When Gu Xiaowei walked out of the bathroom, Xiao Qin was sitting on the sofa, yawning and about to fall asleep, while Luo Yu was arranging the cord of the hair dryer.

As soon as Luo Yu looked up, he saw Gu Xiaowei, who was wearing loose lounge clothes. There was still moisture between his brows and eyes, like the distant mountain after the rain. His semi-wet hair was plastered on his forehead, and his usually intimidating aura seemed to not be as well-restrained anymore, instead a kind of rebellious wildness was faintly revealed.

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Luo Yu’s breathing stagnated and he lowered his head, embarrassed to look again.

“Has your hair been dried? Otherwise, it’s easy to get a headache.” Gu Xiaowei stretched out his fingers and paused on Luo Yu’s cheek. Seeing that he didn’t avoid it, he twirled the strand of hair next to his ear.

“Yeah.”

Gu Xiaowei was very careful not to touch him, but Luo Yu still had the illusion that his ears had been burned by the other’s warmth.

He sat down with a normal expression and opened the layer of thermal insulation foil wrapping the porridge. “You have been in there for a long time. I thought your clothes fell into the water.”

“The hot water felt too comfortable so I didn’t want to move for a while.” Gu Xiaowei replied.

Luo Yu nodded. He understood the feeling of taking a hot shower.

Xiao Qin rubbed her eyes, woke up, and stood up to go out with the two bags of clothes, “Brother Gu, Brother Luo, then I’m leaving now!”

Gu Xiaowei raised his head and said, “There’s no need to worry about the clothes. You can send them to be washed when you wake up. Luo Yu and I have no scenes to shoot today, so you should also have a good rest.”

“En! That’s great! Thank you, Brother Gu!” Xiao Qin was really a young assistant full of energy.

Luo Yu opened the lid and was greeted by a rich aroma, “Is it mushroom and chicken porridge? It’s so fresh.”

Gu Xiaowei picked up the bowl and said, “Drink more, so you can have a good sleep after.”

“Is this the takeout Xiao Qin ordered? The cucumbers are also very delicious. And also, was the dried radish fried in advance, it goes really well with the rice.”

“As long as you like it.” Gu Xiaowei said lightly.

Luo Yu had a big appetite and ate at least three bowls.

Gu Xiaowei cleared the table very familiarly, and Luo Yu couldn’t help but say: “Xiao Qin said that you are very capable of taking care of yourself. It seems to be true.”

“What about Senior Brother? When you become famous in the future, how many assistants will you hire?”

“Famous? It feels like when my teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I raised my hand and answered that I wanted to be a scientist. In the past, I also thought about becoming a star with tens of millions of fans, enjoying the vanity of being surrounded by people… Now I just want to have good roles and good scripts. I don’t need assistants or anything like that. I don’t think I would get used to people rushing back and forth just to pour me a glass of water, like I have some terminal disease that prevents me from moving myself.”

“En, me too.”

Gu Xiaowei opened the window to disperse the smell of food in the room.

Luo Yu came to the bedside and asked sheepishly: “Um… are you used to sleeping on the left side or the right side?”

“Either is fine. Senior Brother, you choose first.”

Sincet Gu Xiaowei said so, Luo Yu directly chose to lie down on the side that was against the wall.

After a while, Gu Xiaowei walked to the bed, pulled back the quilt and lay down as well.

Feeling the bounce of the mattress, Luo Yu, who was originally not thinking much, became a little nervous again.

But then he wondered about why he was nervous. It wasn’t like he had never slept in the same room with Gu Xiaowei before.

The quilt was still a little cold at first, but it became hot soon after Gu Xiaowei slipped under.

His sleeping posture was very standard, with his hands placed on top of his stomach.

Luo Yu, on the other hand, liked to sleep on his side. When he raised his eyes, he could see Gu Xiaowei’s profile.

“Senior Brother.” 

In the quiet room, when he suddenly uttered those two words, there was an illusion of tenderness and affection.

“What is it?”

“Can I practice lines with you again in the future?” Gu Xiaowei asked.

Hearing this, Luo Yu chuckled softly.

“Sure.”

The two of them practicing acting together and getting twice the result with half the effort, of course Luo Yu was happy.

Only later did Luo Yu realize that the drama Gu Xiaowei was talking about was not just this one.

After a few minutes, Luo Yu, whose nerves were tense from the acting state earlier, finally relaxed and fell asleep bit by bit.

In a drowse, it seemed as if someone had twirled the ends of his hair spread out on the pillow, smudged it with restrained warm breathing, and cooled it with a long gaze.

There was no airtight wall in the world. Don’t know which staff member of the production team told the marketing account that the role of Bai Ying was extended and was promoted from a small role that was dropped in three episodes to an important supporting role lasting ten episodes.

There was no shortage of sour people in this circle. Many people want to have a role in a drama directed by Lin Yue. Even though Luo Yu had not committed murder or arson in the circle before, many people still look down on him. So naturally when Bai Ying suddenly turned into such a fragrant cake, of course some people’s eyes were red with jealousy.

