Chapter 20 Part1 (1/2)

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Jiang Yi's expression was awkward.

The face of the girl in front of him was full of innocence, as if she was purely curious. But her words instantly made him recall that night and his moment of nervousness and panic.

He seemed to have placed himself in a difficult position without realising it.

Jian Wei observed his expression. Looking back in hindsight, it would seem that she spoke too quickly? Her male G.o.d seemed as if he was quite embarra.s.sed, ah…

”Stupid,” she scolded herself, and forcibly changed the topic, ”That, recently I haven't been going to the set because I've been doing something else, la. I've been busy…”

She suddenly paused. Her eyes radiating light she whispered, ”You noticed that I didn't go to the set?”

Wow, her existence already means this much? He wasn't trying to find her, right?

Jiang Yi looked at her and knew what she was expecting. After a few seconds of silence he said, ”En, everyone was looking for you cat everyday.”

Jian Wei frowned. What, it was all because of Yuan Gulu - she was jealous!

Her sulking appearance was really childish. A hint of a smile appeared in Jiang Yi's eyes and he added, ”Of course, we were trying to find you as well.”

Only then did a smile spread across her face, and she said, ”I'm sorry for inconveniencing you, la, I didn't expect everyone to miss me so much. Ai, next time you should say something, after all, I am quite busy.”

”What are you busy with?”

Helping to promote your new drama, ah…

Jian Wei said with a straight face, ”It's a secret. I'm not telling you.”

She was thinking about sitting down next to him. He seemed to notice her thoughts and stretched out a hand.

Jian Wei was puzzled. Jiang Yi looked back and found another clean towel. After spreading it out on the ground he said, ”Sit.”

Jian Wei looked down at the short skirt she was wearing and her mouth couldn't help but curl up into a smile. ”Thank you.”

The two people sat together on the steps at the edge of the tennis court. Jian Wei thought that this scene seemed quite familiar. It was like a school sportsfield, where sweethearts would display their affection brazenly everyday…

This thought made her somewhat shy, and she promptly discarded these distracting thoughts. She imitated him and stared into the distance. After a long time she suddenly laughed softly, ”Looks like an egg yolk.”

Jiang Yi was puzzled. Jian Wei gestured and said, ”Look at the sunset, doesn't it really look like an egg yolk? I'm hungry. Have you eaten dinner yet? If not, shall we go and eat - this time I'm the one asking you.”

Jiang Yi said, ”You came to find me just to ask me for a meal?”

Jian Wei's expression flickered and Jiang Yi thought something was wrong. After pondering for a while, he understood, ”You saw the interview?”

Jian Wei saw that she couldn't conceal it from him anymore and nodded her head.

Jiang Yi drawled, ”So someone was afraid that I wouldn't feel like eating anymore and came over to send warmth (cheer up/take care of)?”

Jian Wei paused, then said, ”No, ah, I was afraid that you wanted to beat up Lin Zequn so I came over to help you.”

Jiang Yi held his head and chuckled. In the golden light of the setting sun, his side profile looked handsome. A few strands of hair were stuck to his forehead from the sweat of exercising. There was no difference between his appearance now and those boys at school.

But he had just been stabbed in the back by a colleague.

Jian Wei couldn't help but ask, ”You aren't angry?”

”Do you think I should be angry?”

Jian Wei looked at him but didn't speak. Jiang Yi said lightly, ”Well, it would be a lie to say I'm not angry. Just a little.”

”Only just a little?”

”To survive in this circle these kinds of dirty tricks are unavoidable. If you can't learn to adapt and adjust yourself then you will only end up being unhappy.”

He spoke cheerfully, but his words made Jian Wei's heart hurt. Of course, he was walking this road. She had heard that there were a lot of set-backs, not mentioning the many others, it was them, these fans, who didn't understand at all.

Jiang Yi thought of something and suddenly asked, ”You haven't been arguing with people on the internet, right?”

Jian Wei pursed her lips. When the article had just come out, for a period of time she was furious and really did argue with people…

Jiang Yi remained silent.

He had seen his online fans fighting to support him twice. Frankly speaking, whether or not they could win the argument depended on whether or not their idol was popular enough. If their idol happened to be at the peak of his career and had many die-hard fans, sometimes even unreasonable matters could be justified.

This matter with him and Lin Zeqeun, even if he had an advantage, it would still be difficult to say who would win and lose in the end.

He sighed lightly and leaned back, tilting his head towards her, he smiled, ”To like an actor like me, I must worry you right?”

Jian Wei didn't know how to reply.

Jiang Wei added, ”Ai, if the one you liked was Lu Anjie you could be as unreasonable as you wanted when arguing.”

Lu Anjie was the winner of their singing compet.i.tion, while Jiang Yi was the runner-up. Unlike Jiang Yi who had already moved into acting, Lu Anjie had focused on his singing career and he already had a certain position in the music business.

Actually, Jiang Yi could also have focused on singing exclusively, but two years after the compet.i.tion he suddenly cancelled his contract. His career was greatly affected and he also lost a lot of money. He had faded out from the entertainment circle after a few years to concentrate on his university work. When he re-appeared he signed with his current company and began to act.

As for why he cancelled his contract, there were many different theories but so far none of them had been proven.

Jian Wei was naturally clear on his wishes. But without knowing why, when she saw him mocking himself like this, her heart felt particularly sad, ”He slandered you like this, he damaged your reputation, is there nothing you can do?”

Jiang Yi looked at Jian Wei. He could see in her eyes there was a clear unwillingness and anger. Even though he hadn't known her for very long, he knew that she actually had quite a carefree temperament and was happy most of the time. The only times she had become angry or sad were all due to him.

A voice sounded in the distance. It was Lin Hao returning.

He looked at Jian Wei, his expression a little complicated. Jiang Yi was puzzled, so Lin Hao coughed and said, ”Yi-ge, could you come over here, there's something I want to discuss with you.”

Jiang Yi also looked at Jian Wei. She immediately made a ”please” gesture. He followed Lin Hao to one side. The a.s.sistant handed him a phone and whispered, ”Look at this.”

It was a Weibo page. Jiang Yi's brows instantly knit together because he was familiar with the name.

Yuan Gulu's dairy: I thought that doing your work well and respecting others is a principle all adults understand. But apparently that is not the case. Standing on someone else's shoulders may perhaps be tolerated, but stepping on their heads is too much.”

This post which seemed to have no rhyme nor reason caused many fans to ask in the comments what was going on. Very quickly someone offered an explanation, ”Isn't auntie Jiang Yi's fan? Today Jiang Yi and Lin Zequn were involved in a conflict, you can look for the details yourself.”

After they understood the situation everyone came back and started to comment, ”Wow, that article is really embarra.s.sing, ah, if I remember correctly isn't Lin Zequn only 21 years old, and he's already selling out his seniors! Support him!”