Chapter 48 Chapter 48 What's good about being a couple
Quan Xingai swallowed her saliva. She liked to flirt with others, but if this ambiguity could not be upgraded to romantic love, she would hate the feeling of being pursued, because rejection was a very troublesome thing, which meant that they could not even be friends. She might like someone a little, but this kind of liking could not rise to the level of love. She did not like the feeling of having to explain everything clearly.
I just felt that my brain was working very fast at this moment.
"You, what are you talking about? Are you serious?"
"Your forehead is sweating, and your mind is racing as you think about how to talk to me and refute me. Your eyes are flickering, and your steps are constantly and subtly retreating - remember this feeling? It's like when you see a zombie." Song Kang looked at the girl without blinking, she was so nervous that her breathing rhythm was disordered.
"What? Zombies?" Quan Xingai was stunned for a moment before reacting.
"Are you so nervous? Are you afraid that I will confess? Huh, it turns out you are afraid of something too." Song Kang took a few steps back and saw Quan Xingai's confused expression, so he simply covered his stomach and laughed.
"Hey, Oppa! You're so boring... You spoke as if it were true. I thought you were going to go crazy for no reason." Quan Xingai felt relieved and looked at Song Chang unhappily.
"Director Nim said he was worried that your performance later wouldn't be natural, so he tried to scare you. The trick doesn't need to be sophisticated, as long as it works." Song Chang raised his eyebrows, then jokingly said, "But now I do know that you and Senior Remember to Come Gun do have a story."
"You...you still know how to draw inferences from one example. What kind of story could it be? It's just the story of seniors and juniors in the same company." Quan Xingai shrugged and looked at the other person calmly and uprightly, without any fear.
"No story? It's better if there is no story. Can I pursue you?" Seeing the girl's lazy expression return to her original state, Song Chang spoke half-jokingly.
"No, isn't it good to be close friends? Wouldn't it be happier to be friends? What's so good about being lovers? Love will fade away sooner or later anyway...it always ends like that..." Quan Xingai smiled at Song Kang, who seemed unconcerned but whose heartbeat was racing with nervousness. She stood on tiptoe and reached out to ruffle his tangled hair, messing it up even more, as if petting a dog.
"You--" Song Kang waved the girl away angrily and started to act disrespectfully again.
"Okay, go back to filming. Thank you. I will remember you for playing a trick on me for the rest of my life."
"Ha, I'm so honored that you will remember me for the rest of your life in this way, hehe." Song Chang sighed in his heart. In fact, when he found out that his love rival was Quan Zhilong, he no longer had any motivation or courage.
If Quan Xing Ai was really a female sea king who gave him the illusion and the opportunity, he might have stepped forward and tried to confess his love to her, but he knew that Quan Xing Ai was not like that. She was just talking. If he really sent her ambiguous messages, she would probably reply belatedly next week: My phone is broken, I didn’t pay attention to what you sent last time.
Tsk, I really want to know how senior Kwon Ji-yong communicates with Jeon Xingai. Will such a senior also accommodate a small star like Xingai?
He watched the girl running down the stairs with ease and shook his head in self-mockery. He thought that he had automatically given up when he saw his rival in love, but the other party was Quan Zhilong. If he were the girl, he would also want to date Quan Zhilong...
Thinking of this, Song Chang felt that being friends with this guy Quan Xingai might actually be better than being her lover. Although she still felt a little sad about the breakup, she could take a step back and see the world would be wider. Her rival was GD, so would it be embarrassing to lose? Come on, that was GD...
Thinking of this, Song Qiang became more alert again. He shook his hair and strode forward, putting his arm around Quan Xingai's shoulders like a brother and joking with her skillfully.
Back on the set, Quan Xingai really opened up her Ren and Du meridians when filming started, and completely treated Eun-yu as herself. In the director's lens, the image of a girl who was scared but pretended to be calm and remained cool emerged. This made the character of Li Eun-yu, who was disliked at the beginning, become liked by many people.
After concentrating on shooting the action scenes, the director finally started filming the scene where the male protagonist Cha Hyun-soo wanted purple sand at the beginning of the first episode but met Li Enyu who was dancing on the rooftop. This was their first encounter and also the little light that the male protagonist encountered after he despaired of the world in the TV series.
Quan Xingai was dancing freely on the rooftop of Sweet Home in a pleated skirt and ballet shoes. The blood-red sunset cast soft light on her. The scene was as beautiful as heaven.
