Chapter 27: Outlaws

Zhou Jing cried so hard at the end, and he didn't know if it was because of the alcohol. He hugged Qi Nian and cried loudly.

Qi Nian still cared about their friendship and did not push the person away. Instead, he called Zhou Jing's assistant and asked him to come and answer the call.

After seeing Zhou Jing off, he had no idea what happened to the other party afterwards.

The next day, he got up early again. His second brother was going to shoot a cover for a fashion magazine and set off before dawn. Qi Nian had no choice but to doze off in the car, hugging a pillow.

The head moved up and down, and the little curly hair jumped in the air due to inertia. Chu Tianheng found it very interesting, and reached out to pull Qinian's little curly hair, but failed to wake him up.

His body shook with laughter, he took out his cell phone, and sent the video to the group.

However, his family members were not as heartless as he was, especially Ning Min. Seeing Qi Nian in such a state, she felt extremely distressed.

The whole family criticized Chu Tianheng in the group, and Chu Tianheng touched his nose.

He reached out and patted Qi Nian gently. Qi Nian opened his confused eyes and asked, "Are we there yet?"

Chu Tianheng showed his little brotherly love and took down the chair for Qi Nian so that he could lie down and sleep.

Qi Nian's round, deer-like eyes were half-closed listlessly, and he muttered in a low voice, "Thank you... Second Brother."

After saying that, he lay down on the flat seat and fell asleep.

Chu Tianheng covered him with a blanket again, then took another photo and posted it in the family group.

The family was satisfied when they saw this.

Qi Nian didn't sleep for long before arriving. It was still a little dark when he set out, but now it was completely bright.

Qi Nian sat up with a messy head of curly hair, and a "chuckle" came from the side.

When he turned around, he saw his second brother holding up his cell phone: "Come on, look at the camera."

Qi Nian immediately turned his head to the other side, facing the car window. He quickly tidied up his frizzy hair and was about to get out of the car angrily.

As soon as he opened the car door, he saw several staff members coming over enthusiastically to pick him up. Qi Nian's face tensed up and he quickly got back into the car.

Staff: “?” What was that thing that just retracted?

Before he could think too much, Chu Tianheng had already gotten out of the car wearing sunglasses. Unlike the sleazy look he had in front of Qi Nian, the man wearing sunglasses and his expressionless look was quite intimidating.

Qi Nian hid among several assistants, wearing a mask to make himself less conspicuous.

Today, there was not only Chu Tianheng in the studio, but also another male actor. The rest were models hired by the magazine. However, the male actor was shooting for the cover, and Chu Tianheng did not need to be with him, so there was no need for him to have any contact with him.

However, I didn't expect that as soon as I entered the magazine building, I saw a man surrounded by a group of people.

"Is it Zhu Cheng?" Qi Nian whispered to himself, and then curiously took advantage of the crowd to look at the other person.

Qi Nian is currently following "The Net Is Wide Open", a crime-themed TV series in which Zhu Cheng plays the second male lead, who is the think tank among the main characters and an elite lawyer.

Zhu Cheng’s acting skills are good, and the fact that “The Net” is paired with veteran actors makes this drama very immersive. Qi Nian stayed up late to follow the drama yesterday. He likes the role played by Zhu Cheng very much, and he didn’t expect to meet the actor himself today.

Therefore, Qi Nian was particularly curious about Zhu Cheng, but even if he was curious, he would only watch secretly.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Cheng also looked over, but of course he was not looking at Qi Nian, but Chu Tianheng.

"Hello~" Zhu Cheng came over to say hello. He hadn't had time to put on makeup yet, so his face looked pale, but he looked very energetic, even a little excited.

It looked fine from a distance, but when he looked closely, Qi Nian discovered that Zhu Cheng was very different from the elite lawyers.

But it's normal to be different. After all, "Elite Lawyer" is just a role played by the other party, which is definitely different from the real person. From this point of view, Zhu Cheng's acting skills are quite good.

Zhu Cheng greeted them very enthusiastically, not only to Chu Tianheng, but also to others. His expression changed and he said in a serious manner: "I am Yan Pan, currently working at xx Law Firm..."

