“The first time in the forty-sixth scene of “Black and White”, action.”

Zhou Yuanting and Ah Ze hid in the alley with a group of brothers. Ah Ze couldn’t hold on anymore. He was cut twice in the back, and in order to help Zhou Yuanting block the knife, he was also stabbed in the stomach. Blood gushed down his fingers. Ah Ze was sweating profusely in pain, and his veins were visible as he panted.

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“No way, I can’t hold on anymore.” Ah Ze leaned against the dirty wall and slowly slid down the wall, his eyes were a little unfocused as he looked at Zhou Yuanting, who watched a brother also getting slashed a few times, yet still had no expression on his face: “Don’t you feel any pain?”

Zhou Yuanting leaned against the other wall and raised his head silently.

“It hurts so much.” Ah Ze clutched his stomach tightly, his whole body tense: “I was most afraid of pain when I was a child, but I ended up being a gangster. Do you know why I rushed to the front every time I fought? Because I was afraid dammit. I felt ashamed when I stepped back, so I could only rush forward. When those people saw that my momentum was so fierce, they would become afraid first.”

As Ah Ze said this, he took another breath, and then heard Zhou Yuanting ask him, “Why?”

“What?” Ah Ze raised his head and looked at Zhou Yuanting. Zhou Yuanting also lowered his head at the same time, and their eyes met. The look in Zhou Yuanting’s eyes was very complicated. It seemed to still be the same indifferent and aloof arrogance, as if he looked down on hoodlums like them. But in the depths of his eyes, there was a bit of uncertainty, gratefulness, and wavering. His eyes were particularly bright in the dark alley, and a drop of blood slid from his forehead across the bridge of his nose, giving him a kind of aura of one who just pretended to be strong but was actually fragile.

“Why did you come here?” There was no change in the tone, no choking, no sadness, but the tone, its naturalness, the shuddering effect that gave people goosebumps when they heard it.

The sense of drama surged all of a sudden.

Ah Ze was covered in sweat from the pain, but suddenly smiled: “I think of you as a brother. I was afraid that something would happen to you.”

In the end, it wasn’t Ah Ting who met with an accident, it was himself: “Sooner or later, those on the streets like us, would encounter this day. Those of us who are just grunts either try hard to hack people or end up being hacked to death by others. I already expected this.”

“Ah Ting!” Ah Ze raised his head and looked at Zhou Yuanting, who held his back straight against the wall even though he was bleeding: “Do you really like elder sister-in-law?”

Zhou Yuanting didn’t answer.

Ah Ze smiled, with the hint of a dreamy look on his face: “Elder sister-in-law is really beautiful. I have slept with so many girls, but none of them were more beautiful than elder sister-in-law. You have a good eye. You are handsome, and girls like you. But you don’t sleep with any of them…..”

When Ah Ze spoke up to here, he suddenly took a few harsh breaths: “But elder sister-in-law, you can’t…..”

Ah Ze’s whole body suddenly slackened, and the hand covering his stomach slowly slid down, lying in the corner without moving.

Zhou Yuanting closed his eyes and looked up at the sky. Then, with his blood-stained right hand, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket and lit one up. The flame flickered slightly, and the cigarette smoldered. Zhou Yuanting leaned against the wall and repeated softly: “Being a grunt, if you don’t try hard to hack people, you will be hacked to death by others.” Even when sleeping girls you couldn’t sleep with the prettiest.

The camera captured the moment from the sky. Outside the alley, the sun was shining brightly, and there was a lot of traffic. A group of extras wielded machetes and iron rods to search back and forth aggressively on the street. In the dark and narrow alley full of debris, Zhou Yuanting was standing, and Ah Ze laid on the ground covered in blood. Several brothers huddled around them anxiously like fearful mice.

“Cut!”

Du Ze, who was slumped on the ground like a dead fish, suddenly opened his eyes and gave a thumbs up in Tao Mu’s direction. The family knows their own affairs. Although he had already prepared well, without the cooperation of Tao Mu, Du Ze would not have entered the scene so quickly. His emotions couldn’t have been so complete either.

Director Xu, who was sitting in front of the monitor, was also very satisfied. What he liked most about Tao Mu was not how good Tao Mu’s acting was. Tao Mu’s acting was really good. The level was definitely on the top of the line. But what Director Xu admired most about Tao Mu was that he could bring his fellow actor into the scene every time he acted. Instead of only caring about his own performance, only caring about his own screen presence.

Anyway, Director Xu felt that every time Tao Mu’s scenes were filmed, the picture was the most harmonious and the most impactful. Of course also the best looking.

Because of Tao Mu’s high level of cooperation and Du Ze’s own preparations, the filming of this boxed lunch scene went very smoothly. Although it did not take just one shot, there was no NG. Just a lot of extra shots for closeups and the like. Du Ze ran behind Director Xu and watched the video playback, and was very satisfied with his performance.

Of course, he was most thankful towards Tao Mu’s cooperation. If Tao Mu’s acting skills were not so contagious, Du Ze thought he would never have gotten into the scene so deeply. Especially the line he recited before his death made even his own nose sting.

“It’s time to eat!”

Director Xu did what he said and let everyone off to eat lunch after filming the scene.

Du Ze hurriedly ran to the script supervisor to get two boxes of lunch, and hurriedly ran back to Tao Mu. Then he gave Tao Mu the chicken drumsticks in his lunch box. Thanking Tao Mu for helping him act so seriously.

Because of his good performance, and being recognized by his colleague, Tao Mu, who received chicken drumsticks, was also very happy. Because he liked to eat chicken drumsticks. Especially the special braised chicken drumsticks in Hong Kong which were really delicious.

He should find some time to learn the recipe. When he returned to Beijing in the future, he could make it himself whenever he got a craving.

“I heard that Tao Mu’s cooking skills are also very good.” Fang Ruoti said with a smile: “I wonder when you could let us have a taste?”

“There will definitely be a chance.” Tao Mu was in a good mood: “When you come to Beijing, I will definitely be the host. I will cook a good meal at home to entertain the distinguished guests.”

As soon as these words came out, the several bigwigs were very satisfied. It didn’t matter if Mr. Tao’s words were sincere or he was just being polite, everyone was very satisfied with this attitude.

As he was talking, he saw several black cars being parked on the side of the street. The doors opened, and a row of men in black got out of the cars menacingly. One of them opened the rear door of the car in front, and an old man in his sixties in a dapper suit stepped out of the car with a smile. Behind him was a young man in his twenties who looked very handsome.

“What a pompous entrance.” Du Ze leaned over to Tao Mu and explained quietly, “It’s the gang leader in Causeway Bay. But don’t worry, he’s not here to make trouble for the crew. He likes acting. Our crew wants to film in Causeway Bay. For the location shoot, they help close the streets and maintain street order. The only requirement is to make a cameo.”

The cameo appearance was still a mob boss. After the death of Ah Ze, Zhou Yanqing’s mob boss negotiated with the mob boss of Causeway Bay.

Du Ze bumped Tao Mu’s shoulder with his own and whispered, “Don’t be afraid.”

Tao Mu chuckled: “I’m not afraid.”

What was there to be afraid of, Hong Kong had returned to the mainland for many years now. Even if he was a mafia bigshot back then, he had to do proper law-abiding business now. Didn’t people see that bigshot smiling politely when he saw Yan Sheng?

Tao Mu paid more attention to the young man behind the boss. Because that person was the white paper fan who liked Shen Yu in his previous life——what was he called again?

Seemingly noticing Tao Mu’s scrutiny, the young man also turned his head. After pondering for a moment, he walked up and stretched out his hand: “Hello, Mr. Tao. I’m Liang Shuwen.”

“Hello.” Tao Mu nodded, shook Liang Shuwen’s hand briefly, and said, “Tao Mu.”

“I know you.” When Liang Shuwen said this, he suddenly smiled: “Your employees are very impressive.”

Ah? Tao Mu was a little bewildered. Why did the conversation suddenly involve his employees?

Liang Shuwen explained: “I went to a bar last night. When I came out, I was entangled by two reporters. They claimed to be expatriate reporters from FlyNews.com and asked me to do an interview so that I could talk about the car accident.”

He paused briefly, and as if afraid that Tao Mu didn’t understand the context, Liang Shuwen explained considerately: “The reason why the actor named Shen Yu in your crew had a car accident was that he accidentally collided with my car. I saw him crying quite fiercely at the time, and I thought he was injured. So I sent him to the hospital. I didn’t think it would bring so much trouble to Mr. Tao because of this.”

“Because of my fault, Mr. Tao’s family was scolded by netizens. Although I have explained it clearly in the interview, I still feel very sorry.” As Liang Shuwen spoke to here, he suggested very seriously: “But Mr. Tao can be rest assured, we have already resolved the complaints from the Hospital Authority and the hospital in question.”

Now what was this about the Hospital Authority and the hospital complaining?

When Liang Shuwen saw that Tao Mu was really ignorant he continued explaining.

According to the laws of Hong Kong, it was illegal for a reporter from FlyNews.com to bribe a doctor to directly reveal Shen Yu’s medical case. So after the news of the fake car accident broke out, someone brought their complaints about the hospital to the HA. The hospital also sued the irregular operation of FlyNews.com.

Liang Shuwen felt that this matter had something to do with him, and he also felt that he should not offend FlyNews.com and Xiaoheng Capital for the sake of a stranger. So he asked his father to come forward and push things down. Not only had the HA been settled, but even the gossip tabloids have been suppressed.

In fact, everything had already been settled and done with. Liang Shuwen came over this time just to show his goodwill. After all, he had done all the hard work, so he had to let the other know. Lest the wink was aimed at a blind man. (TN: pointless endeavor)

Tao Mu was a little intrigued. He felt that what Liang Shuwen said was very interesting. Saying that Shen Yu collided with his car, wasn’t the subject and object of the sentence switched?

But recalling that Liang Shuwen was also a top student who graduated from Hong Kong University. Tao Mu felt that Liang Shuwen would not be that stupid.

