Chapter 25: Borrowing a Knife to Kill Someone (Updated in Advance on the 6th)

The moment Qi Nian thought of that, his face turned pale.

His mind was also blank, paler than his face.

When he came to his senses, he found his brother beside him. Qi Nian was like a chick that had found its nest. He immediately buried his face in Chu Rongshi's arms, trying to avoid the truth.

In fact, he had already made a guess before, but the feeling of having his guess verified was completely different from what he expected.

He was panic-stricken and afraid of being treated as a monster, so he immediately sought comfort from familiar people.

Fortunately, his brother didn't look at him as if he were a monster, nor did he push him away.

Instead, the other party patted him on the back, his voice softer than usual: "Don't be afraid."

Qi Nian mustered up his courage, raised his head and looked at his brother. He pursed his lips and said, "Brother, you already found out, right?"

Chu Rongshi: “Yeah.”

Qi Nian: "What time is it? How early is it?"

Chu Rongshi was silent for a moment, but decided to tell the truth: "When I was in the hospital."

Seeing that Qi Nian didn't say anything, he continued: "You said Han Jie's father..."

Qi Nian covered his face: "Don't say it."

It turns out that every time he eats melons, there are spectators!

No wonder every time he thought about it, someone would discover it soon. He actually thought it was a coincidence before!

Qi Nian tapped his toes on the ground in embarrassment: "Wow, I'm so stupid."

Chu Rongshi: "No, you have helped a lot of people, no one will think you are stupid."

When Qi Nian looked at Chu Rong, it was the first time he looked directly into the other's eyes. His gaze was so firm that it moved Qi Nian a little.

Chu Rongshi said: "You don't have to worry or be afraid. We are always behind you."

Qi Nian suddenly felt his eyes become a little sore; these were probably the most moving words he had ever heard.

If it were in the past, when he had this ability that he wasn't sure whether it was good or bad, Qi Nian would probably be ten or a hundred times more panicked than he is now, but now he is much calmer.

Because he knew he had a family.

Chu Rongshi rarely made a joke: "Now it seems that others should be afraid of you."

Qi Nian was embarrassed for a moment, and then realized that this seemed to be the case.

Every time he eats melon, he scares people away.

"So, please help me too." Chen Si's voice was much clearer than before, and his eyes were also exceptionally clear.

Qi Nian couldn't accept such a change for a moment. He hid beside Chu Rongshi. Xiao She might not be able to recover for a while.

Chu Rongshi said to Chen Si: "He can't help you, you should find someone who can help you."

Chen Si looked at Zhang Rourou.

Zhang Rourou: “…”

Chu Rongshi lowered his eyes and looked at the little sheep beside him: "Do you want to leave now?"

Qi Nian shook his head. He was a little worried about Zhang Rourou. It was really that Chen Si’s temperament before did not seem like that of a good person.

Besides, ahem… he’s not afraid as long as his brother is around. He can stay here and enjoy the show.

Chen Si was also a flexible person, and he immediately said to Zhang Rourou, "I'm really sorry for what happened before. I'm sorry."

As he spoke, he even wiped away his tears, crying with real emotion: "I think if it were anyone else, if a loved one's health was deteriorating and all the doctors were helpless, they would inevitably try all kinds of treatments. What I did before was really inappropriate, please forgive me."

Qi Nian's mouth twitched.

Zhang Rourou is kindhearted. Seeing Chen Si's sincere words, her eyes could not help but become red. "My grandfather is indeed a Chinese medicine doctor, but I never thought he was so amazing. I thought he was just an ordinary doctor. If I had known that he would let me study medicine with him, I would not have run away."

Zhang Rourou: "My grandpa is still being irritated with me and doesn't want to pay attention to me."

Tian Yong came back to his senses at this moment, feeling very complicated: "No, even if you don't study medicine, it won't be that serious, right?"

Zhang Rourou was a little embarrassed: "Before I left, I told him that if you encourage others to study medicine, God will strike you down."

Several people: "..."

A bad boy.

Zhang Rourou still decided to call her grandfather to ask, mainly because she felt that Mr. Chen was not a bad person. Although he had just said a lot of pretentious words, he did not threaten them, but only tempted them.

That's half of the Chen family! Zhang Rourou was almost tempted!

But at least she calmed down. After all, the idea of ​​a surprise gift didn't seem very reliable. If it didn't work and the person died instead, Mr. Chen would definitely go crazy.

Although the other person is not a bad person, he might go crazy.