At this time, Luo Yu was still sleeping and completely indifferent to the world. Things on the Internet had nothing to do with him.

On the other hand, Li Qian, who was in charge of the promotion of “Counterattack”, drank coffee late into the night and became more interested——it had finally arrived at his “part”.

“Mr. Li, do we need to issue an announcement to clarify the Luo Yu matter?” The assistant asked Li Qian.

Li Qian touched his chin, “What’s the point of clarifying now? A hundred clarification announcements can’t wake up those who pretend to be dead. The antis have only one purpose——’Those I don’t like must be eliminated.’ What they pursue is a matter of victory or defeat, not right or wrong. The more clarifications you make, the more they will pick on the words in your clarification announcement and spread them out of context.”

The assistant said worriedly: “Then what should we do? Although Director Lin and Screenwriter Hua never care about online comments, I am worried that… it will have a negative impact on the reputation of the show before it is even broadcast.”

“So what we have to do is to reassure the audience of “Counterattack” instead of wasting efforts to reverse the antis’ attitude. Antis will always slander, and even adding just one more word to his lines could be a point of contention. Many people are afraid of Luo Yu gaining popularity.” Li Qian smiled meaningfully.

“Yes. Why does Director Lin insist on using such a controversial actor?” The assistant sighed. Without Luo Yu, he wouldn’t have to work overtime tonight.

Li Qian suddenly picked up the documents on the table and hit the assistant on the head. What could he do but teach the newcomers step by step.

“If Director Lin insists on using him, it means he is a good actor, and if his peers insist on suppressing him, it means that this person will bring greater competitive pressure to the industry. They are afraid that he will become famous, afraid that he will take away their cake, and afraid that the benefits that could be obtained with just a fraction of the effort require a lot of effort.”

“I heard that he was slandered because he offended Ou Juntao of Dijun Media.”

“Oh, this Dijun Media is almost eaten away by worms. Look at the bunch of artists they push to the front, nine out of ten are made of clay but claimed to be porcelain as soon as they are shaped, and forget about even being refined in high-temperature kilns. Take He Mu for example, you think he could survive the audience’s change of aesthetics? He doesn’t even compare to some hard working artists from small and medium-sized entertainment companies who all have many talents and skills.”

When mentioning Dijun Media, Li Qian was obviously disdainful.

The trending searches for #LuoYuAddLines# have been hovering around the 18th and 19th spots.

This made He Mu anxious. When his fans attacked the crew and director before, the momentum was very big. But why were they so powerless when it came time to this?

He Mu was thinking about how to tactfully express how sad he was after losing the role of Bai Ying, and how to provoke his fans and make them fight for him?

But when he opened his fan group with a sub account, he found that the group administrator issued an announcement: we hope fans will remain rational and not participate in online attacks against Luo Yu. The director of “Counterattack” is known for his fairness and is not to be bribed easily. We hope that fans will not make excessive remarks before they know the truth of the matter. Once the director and investors become dissatisfied with He Mu, it will affect He Mu’s future development.

At first glance, he knew this set of rhetoric was issued at the request of his agent.

But what He Mu was thinking was that since Lin Yue was such a big name that even a top star like him could be looked down on, he wanted Lin Yue to feel the impact of a top star!

The agent was also in the fan group, so he didn’t dare to speak up directly, instead he went on the social platform and to the comments with the most likes to explain Luo Yu’s bad history, hoping to arouse the desire of his fans to fight.

Such as copying He Mu’s school idol image after so many years after graduation, losing every time when competing with He Mu for roles and other gigs, lowering his worth to take roles that He Mu didn’t want, being known as He Mu’s dupe in the industry and acting like a loser just to make money.

Those who would support Luo Yu were indifferent passers-by or people who have disliked him for a long time. Moreover, He Mu’s fans offended many people. As soon as he posted, he was met with criticism by others.

[He Mu is the monopoly king of images in the industry. The school idol image is incomparable to a proper professional actor like Gu Xiaowei, what’s the point of claiming ownership!]

[It’s really funny~ He Mu had snatched so many roles from others, but why can’t he perform any of them well? Who knows if it was capital operation, bad money drives out good money, Lin Yue is basically a magic mirror in the entertainment industry, able to reveal He Mu’s true colors~]

Some netizens angrily denounced: [It’s not that Luo Yu lowered his worth to take on roles He Must doesn’t want, but that He Mu’s salary is too high. Anyone who’s compared with him is simply a “dupe”!]

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Even He Mu’s own big fans came and sent him private messages, telling him to stop stirring up the Internet, as it would only bring trouble to him.

When He Mu saw this blood rushed to the top of his head. He really wanted to crack open the brains of these worthless fans and shake out the water inside.

But soon, #BaiYingDrowns# reached the hot search as well, rising bit by bit, and pushing the previous one down.

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