However, Tao Mu was very curious about what kind of stimulation had provoked this Liang Shuwen. In the last life, until his death, he regarded Shen Yu as the only light in the darkness, the only salvation in his tragic life. Nothing had happened yet in this life, but Shen Yu had already turned into a scam artist in his eyes? He also actively contacted the Hospital Authority and local media to help FlyNews employees deal with the aftermath.

Why didn’t Tao Mu know that Liang Shuwen actually had such a helpful side?

He was puzzled in his heart, but it didn’t delay Tao Mu saying his thanks in person. Because of this little episode, Tao Mu also stepped forward to thank Liang Shuwen’s father.

Liang Shuwen’s father smiled and invited Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng to dinner. Tao Mu pondered a little, and only said that he would contact Li Xiaoheng. He did not give a definite answer in person. He could make decisions for himself, but he didn’t want to make decisions for Li Xiaoheng. Although the two had already begun to date, Tao Mu’s head had always been very clear.

Father Liang didn’t mind either. After chatting a bit more, he began to actively discuss how to act in the next scene——he really did come to make a cameo appearance with sincerity. He was a bigshot who liked to act very much.

The only regret was that he was limited by his identity. After so many years of acting, he did not even get a nomination for the best supporting actor.

On the other side, Shen Yu also recognized this helpful person who knocked him down and sent him to the hospital. He smiled and greeted: “So it’s you? Why are you here?”

“Second young master Shen.” Liang Shuwen nodded at Shen Yu, expression and tone ndifferent.

Tao Mu was affected by his previous life and thought that Liang Shuwen’s performance was very strange. However, he forgot to consider the objective circumstances.

In the last life, Shen Yu was the young master of the Shen family, and he had always had a good reputation in the circle. Because Tao Mu made things difficult for him, he ran out of the crew in a fit of pique. The result was that he ended up colliding with Liang Shuwen’s car. Although not injured, he was indeed frightened. And because Liang Shuwen sent him to the hospital, Shen Yu intuitively believed that Liang Shuwen was a good person. No matter what outsiders say, Shen Yu always insisted on standing by Liang Shuwen’s side and defending him.

It was the first time Liang Shuwen met a person like Shen Yu. He felt that Shen Yu, who was carefully cared for and raised by the Shen family, was a delicate white lotus in a glass bottle. Isolated from the filthy real world, his whole body exuded a holy light from heaven.

However, in this life, before Liang Shuwen even met Shen Yu, he had already seen all kinds of black materials about Shen Yu on the Internet. Later, because of Shen Yu’s involvement, he almost offended the powerful Xiaoheng Capital and FlyNews.com, which had a huge public opinion influence. To him, Shen Yu was practically equated with trouble.

In addition, FlyNews.com broke the conspiracy theory that Shen Yu staged a fake car accident to guide public opinion——even if Liang Shuwen indeed lacked love and yearned for the light, he would never have fallen in love at first sight with this scandal-ridden person when they meet for the first time.

The objective conditions that could affect Liang Shuwen were gone. And if Liang Shuwen could still subjectively fall in love with Shen Yu at first sight. Now that would be a weird thing indeed.

Liang Shuwen was the white paper fan of the gang, that is, the military advisor and think tank of the gang. Although part of the reason was the influence of his background and the help of his father. But Liang Shuwen’s head was absolutely working fine.

And the reason why he liked Shen Yu so much in his last life was not only because Shen Yu showed a pure and kind side, but also because of Shen Yu’s connections, which facilitated the cooperation between the Liang family and the Shen family, and also promoted the whitewashing process of the Liang family. This was actually the most important reason.

Liang Shuwen felt that it was Shen Yu who dragged him from darkness into light. Coupled with the admiration that comes from an unrequited love mentality, the mutual fermentation of interests and feelings was an important reason for Liang Shuwen to devote himself to Shen Yu.

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It was a pity that in this life, Tao Mu’s FlyNews.com constantly broke the news of Shen Yu’s black material. Shen Yu’s biggest bargaining chip to attract admirers was gone. Therefore, the drama of love at first sight would naturally be a rare if not obsolete occurrence.

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Plot halo: if love at first sight won’t work, then there is still falling in love over time. I won’t die that easily _(:з」∠)_

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It’s probably been a bit too smooth-sailing recently. To be more specific, if you have someone to dote on you, you would unconsciously become arrogant. Therefore, even though Tao Mu could clearly see that Lin Rong’an was showing goodwill towards him, he was too lazy to bother with the other.

If this was put in the past, such a thing was absolutely impossible. So long as the benefits were sufficient, even if Tao Mu would be putting himself through grief, he would still respond with a smiling face. But he didn’t think like that now. What his Yao Dad said was right. Life was too short to spend all your days making money. And besides, making money was to improve one’s life. He was not lacking in money now, so why should he make himself unhappy and do business with his enemies in his previous life?

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Was it because he had too much time, or because acting was not fun?

But the matter also involved Li Xiaoheng. Tao Mu was not willing to talk to Lin Rong’an, but he couldn’t make decisions for Li Xiaoheng. So he could only answer perfunctorily: “I don’t know much about this. Although I am a partner of Xiaoheng Capital, I do not participate in the specific management of the company. If the Lin family is interested in cooperating with Xiaoheng Capital, you should communicate with CEO Li directly.”

“Oh?” Lin Rong’an raised his eyebrows, tilted his head to examine Tao Mu, and smiled meaningfully: “I thought it would be easier for me to come to you based on the relationship between Mr. Tao and Mr. Li.”

Tao Mu was exactly annoyed by Lin Rong’an’s ambiguous tone. Since the previous life, this person would not speak like a normal person.

“You don’t need to worry about my relationship with CEO Li.” Tao Mu said impatiently, “Are you here to pick a fight?”

“Mr. Tao, please don’t get me wrong. I just…..” Lin Rong’an was startled suddenly. Just what?

The relationship between Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng, or to be precise, the news that Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng burned incense and worshipped Buddha at the Wong Tai Sin Temple to seek their marriage fortunes, had already reached all those well-informed Hong Kong families. Lin Rong’an also heard about it. He hadn’t felt anything before, but now seeing Tao Mu in person, he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

Why was Tao Mu together with Li Xiaoheng? Was it because Li Xiaoheng met Tao Mu before him?

Lin Rong’an knew his own sexual preference. He never hid it either. Even the Hong Kong gossip tabloid would occasionally publish the gossip scandal that Lin Rong’an dated both men and women. Lin Rong’an never cared, and the Lin family never asked. Everyone knew that Lin Rong’an could handle matters clearly. No matter how wild he played outside, he would get married when it was time to get married.

Therefore, Lin Rong’an misunderstood that Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng also had this kind of relationship. Both business partner and bed partner. After all, most of their kind were just that uncaring about scruples.

Lin Rong’an just envied these two people’s luck. No matter Tao Mu or Li Xiaoheng, their appearance, figure, family background were all extremely high-quality. Especially Tao Mu, there was no need to mention that face, just that figure with broad shoulders, narrow back, slender waist, long legs and perky bottom. When standing still, it was just good-looking. But when action scenes started and he got into his fighting pose——swinging a punch, swiping with a blade, and kicking with long legs——it was simply so beautiful that anyone’s mouth would go dry. Lin Rong’an very pathetically got an erection.

“Cut!”

Director Xu sat in front of the monitor and replayed Tao Mu’s previous fight scene with great satisfaction.

Probably because he had acted in several martial arts dramas before, Tao Mu’s fighting scenes were particularly beautiful. It maintained the realism of heavy fists punching into flesh, and at the same time, he could make it look smooth and unrestrained. Especially the micro-expressions on his face and in his eyes during the fight, combined with Tao Mu’s fighting skills, the visual impact could not be anymore strong.

“Not bad.” Director Xu nodded slightly. After going through Tao Mu’s fight scene again, he started filming the next scene.

Which was the scene where Du Ze finally got his box lunch.

The makeup artist came up to touch up Du Ze’s makeup, and put a blood bag in his mouth. Du Ze held the blood bag in his hand with disgust: “Wait a while until it’s time. It’s all chicken blood, and it’s disgusting and smelly.”

After finishing speaking, he told Tao Mu in a worried tone, “Later, make sure you lead me.”

Du Ze meant to have Tao Mu accompany his acting well. It would be even better if he could immerse him into the scene too. That way he could also perform better.

Tao Mu was panting slightly. He had filmed a morning of fight scenes under the hot sun. All were intense action scenes. He had to run, jump, and hack at people, and he had to do all of it with style and aesthetic beauty, with passion and emotion, with layers and layers of undermeaning. So he was indeed tired.

His hair was wet with sweat, and it fell wetly on his forehead. It made Tao Mu’s skin seem even paler than jade. And it was the finest jade at that. Sweat and blood covered all over his body, and the blood-red wounds cut by the machete also contrasted eye catchingly against the pale skin. And as he leaned weakly against the wall at the corner of the street, there was an aura of beauty that inspired sadomasochistic urges.

Tao Mu was so hot, he unconsciously tugged at the neckline of the T-shirt that had been purposely messed up by the prop master, took the mineral water handed over by the assistant, and drank half of the bottle in one go. The rest was poured directly over his head.

Sweat mixed with water droplets rolled down, and Tao Mu squinted at the sun.

“I want to take a bath.” Tao Mu licked his lips. He had no obsession with cleanliness. But no matter how sloppy one was, after running for so long under the 30-degree Celsius sun, sweating so much, and having the makeup artist touch up the fake blood on their faces, they would also want to take a bath.

Du Ze looked at Tao Mu, who was giving off sex appeal in waves, and suddenly didn’t know where to look.

“After filming this scene, it’s time for dinner.” Du Ze coughed lightly, “I just don’t know how many times there will be an NG.”

“It’s alright. I’ll try my best to cooperate with you. Let’s try our best to go through it. Early death and early reincarnation.” Tao Mu reached out and patted Du Ze’s shoulder. But he forgot that the makeup artist had just smeared half a bag of plasma on his hand. The red slap print appeared on Ah Ze’s white T-shirt, and the angry makeup artist screeched.