Zhang Rourou called her grandfather, and then the call was hung up.

She smiled awkwardly: "Haha, it's too late today, I'll call tomorrow."

But Chen Si couldn't wait any longer: "Give me the phone number and I'll call."

Zhang Rourou handed him the phone, but still muttered: "My grandpa will definitely not answer. He won't answer even if I call, let alone a stranger number like you..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful voice came from Chen's phone: "Who is it?"

Zhang Rourou: “…”

What a dear grandfather.

Over there, Mr. Chen had already gone to the corner to explain the situation to Mr. Zhang.

Here, Qi Nian saw that Zhang Rourou was quite embarrassed and comforted her: "Your grandfather might be worried that there might be some anxious patients."

Zhang Rourou: "Thank you, I feel much better."

Mr. Chen left in a hurry and seemed to be in a good mood when he left. Grandpa Zhang should have agreed.

As soon as Chen Si left, Qi Nian and Chu Rongshi also left.

Zhang Rourou was a little worried, after all, Mr. Chen was quite crazy, and it would be bad if he caused some medical trouble.

Zhang Rourou called her grandfather several times, and he finally answered the phone.

Zhang Rourou breathed a sigh of relief, but fearing that she had accidentally made her grandfather angry again, she quickly said some nice things to him, and Grandpa Zhang felt better.

Zhang Rourou: "Grandpa, that Mr. Chen... the one who just asked you to treat his illness, are you sure? It seems that it is not easy to cure. If not, don't agree to it. What if..."

Grandpa Zhang immediately got angry: "You little bastard! Do you really think that I, your grandpa, have worked for nothing all these years? And, if you're afraid of trouble, you should just watch someone die without helping? Get lost, I don't want to say any more to you, just be your star!"

Zhang Rourou hung up the phone, feeling a little ashamed. She was indeed afraid of causing trouble for her family, but her grandfather obviously didn't think so. He just wanted to save one more person.

When she talked to her grandfather before, she always felt that he was old-fashioned and that she couldn't communicate with him, but now she thinks maybe she was wrong.

Zhang Rourou quickly called her grandfather again, and was dumbfounded to find that her grandfather had blocked her.

Tian Yong patted her shoulder and said, "Director Qian's film is almost finished. I'll give you a few days off later. You can go back and take a look."

Zhang Rourou nodded: "Thank you, Brother Tian."

She paused and added, "I will listen to you in the future."

Tian Yong smiled with relief and coughed softly: "Well... take me with you when you go back, my waist is always uncomfortable."

Zhang Rourou asked sincerely, "Are you sure? If you follow me back, won't my grandfather kick you out?"

Tian Yong: “…” That makes sense. Let him go by himself.

——

Chu Tianheng is going to Eggplant TV to record a variety show these two days, so Qi Nian will naturally follow him.

In the past two years, Qiezi TV has produced a spurting output of variety shows.

In addition to the popular variety shows such as the romance variety show every Saturday and the farming variety show every Friday, the one that Eggplant TV cannot surpass is its flagship variety show "Everyday With You" which has been around for five or six years.

This variety show has three resident hosts, and they invite some guests for each episode. All three hosts are very capable and have some interesting jokes. In addition, the guests invited for each episode are different and they are all the hottest stars recently, which keeps the popularity of "Everyday With You" high.

Since there haven’t been any hit TV series recently, the stars we invited to this episode are all the most talked-about celebrities.

Chu Tianheng was a singer and wanted to promote his new song, so his agent arranged for him to record "Everyday With You".

Qi Nian was taken to the backstage with Chu Tianheng and met several other guests who were recording the show.

In addition to Chu Tianheng, there are four others, all of whom are the leading actors in the upcoming TV series "The Exorcist".

There were two male actors and two female actors. The leading female actor smiled particularly warmly after seeing Chu Tianheng. Her name was Cen Ran, who was now in her thirties. In the entertainment industry where one’s age cannot be seen, she was considered to be well maintained.

It is said that "The Exorcist" is a historical drama, and the age of the heroine is set to be a 16-year-old innocent girl. When the drama officially announced that the heroine was Cen Ran, she was ridiculed by the crowd, saying that a woman in her thirties is playing a girl. What role do you let a real girl play?

Because of this incident, book fans collectively protested and it caused quite a big commotion. Qi Nian had seen it before on Weibo.

Looking at Cen Ran's current condition, no wonder she dares to play a young girl, she has indeed taken good care of herself, except for her eyes which don't look like a 16-year-old.