Then, the angelic girl found the boy who was foolishly wanting purple clay, frowned and told him coldly not to dirty the place, looking completely arrogant and annoying, and the angelic mask was instantly broken.
Quan Xing Ai's acting career relies on only 30% acting skill, the remaining 60% empathy with the characters, and the final 10% objective and rational observation of her own performance. She is truly a pure talent. With so much experience in two lifetimes, both as an artist, acting seems to have become so ingrained in her true self that she easily empathizes with the characters she plays.
The filming of Sweet Home proceeded smoothly. Chi Mingzhen was delighted that her artists were fully immersed in their roles and had good relationships with the crew, including the producers. Socially, she felt as if a halo had been opened up for Quan Xing Ai. A halo of social luck.
The Sweet Home drama still has a while to go, and the producers and screenwriters have repeatedly told Xing Ai they're looking for more roles. Ji Myung Jin is both relieved and torn. What if Xing Ai really transitions into acting? She's also a fantastic songwriter. Her new album after her transition to RD hasn't even been released yet, and this is Xing Ai's first album as a producer.
What a sweet trouble! She wants to have her cake and eat it too.
But Ji Myung-jin's biggest concern lately isn't work, but Quan Xing'ai's relationship issues... She got a call from Quan Zhilong right after filming "Sweet Home"! Even though she's about the same age as him, he's a huge veteran. She was already surprised to know that Xing'ai was in Japan and Quan Zhilong was there too, but now she's even more surprised to learn they're still together?!
Chi Mingzhen really wanted to ask, when did they meet? How come I, her personal assistant, never noticed?
Then what this senior said dispelled Chi Mingzhen's doubts——
"Xing Ai hasn't been returning my messages or calls. Don't worry, Chi Mingzhenxi, I'm not asking you to help me find her. I just want to ask if she's okay. It must be very hard to be filming a closed-door, doomsday zombie drama. The epidemic outside is still recurring. Please pay attention to the disinfection and protection around her."
Ji Myung-jin was amazed at the celebrity's thoughtfulness, and even more amazed at his concern for Sung-ae. Finally, it dawned on her—what had she said? Ignoring her? Oh, no? Could it be that Jeon Sung-ae was really just raising fish? You're so good, did you hook Kwon Ji-yong? Ji Myung-jin took a deep breath. For the past few days, she had looked at Jeon Sung-ae with eyes filled with admiration.
Goodness me, she can't even find a boyfriend, and yet there's a guy in her crew called Song Jiang who anyone with a discerning eye can see has a crush on her, and there's even a senior outside the crew who's trying to show her some subtle interest. What a lucky girl! She should open a relationship training class...
"Ouni, who have you been talking to on the phone these days? You don't even let me hear you, you're so weird." Summer vacation is coming, and Quan Xing'ai's scenes are finally about to be wrapped up. After filming, she still has a lot of work waiting for her this summer, so she pays special attention to Ji Mingzhen's calls, as if every call she answers is her increasing workload.
"Oh, no, it's a call from a senior from the company." Ji Myung-jin was a little confused. Kwon Ji-yong called her several times to ask about the filming situation. Ji Myung-jin was very confused. A senior senior suddenly came to her to ask about his artist's situation after 2 months... In other words, this guy Xingai wouldn't put people on the blacklist, right?
"Senior from the company? Who is that?... Oh no, oh no, it's over... I really forgot..." Quan Xingai complained casually. Halfway through, an idea suddenly occurred to her. She looked at Chi Mingzhen and shouted in fear, "Senior... I haven't replied to his message this whole week! Did he contact you? Ah, I was really too engrossed in filming. It was the crucial wrap-up scene. How could I have time to pay attention to him..."
"..." Chi Mingzhen breathed a sigh of relief. Xing Ai had brought it up herself. Fortunately, she didn't have to try to insinuate herself. "You idiot! I'm a senior! Are you crazy?"
Quan Xingai hurriedly took out her cell phone and disabled the Do Not Disturb function for Quan Zhilong's messages. Then the phone kept ringing with the sound of messages. Quan Xingai held her forehead with her hand. She was really immersed in filming this week and had hardly played with her phone. How could she think of Quan Zhilong who was tens of thousands of miles away!
-Mo ah? Really not replying?
-You? You're not going to block me, are you?
- Fortunately not!
-Hey...why aren't you ignoring me if you didn't block me??? And you don't even answer my calls???
