As a young man of the new era who has been taught scientific materialism for more than 20 years, Shen Huai's worldview was shattered.
He stretched out his hand tentatively and passed through the other person's body without any hindrance. He clearly saw the person in front of him, but his touch was empty. Shen Huai's mind was like being trampled by a group of elephants, and it was blank. He even scratched unconsciously.
Lu Yang hugged his arm and laughed: "Have you touched enough?"
Shen Huai retracted his hand as if he had been electrocuted: "I'm sorry."
Lu Yang looked at him curiously: "Are you my fan?"
Shen Huai: "...No."
Lu Yang: "..."
The slap in the face came so quickly that there seemed to be a crack on his handsome face. He couldn't tell whether it was surprise or embarrassment.
Shen Huai realized that something was wrong after he finished speaking. His mind finally regained some clarity from the shock of seeing a ghost, and he resumed his usual practice. He adjusted his glasses uncomfortably and said, "Sorry, I was offended just now. I'll leave now."
"Hey, wait a minute."
Lu Yang had been dead for so many years, and finally met someone who could see him. How could he bear to let him go so easily? However, Shen Huai stopped, but he didn't know what to say. After all, the other party was not his fan, and it was not easy to connect with him. In the end, he could only point at Shen Huai's forehead and utter a sentence: "It's bleeding, remember to apply medicine."
Shen Huai was stunned: "Thank you."
Lu Yang: "You're welcome." He thought of something and became enthusiastic again, "Oh, by the way, I'll take you to the employee lounge, I remember there is medicine there..."
Before he finished speaking, the staff had already brought the medicine.
Lu Yang: "..."
Shen Huai couldn't help laughing, but looking at Lu Yang's dark face and the staff's puzzled expression, he restrained his smile again. He suddenly felt that the cold images in the video document suddenly became warm and became the living characters in front of him.
Shen Huai applied the medicine and stood up to leave.
Lu Yang seemed to hesitate for a while before asking knowingly: "Are you leaving?"
Shen Huai nodded. Lu Yang seemed to be disappointed for a moment, but after he looked over, he pretended to be indifferent: "Oh."
Seeing his inconsistent look, Shen Huai clenched his fist to his lips to hide his smile, then walked over, facing Lu Yang's surprised eyes, and said with a smile: "You... do you want to go with me to take a look outside?"
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Zhongjing City, Morning Star Entertainment Company.
Bai Weijia was listening to the new agent talking about the work arrangement, but was bumped by someone unexpectedly. He immediately said angrily: "You have no eyes!"
The man ignored him and ran over silently.
"Hey, you!" Bai Weijia was about to scold him, but he was stunned for a moment after seeing the man's face clearly, "Isn't that Ye Cang? Why is he here?"
Cassie raised her head and glanced at him, and said lightly: "His agent resigned, so he should arrange a new agent."
Bai Weijia sneered: "With his useless personality, which agent is willing to take on this trouble?"
Cassie: "Someone actually took it, and you know him."
Bai Weijia was stunned, and then his face darkened: "Shen Huai?"
Cassie nodded: "Although Ye Cang is not good at singing or dancing, you have to admit that this kid has a good-looking face. If he is well packaged and trained, he may have a chance to make a comeback."
Bai Weijia sarcastically said: "If Sister Cassie thinks highly of him, she can snatch him away. You have done this before!"
Cassie just smiled tolerantly: "Okay, I just said it casually. Are you, a popular young actor, jealous of a newcomer who has not debuted yet?"
Bai Weijia snorted coldly.
Cassie knew his character well and said calmly: "I have an appointment with the president of MK Asia tonight. Don't forget, I will send someone to pick you up then."
Bai Weijia's eyes lit up, and he finally stopped dwelling on this matter and asked about the endorsement instead.
Abandoned by the two, Ye Cang returned to his rental house in a daze. The room was not soundproofed well, and he could clearly hear the couple next door quarreling, greeting each other's parents with all kinds of dirty words, the mother downstairs yelling at her son who stayed up late to play games to eat, and the TV was playing somewhere, and the male protagonist's crazy confession could be heard throughout the building.
This was the living environment that Ye Cang was most familiar with. He had lived here since he came to this city, working hard every day, dreaming of having a place in this city. He also envied the glamorous stars who appeared on TV, but he never thought that he would have such an opportunity one day.
Until one day when he was delivering food to the "Tomorrow's Star" program team, he was discovered by the director and became a contestant. He then signed a contract with an agency. Listening to the various future plans made by the agency and feeling the enthusiastic support from the fans, this young man who was only 20 years old was just like dreaming.
However, the reality was far from what he imagined. Ye Cang only had a pretty face. He couldn't sing, dance, or even speak standard Mandarin. Even if he started to work hard now, he couldn't compare to those who had practiced for many years at the same time.