Cen Ran started praising Chu Tianheng as soon as he saw him: "Before I came here, I heard Xiang Feng mention you, saying that you are more handsome in person than on TV. Xiang Feng really wasn't exaggerating."

Cen Ran and Chu Xiangfeng are about the same age. In fact, they debuted at the same time and filmed the same drama. Over the years, Chu Xiangfeng has long since become a powerful actor, while Cen Ran is still stuck in idol dramas, but the relationship between the two has always been very good.

Chu Tianheng made a few polite remarks and didn't say much else.

Seeing this, Cen Ran didn't say much and asked the makeup artist to put on makeup for her. However, the male lead Zhou Jingduo glanced at Chu Tianheng.

He has been tepid in the past, but he has always had good resources, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten the male lead in "The Exorcist". It's obvious that the company is trying to promote him.

Qi Nian has always been very sensitive to other people's eyes, and he felt that Zhou Jing looked at his brother with a bit of hostility.

Qi Nian glanced quickly at Zhou Jing and Cen Ran, then quickly looked away.

As a popular traffic star, Chu Tianheng is obviously treated well here at Qiezi TV and has an independent dressing room.

Because I have to go on stage, I have to put on heavier makeup than usual. Otherwise, once the lights are on, it will be the same as if I had no makeup on, so it takes a lot of time.

Qi Nian felt a bit bored, so he said goodbye to his second brother and prepared to go out for some fresh air.

As soon as I walked out of the door, I bumped into a thin girl. Her hands were full of things, such as coffee and milk tea.

The other person was walking too fast and didn't see Qi Nian, so she bumped into him head-on. Qi Nian's legs were knocked back a little by her bump. The girl was even more exaggerated, as if she hadn't eaten, and she almost bumped into herself.

Qi Nian subconsciously reached out to support the other person's arm, but the other person's face turned pale and he pulled his arm away, apologizing repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I didn't see it."

Qi Nian shook his head to indicate that everything was fine.

Seeing this, the girl wanted to continue walking. Qi Nian hesitated for a moment and said, "I...can help you get it."

The other party brought more than ten times the amount of milk tea and coffee, and deep marks were left on his already slender fingers. Qi Nian felt a little bit reluctant to see it.

The girls hesitated for a moment and thanked him in unison.

Qi Nian followed the other person, carrying most of the milk tea.

The girl stopped at the door of Cen Ran's dressing room, knocked, and then went in.

Qi Nian lagged behind him and was about to go in when he heard a loud shout, which was completely different from the gentle voice of Cen Ran. He shouted, "Why did you take so long? My milk tea is almost cold. You are so slow. Do you want to kill me with thirst?"

Qi Nian waited for Cen Ran to finish speaking, then followed the girl in. The girl lowered her head and didn't show any intention of explaining, perhaps she was used to it.

After seeing Qi Nian, Cen Ran's expression changed and he glared at the girl hatefully.

However, she didn't know who Qi Nian was. She thought that since he had just been following Chu Tianheng, he must be his assistant, so she didn't care.

He turned to look at the mirror and said, "Okay, share the milk tea with others."

The girl heaved a sigh of relief, took the milk tea and went out to share it with other stars and hosts.

Qi Nian wanted to leave, but was stopped by Cen Ran.

Cen Ran glanced at Qi Nian and asked, "What did you just hear?"

Qi Nian: "What... I heard it all."

Cen Ran frowned. She didn't believe that the other party didn't understand what she said. She didn't take him seriously as she was just a little assistant. "Do you know what to say and what not to say?"

Qi Nian didn't really want to talk to him, as he was not her assistant. She nodded perfunctorily, turned around and left.

He moved a little slowly, and the dressing room wasn't very soundproof, so he could faintly hear his elder brother's name from outside.

"Chu Tianheng has been quite popular recently..."

"It's a CP hype... There's no loss if it's clarified."

Qi Nian listened to it intermittently and roughly guessed what it was about. It was about hyping up CP, a common way to attract attention in the entertainment industry.

Sometimes both parties are willing, and sometimes one party is forcing it.

Cen Ran is obviously the latter. He has always liked to establish a personality that everyone loves. No matter which celebrity, as long as they are of the right age, whether they are of the same sex or the opposite sex, they all have a "secret crush" on Cen Ran.

Yet there are still people who believe this.

Qi Nian frowned.

