☆, Chapter 98: Breaking News
Wen Mianyu looked down at the symmetrical pieces in their bowls and said faster than she could think, "Why are you giving me one? Is this a couple's piece?"
She was just joking as usual, but she realized it was wrong after she said it. Given the awkward and unclear relationship between her and Lu Congxu, this joke was inappropriate.
Before Wen Mianyu could say anything else to make amends, Lu Congxu smiled.
"Just because you like it." The man said in a light tone.
Wen Mianyu pursed her lips, not knowing what to say, so she simply kept silent and lowered her head to eat.
This hotel is also a time-honored brand on the island. The chef is very good at cooking. The shrimps are crispy, tender and tasty.
Wen Mianyu finished one and wanted to take more, but Lu Congxu took a porcelain spoon and scooped a large spoonful into her bowl.
"Thank you." Wen Mianyu had just said the wrong thing, and now he didn't dare to tease anymore. He said thank you very obediently.
Lu Congxu raised an eyebrow, "So polite?"
"It's polite, it's what I should do." Wen Mianyu said.
"Zhifan, eat some vegetables, eat more. Why are you just drinking water?" Director Lin suddenly pointed in this direction.
Wen Mianyu turned her head and saw Luo Zhifan holding a cup and drinking water, taking small sips as if he was playing.
"Director Lin, I'm losing weight and my agent doesn't allow me to eat too much." Luo Zhifan said with a bitter face.
"Is it okay to eat some vegetables?" Director Lin asked.
"These oils are too heavy. I have special fat-reducing meals." Luo Zhifan was helpless.
Director Lin stopped trying to persuade her and sighed, "It's not easy to be an actor nowadays..."
"But it's not easy for us as directors..." Director Lin laughed at himself, then started talking non-stop about how difficult his life was.
Wen Mianyu realized that he seemed a little drunk.
Although Yao Xin left the island, the matter was not over. On the way back, Wang Xin had a quarrel with Director Lin in the car.
After all, he was recommended by Chen Yaoqing. Although Yao Xin was the one who did it, he later gave in. The crew's behavior was equivalent to replacing people without permission, which was very disrespectful to Chen Yaoqing.
Wang Xin couldn't speak to Chen Yaoqing, so he naturally took out his anger on Director Lin. Director Lin had been quite angry over the past two days, so the two of them started arguing again.
Wang Xin got off the bus halfway and didn't even come to the dinner.
The crew's filming has not been entirely smooth sailing these days. Director Lin's accumulated emotions all exploded today, and he inevitably drank a lot.
Wen Mianyu was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable after drinking too much, so she and the assistant director tried to persuade him.
Director Lin said out what he had been holding back in his heart, and felt much better. He stopped pouring himself wine and soon fell asleep on the table.
The assistant director called his assistant over, and the two of them helped Director Lin leave.
"What's wrong with Director Lin? He drank too much shortly after the banquet started?" Ye Qianan came over from the next table, holding a red wine glass.
The remaining people at the table all had some personal grudges against Ye Qianan, and it could be said that none of them liked him.
Only Luo Zhifan was an outsider, and he politely replied, "The alcohol content of the liquor is quite high, so Director Lin got drunk quickly."
"Director Lin isn't usually a drinker, but he drank so much today. I guess something must have happened that made him unhappy." Ye Qianan put two fingers together and shook the wine glass. "Yao Xin is gone like this, and it's really hard to explain to Mr. Chen."
This was something that no one could respond to, and the table fell silent for a moment.
Ye Qianan smiled, "You guys eat your food, don't worry about me, I just came here to have a drink with Mr. Lu."
As he spoke, he walked around the round table and came to Lu Congxu.
"Congratulations, Mr. Lu, your status has been proven once again. Yao Xin is indeed no match for you." Ye Qianan raised his glass slightly and gestured to Lu Congxu.
His words sounded quite sarcastic, and it was obvious that he was not really here to toast, but rather to find trouble.
It's just that the cause of this incident is so subtle that it's hard to find a reason to start it.
Everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Ye Qianan. At first they just disliked him, but now they all felt disgusted.
Wen Mianyu took a step forward.
Lu Congxu stretched out his hand to block her behind him, and smiled calmly at Ye Qianan, "Yao Xin is indeed no match for me. I have never considered anyone in the same circle as my opponent."
“…” Ye Qianan.
“…”Everyone.
Wen Mianyu almost wanted to applaud Lu Congxu, what he said was so beautiful.
The Lu family has a strong background and a large clan, which is incomparable to an artistic family like Ye Qianan.
The media has long reported that the Lu family entered the entertainment industry just for fun, and none of the rich second-generations in the circle can compare with the Lu family's background.
Ye Qianan was choked by these words and had nothing to refute, but Chenzui just wanted to add fuel to the fire.