Tao Mu could only widen his eyes innocently and spread out his hands. He really didn’t mean it.

“You should wear a black shirt.” Tao Mu was particularly uncaring of his image as he sat down against the corner, straightening one leg and bending the other leg. One arm rested on the knee of the bent leg: “We’re the mafia, we have to wear black. What was the prop master thinking? Actually making you wear a white T-shirt. It makes your complexion look particularly dark.”

“But it makes you look particularly handsome!”

While talking, Fang Ruoti’s assistant brought a box of iced dragon fruit to Tao Mu: “It’s from sister Fang.”

“Huh?” Du Ze squinted at Tao Mu, and wanted to ask when Tao Mu got so close to Fang Ruoti. But Tao Mu didn’t give him this chance. He just held up the dragon fruit and asked, “Do you want to eat it?”

“Eat!” Du Ze thought about it, but didn’t bother to ask. After all, Tao Mu’s identity was different from actors like them. He came attached with a halo of capital. Didn’t people see that even the young master of the Lin family was standing on the set waiting to fawn on him. Not to mention actors like him.

Sure enough, after Fang Ruoti was the first to show her goodwill, there were other actors’ assistants who took advantage of the break between the props crew setting up the scene to come over to send warmth——or in this case, send coolness. Zhou Yanqing’s assistant brought a small fan, Wang Jinsheng’s assistant brought a bowl of ice bean soup, and Luo Daming’s assistant brought a cup of sour plum soup that Luo Daming made himself. Even Yan Sheng’s agent secretly snuck over to discuss with Tao Mu his experience in transcribing Buddhist scriptures.

Zeng Yiheng came here after receiving a call from Yan Sheng’s assistant. He didn’t expect that a stable and reliable person like Yan Sheng would make such a big mess for the sake of Shen Yu. He even dared to threaten the director with a work strike.

Zeng Yiheng rushed to the crew as soon as possible, and apologized in front of Director Xu, and directly said that Yan Sheng was possessed by evil spirits, and asked Director Xu not to bother quibbling with him.

Director Xu really didn’t care much. If this matter of Yan Sheng was put on other occasions, even if Director Xu didn’t voice it, he would still feel a slight grudge in his heart. But today was really different. Who asked Yan Sheng to make a fuss to help Shen Yu plead for mercy, only for Shen Yu to bring the young master of the Lin family to support him right after.

Because of this slap to the face, Director Xu not only was not angry with Yan Sheng, but even felt some pity and sympathy for him.

However, there was no need to voice this kind of private emotion.

Even so, Zeng Yiheng felt a special headache. Right after he gave Yan Sheng a good scolding, he immediately came to Tao Mu to ask for a good way to ward off evil spirits. Who let Tao Mu to always come out on top when going up against Shen Yu!

“If it really doesn’t work, please lend me one of your photos, and I’ll put it in Ah Sheng’s wallet to ward off evil spirits.”

“Why not a condom while you’re at it as well!” Tao Mu rolled his eyes at Zeng Yiheng irately. They were the official CP, intimate, lovey-dovey, with the power of absolute true love. So what’s the deal with stuffing his picture in the guy’s wallet.

Even if Yan Sheng didn’t mind, he himself felt disgusted. Not to mention that crybaby Shen Yu, he could just imagine him turning into a clingy pest, pestering him every day and accusing him on the Internet!

“Aren’t I being forced into a corner by a certain someone? So I was just grabbing at straws.” Zeng Yiheng explained with an ingratiating smile, “Please don’t mind me Mr. Tao, I really don’t mean to stir up trouble and slander you.”

Tao Mu angrily took a mouthful of sour plum soup. He didn’t notice that in the corner of the studio, Shen Yu was currently looking at him enviously.

Even if the white lotus flower had a bad head, he could still pick up on the fact that the entire crew did not want to see him at this moment. He waited on set all morning and no one spoke to him. Even Yan Sheng, who had always doted on and listened to him, ignored him. When he had no scenes, he would rather get into his nanny’s car and read his lines than talk to him. He took the initiative to go over, but big brother Yan actually sent an assistant to stop him.

Shen Yu could sense that the entire crew looked at him strangely. But he didn’t know what he had done wrong. He was the one who almost got hurt, wasn’t he?

No one paid attention to him, so Shen Yu was very sad. But Tao Mu had been filming all morning and had barely rested for a few minutes when groups of people came delivering fruits and iced drinks, meticulous in their care and attention. Big brother Yan’s agent even ran over to chat with Tao Mu. He could see the two talking and laughing.

With such a contrast, Shen Yu lowered his head even more sadly and hugged himself tightly. So aggrieved he wanted to cry.

Lin Rong’an stood beside him and observed with interest. Looking at Shen Yu for a while, and then looking at Tao Mu for a while. He found that Tao Mu’s personality was not bad. It seemed that it depended on the person when he coldly pushed people thousands of miles away.

As for the division standard! Lin Rong’an glanced at Shen Yu subtly.

Noticing Lin Rong’an’s gaze, Shen Yu, who had been left out for an entire morning, came over like a puppy who finally met a kind person, and asked timidly, “Third brother Lin?”

Because Lin Rong’an accepted old madam Lin’s entrustment and brought him back to the studio, Shen Yu naturally developed a trace of trust in Lin Rong’an.

Lin Rong’an looked at Shen Yu who seemed to have a habit of calling brother whenever he met anyone, and hooked up the corner of his mouth meaningfully.

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If only the wild leopard with particularly sharp claws could be as easily reeled in as this domesticated cat in front of him. But then again, those who were too easy, coming and going when they were called, without any temper or personality, posed no challenge at all.

Lin Rong’an regretfully suppressed his active thoughts. It was a pity that Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng were still going strong. If he were to make a move now, it was likely that he would offend Li Xiaoheng. It was better to wait another year and a half, he didn’t believe that with the status of Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng, they could be so lovey-dovey forever?

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“I don’t want to.” He had never been treated so coldly by his family before, and instantly Shen Yu burst into tears. He looked at the Shen family’s father and son pair with teary eyes. It was not that he was sad that he couldn’t play the role of Yan Yu. But that he was in a car accident, and even if he wasn’t injured, it wasn’t on purpose. He was already miserable, why were there still people who think it was his fault?

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Shen Chen would never reason with Shen Yu. Because it was impossible. Therefore, his method was also very simple and crude when dealing with Shen Yu: “Just be good. It’s not a major role. If you really like acting, after returning to Shanghai, let Wen Shijin help you choose the script. You can play the lead role.”

“That’s different.” Even if Shen Yu’s brain was not very bright, he could clearly distinguish the difference between a dog-blood idol drama and a big movie production directed by Xu Musen: “I want to act. Eldest Brother, please help me talk to Director Xu. I will definitely act well, and I will never think filming is hard work again.”

Being watched by Shen Yu’s tearful eyes, the Shen family’s father and son pair could only feel a headache.

“The children in our family are ignorant and spoiled by us.” Even though he was annoyed, Chairman Shen did not ignore Mrs. Lin, who was sitting on the side, and smiled wryly: “You’ve seen something ridiculous.”

Mrs. Lin smiled and patted the back of Shen Yu’s hand, saying warmly: “Every family has their troubles. Whose family does not have naughty children. I think Xiao Yu has a good personality. And he is also innocent and cute. It’s just that he has experienced too few things, so he was misunderstood by certain people.”

Hong Kong was so small, and the gossip was so fast and abundant. Even if Mrs. Lin was hospitalized, she could still hear some gossip. What was more, the incident of Shen Yu’s car accident was actually a big deal on the Internet. Those little nurses and young doctors all had FlyNews accounts. Listening to their gossip, Mrs. Lin could also know all about it. And she had personally communicated with Shen Yu, and she could naturally see that Shen Yu was not such a scheming person.

“Since it’s a misunderstanding, it’s a good thing to discuss it. Since the child likes acting, it’s rare to have such an opportunity. So don’t leave any regrets.” Mrs. Lin said with a smile: “Xu Musen is a very talented person, and talented people will inevitably be proud of their talents. They like to judge others based on their own subjective impression. But I believe that your son must not be the kind of person with deep scheming. But if you let Xiao Yu leave the crew like this, wouldn’t the falsity become a truth?”

When the Shen family’s father and son pair heard what Mrs. Lin said, their expressions turned slightly better. They were blinded by concern, and they did not think about this layer. Of course, the main reason was that they didn’t expect Shen Yu to have gained such affection from the old madam Lin.

It seemed that the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best. (TN: idiom for a blessing in disguise)

Chairman Shen laughed and was about to make some chit chat about raising children being a difficult task, when he saw a very handsome young man in a suit and leather shoes, holding a bunch of lilies.

“Eh, grandma, you are actually chatting with others?” The young man put the lily bouquet in his hand into Mrs. Lin’s arms, and asked with a smile, “Then I’m very curious, who is it that could coax my grandma into such a happy mood.”

Mrs. Lin patted her precious grandson and made introductions with a smile, “This is the head of the Shen family in Shanghai. This is his eldest son, Shen Chen, and this is his adopted son, Shen Yu.”

She then turned to the Shen family and said, “This is my grandson Lin Rong’an.”

As she spoke, Mrs. Lin did not forget to remind Lin Rong’an: “…..Isn’t your relationship with Xu Musen very good? Tomorrow, you will take Xiao Yu to the crew to visit the set, and by the way, explain various misunderstandings.”

Following Mrs. Lin’s introduction, Lin Rong’an smiled slightly: “It turned out to be Chairman Shen and CEO Shen, I have heard of your names for a long time.”

Shen Yu was ignored.

Lin Rong’an was also of the younger generation, so he naturally saw the turmoil on the Internet. In his opinion, even if Shen Yu had no scheming, it did not mean that he was pure and good either. What was more, he managed to ingratiate himself with his grandma as soon as he entered the hospital, and made his grandma so happy. Such that even in front of the Shen family’s father and son pair, she overstepped her bounds and stood up for him.