Back in Chu Tianheng's dressing room, he asked, "Where have you been? Why have you been away for so long?"

After saying that, he turned to look at Qi Nian, then smiled: "No, who offended you? You are almost spitting oil on your mouth."

Qi Nian glanced at his second brother and couldn't help but complain: "It's all because of you."

His second brother actually laughed at him!

Chu Tianheng raised his eyebrows and pulled a stool over to him: "Why is it because of me? What did you hear?"

Qi Nian: "I heard that Cen Ran wanted to hype up a couple with you."

Chu Tianheng frowned and clicked his tongue, apparently not surprised.

Chu Tianheng's makeup artist said: "This kind of thing is not uncommon in the entertainment industry. No matter if one party is willing or not, even if the two people have never met, they can still hype each other up from a distance."

The makeup artist was obviously well-informed, and he talked about a lot of things he had encountered before: "There was an artist who had an affair with a dog."

Everyone thought: "..."

His expression was complicated, and the bottom line of the entertainment industry was once again refreshed: "How can this be hyped?"

Makeup artist: "What kind of love story is this? You are a human, but I am a dog. What is this called? A sense of fate! The ultimate sadomasochism! What are two people or two dogs? Is there a species gap between them?"

Everyone thought: "..."

The mental state of people in the entertainment industry is even better than his.

Qi Nian held his cheeks with his hands, his delicate face seemed a little deformed, and he sighed softly.

Then he was hit on the forehead.

Chu Tianheng withdrew his hand under his brother's angry glare and said, "You don't have to worry about this. I'll spend some money later and remove all the hot searches they bought. Anyway, I'm not short of money."

Qi Nian was silent for a moment: "Second brother, are you sure you are not losing money in the entertainment industry?"

Chu Tianheng looked over quietly, and Qi Nian immediately covered his head with his hands, whimpering like a little quail.

——

Qi Nian met three hosts, two men and one woman, and unexpectedly one of them was Yu Mingxiang.

In fact, it is not surprising. After all, Yu Mingxiang is the top star of Eggplant TV. How could he not appear in Eggplant TV's popular variety shows?

Cen Ran's persona outside was that of a gentle young lady. The other person was Chu Xiangfeng's friend, and she was also familiar with Yu Mingxiang. When she saw him, she immediately covered her mouth and said, "Brother Yu, you've become more handsome again."

Everyone thought: "..."

If she's not your sister, wouldn't you brag about her?

However, people with social phobia have no right to laugh at others.

Yu Mingxiang obviously didn't know Cen Ran's true identity and spoke to him enthusiastically.

Qi Nian thought of Sister Xiang Feng, glanced at Cen Ran, and coughed lightly.

Originally he was following Chu Tianheng quietly, but suddenly he coughed and everyone present looked over at him.

Cen Ran paused when he saw the familiar face, then half-jokingly said, "Tian Heng, your assistant doesn't seem very professional. After all, he is too young."

"What assistant?" Chu Tianheng didn't want his brother to be seen clearly, so he took the opportunity to rub his brother's soft curly hair and said, "This is my brother."

For the sake of his second brother's face, Qi Nian resisted the urge to push the other person's hand away. He glanced at Cen Ran with a smile, and saw that the other person's expression changed again and again.

Apparently he didn't expect that Qi Nian was not an assistant, but Chu Tianheng's younger brother.

Being the younger brother of a popular top star may not be enough to cause people to worry, but don’t forget that Chu Tianheng is not only a top star, he is also a member of the Chu family.

Cen Ran's chest rose and fell several times, and it was obvious that his emotions were fluctuating greatly.

The girl behind the other person, the assistant whom Qi Nian had met before, also glanced at Qi Nian.

Yu Mingxiang was the first to react. He had heard his wife talk about Qi Nian and was particularly grateful to her. He immediately said, "Xiao Nian, I didn't expect to meet you again. We are destined to be together."

Qi Nian smiled politely at Yu Ming.

After saying hello, Yu Ming went to review the script with several hosts. Every episode of "Everyday With You" has different guests and a different style. Sometimes, some games are added.

It really tests their ability to control the situation. Fortunately, the program is not live. A two-hour program takes almost two days to shoot, so there is more than enough time, so the pressure is not too great.

At this time, Yu Mingxiang was talking on the phone with Chu Xiangfeng in the backstage.

Yu Mingxiang: "Don't worry, I will cue Cen Ran more and try to get more shots for her. Except for Chu Tianheng, the guests are all from her crew. She is the lead actress, so she will have more shots."

