Shuyao had said to him.
"Then how can I go to your world?" Fourteen-year-old Gu Zhi asked seriously.
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Twenty-eight-year-old Gu Zhi woke up from a hangover.
"Babababa Tyrannosaurus Rex, Pterosaur, Brontosaurus, Triceratops!" Jiang Ziyi had been brainwashed by the ghost videos of the genius netizen for a whole night.
Gu Zhi looked at her in confusion for a while, and gradually remembered everything.
"I am..." He covered his forehead and broke down in silence.
"Drink some water first," Jiang Ziyi handed over the cup considerately.
"Wow, close encounters of the third kind," she said maliciously the moment their fingers touched.
"!!" Gu Zhi almost poured the whole glass of water onto the quilt.
"Please let me go." He said in a hoarse voice.
"What time is it?" Half a minute later, Gu Zhi stood up.
"It's seven o'clock in the morning on Earth, two hours earlier than my home planet." Jiang Ziyi still didn't let him go.
"Don't go online recently. It's not good for you."
“…”
After confirming that there is nothing wrong with Gu Zhi's physical condition, the program will be broadcast on time at 8 o'clock today.
"It's delicious. It's worthy of being made by my wife." Gu Zhi held the white rice porridge cooked by Jiang Ziyi.
“…Do you still remember Zhou Shengsheng?” Jiang Ziyi glanced at his watch. There was still some time before the show started.
"He's still alive?" Gu Zhi did not hide his disgust.
"Well, didn't you mention my art exam in the variety show yesterday? And those things from 'Neighbors' got criticized again."
Zhou Shengsheng rarely acts as a "thug" in small groups. In the video released by Jiang Ziyi, he sat on the table and watched the show the whole time. Fans avoided the main point and said that he did not directly participate in the bullying, but just followed the herd mentality and did not stand up in time to stop it.
The others have either become obscure or retired, but he is still around.
"Zhou Shengsheng's uncle is in the real estate business, he's rich and powerful, and his family all benefited from it; he's had good resources in recent years, and it's said that he hooked up with a wealthy woman who's an investor," Jiang Ziyi bit his chopsticks, "I feel like it's going to be hard to hammer him this time."
"Zhou Rongshan has been embroiled in a money laundering scandal recently. Several villa complexes he developed previously have been left unfinished, his funding chain has been cut off, and he can't find anyone to take over." Gu Zhifeng said calmly, "As for the investor, they have already discovered that Zhou Shengsheng is playing both sides."
These were obviously inside information. Jiang Ziyi gradually formed a guess in his mind, "But I did take action against Zhou Shengsheng at that time..."
"That was self-defense," Gu Zhi said soothingly, "It doesn't matter. He can't find that surveillance video."
"You did it, didn't you?" Jiang Ziyi put down his chopsticks. "You collected evidence of Zhou Shengsheng's infidelity, deleted the surveillance footage, and quickly spread the news after the variety show aired?"
"I didn't mean to hide it from you," Gu Zhi's eyes flickered, "I just took this opportunity..."
"Could you please stop interfering in my own affairs?" Jiang Ziyi's chest heaved violently.
"What I hate most is your savior look."
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When Gu Zhi was on the set, no one dared to provoke Jiang Ziyi.
He took her under his protection as a matter of course, not allowing even the slightest neglect or verbal offense to happen.
Jiang Ziyi can choose not to participate in the various games played by the young actors, but he must be invited.
If Zhou Shengsheng casually said "mental illness", he would be forced to apologize to Jiang Ziyi.
However, "Zhang Jiale" did not have many roles in "Neighbors", and Gu Zhi's studies were also very stressful.
There will always be times when Jiang Ziyi is left alone.
"Ziyi, can you lend me the script to take a look?" Gu Zhi, who had just finished school, asked hurriedly.
He took the folder that Jiang Ziyi handed over, and after flipping through a few pages, he discovered that the lines of "Zhang Jiayou" had been painted into ugly black lumps, and the blank space next to it read:
Your father doesn't want you anymore and your mother wants to sell you!
"...I have memorized all the words," Jiang Ziyi covered the crooked handwriting with his hand and whispered, "Just turn to page 17."
"How long have they been doing this?" Gu Zhi's face was frighteningly gloomy.
"Uncle Director!" He turned around, "Jiang Ziyi's script was..."
"Don't say anything!" Jiang Ziyi hurriedly stopped him, "It's useless, I..."
"How can it be useless?" Gu Zhi's shoulders trembled with anger. "Are you just going to endure being bullied by them?"
"This kind of thing can be solved as long as we find the adult in charge!" He grabbed Jiang Ziyi's wrist anxiously.
