To avoid being followed by the male ghost that day, Ji Qian went to three temples in a row, buying talismans and burning incense as soon as she entered, and didn't go home until evening.
Although Ji Qian had encountered ghosts before, that was before she was 15 years old, and she thought that this skill had disappeared as she got older.
This incident completely shattered Ji Qian's psychological defenses. After all, there's a fundamental difference between seeing and actually touching; she wasn't mentally prepared for close contact with a friend from another layer of society.
Ji Qian now only wants to find a place to become a nun for safety. Money and fame are all external things, after all, the end of the universe is metaphysics.
Ji Qian didn't expect that her idea would be met with a rebuff from Liu Xia as soon as she put it out.
In fact, Ji Qian could understand Liu Xia's unwillingness. After all, Ji Qian was good-looking, and although her acting skills were not perfect, she was definitely one of the best among the new generation. But for some reason, she just couldn't become popular.
Looking back on Ji Qian's five years in the entertainment industry, her days consisted of auditions, filming, and going home, followed by another audition, another filming, and another going home. Forget about unspoken rules, she hardly ever attended any dinner parties. Her life was more regular than that of a corporate slave.
Sometimes Ji Qian wondered if she was isolated from the entertainment industry. How come everyone else was living a life of luxury and extravagance, but for her, it was just the daily life of a working person?
Even the roles she played were all the same: maids and followers. She didn't even get a supporting role.
Moreover, Ji Qian clearly saw marketing accounts saying that being a celebrity is the fastest way to make money, so how come she earns less than she did when she was working a regular job?
After five years of hard work, Ji Qian moved from the city center to the suburbs. If she still couldn't make money, she figured she would have to move directly to a village in the next city.
However, it's not accurate to say that Ji Qian is completely unknown in the entertainment industry; she still has several inexplicable scandals.
The most prominent example is the news that Ji Qian once spied on the popular young actor Xu Qi taking a bath on the set of the TV series "The Ballad of the Immortals".
Ji Qian was quite wronged in this matter. It happened during a break from filming, and she took two makeup artists to the restroom. Just as she stepped out of the set, she saw a motorhome driving by.
Before they could get out of the way, a naked man fell out of the RV that had just come to a stop. Upon closer inspection, Ji Qian realized that the man was Xu Qi, the male lead of that drama.
This scene was captured by paparazzi and slightly embellished, turning it into "an actress peeping at Xu Qi taking a shower, and Xu Qi, in a shock, accidentally fell out of the RV."
As for the other news, "Bilingual? Ji Qian groped actress Han Mengyao at her celebration party!", that's even more unfair.
The actual situation was that Han Mengyao was drunk and forcibly grabbed Ji Qian's hand and pressed it against her chest, even shouting as she did so:
"Ji Qian, look! Aren't my pecs bigger than Wang Xuan's?"
Wang Xuan was the male lead in that drama. He was drunk at the time and was kneeling to the side, hugging the director's leg and crying bitterly. The director was so frightened that he was covered in sweat and the old man almost fainted.
As for the recent news that "Ji Qian is suspected of being possessed by an evil spirit, and the female hooligan finally suffers the backlash?", Ji Qian does bear some responsibility.
However, we can't entirely blame Ji Qian. Who would have thought that someone would follow and film her, a nobody?
And they also happened to capture the scene of her kicking the male ghost wildly in front of the convenience store.
Since the male ghost couldn't be in the frame, the footage looked like Ji Qian was frantically beating up thin air in front of the convenience store. Even Ji Qian herself found it extremely eerie, let alone those netizens who were unaware of the situation.
Therefore, rumors circulated online that Ji Qian suffered a backlash from raising a ghost child, causing her to become possessed, go insane, and lose her mind.
In the public eye, Ji Qian is now seen as a perverted actress who bullies men and women and loves to engage in feudal superstition.
Because of the numerous scandals surrounding her, even her naturally beautiful face was rumored to have undergone plastic surgery in an attempt to lower others' guard so that she could take advantage of them.
Ji Qian's initial purpose in participating in the variety show was actually to take the opportunity to clear up some of the negative rumors.
"Into the Truth" is Tomato TV's flagship production this season. Its main content involves inviting several celebrities to visit locations with various paranormal rumors to explore the truth behind them.
Of course, each episode concludes with a scientific explanation for the strange phenomena that occurred during the episode.
In short, this is a science-themed reality show that combines the most popular elements of crime-solving, suspense, the supernatural, and reasoning.
Of course, that's not the most important thing. For Ji Qian, the most valuable part of this show is its two regular guests, namely Xu Qi and Han Mengyao, with whom she has had strange rumors.
If handled properly, this would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Ji Qian to clear his name.
Liu Xia went to great lengths to get Ji Qian onto the show, even drinking so much that she almost got gastroenteritis, before finally managing to get Ji Qian into the ranks of regular guests.
With only three days left before recording began, Ji Qian suddenly said she wanted to quit, which Liu Xia obviously couldn't agree to.
She had already planned it all out: if Ji Qian didn't show up on the day of departure, she would hang herself at Ji Qian's doorstep, making Ji Qian suffer from pangs of conscience every time she left home.
Unfortunately, Ji Qian did not give Liu Xia the opportunity to realize this plan.
When Liu Xia arrived at Ji Qian's house at eight o'clock on Saturday morning, she saw Ji Qian already waiting downstairs with her luggage.
Liu Xia was somewhat surprised by Ji Qian's obedience. As she opened the car door, she couldn't help but tease, "What, you've come to your senses?"
Ji Qian ignored Liu Xia's question and got into the car.
Liu Xia didn't make a fuss. After she got back into the driver's seat, she heard Ji Qian in the back seat grit her teeth and whisper, "Drive!"
Liu Xia stepped on the gas and sped off. She and Ji Qian had grown up together since they were little, and she could tell from Ji Qian's condition that something must have happened!
The drive took more than an hour, and Ji Qian didn't say a word the entire time. Only her increasingly red eyes showed her unease, which didn't subside until she boarded the plane.
It wasn't until after the plane landed that Ji Qian followed Liu Xia to the hotel, nervously checking every corner of the hotel to make sure there were no suspicious shadows before she finally relaxed.
"Sister Xia, how many days will it take to record this show?" Ji Qian collapsed onto the bed, the long period of intense tension having exhausted her.
Liu Xia flipped through the schedule sent by the production team, and while answering, she didn't forget to warn Ji Qian:
"Let's rest at the hotel today. The official recording will start at 6 a.m. tomorrow and will last for a week."
"What's wrong? You're not rushing back to become a monk, are you?"
Ji Qian seemed a little lost in thought, and only replied after a moment:
"Only a week? No, that's too short, Sister Xia!"
Ji Qian suddenly grabbed Liu Xia's hand: "Can I stay at your house?!"
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