-Do you believe me and I’ll post a photo of us on Instagram?
-I'll ask your assistant where you are!
-Little girl, please be safe, okay? The epidemic is coming back again and again, so protect yourself.
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Jeon Seong-ae sighed in frustration. She hadn't meant to do that. During the two months of closed-door filming, she and Kwon Ji-yong had only been able to call and text sporadically, sometimes only once every few days. Until the final week before filming wrapped, she'd barely even checked her phone. Her internet addiction had vanished, she was completely immersed in filming the drama. This distance also allowed her to put aside her previous anxieties and throbbing.
But how should she apologize to Quan Zhilong now? She thought about it and said to Ji Mingzhen, "Ouni, it turns out that all your sneaky calls recently were from Zhilong Oppa. What's the matter? Are you trying to betray me?"
"... Come on, if I wanted to betray you, I would have told you the location of the shoot long ago. So, what's going on between you and you? Are you in love?"
"No... I don't have time for a relationship. You follow me 24 hours a day, don't you? Do I look like I have time for a relationship?"
"Yeah, what about you and GD senior?"
"Well, we are just friends. Due to some misunderstandings and coincidences, some things happened that are hard to explain. We are just friends." Quan Xingai emphasized.
"Tsk tsk, my friend... if you say so, then it's true. No wonder GD senior liked his comeback single last year so many times... so that means..."
"Hey, unni, you're wrong. His likes have nothing to do with me. He is him and I am me. RIOT DOLLS became famous with their works. I don't want him to do anything that would lead to misunderstanding and make everyone think that we became famous because of him. Humph, are the songs I wrote not good?" Quan Xingai raised his eyebrows proudly.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, Xing'ai's talent is second only to GD."
"What GD is second? I am the first in Star Love. My music goal is to compete with him on the same stage one day and defeat him!" Quan Xingai made a bold statement.
"I'm so happy to see you're so ambitious. I thought you'd become an actor."
"Well, actually being an actor is more interesting than I thought. I think this filming is a very precious experience. My final papers are all about the formation and interpretation of Lee Eun-wook's character. Who knows what the future will be like? Anyway, doesn't the idol profession get eliminated when they turn 30?" Quan Xingai shrugged. She died unexpectedly in her previous life, and she had long since let go of this world where she didn't know which would come first, tomorrow or an accident.
"You... I don't know what to say to you. You seem like the type who would just say no and then just quit. So how are you going to apologize to GD-senpai? I'm about to faint. Oh no, oh no."
"Hey, please help me find a guitar, please." Quan Xingai clasped his hands together and looked at Ouni with starry eyes.
One day later
Quan Zhilong's special message ringtone finally rang, but he was still asleep and unaware of anything. Iye, who was standing by, looked at his father coldly and buried his head back in the cat's nest. After a while, the message ringtone rang again. Iye stretched out his hand and slapped his father on the waist. The man in the quilt finally moved, stretched out a hand and took the mobile phone on the bedside and put it into the quilt.
"...I'm not dreaming, it's really this heartless little bitch. Tsk, do you think I'll still care about you? Is your love for all the stars so great? There are so many beautiful and interesting girls in Seoul, they are lining up waiting for me to go on a date with them, do you think I'll still be waiting for you here? I'm too lazy to read your messages... Tsk..."
——Bad Fox sent a new message——
Quan Zhilong sneered at the notification bar on the homepage of his mobile phone, then threw the phone aside. After 5 minutes, the hand painted with dopamine nail polish quietly came out from under the quilt and took the phone back.
"Forget it, let's see what nonsense you are talking about..."
"Mo, why did you send a YouTube link? What's that? Just the three words 'I'm sorry'?"
"Huh? A vlog of me playing and singing? What? Are you going to apologize to me on YouTube? But this song... well, it's a little weird. I feel like there's a trap somewhere..."
Quan Zhilong muttered to himself in bed and watched the YouTube video of Quan Xingai singing and playing the guitar sent by her dozens of times. Then, his sensitive musical sense finally discovered something wrong. He jumped out of bed and ran to his workshop to convert the video into audio format and imported it into the production software.
He fiddled with the computer, turned the audio into musical notation, and arranged the musical notation upside down. The melody of 'Sorry but I love you, this is a lie' came out from the speakers.
Quan Zhilong finally laughed.
It was a tricky move, but the effect was good and the producer was barely satisfied.
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