Chapter 102: Ex-Partner Announcement (Part 2) “During the seven years of separation, have you…
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"When did you first meet him?"
The staff asked Fu Zhuxing the first question.
Fu Zhuxing thought seriously for a moment. "If it's on screen, it's probably because I happened to see him in a TV series where he played a police officer in a crime drama. If it's about the first time we met in real life, it was at a private dinner five years ago. It was attended by celebrities from all walks of life. I met him at the dinner."
"So what was your first impression of him?"
"He was just like what I saw in the TV series, even better looking. His temperament gave people a very comfortable feeling, so that night I took the initiative to add him as a friend on WeChat. At first I just wanted to be friends with him." Fu Zhuxing said truthfully.
The scene switches, and Li Yuan looks directly at the camera with a smile.
"What was the reason you two were together?"
"Fu Zhuxing has always been a very honest person. Three months after we knew each other, he confessed his affection for me, and then I said, we can give it a try." Li Yuan answered quickly.
“I tried this for five years.”
"Then why did you choose to separate in the end?"
The camera switches to Fu Zhuxing.
"We never had the chance to be honest with each other. He never even said he loved me. We were both very busy with work. He was working on one group after another, and I was working on one project after another. Even though he was already successful and had won every award for his TV series, he still didn't stop," Fu Zhuxing paused. "Later, I realized that maybe he really just didn't love me that much, so he didn't want to spend even a little time with me. But I often reflect on how selfish I was."
"But the most important thing is that he worked so hard and suffered so many injuries, but he didn't want me to know. Many times, I just hope he can take it easy, even if it's just to rely on me a little bit."
"I never thought of stopping after achieving a few goals. Acting is my most beloved profession. I've climbed from 0 to 99, but I'm still one point away from reaching 100. I won't let anything stop this from happening. This is something that was in my genes when I was born, so I can't give him what he wants," Li Yuan said. "Five years is a long time. He was softer than me, but I was the one who made his love painful, so finally, on a very calm day, I proposed breaking up."
"We both knew the reason for the breakup, and he quickly agreed and wished me a bright future."
The screen switches again.
"What's the one question you most want to ask him after this relationship ends?"
Fu Zhuxing lowered his eyes. "I wonder, if he could go back in time, would he refuse my suggestion of 'giving it a try'?"
Now to the last question.
"Why did you choose to accept the invitation to our show?"
Li Yuan was silent for a long time, a rare moment. He also put away the smile that had always been on his lips, and finally replied, "It's a souvenir. If nothing unexpected happens, this will be the first and last love in my life."
Fu Zhuxing raised his head and looked at the camera with a determined look, "Move forward."
The screen went black and the ending line appeared.
[Fu Zhuxing and Li Yuan, together for five years, separated for six months.]
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[Ah…Gen-ge, ah.]
[Actually, it’s not that Li Yuan doesn’t love her, it’s just… he’s afraid of falling from that position, and Fu Zhuxing comes from such a good family, alas.]
Li Yuan is really super hardworking and never uses a body double. He often gets injured. As a fan, I feel bad for him, but there's nothing I can do about it. He's just like that. He achieved what he has today by working hard step by step. He's used to the hard work.
[It hurts so much. This mismatch led to our breakup, but Mr. Fu said we need to move on... Sigh.]
[One said to move on, the other said to keep it as a souvenir. I feel like crying.]
[No wonder I didn't see their relationship at all. Li Yuan really was restrained and avoided suspicion the whole time. How did he manage to be so patient...]
Is this an unsolvable problem?
In He Yan's mind, Fu Zhuxing's blessing to Li Yuan, "a bright future", echoed. Those were also the last words Zhu Shengting said after he was informed of their breakup seven years ago.
Memories flooded back, and the pain of that day seemed clear. Those emotions that had been buried for a long time were now surging out little by little along with other people's stories.
But he was very sad at that time, because the person he loved disappeared in his future. For him at that time, this was not "rosy" at all. How could it be "rosy"?
He admired Fu Zhuxing's sincerity and Li Yuan's honesty, and felt sorry for Fu Zhuxing's willingness to give up and Li Yuan's determination. Even he felt a little reluctant, but it seemed that any compromise he had to make would be unfair to them.
He Yan sighed, and Zhu Shengting's voice once again broke the quiet atmosphere. The third pair of stories were about to be announced without interruption.
[The remaining ones are Sheng Yan, Zhou Chengyin, Tan Shengming, Yuan Xingliang and Yang Shao.]
[Wow, that's the four-person combination besides the feast]
[I don’t know why, but I can’t imagine how to arrange the four of them.]
Zhou Chengyin is the best actor... I want to see who his ex is.
[Everyone just took the feast out like this? ]
[The Feast Group, please step back first. You have already demonstrated your superiority.]
