CH 24

Xu Sijia coquettishly persuaded him, but Shan Qikun didn’t eat her. Xu Sijia couldn’t but silently shut her mouth.

Tang Ziyou removed his makeup. As soon as he walked out of the dressing room, he heard someone call him, “Xiao You.”

When he turned his head, he saw Shan Qikun and said in surprise, “Brother Shan, are you off work?”

“Well, today’s scene is over.”

Tang Ziyou thought he would be later today, but he didn’t expect it to be so early, “If I knew, I had waited for you just now. I thought you had other scenes.”

Shan Qikun approached him and smiled, “Let’s go.”

Tang Ziyou nodded and walked forward with him.

Shan Qikun hadn’t eaten dinner and was hungry now. He took Tang Ziyou into the hotel restaurant.

Tang Ziyou had actually eaten dinner, but Shan Qikun was here and usually took care of him, so he didn’t refuse. He just asked Xiao Lu to go back to rest early.

After Xu Sijia took off her makeup, she heard the assistant who had bought her meal approaching her ear and said, “Teacher Shan and Tang Ziyou are eating together in the restaurant.”

“Tang Ziyou?” Xu Sijia was surprised, “Brother Shan rejected me, but he actually had dinner with him?”

The little assistant nodded, “I think the two of them had a good conversation, talking and laughing.”

“Did Brother Shan and Tang Ziyou know each other before?”

“I don’t know.” The assistant guessed, “It’s not that Tang Ziyou has been hidden in the snow in the past few years. There is no activity, no works, so how can he have the opportunity to get to know.”

“Then he has the means. He wants to hold his thigh as soon as he enters the group. He has a good scheme.”

“That’s not it.” The assistant followed her words, “Yes, Teacher Shan is the film emperor and the first brother of their company. If this thigh is hugged, he can make sure he won’t lose.”

Xu Sijia sneered and urged the makeup artist who removed her makeup, “Hurry up, it takes too long, won’t I rest today?”

The makeup artist quickly speeded up the movements of her hands and carefully removed her makeup. The styling teacher behind her also removed her hair faster.

* * *

The next morning, Tang Ziyou saw Qu Wenyi as soon as he arrived on the set. He walked over and said hello to Qu Wenyi. The two chatted for a while until the assistant came to him and said that Shan Qikun came to check the lines. He then bid farewell to Qu Wenyi and walked to Shan Qikun’s side.

Shan Qikun saw him coming and smiled, “You have a good relationship with Teacher Qu?”

“I’m her fan.” Tang Ziyou said openly, “So when I saw her idle, I went over and chatted with her.”

Shan Qikun was surprised, “This is rare. Are you still chasing stars?”

Tang Ziyou felt guilty in an instant. He was more than just chasing stars. He was still a big fan. He led his own station to confront Shan Qikun’s fans head-on.

Tang Ziyou smiled wryly and changed the subject, “Which one are you going to play today?”

Shan Qikun took out the script and pointed it out at him. Tang Ziyou leaned over and took a look. The two were a little close for a while. Shan Qikun just turned his head slightly and he could see his serious profile.

He seemed to be a little surprised that the two of them were so close. He evaded backwards unconsciously, but couldn’t help looking at him a few more times.

Shan Qikun was watching and he heard Xu Sijia’s voice, “Brother Shan, have you finished your lines with Tang Ziyou? I want to check the following scene with you.”

Tang Ziyou raised his head after hearing the sound.

Shan Qikun calmly said, “Not yet.”

“Then tell me after you finish the line.”

“Okay.”

After Xu Sijia finished speaking, she glanced at Tang Ziyou and left.

Tang Ziyou saw her leaving, afraid of wasting time, and said, “Either we start. I have already recited this part of the lines, so I can start directly.”

When Shan Qikun saw this, he accepted the script and confronted him with his lines.

Xu Sijia sat in a chair, seemed bored, and looked at Shan Qikun talking to Tang Ziyou not far away. She played with her phone for a while and swiped Weibo for a while, but checking Weibo was finished and there was no sign that Tang Ziyou was over.

Xu Sijia felt annoyed. How could he play so much with a male partner?

How long has it been and haven’t finished the lines yet!

Xiang Rongrong finished filming and was about to take a break when she saw Xu Sijia staring at Tang Ziyou not far away, frowning.