Yan Pan is the elite lawyer played by Zhu Cheng. The other party is now imitating Yan Pan's appearance and saying the same lines that Yan Pan said when he and the protagonists first met.

Zhu Cheng seems to be very eager to perform, which may be a good thing for an actor, but the problem is that he is not performing commercially and he is not facing his fans. Everyone is a little embarrassed by this sudden incident.

Even Qi Nian, a spectator who likes rigorous climbing, started to dig his toes into the ground.

Zhu Cheng's assistant reminded him awkwardly, but Zhu Cheng pretended not to hear him and continued, "Do you need me to sign for you?"

After saying that, he took out a card, wrote his name on it, and handed it to Chu Tianheng.

Chu Tianheng was speechless and wanted to ask if the other party was sick, but he was still well-mannered. He took the card from the other party and said with a smile: "Thank you, a friend of mine wants your autograph."

"You also watched "The Net of Heaven and Earth", right?" Zhu Cheng patted Chu Tianheng's shoulder excitedly: "I acted well, didn't I?"

Chu Tianheng dodged the other person's hand, with a faint smile on his face: "Not bad, the staff is still waiting, I'll go first."

After the group left, Qi Nian turned around and saw Zhu Cheng awkwardly retracting his hand. He said something but judging from his expression, it seemed like he was cursing someone.

Qi Nian frowned, looked at the other party's abnormal mental state, and his face looked unhappy.

The dressing room was full of his own people. Chu Tianheng turned to look at his brother who looked unhappy, smiled and leaned back in his chair and asked, "What's wrong?"

Qi Nian held his face in his hands and complained: "I can't watch "The Net of Heaven and Earth" any more."

I guess as soon as you turn on the TV series, you will think of Zhu Cheng’s face.

Chu Tianheng was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help laughing. Isn't his younger brother just too cute?

Little did he know that Qi Nian was really depressed and heartbroken. He had only watched half of the drama. If he had known, he would have stayed up late last night to watch the finale.

When shooting for a fashion magazine, both the makeup and the clothing are decided in advance, and the magazine is also responsible for the makeup artist.

After a while, the makeup artist from the magazine came. Since she was an outsider, Chu Tianheng returned to his aloof look. Qi Nian quietly found a corner to look at his phone.

Chu Qiang just sent a message saying that he had contacted Mrs. Jiang. I don’t know what Chu Qiang said, but Mrs. Jiang agreed to meet with her.

In fact, there is no need to explain it. For a mother, finding her lost child has almost become an obsession. Mrs. Jiang is unwilling to give up as long as there is a little hope.

Chu Qian and Mrs. Jiang had made an appointment at a coffee shop. When the lady arrived, she was wearing a hat and sunglasses, and even after she sat down, she showed no intention of taking them off.

Obviously he was afraid of being recognized by acquaintances.

Mrs. Jiang has been going crazy recently. No, she has been crazy since the day her youngest son Jiang Zhi went missing.

But she still has a child, so she held on and didn't let herself collapse, and it has been like this for so many years.

It's not like she hasn't looked for Jiang Zhi over the years, but without any information, it goes without saying how difficult it is to find a child.

Mrs. Jiang thought this was the most painful thing until she found out that Jiang Yi deliberately lost his brother out of jealousy.

Mrs. Jiang just felt a chill on her back. She was in pain and despair. She could have vented her anger on anyone else, but unfortunately, the person who did this was her other son.

The moment her husband gave up looking for their youngest son, Mrs. Jiang completely collapsed.

She hasn't seen Jiang Yi for a long time. She is in great pain. Both of them are her children. She can't make a choice and can only stay away from them so that she won't go completely crazy.

Since her husband didn't plan to look for her Zhizhi, she would look for her on her own. Mrs. Jiang had made up her mind, so she chose to meet Chu Qiang.

Coincidentally, Mrs. Jiang knew Chu Qian. She had seen this name in the Qunzhong Daily. The other party suffered so much and endured it in order to seek justice for a girl.

Therefore, Mrs. Jiang was willing to believe Chu Qian, no matter what the other party's reason was, as long as she could find her Zhizhi.

The two of them sat in a corner of the cafe. There were not many people there. Mrs. Jiang opened her bag and took out a file: "This is a photo of Zhizhi when he was a child. His blood type and the clothes he wore before he disappeared are all on it."