【Here they come, who are they with? 】
[Fuck, Zhou Chengyin, you? ? And? ? ]
Ah, I guessed right.
*Screen*
[Zhou Chengyin, Yang Shao]
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"Do you remember the first time you confessed your feelings, who spoke first?"
Zhou Chengyin had a smile on his face as always, "It's me."
"I have a cousin who is a fan of his. One time, she took me to his concert. My cousin wanted to take a photo with him and get an autograph, so I asked someone to add his contact information. Later, I ran into him privately in a supermarket and found out that his new home was in the same neighborhood as mine."
"One time he found a kitten downstairs. I ran in the park in the morning and met him. I accompanied him to take the cat to the hospital. Yang Shao adopted him. The moment I saw him holding the kitten and nuzzling it, I was moved. So I started pursuing him. After two months of pursuing him, on his birthday, he agreed to be my boyfriend."
"What made you decide to be with him?"
Yang Shao looked up at the ceiling, then stared ahead after a few seconds. "On my birthday, he was in another place doing an announcement. It was raining heavily in North City that day. He drove over 200 kilometers to get back after finishing the announcement. The moment I saw him before midnight, I knew I couldn't lie to myself anymore and say I didn't like him."
"To be honest, I was attracted to him quite early on, but I didn't agree to him at that time because there was such a huge gap between him and me."
Yang Shao lowered his eyes and spoke softly, "Three years ago, I hadn't yet fully transitioned to being an idol. I was still considered an idol by everyone, while Zhou Chengyin was already a renowned movie star. He knew my inner struggles, so he didn't force me to make a quick decision. But that day, I couldn't convince myself to reject him anymore, so in the days that followed, I fought even harder."
"Then why did you choose to separate from him?"
"This isn't my choice, it's Yang Shao's." Zhou Chengyin stopped laughing and even remained silent. "I respect all his decisions."
"Have you ever regretted breaking up?"
Yang Shao rubbed the back of his neck, the corners of his mouth raised as he smiled, "Yes, because he is very good, but I still can't get rid of that feeling of disappointment, especially after he won the Best Actor award for the second time. It seems like I can never catch up. But I hope that the me he loves can also be even better."
"He has praised me many times, saying I'm great and that I'm unique on stage. But I have my own problems. I hope his future lover can love him without reservation or worry."
"After two years of separation, why did you choose to accept the invitation from the program team?"
Zhou Chengyin lifted his bangs and said, "Because he agreed, I still respect all his choices."
Yang Shao's eyes flickered and he smiled, "It was just a joke. I didn't expect him to agree."
The screen went black at this moment, and the last line of text appeared.
[Zhou Chengyin and Yang Shao were together for three years and separated for two years.]
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[It seems like Yang Shao is under a lot of pressure...]
It’s really contradictory. As a fan of an idol, I definitely wouldn’t approve of any idol dating. But if I were just a bystander of a love story, I would feel that reality is too cruel.
[So Yang Shao is indeed very hardworking, and he is indeed one of the most successful top-tier idols in transformation. But even so, his participation in this show is still the most controversial.]
「Oh my, what should I do……」
Zhou Chengyin didn't mention the word love, but only respect. But the more you love, the more you understand respect. He must have felt sorry for his lover.
【I wanted to cry, but I sighed silently】
Two hundred kilometers.
He Yan recalled that night seven years ago. He and Zhu Shengting were very busy at that time, but Zhu Shengting still found time to drive more than 300 kilometers to see him.
Although it is a bitter restart, love is also sweet.
The past of passionate love also became clear, and he saw that every person in love had thousands of different appearances, but they all had the same firmness that was not afraid of getting soaked.
At this moment, he seemed to be unable to control himself, and his eyes were sore in the dim light.
Zhu Shengting saw the tears flashing in He Yan's eyes out of the corner of his eye, which was like clear glass cutting his heart. He slowly clenched his hands, then loosened them.
Then announce the next couple's story as if nothing had happened.
[Wow… only two pairs left]
[That means Yuan Xingliang and Tan Shengming are ex-lovers.]
[That rumor back then couldn't possibly be true, could it?]
[That's really a bit bloody]
[It shouldn't be like that, otherwise I wouldn't be on this show.]
【Just take a look and you’ll know…】
[Here we are, ah, I knew this would be the last couple at the banquet]
*Screen*
[Tan Shengming, Yuan Xingliang]
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"How long have you been together?"
Tan Shengming said in a deep voice, "Ten years."
"So when did you first meet him?"
Yuan Xingliang clicked his fingers unconsciously. "Eleven years ago, when I was seventeen, I followed my mother to his house to prepare for his birthday party and worked as a laborer. That's when I met him, but he probably didn't know me very well, because my mother... was just his nanny."