At first, the audience was a little more tolerant of him because of the gimmick of a bottom-level counterattack. But when he made it to the top ten by relying on his popularity and the competition system, and eliminated the truly capable players, the anger of netizens finally erupted.
Of course, for the entertainment industry, this has never been a big problem, after all, black and red are still red, but this young man who had just arrived in the city collapsed. He probably never thought that human malice would be so great that they would use the most unpleasant language to curse a stranger they had never even met.
The resignation of the agent was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. Ye Cang lay on the bed, staring blankly at the dirty ceiling. His cell phone kept ringing, but he didn't even have the courage to open it. He was afraid of seeing the red topic behind the microblogs.
#Ye Cang Rolls Out of the Entertainment Circle#
It took him a long time to get up from the bed, staggered to the kitchen to get a knife, and walked to the bathroom. The door was closed, the faucet was turned on, and the "splashing" sound of water covered up other sounds.
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"Beep beep beep——"
The call still didn't go through. Shen Huai put down his cell phone and stopped a car to go to Ye Cang's residence. He had just gotten off the plane and was supposed to go back to wash up and rest before meeting his new artist, but Ye Cang hadn't answered his phone and his WeChat friends hadn't agreed, so he couldn't help but get worried.
Lu Yang followed him, a little confused: "You knew this kid wasn't suitable for the stage, why did you agree to take over?"
Shen Huai pressed his nose, pretending to be on the phone, and answered him: "I think no one can so hastily decide what the other person is suitable for. If he himself does not want to stay, I will terminate the contract with him."
When he arrived at the place, Shen Huai followed the address on the file and walked upstairs. However, as soon as he arrived, he saw a circle of people gathered at the door. His heart tightened, and he hurried over to ask what happened.
A middle-aged woman with her hands on her waist said angrily: "I don't know what the people here are doing. The faucet is not turned off, causing water to leak downstairs!"
Shen Huai wanted to ask something else, but the landlord had already walked over with the key. As soon as the door was opened, Shen Huai felt something was wrong. He hurried in and saw Ye Cang lying in the bathtub, with a long cut on his wrist, and the blood dyed the water in the bathtub red.
The young man's face was pale, his eyes were tightly closed, and under the rippling water, he was as beautiful as a painting. He was like a sleeping prince, isolating himself from this troubled world.
But then, a high-pitched scream rang in his ears, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.
Shen Huai clenched his teeth, immediately walked over to drag Ye Cang out of the bathtub, and shouted to the people behind him: "Come and help!"
The landlord hurriedly helped him to help Ye Cang to the bed. Shen Huai felt Ye Cang's breath and pulse, and his heart sank immediately.
"Call the emergency number!"
Shen Huai said, and then he took off his coat and performed CPR on Ye Cang. Fortunately, the ambulance arrived soon. The emergency doctor and nurse took over the work in Shen Huai's hands and sent Ye Cang to the ambulance.
Shen Huai put down his rolled-up sleeves and walked aside silently. He looked very shabby at this time, his clothes were wrinkled, and his hair, which was always well-groomed, was messy. However, he had no intention of paying attention to himself, but called Ming Wei first to tell her about it.
However, before the call was connected, he heard someone talking next to him.
"...Yes, it's that Ye Cang! He really committed suicide, why would I lie to you!...I've uploaded the video to my Moments, you can go and watch it, remember to give me a thumbs up after watching it..."
The man was excitedly showing off to his friends, when his phone was suddenly snatched away. Shen Huai opened the other person's Moments, and it was Ye Cang lying in the bathtub, with a long list of thumbs up and comments below. Shen Huai gritted his teeth, suppressed his anger, deleted the Moments post, and then deleted the video.
The man finally reacted and snatched the phone back, furious: "Fuck, are you crazy!"
Shen Huai looked at him coldly: "Have you never studied law? Do you know that this violates citizens' privacy and portrait rights? Expect a lawyer's letter."
The man was frightened by him, his momentum weakened, and he cursed "lunatic" and hurried away.
However, this matter was not covered up after all, and soon the topic of #Ye Cang suicide# became a hot search. When Shen Huai received Ming Wei's call, he was taking a statement at the police station.
Shen Huai was worried that something had happened, so he hurried to the hospital after taking the statement. Ye Cang
was already awake and was leaning on the hospital bed for an infusion. Several nurses seemed to be talking to him, and when they saw Shen Huai coming in, they blushed and hurried away.
Ye Cang turned around, the setting sun was projected on the window, illuminating his face in a half-bright and half-dark way, which actually added a bit of determination, completely different from before.
Shen Huai was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered to introduce himself to the other party, but the other party had already called out his name.
"Shen Huai!"
Then he curled his lips and smiled, and dropped a heavy bomb.
"I am Lu Yang."