"Reporter Chu, I'm counting on you."

When Chu Qian talked about this with Qi Nian, she couldn't help sighing: "I seem to see Yaya's parents again. When I saw them at that time, they were also like this, as if I was their life-saving straw."

Chu Qiang: "I feel heavy in my heart. There is no parent who doesn't love their children."

Qi Nian was stunned for a moment when he saw the message sent by Chu Qian.

Are there no parents who don’t love their children?

Before crossing over, he was born in an orphanage, and he didn't know if anyone had ever looked for him. Qi Nian had never thought about it, nor did he dare to think about it carefully.

Afraid to give myself hope, but also afraid of disappointment.

Suddenly feeling a little stuffy in the dressing room, Qi Nian said something to his second brother and left the dressing room.

The staff outside were hurriedly setting up the scene as they were going to shoot here soon. Qi Nian was afraid of getting in the way, so he chose to walk to a corner.

I walked all the way to the balcony, but unexpectedly I saw Zhu Cheng talking on the phone there.

When the latter heard the noise, he hung up the phone in a hurry, with a guilty conscience written all over his face.

However, the other party's acting skills were good and he soon calmed down. At this moment, Zhu Cheng was not as excited as before. His emotions stabilized. He just glanced at Qi Nian with contempt, and found that he did not know the other party. Thinking that he was just an ordinary staff here, he left coldly.

Qi Nian's mouth twitched, but it was good that there was no one on the balcony.

After Zhu Cheng walked away, he sent a message to the person who had just called.

[Zhu Cheng]: Someone suddenly came over just now. When will the products be available?

: Someone, did he hear anything?

[Zhu Cheng]: Don't worry, I was very alert. I hung up the phone before the man came close.

: That’s good, still at the same place, tomorrow night.

【Zhu Cheng】：Okay.

[Zhu Cheng]: By the way, please help me contact those people from last time.

: Who do you want to mess with?

[Zhu Cheng]: Chu Tianheng, isn’t he just a guy who makes a living by his appearance? Does he really think he is superior?

The TV series "The Net" has been popular recently. Although Zhu Cheng is only the second male lead, his role is very outstanding. In addition, the other actors are all talented and older, and he is young and good-looking. For a while, he can be said to be the most popular.

Zhu Cheng's acting skills are pretty good, and with the encouragement of his fans, he has become a domestic entertainment star. He has been very popular recently, and his fans are most active, so the bad voices are naturally suppressed.

All Zhu Cheng saw were compliments on him.

He has been attending various events recently and has been offered a lot of endorsements for variety shows. Wherever he goes, people praise him. It is really hard for Zhu Rong not to be famous.

As a result, he met Chu Tianheng today. To be honest, Chu Tianheng had a normal attitude, but in Zhu Cheng's view, not praising him was not giving him face. In addition, Chu Tianheng was indeed more popular than him, which made Zhu Cheng even more unbalanced.

Even if Chu Tianheng is popular, so what? After all, he is just an idol, and his ceiling is there. Unlike him, he has a bright future.

There is indeed an upper limit for idols, and there are not many domestic entertainment stages, so their opportunities for exposure are naturally few. Otherwise, why do many idols turn to being actors later on?

After some consideration, Zhu Cheng had already made up his mind.

——

Qi Nian was emo for a while, and then he saw the message in the family group when he was sleeping in the car.

His phone was muted before, and then the message from Chu Qian squeezed out the message in the group chat, so Qi Nian really didn't notice it.

He was a little curious. He didn't know what they talked about, but it seemed like they talked a lot.

With nothing to do, Qi Nian flipped to the top of the news and saw a video of his second brother grabbing a bunch of his hair and taking a picture of him dozing off.

Qi Nian's cheeks suddenly puffed up. How could this happen? Don't you know how precious hair is?

Qi Nian was angry for a moment and looked at the message below.

Ning Min, Chu Zhen, Chu Rongshi, and Chu Tianyan who was far away abroad, all four of them took their turn to accuse Chu Tianheng of such immoral behavior.

Qi Nian laughed when he saw it.