"In the small circle of the entertainment industry, Actor Lu really has no rivals. Yao Xin is a small-time actress who is not even a top star, but she has acted in a few TV series and she has become so arrogant. Birds of a feather flock together. I saw that King Ye and Yao Xin were very close. Is he here to seek justice for her?" Chenzui asked.
Ye Qianan glanced at him and didn't respond.
Ye Qianan took two steps forward, leaning closer to Lu Congxu's side, and lowered his voice, "I'm actually a little surprised that you'd actually kick Yao Xin out of the crew for Su Moli. Does that count as a desperate act of defiance?"
"This doesn't seem to have anything to do with you." Lu Congxu looked at him sideways with a cold expression.
"It's nothing, I'm just a little curious. Why would you do all this for Su Moli?" Ye Qian'an covered his lips and laughed softly. "When Yao Xin said that there was something going on between you and Su Moli, I didn't quite believe it. I didn't expect you to be so resilient."
"If Mian Yu knew that Mr. Lu was such a person who easily fell in love with someone else, I wonder how she would view your deep affection?" Ye Qianan asked.
Lu Congxu did not answer.
He felt that he was too stupid in the past, and actually misunderstood that Ye Qianan and Wen Mianyu were in love with each other.
Not to mention that Wen Mianyu's personality is destined not to like someone like Ye Qianan, even Ye Qianan doesn't really love Wen Mianyu that much.
His self-proclaimed deep affection may have deceived himself.
These days on the crew, Ye Qianan observed a lot and had a lot of contact with Wen Mianyu, but he didn't find any clues.
Wen Mianyu never hid anything, but Ye Qianan couldn't find a trace of familiarity. What he liked was just the appearance, status and thousands of admirers that Wen Mianyu had in her previous life. Even if the appearance changed, he couldn't recognize the soul.
But Lu Congxu can.
Even if Wen Mianyu had not stopped him from saying those words, he could still find Wen Mianyu's existence little by little from the clues of his memories when they met by chance on the crew.
At this moment, Lu Congxu was not angry at Ye Qianan's words at all. Instead, he felt pity and did not want to say more.
"You are free to think whatever you like."
Ye Qianan thought he had no way to defend himself, so he drank the wine in the glass with a smile and turned away.
"Why didn't I realize before that he had a problem with his brain." Wen Mianyu watched Ye Qianan leave and sighed from the bottom of his heart.
Lu Congxu was amused by her and smiled, "It's not too late to find out now."
…
Lu Yuxuan's accommodation was also arranged in the old house, right next to Lu Congxu's room for easy care.
After the dinner, Lu Congxu sent her back to her room and gave her a few instructions.
"This used to be Senior Brother Mianmian's room. The crew has replaced the bedding with new ones. If there's anything missing, let me know and I'll have my assistant prepare it for you."
"Thank you, Brother Congxu." Lu Yuxuan thanked him with a smile in her eyes. "Brother Congxu, please sit down. It's so tiring to talk while standing."
"No, I have to go back." Lu Congxu stood in front of the door with no intention of going in, saying, "You should get some rest early."
"Brother Congxu..." Lu Yuxuan called him, but stopped herself from speaking.
"Is there something wrong?" Lu Congxu asked.
"It's not a big deal..." Lu Yuxuan put her hands behind her back and swayed her body. "It's just a little strange. I saw that you and Sister Jasmine seemed to be on good terms."
"Yeah, very good." Lu Congxu did not deny it.
Lu Yuxuan was slightly surprised.
When she asked the question, she never expected that Lu Congxu would admit it so readily.
I thought the man would just perfunctorily say that they were colleagues.
Now that Lu Congxu really admitted that they had a good relationship, Lu Yuxuan didn't know what to say. She opened her mouth and laughed dryly, "No wonder, I also felt that you two had a good relationship..."
"Yeah." Lu Congxu responded.
"I'm just a little confused..." Lu Yuxuan looked up at him. "Brother Xu has always been very reserved about relationships between men and women. He's always kept his distance from the actresses he's worked with before. Seeing you and Jasmine being so friendly today really surprised me. You're like... a couple."
Lu Yuxuan spoke the last four words in a very low voice.
But the distance between them was less than half a meter, so Lu Congxu could hear clearly.
He slowly raised the corners of his lips, looking quite happy.
"And..." Lu Yuxuan continued, "I heard Cheng An mention something before. It seems that Su Moli harassed you. Brother Xu seemed to be bothered by her at the time, but I didn't expect that you became good friends so quickly. Was there some misunderstanding about what happened before?"
There was some misunderstanding, but Lu Congxu didn't intend to explain anything to her. He said lightly, "What happened in the past is the past. It's different now."
"Oh, so that's it..." Lu Yuxuan smiled awkwardly.
"If everything is fine, I'll go back first." Lu Congxu raised his wrist and adjusted his cufflinks.