"But we got to know each other later, because I accidentally rubbed the cake on his sleeve. I was about to cry at that time, but he just wiped it clean and didn't do anything to me, so I am very grateful to him."
"When did you first come up with the idea of being with him?"
"In fact, I never saw him at home after that birthday dinner. It was my cousin who took me to their school to watch a gala performance. I was sitting in the audience and heard him singing. I thought he was very talented. I happened to know about that music variety show, so I recommended him to participate. He did not disappoint me. Before that, I really didn't have any other thoughts about him, and those rumors on the Internet were naturally not true." Tan Shengming explained.
"It was on the day he came of age. He was very happy, drunk, and kissed me. After that, I realized that I seemed to have different feelings for him. I quickly figured out what I wanted, and after he sobered up, I confessed my feelings to him, and he agreed."
"Have you ever had any arguments in all the years you've been together?"
Yuan Xingliang recalled, "Very rarely. He is very rational and much more mature than me. I rarely argue with him about anything."
"Then what was the reason for your separation?"
Tan Shengming sighed, "Xingliang has always been so well behaved. He obeys whatever I do without arguing or resisting anything I do to him. I've discovered... that most of the time, his feelings towards me seem more timid and submissive than genuine, and he won't even rely on me."
"I actually thought it would continue like this, but he ended up breaking up with me first. I asked him why, and he honestly told me that he didn't treat me any better than I did him."
"It's rare for him to be so open, so I agreed, hoping he could have more time to think."
"Then why did you choose to accept the invitation to our show?"
Tan Shengming didn't think much about it. "My decision will be determined by his decision."
Yuan Xingliang rubbed the back of his head and smiled shyly, "Come to study, how... love."
The screen went black, and the last line of text appeared as usual.
[Tan Shengming and Yuan Xingliang, together for ten years, separated for one month.]
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[We've been together for ten years, damn...]
[This should be the couple that has been together the longest among the five]
[Xingliang is so good, so good, woooo ...
[Producer Tan, this is a daddy boyfriend, totally]
[Come learn to love, what a cute answer, quite unexpected]
[But I feel that Yuan Xingliang has a bit of low self-esteem]
[This is indeed a huge difference in status. After all, his mother used to be his lover's family's nanny, so he has always been quite obedient.]
[This is over. I'm so nervous. The feast is about to begin...]
He Yan calmed down at this moment, his heartbeat was steady, not as fast as before.
Zhu Shengting tilted his head to glance at He Yan, his Adam's apple rolled twice, and finally he looked at the screen.
"Next, the last pair."
*Screen*
[Celebratory Court, Celebration Banquet]
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"When you first met him, was it like what people said online, that you were incompatible?"
Zhu Shengting smiled. "Yes and no. When we first met, we were just colleagues at the company. But later on, due to certain things, we had misunderstandings with each other, and things got worse and worse, and eventually we became like water and fire."
"When did your relationship begin to change?"
He Yan touched his earlobe and put his hand down. "After we collaborated on 'When the Grain Rain Comes', some misunderstandings were resolved and we became friends."
"If I were to say... I was moved, then I don't know when I started to feel differently about him. Our relationship wasn't very good before, and things became more subtle after we became friends."
"So, after the filming of the show was finished and it aired, we didn't see each other or contact each other for a while. I found that after I couldn't see him, I would think about this matter in my free time, and my mood would become depressed. Some emotions changed without me realizing it, but I didn't dare to think about it until the celebration party later."
"When did you decide you wanted to be with him?"
Zhu Shengting fell into reminiscence. "It was after a conversation with my mother that she enlightened me and made me understand more clearly the answer I wanted in my heart. I realized that even though the road ahead might be bumpy and hindered because of this, I still wanted to hold on to him."
"I was still very young at that time, and my heart was beating so hard. I felt that love could do anything, and I wanted to walk into the future with him. So that night at the crew's celebration party, I confessed my feelings to him. I didn't even have a 10% chance of winning, and I was afraid he would reject me, but I was also 100% prepared for rejection."
"But He Yan agreed. He gave me that 10% chance and let me win once."
"I will always remember his response to me until the day I die."
Zhu Shengting smiled gently, a soft state rarely seen by anyone, not as sharp as in any public occasion.
The scene changes to the celebration banquet again.
"What was the reason for you to separate?"
He Yan was silent for a long time, then suddenly chuckled softly. After a few seconds, his eyes flickered and his eyelashes fluttered, like a butterfly landing on someone's heart.
"To be honest, I still haven't received any reason to break up with you."
The screen changes again.
"During the seven years we were apart, have you ever looked for him?"
Zhu Shengting supported his chin with his hand, his eyes were a little red, and he lowered his eyes.
"Yes, more than once, unilaterally on my part."
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