155 Now This Is Epic (1/2)

460,000 words.

Normally, one would burn the midnight oil to finish it, but Ye Shuang only needed half an hour. When the taxi reached her hotel, she had already flipped through 'Ai Song'.

Xiao Zhu Hou knew his history well. The book crossed 150 years of the Nan Song Dynasty, starting from Song Gaozong's congregation of power to the falling out with Yue Fei. This not-so-well-known dynasty came alive in Xiao Zhu Hou's hands. From the corrupt government that depended on the Jin clansmen to the various heroes that were active during the time, it was an epic tale.

It was not unusual for Luo Mingxin to be interested in this novel; Ye Shuang thought it was quite well-written as well. However, loving the novel and agreeing to help shoot it were two different things. Promoting the country's history was important, but preserving her own secret was even more important. Therefore, after Ye Shuang exited her app, she walked into her room, lay down in bed, and tossed the issue out of her mind.

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The next day, Ye Shuang dragged Little Brother Ye to Luo Mingxin, who had promised to help her. After dropping the man with the assistant, Ye Shuang went to the backstage to hide. Little Brother Ye's activities were handled by the assistant. After all, Celebrity Luo's face was more useful than Ye Shuang.

”I'll be sure to take many pictures and watch the movie on your behalf.” Little Brother Ye stood beside the assistant obediently and waved farewell at Ye Shuang. ”Bro, don't worry! If there's a problem, I'll go to Brother Luo.”

Luo Mingxin, who was in the middle of his make-up, shot him a look. Who is your Brother Luo‽

”Don't trouble your Brother Luo too much. If you can deal with it yourself, do it. Only go trouble him when the problem is too big,” Ye Shuang said seriously.

The order can only be understood as—don't be too afraid to move about, have fun, if there's any problem come and find me… Luo Mingxin felt like raising his hand to slap his forehead. No, no. I'm being too pessimistic. Perhaps that's not what he meant…

”Celebrity Luo, please don't move. You're going to ruin the foundation,” the make-up artist reminded him. Luo Mingxin was going to show up at the premier as his character, who was younger than his actual age, so he needed the foundation to cover up the lines on his face.

Hearing that, Little Brother Ye looked at Luo Mingxin and then at Ye Shuang. Then, his expression openly said, Sigh, my brother is so handsome that he doesn't even need make-up.

Luo Mingxin, who saw this, felt his heart chill over. This kid sure is that con artist's biological brother.

After handing her child to the nanny, Ye Shuang took the cab to head for the premier location. She asked for lunch and then went into the breakroom to prepare. Likely because they had gotten used to this kind of event, the workers on duty were all quality workers. There were female workers who blushed when they saw Brother Shuang, but no one came in secret to ask for a picture or signature.

The breakroom came with a television, computer, and couch; it was as comfortable as her hotel home. Naturally, this meant that Ye Shuang was not be bored. She asked for the Wi-Fi password and used it to surf the internet on her laptop.

She only played for half an hour before Director Zhou called Ye Shuang to scold her. He had just heard from Luo Mingxin, the tattletale, that she would not be walking down the red carpet.

After dealing with that, Ye Shuang received the call from Little Brother Ye, who tattletaled on the tattletale. ”Bro, this Brother Luo is awful. He's being given the interview but keeps trying to pile compliments on you.”

”Trying to force me to continue this career‽” Ye Shuang scoffed. ”I understand. After the interview is finished, tell your Brother Luo that this trick will not work on me. If he pushes hard enough, I'll tell the world we're in a relationship and that's why he's so adamant on recommending me.”

Little Brother Ye chuckled to himself. After he hung up, he gave Luo Mingxin's assistant, who stood beside him, a gloating gaze. The assistant turned to look at Celebrity Luo, who was still doing the interview, and wanted to cry for the man. Bro, come back, we're not match for their shamelessness.

This continued until the start of the event. Ye Shuang's phone kept ringing from various calls. Ye Shuang did not mind it that much; she put the Bluetooth mic into her ear, and she answered them while she was playing. It provided quite a distraction. When it was finally 2 pm, some of the people from Director Zhou's crew arrived backstage. Some wandered off to other breakrooms while others came into Ye Shuang's breakroom to mingle with her.

The assistant director seemed to know the place well. He tapped on the remote, and the television showed the red carpet and screening hall.

”Xiao Ye, you're not going to fight for some exposure‽ When Ol' Zhou heard you're in hiding, he was so angry that he almost fainted.” The assistant director smiled and sat beside Ye Shuang.

Ye Shuang shoved the laptop into her bag and looked at the people who were walking along the red carpet with interest. Then she replied with a smile, ”There's no reason for me to go take the exposure away from them. After all, I do not plan to join this industry.”

Although she had repeated that many times already, the number of people who believed her was exceedingly small. That was partly because of her appearance and also because everyone had seen how good she was at acting. From how they saw it, Brother Shuang entering the business was inevitable, and he was just being humble for now.