Chapter 53 - YanMingXiu Asks For a Role (2/2)

Before ZhouXiang could speak, WangYuDong responded, “He’s my new stuntman. His performance is pretty good. Since ZhouXiang’s accident, I haven’t found a stuntman to my liking. He is the best one so far.”

Both YanMingXiu and ZhouXiang’s expressions changed; one was unsightly; the other nervous.

When WangYuDong saw YanMingXiu’s expression; his eyes flashed, his mouth smirked with a faint smile, “MingXiu, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” YanMingXiu handed him the things in his hand. “I went to ChongQing to handle some business and just came back. My sister just happened to be on the business trip too but she will have to come back next month. She asked me to give this to you.”

WangYuDong handed the things to the assistant, “Oh, okay. I will call her today. When I’m done working, I’ll go see her.”

YanMingXiu was a little dazed and didn’t hear what WangYuDong had said. Instead, his eyes drifted to ZhouXiang.

ZhouXiang wiped his sweat, “Director Zhao, I am going to get a takeout box. Can I go eat?”

“Go right ahead.”

ZhouXiang walked to the other side of the set.

Right when he got his takeout box, someone patted him from behind. He turned and saw that it was Assistant Jiang.

“Hey, Jiang Ge, have you eaten yet?”

“No, just about to.” Assistant Jiang smiled and said, “What a coincidence.”

“Yeah,” ZhouXiang smiled stiffly.

“MingXiu tell you to go find him at the break lounge.”

“Huh?”

“Bring an extra takeout for him. You guys can eat together.” Assistant Jiang looked strangely at ZhouXiang. He really didn’t know what it is with this guy, to be able to get close to YanMingXiu. Could it be that his boss likes ZhouXiang? Assistant Jiang was very uncertain. He had been with YanMingXiu for a long time and noticed that he was neither interested in men or women.

ZhouXiang could only bring an extra takeout with him.

Assistant Jiang stopped him, “Oh, Xiao Zhou. Let me tell you, MingXiu’s mood is very bad these two days. It likely because his home was burglarized by a thief so be careful when you talk to him.”

“Thief? Was it when he was in ChongQing?” ZhouXiang hoped to get some information from Assistant Jiang.

“Yeah, MingXiu had just arrived in ChongQing when he got the news. Then he rushed back at night and then flew back to ChongQing at noon the next day. So exhausting. I can see that he’s very tired and his mood is very bad so be careful.”

ZhouXiang nodded. Seeing that he couldn’t get any information, he went to the break lounge with the takeout.

ZhouXiang knocked on the door gently. YanMingXiu’s low voice came from the inside, “Come in.”

He pushed the door open to go in. YanMingXiu was sitting in the chair, his head leaning against the wall, resting with his eyes closed.

ZhouXiang put the takeout on the table, “President Yan, Jiang Ge said that you haven’t eaten.”

YanMingXiu opened his eyes and glanced at him.

ZhouXiang was still in his costume, which was a purely white heroically noble costume with quite a bit of a natural and unrestrained demeanor.

YanMingXiu raised his chin, “Sit.”

ZhouXiang sat across from him, minding his own business as he took out his own takeout to eat. He could feel YanMingXiu’s eyes staring at his head, full of restless anxiety.

“Why did you come to be Dong Ge’s stuntman?”

ZhouXiang felt choked up a bit. He looked up and calmly replied, “Zhang Jie introduced me.”

YanMingXiu’s eyes stared at him piercingly, “I just saw your video recording, your moves……who taught you?”

ZhouXiang cautiously answered, “I took martial arts classes when I was younger. This is something I’ve liked since I was a child.” All this is true. ChenYing had showed him photos of ZhouXiang when he was a child in martial arts class.

YanMingXiu felt that he is lying. Who is really this person? Why does he and (older) ZhouXiang have so many coincidences? Both having the same exact first and last names, both working under CaiWei’s agency and even now, he also became WangYuDong’s stuntman. Adding on, every time he is with him, the kind of familiarity striking him directly on the face makes him lose his bearings and put him at a complete lost on what to do.

This person is like “him (older ZhouXiang)”, very much like him. From the first time he saw him till now, he’s practically more and more like him.

How could this be?

YanMingXiu desperately restrained his urge to question him loudly. He had become more and more curious of this person. Being with ‘this’ ZhouXiang makes it impossible for him to not think of “him (older ZhouXiang).”

YanMingXiu followed up to ask, “How do you know CaiWei?”

“We… we met at the hospital.”

“How did you meet?” YanMingXiu’s piercing questions had already surpassed the level of their familiarity but he still looked at ZhouXiang unyieldingly, forcing a response from him.

ZhouXiang knew that with his current position, he really can’t afford to offend him. He responded half-heartedly, “Wei Ge’s father had a stroke and was paralyzed. My mother took care of him at the hospital.”

He subconsciously didn’t want YanMingXiu to know that he was comatose in the hospital for two years because this (younger) ZhouXiang and that (older) ZhouXiang had their accidents on the same exact day. Before, he didn’t believe in anything paranormal but now he is convinced that supernatural powers exist in the world. When the both of them had their accidents at the same time, his soul entered this person body.

This is inconceivable to ordinary people. So even with the people closest to him, he can’t bring himself to tell them, not wanting them to have any suspicions.

YanMingXiu looked at ZhouXiang’s eyes and felt that he was still trying to mask something. He decided to send someone to investigate this person. He didn’t know why he would pay extraordinary attention to this person. It’s almost like….like he can slightly feel “him” through this (younger) ZhouXiang.

ZhouXiang finished eating very quickly but YanMingXiu’s chopsticks didn’t even move. He kept looking at ZhouXiang with scrutiny. This meal was really tasteless for ZhouXiang.

After eating, ZhouXiang left first. Coincidentally, Director Zhao called him, wanting to have a discussion with him at that time.

Just as he walked over, YanMingXiu also followed him and bluntly asked Director Zhao and WangYuDong, “This film is not bad. Is there a suitable role for me(T/N)?”

T/N: The reason YanMingXiu asked for a role is because he wanted to get closer to find out more about ZhouXiang.

The two peoples’ mouths dropped. WangYuDong reacted quickly and immediately smiled, “Of course, there is a role that is suitable for you.” Aside from the films he invested in, YanMingXiu almost never participated in other people’s films because he refused to smile in front of the cameras. Because of that, there are many roles that he can’t act in. At the present time, only WangYuDong can persuade YanMingXiu to cameo in his film for a few minutes. Moreover, with just a smile, an expression lasting less than two seconds is enough to make the box office exceed the expected 30% in sales. To be able to have YanMingXiu participate in his film, he could not ask for more.

Unfortunately, he had asked for a quite a while last time before YanMingXiu agreed. This time, he didn’t even dare to think about it. Unexpectedly, YanMingXiu actually took the initiative to ask. This made WangYuDong and Director Zhao elated.

There was actually no suitable role for YanMingXiu in this film but if they only needed to add a role at the last minute, it would be a box office guaranteed.

Director Zhao said to the person next to him, “Hurry and call the screenwriter over. How can a meal take so long to eat. Quickly!”

ZhouXiang turned his head and looked at YanMingXiu enquiringly, YanMingXiu also looked at him quietly, with a probing inquisitive look.

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