Later, his second brother might have been scared by what he said, so he laid his seat flat for him, covered him with a blanket considerately, and posted a photo in the group. Only then did the family stop blaming him.

At this moment, Qi Nian's beautiful deer eyes were narrowed with laughter. Haha, his family is so nice.

Family, yes, he has a family now, why is he still emo? !

Qi Nian felt like he had become too hypocritical. He pursed his face in embarrassment and sent a message in the group.

[Read together]: Thank you uncle and aunt, thank you brother, thank you sister ~ (ps: except for the second brother)

When I returned from the balcony, Chu Tianheng had already changed his clothes and put on makeup.

As expected of a fashion magazine's official makeup artist, her makeup perfectly highlights his second brother's best features, and Qi Nian couldn't even recognize him as his second brother.

As soon as he opened his mouth, it was the familiar second brother: "What do you mean besides second brother, huh?"

Chu Tianheng frowned, obviously having seen the message in the group, and then raised his hand, trying to extend his claws to his own brother.

As a result, he was stopped by his assistant who shouted in surprise: "Brother Chu, stop it! This dress can't be moved, it will get wrinkled easily. And the makeup artist just said that you can't make too many expressions now, otherwise you have to reapply your makeup. You must not..."

Chu Tianheng: "...Shut up."

Looking at his brother who was enjoying the misfortune, Chu Tianheng said with a half-smile on his face: "Wait."

Qi Nian was not afraid of him. Anyway, his second brother couldn't attack him now.

Then the intense filming began, and Qi Nian finally saw what it looked like when dozens of people surrounded one person.

He also moved the stool several times.

Chu Tianheng looked quite relaxed, but it was actually not easy. He had to adjust his posture and expression all the time. Sometimes a photo took a long time to take, which meant that his second brother had to maintain that posture all the time.

And today I have more than one kind of makeup. After taking a set of photos, I have to put on makeup again and change clothes. I am so busy that I am running around.

Chu Tianheng's temper was much calmer when it came to work. He would do whatever the job required.

At lunch, the other party just took a couple of quick bites, just enough to avoid feeling hungry.

Qi Nian, who was eating rice, felt a little embarrassed and went to eat in a corner.

In the end, we shot for a whole day until the evening, when we finally got on the bus back home.

"Second brother, do you want to eat something?" Qi Nian said, handing the snacks he had just picked up from the magazine to his second brother.

"So good." Chu Tianheng was very satisfied. He took the snacks from Qi Nian and rubbed his brother's curly hair.

Qi Nian fixed her hair and said, "I won't bother with you."

Chu Tianheng went even further and pointed at his shoulder: "Oh, it's so sore, let me rub your shoulders."

Everyone thought: "..."

In the end, I gave him face and pinched him twice as a token of my respect.

——

"Oh, this person is not easy to find." Chu Qian said as she flipped through the information. Although she said this, her eyes were bright and it was obvious that she really liked such challenging work.

Then, she showed the information to Qi Nian: "It's okay, these are not private. I won't show you private information. I am still a very professional person."

Qi Nian nodded and looked through the information. The most common things in it were photos of little Jiang Zhi. In most of the photos, little Jiang Zhi was sitting there very obediently. It seemed that he was a good kid when he was young.

Chu Qian said, "Judging from the photos of him when he was little, Jiang Zhi should be good-looking when he grows up, but he doesn't have any obvious features, which makes it a little hard to find him. Can you analyze him for me?"

Qi Nian didn't know why Chu Qian thought she could do the analysis. He thought about it and decided to ask Ning Min for help.

Then I learned some information from Ning Min: "After Jiang Zhi disappeared, the Jiang family published an article in the newspaper and contacted the TV station, but there was no news. Oh, the Internet was not well developed at that time, so it was all print media and TV stations."

"Indeed, print media used to be so powerful, but now they are all in a mess due to the impact of new media. We are an official newspaper, so it's better. Some have closed down, but we are also keeping up with the times and have an account on the Internet." Chu Qian couldn't help but say a few irrelevant words.

"He's been in the newspapers and on TV, but he hasn't been found yet. Jiang Zhi is probably no longer in Q Province." Chu Qian guessed, "There's no welfare home nearby. If Jiang Zhi is still alive, he's probably been adopted by someone."