Lu Yuxuan went forward and opened the door. "I'm fine here. Go to bed early after you get back from Brother Xu. See you at the filming tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow." Lu Congxu walked out slowly.
After watching him return to the next room, Lu Yuxuan closed the door.
She leaned against the door panel, her face ashen.
…
After a night's rest, Wen Mianyu looked in the mirror when she got up early the next morning to wash up and found that the swelling on her face had subsided.
The scar is still there, but the color has become lighter, so it can be covered without applying too thick concealer.
This made her feel relieved, as she didn't have to delay the filming.
However, even this scar, which didn't even break the skin, made Lu Congxu take it very seriously.
Wen Mianyu went downstairs to the restaurant and found that her breakfast was prepared separately.
A small bowl of vegetable porridge, milk buns and salad are light in taste and are all foods that help wound recovery.
this……
Wen Mianyu was a little helpless. "My face is almost healed. There's no bleeding. Even if I eat a lot of oil and salt, there won't be any scars."
She usually likes to eat seafood porridge for breakfast. Living near the sea, she also likes it.
However, Lu Congxu didn't plan to let her eat those these days. He poured a glass of juice and placed it in front of her. "It's better to pay attention to your diet. Eating light food is also good for your body."
That's the truth, but Wen Mianyu has a strong taste for food, and she can't stand the sudden light food.
Wen Mianyu grabbed a steamed bun with a bitter look and took a big bite.
The white steamed buns are made particularly well, with rich milky flavor and layers of patterns, but they don’t taste sweet at all when you chew them.
"Doesn't this steamed bun even have any filling?" Wen Mianyu asked.
"It's not good to be too sweet." Lu Congxu said.
"..." Wen Mianyu.
Mr. Lu, you are not even thirty years old yet. Do you really need to take such good care of your health?
The more he chewed, the drier it became. Wen Mianyu picked up the cup and took a sip of the juice.
Needless to say, this juice is also low in sugar and has a prominent sour taste.
Wen Mianyu's facial features wrinkled in anger.
"Sister Jasmine, Mr. Lu, good morning." Luo Zhifan and Shen Zui were the last to enter the restaurant and greeted politely.
"Good morning." Wen Mianyu raised his hand to signal, looking limp and listless.
Chen Zui covered his mouth and yawned, then sat down opposite her, glaring at her, "I thought you weren't in the mood to eat today."
Wen Mianyu swallowed the food in her mouth and asked, "Why?"
"Sister Jasmine, didn't you read Weibo?" Luo Zhifan also looked at her.
"Weibo..." Wen Mianyu was at a loss, and his eyes met Lu Congxu beside him.
The two of them seemed to have realized something, and they took out their phones, opened them, and logged into Weibo.
There were two hot searches in a row, both of which mentioned Yao Xin’s name.
"Yao Xin was replaced"
"Yao Xin was wronged"
"A look at the leading actress of Youth, Su Moli, a new actress with an unfathomable background"
Wen Mianyu browsed the homepage and learned the whole story from a famous entertainment figure.
The whole thing started with a Weibo post by Yao Xin last night.
When Yao Xin left the island, she took a selfie at the dock and posted it on Weibo with text after returning.
Yao Xin's text is as follows: I walked on the sunset when I arrived on the island, and stepped on the dusk when I left the island. I gained a lot from the trip to Qingzhu Island, which made me more mature. I hope that all the efforts in this world will not be in vain.
At first glance, this unclear Weibo post doesn't even have a point. It just seems like a daily diary expressing one's feelings.
If an ordinary person posts it, no one will pay attention to it, and no one will try to figure out the meaning behind it.
But Yao Xin is a star with millions of fans. She became popular some time ago because of a reality show, so this Weibo post sparked discussion and attention among fans.
Yao Xin’s Weibo post when she went to the island was dug out by fans, and the background was the former residence of Wen Yuxian, so everyone knew that she had joined the crew to film.
This time the filming is estimated to take more than half a month. Fans are very clear about her schedule and have left messages on Weibo wishing her a smooth filming.
But just one day later, Yao Xin actually left the island. Her fans were furious and left messages on Weibo asking about the situation.
But Yao Xin did not respond to any of the comments.
If Yao Xin had replied and explained it clearly, her fans would have believed her and wouldn't have delved into it further.
The more ambiguous she was, the more her fans felt there was something wrong, so they all acted like Sherlock Holmes and started digging deeper.
Now there is a mixed crowd, and all kinds of people have jumped out.
Someone inside the crew leaked information that Yao Xin was replaced by the crew because she offended the crew's heroine. The heroine had a strong background and was very powerful, so she squeezed Yao Xin out of the crew.
A while later, someone from Yao Xin's staff leaked some information, saying that Yao Xin was so pitiful. A senior who had debuted for six years was actually bullied by a newcomer. He studied the script hard for a month and took the role seriously, but was replaced just before filming started.
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