Chu Xiangfeng sighed: "Cen Ran's popularity has declined, and she is under too much pressure. This time, she is very interested in the drama "The Exorcist". No matter what, we can help her in any way we can."

Chu Xiangfeng and his brother Cen Ran have known each other for more than ten years. Yu Mingxiang has always known that the two have a good relationship. The fact that the crew of "The Exorcist" was able to come here to shoot this time was more or less related to him.

However, Yu Mingxiang himself has an average relationship with Cen Ran. How could he be a simple person since he could become a well-known host? Anyway, he feels that Cen Ran is not as simple as his wife says. But his wife knew Cen Ran earlier than he knew her, and she doesn't believe what Yu Mingxiang says at all.

Just as he was thinking about it, he found Qi Nian coming to find him.

Yu Mingxiang was a little surprised. He obviously didn't expect the other party to come over. After all, Qi Nian seemed very introverted and hardly spoke.

Yu Mingxiang greeted him warmly.

Qi Nian didn't say anything and just let him get busy.

Yu Mingxiang was confused, but seeing Qi Nian looking nervous, he simply stopped asking to avoid Qi Nian becoming so nervous that he couldn't speak.

So, Yu Mingxiang sat beside him and read the script, but he would always glance at Qi Nian from time to time.

To be honest, he was a little curious about what Qi Nian would say.

Because before, his wife always said that the other party had some special abilities, and Yu Mingxiang was a little skeptical, but he was indeed very grateful to the other party.

Qi Nian didn't know what Yu Mingxiang was thinking, but he did have something to say.

But, damn, his social phobia is not even worth talking about.

No, maybe you don't have to.

Qi Nian had been brewing the idea for a long time, and the atmosphere around them became more and more weird.

Host Yu Mingxiang was about to suffer from his occupational disease and wanted to speak up to break the awkwardness.

Then, he heard Qi Nian finally speak!

Qi Nian: [Brother Yu definitely doesn’t know! ]

Yu Mingxiang: “?” I don’t know what?

Qi Nian was using a skill for the first time and was not very proficient. He paused for a long time before continuing: [Cen Ran is not sincere about being friends with Sister Xiang Feng! ]

After listening to this, Yu Mingxiang looked at Qi Nian as if he was looking at a close friend.

Before he could get excited, he heard Qi Nian say: [Cen Ran has always been jealous of Sister Xiang Feng because she also likes Brother Yu!]

Yu Mingxiang: “!!!”

Qi Nian: [She thinks that if it weren't for Sister Xiang Feng, Brother Yu would be hers. ]

Yu Mingxiang: “…” No, why is her face so big.

Also, am I some kind of jerk?

Qi Nian continued: [She thinks that if she had Brother Yu, she would definitely be more powerful than Sister Xiang Feng. Being a movie queen is nothing. She wants to go abroad and enter Hollywood!]

Yu Mingxiang: “…” I’m just a host, not Superman!

Moreover, with Cen Ran's acting skills that are hard to describe, he actually dared to compare with his Xiang Feng. How unlucky!

If these just made Yu Mingxiang complain, then the following content made Yu Mingxiang change his expression.

Qi Nian: [Hey, Sister Xiang Feng was photographed by paparazzi before, and the subsequent rumors were actually done by Cen Ran. She wanted to ruin Sister Xiang Feng's reputation. It would be best if Brother Yu could divorce Sister Xiang Feng, so that she can pick up the slack! ]

Yu Mingxiang: I almost laughed out of anger.

Qi Nian: [The reason why Xiang Feng's first child was miscarried was also related to Cen Ran. She didn't want Xiang Feng to be pregnant with Yu Ge's child. Not long after the two got married, she gave Xiang Feng a sachet containing ingredients that can cause miscarriage.]

Yu Mingxiang clenched his fists. For so many years, he and Xiang Feng had always believed that the child was miscarried due to carelessness. Even the doctor later said that it might be because his wife had a congenital heart disease.

They had never thought that it was Cen Ran who had undergone a face-lift. Even though...even though the child could not be saved, Cen Ran actually took advantage of his wife's trust in this way. Just thinking about it, Yu Mingxiang felt a chill down his spine.

He was always in a stable mood, but now he couldn't control his emotions. He looked at Qi Nian excitedly: "Is what you said true?"

Qi Nian blinked and said innocently: "I...I didn't say anything."