Lin Rong’an expressed that though he had never seen such a man like this before. But he had seen a lot of similar women. This Shen Yu was quite skillful indeed.

Lin Rong’an disapproved, but he would not disregard old madam Lin’s wishes. The next morning, he really took Shen Yu to the filming location in Causeway Bay to visit the set.

“Third young master Lin.” Xu Musen immediately understood what was going on when he saw Lin Rong’an and Shen Yu visiting the set together and could not help but smile bitterly in his heart. He just announced to the crew yesterday that he was going to kick Shen Yu out, and Shen Yu brought in the third son of the Lin family to put pressure on him. Sure enough, people with backgrounds were just that willful.

“Don’t look at me like that.” Lin Rong’an shrugged: “It’s my grandma’s order. She likes the son of the Shen family very much, and she thinks there is a misunderstanding. Just discuss it clearly, there’s no need to drive people out.”

These words were spoken quite straightforwardly. Clearly, Lin Rong’an didn’t like Shen Yu well either.

However, Shen Yu didn’t hear the underlying meaning, and still looked at Lin Rong’an with a moved expression.

The entire crew subconsciously looked at Yan Sheng. Knowing that Director Xu was going to kick Shen Yu out of the crew, Yan Sheng rushed back to the hotel overnight to intercede on Shen Yu’s behalf. Seeing that Director Xu insisted on not withdrawing his decision, Yan Sheng even threatened to stop being part of the film in the end. Everyone was not happy. Director Xu also lost face.

Everyone didn’t know what was wrong with Yan Sheng, why did he want to protect Shen Yu so stubbornly. They were even worried for Yan Sheng. As a result, Shen Yu came back with the rich son of the Lin family in the morning.

Everyone knew the status and influence of the Lin family in Hong Kong. Xu Musen dared to offend the Shen family because the influence of the Shen family was far away in Shanghai. But he would never dare to offend the Lin family. What was more, the head of the Lin family had done a favor for Xu Musen back then.

With the Lin family coming forward, Shen Yu obviously couldn’t be gotten rid of. Everyone just felt bad for Yan Sheng. After a night of trouble, his influence was not even as good as a word from the young master of the Lin family. This face must hurt so much.

Obviously, Yan Sheng himself knew all the subtleties as well. His expression was very ugly. He was willing to invest his feelings and time for Shen Yu because he really liked Shen Yu and wanted to protect this little person from the bottom of his heart.

But this did not mean that Yan Sheng was willing to throw in his dignity. No man would like to see his lover relying on another man.

Shen Yu begged the Lin family to intercede for him. Although he didn’t mean to hurt Yan Sheng subjectively, he did slap Yan Sheng in the face. And it was a very painful slap.

The atmosphere of the crew was a little strange for a while. Everyone worked silently. Setting up lights, cameras, and tracks. Everything was done methodically.

Tao Mu, Du Ze, and a big group of actors were all waiting on the side. Today was the scene where Du Ze got his lunch box. He also had a monologue before his death. Logically speaking, after so many years of filming, Du Ze shouldn’t be nervous. But the first time he was filming a scene opposite Tao Mu, Tao Mu managed to suppress his screen presence to the point he didn’t even have the slightest bit of shine. In the past scenes, it was Ah Ze who set off Zhou Yuanting’s role. Although Du Ze felt a bit uncomfortable, it didn’t really matter. But today’s scene was different, he was the protagonist in today’s scene and he would definitely not let Tao Mu steal his limelight——

Admiration was admiration, but on the matter of acting, one must not easily admit defeat. Supporting roles also possess dignity.

In order to perform better, Du Ze nervously pulled Tao Mu to practice lines.

When Lin Rong’an saw Tao Mu’s figure, his eyes lit up. The corner of his mouth hooked up, and he walked to Tao Mu at the same pace of a peacock displaying its feathers. He stretched out his hand, and introduced himself: “Hello, Mr. Tao, I’m Lin Rong’an. I like your FlyNews.com very much. It’s so cool. I didn’t expect that the creator behind it would be even cooler.”

Tao Mu frowned. Because of the memories of his previous life, his impression of Lin Rong’an was not very good. So his expression was inevitably a little cold: “Hello, Mr. Lin. We have a very heavy task of filming coming up. If you don’t mind, we have to practice lines first.”

Meeting a mild rebuff, Lin Rong’an retracted his hand sheepishly but he didn’t take it to heart. He often accompanied his father and eldest brother to receive businessmen from the mainland. He knew that many people in mainland China were very reserved because of their different growth environments. However, he did not expect that someone who could create a website as fashionable as FlyNews.com, and could manage it so well, actually also had such a cold personality.

But he really looked very pretty. Lin Rong’an subtly looked at Tao Mu’s facial features, and suddenly felt that it was a little familiar: “Pardon me for my presumptuousness, but has anyone said that you look a lot like CEO Shen?”

Afraid that Tao Mu was confused, Lin Rong’an added: “It’s Shen Yu’s older brother. CEO Shen of the Shen Group. If I hadn’t known the identity of CEo Tao, I would have thought you two were brothers.”

Tao Mu’s expression became slightly cold: “Since you know how presumptuous you are being, Mr. Lin shouldn’t talk nonsense.”

Lin Rong’an had an account on FlyNews.com, and of course knew Tao Mu’s relationship with the Shen family. Putting aside the others, Tao Mu had absolutely no affection for Shen Yu and Shen Yan.

“Don’t be angry, Mr. Tao. I’ll apologize, alright?” Lin Rong’an chuckled and said meaningfully: “I didn’t mean to offend when I said this. I just feel that with Mr. Tao’s genius, those online people actually compare the canary raised by the Shen family to you. It really tarnishes your efforts and abilities. Our Lin family absolutely admires Mr. Tao’s behavior. If there is a chance, I would really like to cooperate with FlyNews.com. “

Tao Mu looked at Lin Rong’an suspiciously. This guy’s style was not right.

“I heard that Mr. Tao and Mr. Li of Xiaoheng Capital are business partners. Xiaoheng Capital wants to acquire several companies in Hong Kong, but there has been no progress. If there is anything you need help with, please just ask.” Lin Rong’an gave a gentleman’s bow politely.

Xiaoheng Capital possessed strong capital, but had no foundation in Hong Kong. Coupled with the fact that during the previous financial crisis, Xiaoheng Capital chose to short the Hong Kong stock market. While the benefits were absolutely high, it also invariably offended the entire Hong Kong business district. This was also an important reason why Xiaoheng Capital had the strength and sincerity, yet several acquisitions were still progressing so slowly.

——Those old companies couldn’t see the situation clearly, they were waiting for Xiaoheng Capital’s money to save their lives, but they also felt that it was very shameful to easily agree to Xiaoheng Capital’s acquisition. Therefore, they were preoccupied with quibbling on all kinds of minutiae details. But in order to prepare for the online shopping platform and further expand Xiaoheng Capital, Li Xiaoheng had to acquire these companies so ge could only be patient with them.

But if the Lin family acted as a mediator, he might not dare to guarantee anything else, but at least it would be no problem for all parties to get along and make money.

This was also an important decision that Lin Rong’an made after he went home and discussed it with his father and brother.

Showing goodwill to Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu, and befriending Xiaoheng Capital and FlyNews.com was much more cost-effective than befriending the Shen family.

Before, the Lin family already had the intention to strike a good relationship with Xiaoheng Capital, but there was no right opportunity. This time, he took advantage of sending Shen Yu back to the crew to establish a connection with Tao Mu. The relationship between Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng was unknown to outsiders, but the well-informed upper class in Hong Kong was all aware.

So long as Tao Mu could be persuaded, it was not difficult to get Li Xiaoheng’s approval. What was more, Tao Mu himself was also a person worthy of friendship.

The Lin family’s abacus sounded merrily, actually wanting to make friends with Tao Mu through Shen Yu. They didn’t have any scruples about the Shen family at all. One had to pity the father and son pair of the Shen family who were still celebrating the fact that Shen Yu got lucky and managed to climb the big tree of the Lin family. In the hotel, they were still thinking about how to befriend the Lin family and take advantage of the situation to turn into a business cooperation.

One must know that the Lin family, as an old family in Hong Kong, enjoyed a noble title among the peerage of Great Britain. Back then, old Mr. Lin’s father was even awarded the title of Justice of the Peace by the royal family. It could be said that the Lin family had a very large influence not only in Hong Kong, but also in England and Western Europe.

If the Shen Group could cooperate with the Lin family to expand their business to England and Western Europe, it would definitely be a crucial step for the company’s development strategy. Of course, in return, or in other words a cooperative transaction, the Shen family was also willing to help the Lin family gain a firm foothold in the mainland.

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It was a very good idea. It was a pity that the Lin family didn’t take a fancy to the Shen family, but instead took a fancy to Xiaoheng Capital and the Li family’s influence in the international financial market and the mainland. They even took a fancy to FlyNews.com’s influence on mainland young people and white-collar executives.

Obviously, in terms of a powerful alliance, no matter how one compared it, the combination of Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng was more valuable than the Shen family.

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Just as Tao Mu was thinking carefully about how to reveal Shen Yu’s plot halo and protagonist halo to Li Xiaoheng and his family without revealing the secret of his rebirth, FlyNews.com’s expatriate reporters were following Shen Yu’s whereabouts to the hospital. And secretly photographed Shen Yu wearing a hospital gown, chatting with other patients in the garden.

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In the photo, the fair-skinned and slender boy was bathed in the sunlight, chatting happily with another graceful lady sitting on a stone bench, which looked practically like a scene from an oil painting. The reporter who took pictures was very skilled——he was also a fan of Tao Mu’s photography skills and took his idol’s standard as his goal. When he applied for FlyNews.com, because of his superb photography skills and PS skills, he was originally assigned to the publicity department. This time Tao Mu came to Hong Kong for filming, FlyNews.com wanted to send two reporters to interview him. He volunteered and PKed out a lot of colleagues in an internal competition. After two assessments, he got the expatriate job.