"For you, it's like this," Jiang Ziyi said calmly, "Your father is a professor at a prestigious university, and your mother is the principal of a drama school. The director will definitely do you justice."
"My mother... I have nothing with my mother. I already don't fit in with the crew. If something like this happens again, I will definitely be replaced." She shook her arms vigorously and held the script full of dirty words in front of her chest. "Don't meddle in other people's business anymore."
The next day, Ms. Li Aomei appeared on the set.
"You are Yi Yi?" A gentle smile bloomed on her beautiful face. "You are so lovable."
"She's just too thin. You can feel the bones when you touch her." Li Aomei patted her shoulder distressedly. "I packed lunch for Gu Zhi. I haven't cooked for a long time, so I accidentally cooked too much. Can you help me eat something?"
She took out a stack of thermal boxes from the car, which were obviously filled with enough food for two people.
"You guys eat first, I'm going to go find someone to chat with," she walked towards Lin Shuyao.
At that moment, Jiang Ziyi's blood almost froze.
"Don't worry, my mother knows her limits," Gu Zhi put the piece of chicken wing with the most evenly colored sugar into her bowl, "She is a very remarkable person."
After dinner, Li Aomei called Jiang Ziyi to the corner of the studio.
"Gu Zhi won't be here tomorrow. If those kids plan to bully you again, just run in this direction. Got it?" She warmed Jiang Ziyi's cold face.
The next day, Li Aomei visited the crew again.
"I lost a watch these days and wanted to see if I left it on the set." She said in a guilty tone.
"Oh, it's just a small matter. How about we check the surveillance?" The director immediately started to make arrangements.
“…What are these kids doing?” Li Aomei asked casually, pointing at Zhou Shengsheng and his group who were blocking Jiang Ziyi’s way in the surveillance footage.
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"I told you my mom is powerful, right? Now no one dares to bully you!" Gu Zhi leaned on the door frame of "Zhang Jiayou"'s room. They were preparing to shoot the scene of a family of four celebrating the Spring Festival.
"Yeah, very impressive." Jiang Ziyi folded the Chinese characters for "Fu" on the desk one by one.
The boy walked towards her with a proud look on his face. He supported the table with one hand and gently placed the other hand on her shoulder. "When I teach you how to write calligraphy, I'll use this posture. How about that?"
Jiang Ziyi instinctively dodged backwards, his thumb pressed the wound on her back, and she frowned in pain.
"Are you hurt?" Gu Zhi immediately noticed her abnormality.
"No," Jiang Ziyi lowered her head and pursed her lips into a straight line. At the director's instruction to start the filming, she quickly raised her face and put on an innocent and naive smile.
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The third episode of "Breakup Lover" began, and the two still looked unhappy.
[What happened.jpg]
[Gu Zhi looks very sad]
[Jiang Ziyi keeps staring at the ceiling]
[Have you had a fight? ]
[We had a quarrel, right?]
[Damn it, it feels like the part with the most information was not broadcast! ]
[Yesterday I told my friends that they were just here to show off their affection, but today…]
[Wow, what happened to my hand holding yours?]
[Leopard Cat Cat Please Make Peace]
Why am I so nervous now?
"The program team has invited an emotional expert today. She will first make a preliminary analysis of your current relationship." The host walked between Jiang Ziyi and Gu Zhi.
Jiang Ziyi still tried to keep a distance between him and Gu Zhi from each other, away from each other in the entire living room.
"Hello, my name is Xu Yanhui," the friendly-looking woman in a suit with a low ponytail asked them to sit down on the sofa. "Let me introduce myself briefly. I have a background in basic psychology and sociology. I am currently a psychological counselor, mainly doing marriage mediation work."
"Hello." Gu Zhi said politely.
Jiang Ziyi also nodded at her.
"People generally have a misunderstanding about relationship experts, that is, 'They advise reconciliation, not breakup,'" Xu Yanhui said frankly. "Some of my colleagues are like that, but I am not."
"Audiences who have watched the first five seasons of 'Breaking Up' should know that there are quite a few successful divorce cases after my advice." She winked at the camera.
[I still remember the scene where Teacher Yan Hui earnestly persuaded the singer sister who had raised a certain pretentious arty guy for eight years to divorce, hahaha]
[Advising to break up/reconcile should be analyzed based on the specific situation. Thumbs up to sister Yan Hui! ]
[Teacher Yan Hui’s voice is still so gentle]
"When I was watching the live broadcast yesterday, it was hard for me not to notice what Gu Zhi said to Zi Yi after he got drunk," Xu Yanhui quickly got to the point.
"'When our relationship is about to go further, you run away,'" Xu Yanhui said slowly, "This is a very typical example of avoidant attachment."
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