Yu Mingxiang looked at Qi Nian deeply, knowing that he wanted to remind him, but he was obviously unwilling to reveal anything else. He said with gratitude: "Okay, you didn't say anything."

Qi Nian breathed a sigh of relief. Originally, there was a bigger melon. Now it seemed that Yu Mingxiang was a little too emotional. He should not "tell" it.

Having achieved his goal, he bid farewell to Yu Mingxiang.

After leaving, Qi Nian jumped excitedly on the spot outside. It was the first time for him to do something naughty in secret!

Humph, that Cen Ran is so bad. Such a bad person should be punished!

Qi Nian felt that his abilities were limited, so he found Yu Mingxiang, who had a transcendent status in the entertainment industry and was also an old fox. Cen Ran used to be Chu Xiangfeng's friend, and he occasionally helped him, but now it's different. Cen Ran is not his wife's friend, but an enemy.

With Yu Mingxiang's ability, wouldn't it be easy for him to set a trap for Cen Ran? Moreover, this is Qiezitai, Yu Mingxiang's territory!

Thinking of this, Qi Nian couldn't help laughing evilly, he was really evil hahaha, this was called killing someone with a borrowed knife!

Well, now that’s good, I guess Cen Ran doesn’t have any intention to get involved with his second brother anymore.

However, Qi Nian scratched his head and decided to find an opportunity to contact Cen Ran's poor little assistant.

Oh, thinking of this, Qi Nian's face became bitter again. It is so difficult to deal with social phobia!

——

Just as Qi Nian guessed, when recording the program, Yu Mingxiang demonstrated the professional qualities of a host. He knew exactly how to embarrass Cen Ran without making any noise, but Cen Ran was completely unaware.

She just felt that she was particularly unlucky today. She put all her effort into recording the variety show, but in the end the director told her that her part was not up to standard and had to be cut.

Not to mention the director, even Cen Ran himself didn't want to release these images.

But if it was cut, there wouldn’t be many shots of Cen Ran left, so we would have to reshoot them.

She was so exhausted that she had to apologize to other actors one by one and ask them to cooperate with her to re-record.

After spending most of the day trying, the result was still not satisfactory. Either he kept these pictures, in which case Cen Ran would definitely be scolded. If he didn't keep them, he would have almost no shots left.

Cen Ran Ning would rather choose the latter.

It's impossible to do it again. She has been busy all day today. She has only recorded the first half and it's getting late, so she can only call it a day.

Yu Mingxiang was also quite interesting. Perhaps he guessed that Qi Nian would be curious, so he specially arranged two people to relay the situation to Qi Nian.

These two people obviously have a talent for storytelling. They learned the story very vividly and even imitated Cen Ran's expression at that time.

Qi Nian imagined such an expression on Cen Ran's face and immediately burst into laughter.

He simply couldn't stop laughing. After Chu Tianheng returned to the place arranged by the program crew for them to stay, he saw his brother sitting cross-legged on the sofa, his shoulders shaking. He didn't know what happy thing had happened to him.

Chu Tianheng sat next to him and rubbed Qi Nian's hair: "I'm really jealous of you."

Qi Nian felt that his second brother was also in a bad situation, so he followed him to make up for the loss. He rarely tried to comfort him: "Thank you for your hard work."

Chu Tianheng looked at Qi Nian suspiciously and asked, "Did you do something?"

Chu Tianheng touched his chin, thinking about how something was wrong with Yu Mingxiang today, and also about the time when his brother disappeared today. He heard that he went to find Yu Mingxiang.

Tsk, this little socially anxious kid, if he doesn’t have something to do, would he go looking for someone specifically?

Qi Nian didn't expect his second brother to be so smart. He shook his head quickly, his deer eyes innocent: "I didn't do anything."

Chu Tianheng narrowed his eyes: "Tsk tsk, Qi Xiaonian, you have a dark belly."

Qi Nian muttered, "I learned it from you."

Chu Tianheng was not ashamed but proud: "Not bad, learn more. If we talk about black-bellied people, it must be the eldest brother, you should learn more from him."

Everyone thought: "..."

But he was a little curious: "Second brother, how did you know that?"

I thought his second brother would give a long and logical analysis, but in the end, I heard him say, "Because I rubbed your head today and you didn't glare at me, what do you call that? You feel guilty."

Everyone thought: "..."

Sure enough, he couldn't expect too much from his second brother.

On the other side, as soon as Cen Ran entered the room, he could no longer maintain his smile, and with a gloomy face, he moved back to the chair beside him.