The situation of the other expatriate reporter was similar to him, but he was one of Tao Mu’s fans who idolized him for his diss and smack talk skills. Although the two fan factions have different attributes, they were still of the same camp. It could be said that they were both diehard fans of Tao Mu.

——In fact, FlyNews.com had only been established for one year. And almost all the industry elites who were able to send their resumes to FlyNews.com or directly jump to FlyNews.com in such a short period of time came for Tao Mu himself. It could be said that Tao Mu’s charisma propped up the entire FlyNews.com.

During this period, the war between Tao Mu and Shen Yu, especially the war between the two fanclubs, never stopped. Tao Mu’s fans were full of talents and possessed great fighting prowess, but it couldn’t be helped that Shen Yu’s many brain-dead fans were just too many, and they also happened to love brainwashing others when they talked, and was especially good at pulling other people’s IQ to their level, and then using their rich experience to defeat them.

All in all, the online battle between the two fanclubs was a fierce one. Today you expose my black material, tomorrow I expose your black material. But most of the time, even the people who eat melons had to admit that every time Shen Yu’s side started it first.

This time, the two expatriate reporters learned that Shen Yu had let his family abuse their CEO Tao again. After being exposed by their CEO Tao’s family, he ran out of the studio crying, and also caused a car accident to cause their CEO Tao’s family to be scolded by those idiots who don’t distinguish right from wrong. The two die-hard fans were particularly infuriated.

So they rushed to the hospital as soon as possible. At first, they just wanted to ask Shen Yu to do an interview, and wanted Shen Yu to say personally if he also felt that his car accident should be blamed on CEO Tao’s family. But as soon as they entered the hospital, they realized something was not right.

The person who was supposedly in a car accident could actually still walk around and relax in the hospital garden, even chatting and laughing with other patients. How was there even the slightest bit of an injured patient’s appearance in his speech and behavior?

The two expatriate reporters subconsciously hid in the blind spot of Shen Yu’s line of sight and started taking pictures. The reporter with very good photography skills also adjusted the shooting angle, used the sunset as a natural filter, and used the blooming plants and flowers in the garden as a foil to render Shen Yu’s exquisite looks to be especially beautiful. The most important thing was to make Shen Yu’s complexion look very dewy and healthy.

The other reporter secretly turned on the camera and took a video of Shen Yu walking as usual. In the video, little prince Shen was jumping, skipping, talking and laughing, and it was not at all obvious that he was someone who had just experienced a car accident.

The two foreign reporters from FlyNews.com felt that something was wrong. Immediately, conspiracy theories began.

Not to mention that the learning ability of top students was just that strong. When the two expatriate reporters were at the headquarters of FlyNews.com, they were just regular employees of the publicity department and reporters who ran news interviews. After arriving in Hong Kong for a few months, they now knew all the cat and dog ways they learned from the notorious Hong Kong gossip paparazzi. They even secretly went to make inquiries of Shen Yu’s attending doctor, and even bribed a hospital nurse to secretly take out Shen Yu’s medical case.

As a result, the so-called car accident injury turned out to be just a false fright. The only wound turned out to be a scratch on the palm. Apparently he was so frightened when the car came over, he accidentally fell to the ground, and his palm was scrapped.

Mother fuckin’, this was a fake car accident, right?

The two expatriate reporters exchanged looks, and smartly took photos of Shen Yu’s medical case. Then sent it to FlyNews.com as soon as possible.

The concept of FlyNews.com was instant communication. That is, many netizens could share the fastest and freshest information in the earliest time possible.

For example, when netizens saw the video uploaded by Assistant Jiang in the afternoon, they were indignant to help Tao Mu to denounce the Shen sibling duo. Within two hours, the news of Shen Yu’s car accident spread online again. So the brain-dead fans of Shen Yu, who were scolded so badly earlier, could finally come out and turn black into white, trying their best to whitewash their little prince.

However, in another two hours, the photos and videos of Shen Yu chatting happily with people in the hospital were posted online again by FlyNews Entertainment reporters, with Shen Yu’s medical case attached.

The two FlyNews.com reporters were well aware of the essence of a good eye-catching headline. When filling in the title, the words “Suffering A Fright” were especially underlined and bolded. Looking at it in conjunction with Shen Yu’s medical case, it was indeed truly a case of suffering a fright. The hospital even certified it. There was nothing fishy about it at all.

But the key was that with the vague news of a car accident, the brain-dead fans couldn’t wait to press the heads of Tao Mu’s family and call them murderers. As a result, the medical identification showed that their idol just suffered a fright. The biggest wound on his body turned out to be a scratch on his palm, which was not even caused by being hit by someone else’s car but by himself falling down in fright.

——To put it in a nasty way, even those scam artists were more professional, right?

When the iron-clad evidence of the two expatriate reporters was uploaded to FlyNews.com again, all netizens only felt “slap, slap, slap” to the face, and once again enjoyed the fear of being dominated by a reversal. But this time, the netizens were especially angered.

Although they eat Tao Mu’s melons and as a result could often feel their IQ being conquered by others, and if they were not careful, they would be led by the nose, only to be slapped in the face by Tao Mu’s various reversals. Although their faces were swollen, they enjoyed the feeling of both being sore and refreshed. Because they were already accustomed to Tao Mu’s routine, even when they were eating melons, they were looking forward to the reversal, expecting to be slapped in the face. Especially masochistic.

But Shen Yu was different.

Different from Tao Mu’s shrewdness and high IQ that Tao Mu had always shown, when these netizens face Shen Yu, they subconsciously feel that their IQ must occupy the higher ground. Especially when they were arguing with Shen Yu’s brain-dead fans, they were all used to the stereotyped and repetitive rhetoric. So there was a sense of superiority. Even if they weren’t able to win against the brain-dead idiots, they could comfort themselves that they couldn’t wake up someone who was pretending to be asleep.

Except, now Shen Yu had also come up with a move to pull a reversal and slap them in the face, and it was through creating a fake car accident, leading netizens to accuse Tao Mu’s family of being too aggressive.

The netizens suddenly could no longer bear it. Especially those passers-by who really felt that although Shen Yu had flaws in terms of dealing with people, he definitely had a simple, kind and obedient personality. Immediately, they felt that Shen Yu’s image had collapsed.

For these mama fans, they didn’t care whether Shen Yu was smart/capable or not, or whether Shen Yu was dedicated/hard-working or not. Even if the Internet scolded Shen Yu for being unable to endure hardship by abusing the use of body doubles, they still thought that Shen Yu was a little prince and it was normal for a little prince to have the prince syndrome.

They could accept that the prince was stupid, but no one could accept that the little prince in their minds was not only stupid, but also a vicious drama king.

This was simply consuming their kindness!

The doting heart of a mama instantly shattered. Of course, there was still another part of the brain-dead and die-hard fans who maintained the principle of “I won’t hear it, I won’t believe it”, insisting that there must be a reason for this. Shen Yu was definitely not the kind of person who was stupid, vicious and bad.  Hey didn’t even believe that Shen Yu deliberately made a farce of a fake car accident, just to avoid responsibility.

There were even conspiracy theorists who thought that this must be fake news created by FlyNews Entertainment. After all, Tao Mu was the founder of FlyNews.com and the big boss of FlyNews Entertainment. The big boss was caught in a scandal, and the sycophants must naturally find a way to solve the problem for the boss. So all this must be because the reporters from FlyNews Entertainment deliberately poured dirty water on Shen Yu’s head.

The news uploaded by FlyNews.com did not necessarily mean the truth just because they included pictures, it was also possible that the pictures were taken misleadingly.

However, this kind of desperate rebuttal soon became untenable as the two reporters found Shen Yu’s attending physician and the perpetrator for interviews.

Of course, no matter what the netizens thought about this. Tao Mu, who was still in the center of the vortex, didn’t know anything about this at all.

After the filming of that day’s scenes, Tao Mu returned to the hotel with Li Xiaoheng and his family members, and hesitantly explained the existence of Shen Yu’s protagonist halo and the plot halo. Of course, in order not to reveal the secret of his rebirth, Tao Mu didn’t say it that specifically. Just mentioned that Shen Yu was very lucky, and every time he encountered something, he could always turn bad luck into good luck. And every time he had been in contact with people for a long period of time, it would always affect the people around him to like him inexplicably, or to hate him even more, causing them to act with low IQ. The most important thing was that people who hated him or targeted him, even if they acted rationally, would eventually become unreasonable people inexplicably.

He took himself and the actor Yan Sheng as examples, trying to convince his family that this was true, not his imagination.

Li Xiaoheng still remembered that when Tao Mu first came to Hong Kong, something was really wrong for a while. He also dragged him everywhere to pray to gods and worship Buddha, and now he was copying Buddhist scriptures and Daoist mantras, and even carried his photo around to ward off evil spirits. After making contact again this time, Liu Yao, Meng Qi, and Mr. Song accused Shen Yu of being unkind. As a result, Shen Yu ran out crying and had a car accident. Sure enough, the public opinion reversed, and the three men became the unreasonable ones.

“I tried several times. It’s better when I’m not targeting him. Every time I’m targeting him, especially when he’s at a disadvantage, something inexplicably happens to him that would benefit him. In the end, even if I’m in the right, I will become the one who is aggressive and harassing.”

When Tao Mu said this, he couldn’t help but think of various experiences in his previous life and felt any interest waning: “I don’t care about it myself. I’m used to it anyway. I just hope you don’t pay him any attention in the future. I don’t want you all to be entangled in this kind of bad luck because of me.”

Tao Mu’s words were firm and logical. And looking at it with what happened before, at first glance, it did make some sense.

But Liu Yao disagreed: “How could it be as mysterious as you said? Right and wrong, black and white, they must always have a reason. Instead of deciding who is more reasonable based on who is weak. Even if someone believes that the weak are more reasonable, it is a fallacy. You don’t need to bother with this type of person. They can’t even figure it out for themselves, and yet they want to fight the lawsuit for others. Do they even have the head for it?”