She changed her mind and walked over, pretending to be surprised and said, “Sister Jia, your makeup today is so beautiful. This makeup suits you well, especially the lipstick colour. What colour number is this?”

Xu Sijia was caught off guard and accepted her compliment, but she wasn’t surprised. She was accustomed to it and calmly answered her questions.

Xiang Rongrong saw that she wasn’t in high spirits and deliberately said, “Sister Jia, are you unhappy? Is there something wrong?”

Xu Sijia glanced at her helplessly, thinking she was talking nonsense, “No, it’s just a little boring.”

“That seems to me you’re thinking too much.”

Xiang Rongrong smiled heartily. She turned her head as if embarrassed and then said in surprise, “Why is Tang Ziyou still with Brother Shan? I saw him there just before the filming. Why is he still there after I filmed? Does Brother Shan like him very much?”

Xu Sijia smiled contemptuously and said in a bad tone, “Who knows, maybe he plays a lot.”

When Xiang Rongrong heard her tone, she knew that she definitely had an opinion on Tang Ziyou.

“How is it possible? He’s only a male partner or the third male. How many scenes can he have?” Xiang Rongrong pretended that she didn’t hear what she meant.

“Who knows.”

“No matter how much it is, it can be no more than you, Sister Xu.” Xiang Rongrong complimented.

Xu Sijia chuckled, “You compare him to me?”

“I didn’t mean that.” Xiang Rongrong said immediately with a helpless look, “I just think that Sister Jia, you are the female lead, you must have the most scenes.”

After she finished speaking, she patched up as if remedially, “However, Tang Ziyou seems to have a lot of scenes. Many of them are rivals with Teacher Shan. Alas, he isn’t the female lead, so how come he has so many rival scenes with Teacher Shan. Really, it shouldn’t be like that.”

Xu Sijia heard the words, thought tactfully. Yes, Tang Ziyou wasn’t the female lead, why did he have so many rival scenes with Shan Qikun and they were both separate roles, where did he put her as the female lead?

If the two of them didn’t have so many rival scenes, then he wouldn’t take up so much Shan Qikun’s time.

He was nothing more than a third male, so what qualifications did he have to compete with her for Shan Qikun’s time?

When Xu Sijia thought of this, she had a plan in her heart.

Xiang Rongrong saw that she didn’t speak anymore and didn’t rush away. Instead, she sat down beside Xu Sijia and talked to her. It wasn’t until Xu Sijia went to film that she smiled triumphantly and returned to her rest area.

Tang Ziyou and Shan Qikun had a lot of rival scenes. In addition, Shan Qikun had an event two days later, so the director had advanced some of his scenes. The lines of the two had been fixed for a long time. Until they had dinner at noon, there were still half of their lines left.

Tang Ziyou thought that Xu Sijia was still waiting and suggested, “I won’t talk to Brother Shan in the afternoon. Sister Xu is still waiting for you.”

Shan Qikun remembered that the scene between him and Xu Sijia was tomorrow afternoon and said, “It’s still more important for you. You have two scenes with me tonight and there are two more scenes tomorrow morning, so let’s go with you first.”

Tang Ziyou had no choice but to agree upon hearing this.

After eating, Shan Qikun went to film.

He had a lot of scenes. This morning, he only shot one scene with Xu Wangyang. Another scene he took with Xu Wangyang and one with Xiang Rongrong in the afternoon.

Tang Ziyou could only wait in the rest area, waiting for him to have time before speaking to him.

Xu Sijia saw that Tang Ziyou had no scene in the film and still stayed on the set. She walked to the screenwriter during Shan Qikun’s break.

“Miss Cheng, I have something to ask you.” Xu Sijia said softly.

Cheng Feng wondered, “What’s the matter?”

“Let’s take a step to talk.”

Cheng Feng nodded and got into Xu Sijia’s nanny car.

“Well, Miss Cheng, I recently read the script and thought that some of the scenes could be changed, so I want to discuss it with you.”

The author has something to say:

Teacher Cheng: …I’m afraid that you want to add the scene.

Xu Sijia: Is the scene of the female lead called adding the scene? That’s right. (女主的加戏那叫加戏吗？, not sure how to translate it)