She was followed by several assistants, all of whom kept their heads down and dared not speak.

Cen Ran: "Where's my dinner? Do you want to starve me to death?"

One of the assistants whispered, "Xiao Chu went to buy it."

Xiao Chu is the assistant who bought milk tea that Qinian met today. Among the assistants, she is the one that Cen Ran dislikes the most, for no other reason than that her last name is Chu.

The woman she hated was named Chu.

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Chu knocked on the door and came in. She quickly opened the rice and wanted to put it in front of Cen Ran, but Cen Ran reached out and grabbed her hair tightly. Xiao Chu frowned in pain, and the hot soup and rice in her hands spilled all over the floor. Her hands were instantly burned red.

However, Cen Ran didn't let go, and grabbed Xiao Chu's hair, cursing: "You bastard, did you do this on purpose? Why didn't you say he was Chu Tianheng's brother? Do you want to kill me? Ah!"

Xiao Chu's face turned red from the pain. She covered her head and kept saying, "I don't know, I don't know."

Cen Ran snorted coldly and pushed Xiao Chu away with force. Xiao Chu's head hit the table with a "bang", and a bruise immediately appeared on his forehead.

Cen Ran frowned: "Do you know how to say it?"

Xiao Chu covered his forehead and curled up into a ball, as if he was extremely scared. He trembled and said in a low voice: "I...I accidentally hit it."

Cen Ran showed a satisfied look and fixed her hair in front of the mirror: "It's good to know. If you dare to tell others, you know the consequences."

She glanced at the noodles scattered on the ground and frowned in disgust: "It's not right to waste food. You guys, just look at her, eat, dry, clean."

Cen Ran was not afraid at all that Xiao Chu would tell others. After all, she knew how timid the other party was. She had a set of testing methods and knew who would resist and who would not.

Like several other assistants, she would verbally abuse but never physically.

These people are very cold-hearted. As long as they are not hurt and Cen Ran pays them a high salary, they will work hard to keep their jobs.

That's human nature.

These assistants have been following her all the time, and they were there before the previous "Xiao Chu" left.

So Cen Ran felt relieved.

Thinking of this, she glanced at Xiao Chu who was eating noodles on the ground, cursed at him in disgust, and turned back to rest.

The other assistants were too lazy to watch any longer after seeing this. Watching this kind of scene too much could easily cause psychological distortion. They were not a pervert like Cen Ran, so they also left.

Xiao Chu was the only one left in the room. She stopped chewing, hugged the trash can beside her, and vomited in disgust. She raised her head again, and her wooden eyes were shining.

If Cen Ran were here, he would definitely find that this was not the numb Xiao Chu in his impression.

Xiao Chu stood up, cleaned up the noodles on the ground, and tidied everything up. He frowned and thought, it's not enough.

She let out a breath, opened the door while carrying a bag of garbage, and happened to run into Zhou Jing who was about to knock on the door. He was the male lead of "The Exorcist".

He is also one of Cen Ran’s current boyfriends.

Xiao Chu immediately lowered his eyes and silently made way for Zhou Jing at the door to come in.

Zhou Jing came to look for Cen Ran. Today's filming was not going well, and Cen Ran must be in a bad mood. Zhou Jing came to comfort her.

Unexpectedly, he bumped into Xiao Chu. Zhou Jing didn't have a deep impression of Xiao Chu. He only remembered that the other party was Cen Ran's assistant. Most of the time, he stood behind Cen Ran without saying a word, like a piece of wood, and was easily ignored.

Zhou Jing just glanced at Xiao Chu and was about to go in to find Cen Ran, but his eyes fell on Xiao Chu's forehead.

Zhou Jing: "Your forehead..."

Xiao Chu whispered, "I knocked it accidentally."

After saying that, he hurriedly left with the garbage bag in his hand. Zhou Jing looked at his back and always felt that this Xiao Chu was weird, gloomy and silent.

I don’t know why Cen Ran would hire such an assistant. It’s quite scary.

He once asked Cen Ran about it. After all, Xiao Chu's behavior made people feel bad. In the end, Cen Ran just said that Xiao Chu was pitiful and didn't say much else.

At that time, Zhou Jing felt that Cen Ran was quite kind, completely different from what the media reported.

Cen Ran debuted very early, when Zhou Jing was still a student. She has always been his goddess. Now that he can meet his goddess and date her, Zhou Jing feels so happy that he almost faints.