“Ah Yao is right.” Meng Qi nodded and echoed Liu Yao’s words: “We must do things with integrity. We don’t take the initiative to bully others, but neither do we let ourselves be bullied. Since Shen Yu dared to have his sister scold you, we dared to scold him back. Don’t say that he ran out crying because of this and got into a car accident. Even if he is killed it is the perpetrator who is the one legally responsible. It also depends on whether Shen Yu obeyed the traffic rules at that time, right? Did he not see the car and just rushed out on his own? Or could it be that just because he is mentally fragile and can’t listen to others trying to reason with him, we have to suffer grievances and endure his sister’s scolding? There is no such thing in the world. “

“Isn’t that the truth?” Mt. Song snorted: “Even if he is the emperor, there are still imperial censors to scold him in court. Could it be that this Shen Yu is more noble than the emperor and only he is allowed to scheme and stir up trouble, while we are not even allowed to reason with him?”

“I also read those remarks on the Internet. Some people can’t tell what is right or wrong and are just unreasonable. You don’t need to pay attention to this kind of person. Standing and talking won’t hurt one’s back after all. What did that comedian say, you have to put a distance between yourselves when you meet this kind of person. Lest lightning strike him one day, and then jump to you as well.”

He frowned and looked at Tao Mu: “Don’t be so wishy washy. I remember that you used to be a decisive kid. Why are you so hesitant and timid now? You don’t dare to talk back when they scold you, and you even have to think about whether they are happy or not. How come I didn’t know that you have such self-restraint?”

“That’s right!” Liu Yao nodded in agreement: “Not at all like the cub I raised.”

Liu Yao always believed that if he came across those who dared to take the initiative to provoke them and were unable to be reasoned with, the way to go was to face it head-on and hit back ruthlessly. Let the other side know what toughness was, and only then could they restrain themselves next time. Otherwise, they would always think that you were easy to bully and would come to provoke you every three days.

“You’re just too tolerant of that Shen Yu. If you dealt with him like you did with the Yao family, this kid’s balls would have shriveled up long ago. If nothing else, at least when he sees you he would know to keep his distance.” Liu Yao had also been in the streets before, and his eyes were very sharp. He had already seen that Shen Yu was just a bully who picked on the weak, and his courage was estimated to be only the size of a grain of rice. If Tao Mu had shown his vicious side earlier, this kid would have been scared away a long time ago.

Tao Mu shook his head and smiled bitterly. He didn’t know how to explain to his Yao Dad, Xiao Qi Dad, and Grandpa Song, how could it be so simple when it came to the plot halo and protagonist’s halo!

Tao Mu thought of this, and subconsciously looked at Li Xiaoheng, who had not spoken much. He was now relying on this bigwig’s ability to ward off evil spirits, narrowly avoiding the influence of the plot halo, and barely able to maintain a life like this.

On the other side, noticing Tao Mu’s complicated eyes, Mr. Li, who had been swiping through FlyNews.com, let out a chuckle. Turning the computer screen to Tao Mu, he tapped on the freshly released gossip news and said warmly, “Maybe what you said makes sense. But even if Shen Yu has a halo of luck, and he could always turn bad luck into good, when it comes to you, it doesn’t seem to work all that effectively. You have to believe that you are his halo’s nemesis.”

Otherwise, how should it be explained? Every time Shen Yu encountered Tao Mu, no matter how hard he jumped around, he would only end up in bad luck or worse.

Tao Mu was stunned when he saw the latest gossip news released by FlyNews.com.

How come? This had never happened in his previous life? Obviously, the plot halo had been working hard to follow the plot, and he was also sure that the key events of the plot all came about. Moreover, in the previous life, Shen Yu was only slightly scratched and frightened, and did not even delay the filming. But people didn’t think of the fake car accident conspiracy theory back then and he still had to take the blame for this, and even endured the constant scolding from Shen Yu’s fans and netizens?

In a flash of insight, Tao Mu suddenly thought of something. He turned his head to look at Li Xiaoheng.

Maybe Li Xiaoheng was right. The reason why everything went wrong in Shen Yu’s life may indeed be because some special person had weakened the influence of the plot halo. But even if the plot halo has a nemesis, that nemesis was not him, Tao Mu.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Li Xiaoheng’s eyes flickered. He didn’t know what Tao Mu was thinking, his eyes were too bright and his expression was too excited. It made him look even more delectable. However, in front of several elders, Li Xiaoheng did not dare to act recklessly, even if he was eager to make a move.

“It’s nothing.” Tao Mu smiled relievedly. Like all the dark clouds were swept away to reveal a clear sky: “I just feel that it is my greatest luck to meet you in this life.”

Words of love that hit them over the head unguarded. The three elders immediately clutched at their chests and their congested hearts.

Handing out dog food without even a heads up or something. Made one really want to kick over something. They were clearly just talking about business, what was this now!

“I’m tired, I have to go rest.” Meng Qi stood up expressionlessly. Liu Yao followed closely.

Mr. Song also left silently.

Tao Mu saw the three elders out of the room in a bit of a confused daze. Just as he was about to turn his head to talk to Li Xiaoheng, Li Xiaoheng eagerly closed the door and then pushed him back on the door panel.

It was time for today’s kissing practice again. The duration to be an hour, starting now.

At the same time, the Shen family’s father and son pair also arrived in Hong Kong, came to the hospital, and saw Shen Yu who was chatting with a certain old lady in the garden.

Unlike Shen Yu, who was a Silly White Sweet and acted without considering the consequences, the father and son pair of the Shen family immediately thought of the news of the so-called car accident and the possible follow-up reactions of netizens when they saw Shen Yu.

“Didn’t you have a car accident?” Shen Chen sullenly suppressed the irritability in his heart: “Since you are injured, why aren’t you lying down in a hospital bed.” This guy who only knew how to do it halfway!

Shen Yu was taken to the hospital in the afternoon, and then saw his father and brother before it even got dark. Naturally, he was very happy.

And Shen Yu really had no intention of putting up an act. He immediately retorted: “But I’m not injured?”

Shen Yu blinked a pair of big doe-like eyes, and said innocently: “I was just a little frightened. The doctor said that it would be fine to observe in the hospital for two days. I can be discharged if everything is fine.”

When the father and son pair of the Shen family heard these words, a mouthful of blood got stuck in their throats: “Since you were not injured, why didn’t you publish your situation online. Do you know what’s going on on the Internet? It made me and your older brother put aside the company’s affairs to come over. Do you know how worried we were?”

Shen Yu was stunned: “What happened on the Internet? Aren’t they all scolding me? I didn’t want to see them scold me, so I stopped going online.” He didn’t want to abuse himself, so why would he read those mean words?

Shen Chen’s face suddenly changed. He immediately took out his mobile phone and clicked on FlyNews.com——but it was too late, because of FlyNews Entertainment’s revelations, now the conspiracy theory that Shen Yu faked a car accident, deliberately shed the responsibility, and led netizens by the nose to accuse Mr. Tao’s family of being aggressive had spread.

“Do you have any brains at all!” Father Shen looked at Shen Yu, this waste of space that was even more of a failure than a failure. For the first time, he felt that their Shen family really didn’t need to spend so much effort on this waste.

“Dad?” Shen Yu, who had never had a harsh word uttered his way by his family, was immediately stunned. He didn’t understand why his father was so angry: “What’s the matter?”

Before Chairman Shen could speak, Shen Chen’s cell phone suddenly rang.

The call was from Director Xu. Director Xu also saw the news on the Internet. Towards Shen Yu who lacked acting skills, but had a huge case of prince syndrome, and was also very full of drama outside of filming, he had already reached the limit of his tolerance. Especially after Shen Yu frequently broke out various scandals during filming, so even if jist for the sake of the script, he couldn’t bear it anymore.

——When Shen Yu was still a Silly White Sweet, even if he had prince syndrome and his acting skills were not good, Xu Musen could at least persuade himself, or to be more precise, to hypnotize himself, that Shen Yu could just act himself. But looking at Shen Yu’s image now, it had almost become synonymous with ‘scheming b*tch’. His acting skills were not good but if Director Xu said that Shen Yu was cast as Yan Yu because his character matched his film role’s, wasn’t that an utter joke?

Call it his insistence on the artistry of the script! Call it his willfulness as a director! He couldn’t take it anymore! He must replace Shen Yu’s role!

Shen Chen hung up the phone and looked at Shen Yu with deep eyes: “The call just now was from Director Xu. He suggested to me that since you received a fright from the car accident, you should rest in the hospital. As for the role of Yan Yu, he will find someone else to replace you.”

Shen Yu was stunned for a moment: “But I’m obviously fine——”

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“You are not!” Shen Chen interrupted Shen Yu’s words: “Didn’t the doctor say that you received a fright? Then you can stay in the hospital to recuperate. After recuperating, fly back to Shanghai.”

One should at least keep a piece of cloth to cover one’s modesty. Otherwise, there will be no face left for their Shen family, let alone Shen Yu.

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“What the hell! This young master of the Shen family is really…..” Du Ze, who had just finished filming a scene with Tao Mu, came over with a boxed lunch. He shook his head and sighed: “But it’s true, if you have money, you can really do whatever you want. We rely on filming to make a living and support our families. While others are just doing it for fun. If they are not happy, they can just run out and let themselves be chased. Does he think he is shooting a Taiwanese idol drama?”

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Tao Mu turned around and saw that Du Ze was holding the lunch box and eating it very deliciously: “Didn’t you eat already just now?”

“I’m hungry again after filming a while. It just so happens that there is still a box of lunch left.” Du Ze asked Tao Mu while eating, “You just ate half a box of lunch, are you full? Do you want another box?”

“No need.” Although Tao Mu was a little hungry, with his particular eating habits, he was determined not to eat cold barbecued pork rice.

Li Xiaoheng said by his side: “I just asked my assistant to order takeout. Consider it a bonus meal for everyone.”

Du Ze shrugged his shoulders with a look of realization on his face, winked at Tao Mu, and said with a teasing smile, “I understand. You have someone to cherish you. It’s different from us single dogs. Ai.”

As Du Ze spoke, he shook his head and sighed while putting away the lunch box.

Tao Mu smiled: “You aren’t eating it?”