Qi Nian felt bad: "He won't..."

Chu Qian: "I hope not. Besides, Jiang Zhi is a boy. People used to prefer boys. If it was a girl, it might be dangerous."

Chu Qian then added, "I planned to look for her in the nearby villages. At that time, the villages were backward and information was cut off, so it was difficult to spread the missing person notices in newspapers and on TV."

Qi Nian frowned: "Are you alone?"

Chu Qian: "Don't worry, our editor-in-chief was very generous this time and assigned a photographer for me. We can work together."

Qi Nian felt relieved.

Chu Qian lowered her head and started flipping through her phone again, then paused: "Niannian, someone is causing trouble."

When Qi Nian took Chu Qian's phone, he saw the hot search on Weibo.

#Chu Tianheng's cold face#

Qi Nian frowned and clicked on the entry, only to find that a paparazzi had posted a video in which Zhu Cheng was talking passionately to Chu Tianheng, while the latter had a cold expression on his face and dodged the other's hand that was about to rest on his shoulder.

One of these two is a top star, and the other has been in the limelight recently, and they instantly became trending searches.

There was a lot of cursing below, and everyone felt sorry for Zhu Cheng. At this moment, Chu Tianheng's fans had not arrived at the scene yet, so everyone was cursing.

Qi Nian refreshed the page and instantly there were more than a thousand comments.

He frowned. "They are obviously the navy."

Chu Qian nodded: "So I said someone is causing trouble."

It was obvious who was causing the trouble. Chu Tianheng's fans also rushed over upon hearing the news and started to curse at the haters, and the square was in a bloody mess.

However, Zhu Cheng had only just become famous and his foundation was still shallow, so he was soon shut down by Chu Tianheng's fans.

Gradually, some rational words began to emerge.

"You weren't there at the scene, but you said Chu Tianheng had a cold face based on a GIF. Isn't that a bit unreasonable?"

"I don't think Chu Tianheng would be like this. If it was before, I might have believed it, but now I have changed my mind about him."

"I also think it's a misunderstanding. Tsk tsk, the group of people just now all spoke the same words. They are obviously sailors, and low-level sailors at that."

Just when everyone thought that the matter had come to an end, Zhu Cheng actually posted on Weibo.

Qi Nian clicked it and was instantly overwhelmed by the smell of tea that hit his face.

The other party said it was a misunderstanding, but his words confirmed that Chu Tianheng had indeed given him the cold shoulder.

In an instant, Zhu Cheng's fans were like chickens with blood injected, and immediately began to charge and attack their brother.

Some pretended to be pitiful and cried that Chu Tianheng took advantage of his popularity to bully newcomers.

"No way, your brother has been acting for seven or eight years, and he's still a newcomer? He's always new and always obscure?"

"Everyone knows that someone is notoriously rude, but his fans are still trying to defend him."

“…”

Qi Nian looked around and his eyebrows wrinkled.

Chu Qian comforted him: "The entertainment industry is like this, even a dog can't avoid being scolded, but Zhu Cheng's actions are indeed quite disgusting. I guess the agent also benefited from it. Now that "The Net" has ended quickly, it can still take advantage of your brother's popularity."

Chu Qian was very open-minded: "It can't be helped. Sometimes some celebrities get into trouble because of this. How do you explain it? It won't be a big deal. Anyway, the storm won't last long."

Knowing it is one thing, and being unhappy about it is another.

He thought angrily: [Zhu Cheng is so annoying! And his fans don’t even know they are fans of a legal geek!]

Chu Qian looked at Qi Nian in surprise, not caring about anything else, and looked at Qi Nian with shining eyes: "What legal expert? Tell me about it quickly, we in the People's Daily pay close attention to these things! Public figures must abide by the rules and laws!"

I almost forgot that once I got excited, people would hear my inner thoughts: "..."

However, Chu Qian was obviously more concerned about the news, which made Qi Nian breathe a sigh of relief.

Qi Nian: "Aren't you going to look for Jiang Zhi?"

Chu Qian: "Hey, this is a protracted war. Besides finding people, you also have to pay attention to your performance. Besides, are you willing to watch these lawless lunatics wreak havoc on the world?"

Everyone thought: "..."

...I don't want to.