Thinking of this, Zhou Jing quickly walked across the living room and knocked on Cen Ran's door.

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Perhaps because of the lesson he learned the day before, Cen Ran was not in a hurry to show himself during the recording the next day. He was very quiet throughout the whole process, occasionally interacting with Zhou Jing, with a clear purpose.

Since it is impossible to gain popularity through variety shows, it is better to quietly promote CP. These days, CP fans are extremely strong and are the strongest and easiest to harvest.

In addition, in "The Exorcist", Cen Ran and Zhou Jing are still a couple, and no one would think that there is really anything between them even if they openly hype up their relationship outside the drama.

Therefore, if it is managed well, the popularity of "The Exorcist" can be boosted by CP fans alone.

After all, there have been successful cases before.

During the recording, Qi Nian was also in the audience, watching Cen Ran glance at Zhou Jing from time to time, then quickly look away, covering his mouth with his hands while shyly laughing.

It seems that Cen Ran is trying really hard to create a CP, but he seems a little too deliberate.

On the contrary, the little details that Zhou Jing revealed from time to time were quite natural.

However, due to Cen Ran's poor acting skills, the interaction between the two felt weird.

At this time, Cen Ran was wearing a princess dress. She put her hand on Zhou Jing's wrist and smiled at him.

The director couldn't help but interrupt: "Teacher Cen, please smile a little more." It was too deliberate, even a little greasy!

In order to save face for Cen Ran, the director didn't explain it too clearly.

But Cen Ran didn't know if he understood what the director said. Instead, he covered his mouth and said shyly, "Oh, I want to laugh when I see him."

Several people watched Cen Ran's deliberate performance in silence.

Qi Nian sat at a distance and watched, and couldn't help tapping his toes on the ground.

Seeing that Cen Ran was not going to change his ways and was determined that the leading actor was going to hype up the couple this way, the director was too lazy to remind him. Let him do whatever he wants. It just happened to provide topics and popularity for their program.

But Cen Ran’s team can’t blame the program crew when the time comes.

After a whole morning of excitement, it was time for lunch, and the lunch provided by the program crew was as sumptuous as always.

It’s not that the program crew is so generous. Qi Nian heard from Yu Mingxiang yesterday that Cen Ran reported that her meal budget is 3,000 yuan per meal, and the program crew cannot favor one over the other, so they prepared a lavish meal.

Such a rich lunch box, but Cen Ran only ate two bites. What a waste! Qi Nian thought angrily as he put seafood into his mouth.

As a result, when I turned around, I saw Zhou Jing acting suspiciously, holding the lunch box distributed by the crew in his arms.

Because Qi Nian suffers from social anxiety, he always looks for small corners where few people come. Unexpectedly, Zhou Jing also comes.

There was no assistant with the other person, only him, so Qi Nian continued to eat his meal, pretending not to see anything.

However, Zhou Jing was quite polite and came over to ask, "Can I sit here and eat?"

This is not my place, why are you asking me? Qi Nian complained, but still nodded.

Zhou Jing immediately opened his lunch box and started eating. He usually looked quite gentle, but he wolfed down his food. Qi Nian was afraid that he would finish eating and then come to snatch his food.

After eating for a while, Zhou Jing smiled as if he was embarrassed and said, "I only had a boiled egg today, so I'm quite hungry."

Qi Nian looked at him sympathetically, and after a long pause, he finally said, "Are you too busy?"

Zhou Jing: "My agent said I was too fat and wouldn't let me eat."

Qi Nian glanced at Zhou Jing, who was of normal build. Perhaps the scales used in the entertainment industry were different from the ones they used.

Zhou Jing seized the opportunity to take two more bites, then suddenly stopped.

Everyone thought: “?”

I seem to hear footsteps in the distance.

Zhou Jing pricked up his ears and said in a panic: "My assistant is here, it's over, he will complain to my agent!"

Qi Nian: No, how did you hear that?

At this moment, Zhou Jing immediately stuffed the leftover lunch into Qi Nian's arms. Qi Nian looked at the extra lunch in his arms and asked, "?"

As expected, Zhou Jing's assistant came. Zhou Jing turned his back to the other party and gave Qi Nian a pleading look.

Qi Nian finally decided to do one good deed a day and said with a red face, "They are all mine."

After he finished speaking, he swore that Zhou Jing's assistant looked at him as if he was a good-for-nothing.

Everyone thought: "..."

Social phobia is going to burrow deep into the ground.