“I’m not stupid.” Du Ze grinned at Tao Mu: “Of course, if there is a bonus meal, I must eat the bonus meal instead. Who doesn’t know that Mr. Li is always generous. The takeout he ordered must be very luxurious.”

Du Ze guessed correctly. Li Xiaoheng really asked Assistant Jiang to order takeout from the most famous restaurant in Hong Kong.

Shrimp dumplings, chicken feet, pork ribs, roast pigeon, rice noodle rolls, roast duck rice, as well as Hong Kong style milk tea, sago soup, mango pancake, egg tarts, pineapple buns and other snacks for dessert, making sure that those who didn’t eat fully enough to be able to fill their stomachs, and for those who did eat fully, to have desserts and refreshments.

The crew members who were dragged down by Shen Yu and missed their lunch, on top of being forced to watch Shen Yan act arrogantly around the crew, had really accumulated a lot of grievances in their hearts. Now Li Xiaoheng asked Assistant Jiang to order takeout for everyone. Although it didn’t cost much, the sweet and warm refreshments really soothed everyone’s stomach and calmed everyone’s nerves.

Like the saying, ‘after you gain benefit from someone, you will have to return the favor to that person’, many people subconsciously had a more favorable impression of Tao Mu.

Among them, Du Ze was the happiest. Because he was going to get a box lunch at the next scene. (TN: get a box lunch=slang for dying in a film/drama)

Director Xu held a plate of hot roast duck rice with fragrant roast pigeon, and discussed the next scenes with Tao Mu and Du Ze while eating.

The next scene was when Zhou Yuanting rushed into Causeway Bay in a fit of anger, and was discovered by the rival gang, and the two sides fought violently. However, no matter how strong Zhou Yuanting was, his two fists were no match for four. At the critical moment, Ah Ze arrived with his group of subordinates and rescued Zhou Yuanting. But as a result, he died in the melee.

Before he died, he comforted Zhou Yuanting that there was no turning back for those who got involved in gangs, and everyone died sooner or later. It was just that he didn’t expect this day to come so quickly. He asked Zhou Yuanting if he really liked the eldest sister-in-law, and said that she was really beautiful. He also envied Zhou Yuanting for being handsome, and that many girls chased after him. If there was a next life, he also hoped to be so handsome.

In the script setting, if Zhou Yuanting’s discovery of the relationship between Yan Qi and Yan Yu was the trigger for his going dark, then Ah Ze’s death further fueled Zhou Yuanting’s ambition to climb up. Even if he was a gangster, he didn’t want to be like Ah Ze, risking his life every day out on the streets, only to get a little bit of money afterwards. Most of the earnings were taken by the higher ups and the elders.

Zhou Yuanting returned to the bar after Ah Ze died. The big boss directly allocated the place Ah Ze was in charge of to him. Then Zhou Yuanting slept with the eldest sister-in-law in the bar. And after this, there was really no turning back.

“Tomorrow we’re going to be filming an action scene. We need to cordon off the streets ahead of time, and we have to pay greetings to the gangs in Causeway Bay as well. I am not worried about Ah Ze.” Director Xu rambled while eating: “But Tao Mu, are you ready? Do you want to discuss it with the instructor and stunts coordinator in advance?”

According to Tao Mu’s role settings. Before Zhou Yuanting went dark, even during gang fights he only used the fighting skills taught him by the police academy. But after he turned dark, Zhou Yuanting’s fighting moves became more and more ruthless. From fighting skills to killing moves, every knife fight drew blood, every knife fight deadly. So tomorrow’s scene was very important. Because it was necessary to reflect Zhou Yuanting’s inner changes through his martial arts movements.

Director Xu was worried that Tao Mu would not be able to perform that kind of transformation when he was filming this kind of action scene for the first time.

“Tao Mu? Tao Mu?”

“Huh?” Tao Mu came back to his senses. He said apologetically, “Sorry, I was a little distracted just now.”

Tao Mu was really lost in his thoughts for awhile there. Because listening to Director Xu mentioning the Causeway Bay gangs, he suddenly remembered that Shen Yu also attracted two admirers during filming in his previous life. One was rich son from the Lin family in Hong Kong, and the other was the illegitimate son of a gang leader in Hong Kong. He was also the ‘white paper fan’ of the gang. (TN: refers to the position in Hong Kong mafia gangs that manages financial affairs)

Calculating the timeline, in the previous life, Shen Yu and the white paper fan met almost around this time. At that time, Shen Yu was harassed by Tao Mu in every possible way, and Yan Sheng also accused him of inattentiveness in acting, so he ran out of the crew hurt and sad. Because he was crying, he didn’t pay attention to the road, and was hit by the car belonging to the white paper fan. The white paper fan sent Shen Yu to the hospital, and on the way became attracted by the innocent and unpretentious little white lotus. Then, while Shen Yu was recovering from his injuries in the hospital, he met the old madam of the Lin family who also came to the hospital to recover from an illness. Because of his naive and soft-tempered personality, he gained the affection of the old madam, and attracted the attention of the rich son of the Lin family who often came to visit his grandmother.

It turned out that the plot halo was at it again!

Tao Mu touched his chin as he recalled. No wonder Shen Yu ran away from the studio again inexplicably. Sure enough, the pot still had to be carried on his back.

Tao Mu pondered to himself. On FlyNews.com, the candid video uploaded by Assistant Jiang also attracted the attention of the majority of netizens who eat melons.

The most annoying thing in the video was of course the gold medal winning brat Shen Yan. The moment her arrogant and domineering face appeared, a lot of netizens, especially Tao Mu’s fans, hated her to the point of swiping the screen. In less than two hours, Shen Yan’s FlyNews homepage was overrun by netizens who eat melons.

The little prince Shen Yu, who had always been immune to all kinds of turmoil and public opinion, didn’t get away from it this time. There was no other reason but because of Tao Mu’s Dads and Grandpa Song’s powerful oratory skills. Such that many netizens began to see clearly the true essence of Shen Yu’s own greed and vanity, and habit of blaming others (mainly Tao Mu) while putting himself on the moral high ground.

The evidence was conclusive and irrefutable. Fans who have always believed that Shen Yu was kind and noble could not find any evidence to prove that Tao Mu’s family’s accusations were wrong, so they could only insist in vain that Shen Yu was definitely not that kind of person. He was not greedy or vain, he was just reluctant to give up the people he thought of as family for 19 years. They also tried to convince netizens by asking them to view it from Shen Yu’s standpoint and what would they have done if they were in his shoes. Could it be that after being raised by your adoptive parents for 19 years, and then finding out that you were not actually biologically related, could you cruelly leave your adoptive parents, cut off the relationship and never communicate again?

If the Shen family didn’t have that much money, and was not a wealthy family in Shanghai. But just an ordinary family or even a poor family. If Shen Yu still insisted on treating the Shen family as his own family, would netizens not have so many malicious speculations and malicious accusations? The essence of the matter was the same, why was it just because the Shen family was rich, people maliciously speculated on the nature of Shen Yu’s kindness?

As for Liu Yao’s accusation that Shen Yu allowed his sister to hurt people with vicious words. Shen Yu’s fans also explained that Shen Yu was soft and weak by nature and never liked to argue with outsiders. Even after being so maliciously speculated by Mr. Song and Liu Yao, he just cried out of grievance, and didn’t try to talk back to his elders. Why must people force Shen Yu to refute Shen Yan’s words?

Shen Yu was Shen Yu, and Shen Yan was Shen Yan. If Shen Yu didn’t refute the accusations of Liu Yao and Mr. Song, he was polite, and if he didn’t refute Shen Yan’s words, he was vicious. Wasn’t having different requirements and standards for the same thing too much of a double standard?

However, even if Shen Yu’s fans tapped the keyboard fiercely and explained passionately on the Internet, many netizens and passers-by still felt that Shen Yu’s personality was incomprehensible. The news of Shen Yu’s abuse of using doubles during filming had lost him a wave of goodwill, and now he was accused of lacking empathy. These netizens who eat melons were alright, but the first ones who couldn’t stand it were the parents who left their DNA in the Lost Children’s Gene Bank.

These parents who have lost their children for various reasons and spent most of their lives looking for their children, they truly did see the Lost Children’s Gene Bank as the only hope to find their children. And under such a mindset, they also superimposed their hopes on the spokesperson of the Lost Children’s Gene Bank and saw him as their own child. They hoped that their children could meet a kind family like the Shen family after they had gone missing and that their children could also be treated like Shen Yu had been.

But they couldn’t imagine their children becoming like Shen Yu. In the eyes of all parents, their children were the best in the world. They were willing to attribute all the noble qualities and virtues to their children. Even if they clearly knew that these could only be fantasies. In truth, it was very possible that after their children were lost, they were likely to be infected with bad habits because of a hard life and difficult childhood conditions. Maybe they were even no longer a part of this world.

But they always have to hold some illusions in order to make it through life.

When Shen Yu was the promotion ambassador of the Lost Children’s Gene Bank, he didn’t do much proper business, while negative news broke out one after another. These parents have long been dissatisfied. Now there was a lot of indignation on the Internet, and these parents even signed a joint letter, imploring the Shen Group to replace Shen Yu as the spokesperson. Even if you really want to find a celebrity for promotion and endorsement, you must at least find a celebrity with a good image and no negative news.

The trouble that Shen Yan and Shen Yu caused once again affected the business plan of the Shen Group. The Shen family father and son pair were simply speechless. Sure enough, children were born to collect debts from you. Especially those with stupid brains, there were literally no end in how they dug pits for their father and older brother.

In a fit of anger, the Shen family father and son pair flew to Hong Kong in person, wanting to bring Shen Yan back and educate her well. As for Shen Yu and his confused brain, he must also be given a hard reminder. When filming, just film well and stop stirring up so many other things.

However, as soon as the Shen family father and son pair arrived in Hong Kong, they got a piece of news——Shen Yu had a car accident.

Because he was accused by Liu Yao and Mr. Song, he ran out of the studio hurt and sad. In a daze, he could not see the road clearly and was hit by a car.

Seeing this, the Shen family father and son pair could only rush to the hospital. As soon as they entered the hospital, they found that Shen Yu did not stay in his ward obediently, but was sitting in the garden chatting with an old lady. The old lady’s demeanor was graceful and elegant, and at first glance, one could tell she was of high birth.

When the father and son pair of the Shen family found out that the old lady was actually the old madam of the extremely rich Lin family of Hong Kong, they were speechless.

And on FlyNews.com, the brain-dead fans who learned that Shen Yu had a car accident finally had something to say. They ran to Tao Mu, Liu Yao, Meng Qi, and Mr. Song’s FlyNews to write comments, accusing them of being unkind, actually forcing Shen Yu into a car accident.

“If Shen Yu really died in a car accident because of this incident, you are the murderers.”

“What do you guys want? Even if Shen Yu didn’t stop Shen Yan in time, he had already paid the price. Do you really want to kill a nineteen-year-old child?”

“It’s shameless for three grown men to besiege a child.”

“Tao Mu was just scolded, but our Shen Yu got into a car accident and almost lost his life. Isn’t that enough?”

Probably because the timing of Shen Yu’s car accident was too appropriate. The netizens who were originally infuriated suddenly fell silent. Even if Shen Yu’s words and deeds were indescribable, the Chinese people’s perception was that human life was greater than the sky. In the face of a life, any mistakes were forgivable.

What was more, it wasn’t a big mistake that Shen Yu had committed. It was just that he couldn’t stop others from scolding Tao Mu, and his character was unfortunately under a prince syndrome. In the final analysis, it wasn’t that Shen Yu personally talked bad about Tao Mu. On the contrary, it was Tao Mu’s family who gave Shen Yu a scolding.

In the face of the car accident, the three men, who originally represented the side of justice, also left an aggressive impression because their words were too sharp. Just as Shen Yu’s fans said, it was too shameless for three grown men to force a nineteen-year-old child. Even Mr. Song, who had always had a good image, had some fans turning into antis. They ran to the official FlyNews of Mr. Song and Song Ji to leave comments, expressing their disappointment.

In the crew, Li Xiaoheng, who was swiping through FlyNews.com, was expressionless, but his unhappy mood was undoubtedly clear to all with eyes.

Tao Mu touched Li Xiaoheng’s head comfortingly, but he was already mentally prepared. He just didn’t expect that under the counterattack of the plot halo, these people who stood up for him would take the blame again. This made him feel very sorry for his Yao Dad, Xiao Qi Dad, Grandpa Song, and their Boss Li who tried everything to help him out.

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Sure enough, the more they tried to suppress, the more powerful the counterattack?

Tao Mu stroked his chin thoughtfully. Thinking about whether to disclose some information to Li Xiaoheng and his family, lest their Boss Li and others always attack Shen Yu unprepared, and then suffer inexplicably.

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“Cut!”

Finally, there was a scene that took only one take. Satisfied, Director Xu stroked his hungry stomach and asked the assistant to prepare the meal. Even in the scorching summer, the lunch box would have already cooled after such a long delay. The originally delicious char siew rice was now oily and greasy. However, Director Xu and the group of lighting techs and cameramen still devoured the food, eating especially deliciously.

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In contrast, Shen Yu had no appetite. Even if he got off the set early, he didn’t have the heart to eat lunch. Holding the lunch box and picking at the rice, he looked unhappy.

Yan Sheng and Shen Yan gathered around Shen Yu, coaxing him to eat. Shen Yu grimaced and cried aggrievedly: “I’m really useless. I can’t act well, so the whole crew has to accompany me in NG-ing. How can I have the face to eat.”

Shen Yan comforted him: “So what if your acting is not good. Anyway, we don’t rely on acting to make a living. You can just act casually. Why are you so serious and making yourself unhappy?”

Shen Yan only focused on comforting Shen Yu, but didn’t notice it at all how her remarks attracted the attention of everyone in the crew.

Yan Sheng didn’t agree with Shen Yan’s words, but he also didn’t want to deepen the grudge against Shen Yu from the crew members. He couldn’t help interrupting Shen Yan’s brand of comfort: “Xiao Yu, don’t be too anxious. You have only been in the entertainment industry for such a short time, and you haven’t acted in many films either, so naturally you have had no chance to hone your acting skills. I don’t think you need to compare yourself with others. Just ponder the script and figure out your role. Find out the similarities between you and Yan Yu. I believe that as long as you play yourself, you can interpret this role very well. Don’t worry, I will keep you company.”

“I think what Yan Sheng said was very reasonable.” Shen Yan rubbed Shen Yu’s head and comforted: “How old are you, how long have you been in the entertainment industry, and you have barely even made many idol dramas. Why treat yourself so harshly, insisting on comparing yourself against those film kings who have decades of acting experience.”

“But Tao Mu hasn’t acted in many films either. He doesn’t even have as much experience in filming as I do. But he can play the role of Zhou Yuanting so well.” Shen Yu felt so bad his mouth curved downwards: “I just think I’m so bad.”

“No way.” Before Yan Sheng could speak, Shen Yan hugged Shen Yu distressedly, and explained loudly, “You are not bad at all. The reason why you are not good at acting is just because you are simple in nature and has not fully seen the world. Just like a blank piece of paper, you have not experienced society’s taint, naturally you have no way to act convincingly. Unlike some people, who grew up in an orphanage and have been out in society at a young age and has long been accustomed to acting and talking like all kinds of people. With such deep scheming and shrewdness, naturally, they have many faces. Moreover, in this role, they are acting true to character. So of course, it would end up as a good performance.”

“Ai, I say, this little miss, just talk if you want to talk, don’t always make insinuations, okay?”

Liu Yao and the others were standing on the other side of the studio, and they didn’t want to pay attention to these people. However, if someone deliberately started sh*t, getting their Tao Mu involved. Naturally, the most blindly protective of the three family members could not ignore it. Old Mr. Song reasoned with the Shen family with his hands behind his back: “Your little brother’s acting skills are not good, and he is always a hindrance to the crew. You should find a way to improve his acting skills instead of criticizing our family’s Tao Mu for being shrewd and having a bad character. That you can say such words only prove that you are small-minded and jealous of the virtuous. Our Tao Mu acted well, that is all due to Tao Mu’s ability. Even if he has deep scheming and shrewdness, it does not harm others. At least unlike some people, under the guise of being innocent, kind, and straightforward, I don’t see him do much serious business, and instead only see him go around causing trouble to others.”

“How can you talk like that, old man?” Shen Yan stood up angrily: “I’m talking to my little brother, why are you butting in?”

“You speak ill of my grandson, it’s not like I can ignore it.” Mr. Song was replied slowly and calmly.

“How funny, did I mention any names? You keep saying you are standing up for your grandson, who is your grandson?” Shen Yan sneered, and her words were even more scathing and unkind: “Besides, what I said is not wrong. Some people are just very scheming, and especially know how to be grandsons to others. This is nothing really, but they already went and found a grandfather to support them first. Freely being someone else’s grandson, just calling a few “grandpa’s” and they could get the Song Ji brand name. Our Xiao Yu can’t compare with such a skill of bending and stretching.”

Director Xu just finished calling cut, and most of the crew were busy eating and taking a lunch break. The dispute between Shen Yan and Mr. Song immediately attracted everyone’s attention. Hearing Shen Yan’s mean words, someone immediately stood up to speak justice.

“Isn’t Miss Shen going too far to say something like this?” Fang Ruoti, who had always been upright in the circle, especially dared to speak her mind. She took off her sunglasses impatiently: “Tao Mu’s acting skills are better than Shen Yu’s, this is what anyone with eyes can see. It’s also a fact that Young Master Shen’s poor acting skills are a drag on the crew. Young Master Shen doesn’t rely on acting to support his living. But we people still want to make a good movie. Since Miss Shen is so noble, why don’t you take your little brother back and let him stay at home every day and be his young master of the Shen family?”

“Who kind of thing are you?” Shen Yan looked at the beautiful Fang Ruoti, and sneered unceremoniously: “You’re just an actress that sells sex appeal in movies. What qualifications do you have to talk to me?”

Fang Ruoti was almost angered into laughter: “Then what kind of thing are you, Miss Shen?”

Before Shen Yan could explode, Fang Ruoti sneered and scolded: “You’re just a nouveau riche from the mainland. Do you really think that the power of your Shen family can cover the sky with only one hand? This is Hong Kong, not Shanghai. I suggest that Miss Shen think about it first before you speak.”

Hearing Fang Ruoti say this, Yan Sheng’s face suddenly changed. Just as he was about to open his mouth to smooth things over, Zhuo Yan, who had been standing by the side with cold observant eyes, stood up first: “Miss Fang is right, you acted too uneducated.”

Zhuo Yan frowned, subconsciously looking at Tao Mu, who had just walked out of the set and was watching the farce coldly: “Shen Yu’s poor acting skills are his own business. Since he chooses to be an actor, he should hone his acting skills. Instead of every time when filming a movie, he drags the crew down, and then lets his family criticize his colleagues who are good actors.”

Shen Yan was furious: “Zhuo Yan, which side are you on?”

“I don’t stand on either side. I’m just telling the truth.” Zhuo Yan said indifferently: “You should apologize to CEO Tao. You should also apologize to Miss Fang. It was you who hurt people first with your malocious words.”

Shen Yan glared at Zhuo Yan hatefully. Of course she was not willing to apologize. She lifted her chin and said, “I’m not wrong. But you are quite good at being tender to fragrance and jade. It’s a pity that no one appreciates it.”

Fang Ruoti sneered, looked at Zhuo Yan deliberately and asked: “I think you are a man who can tell right from wrong, and you are also quite handsome. How did you end up with this kind of shrew?”

“What did you say?” Shen Yan turned to look at Fang Ruoti: “Don’t try to sow discord.”

“I don’t think this Miss Fang is trying to sow discord.” Meng Qi smiled at Fang Ruoti. At this elegance and sexiness of a mature man, even a great beauty who had seen countless people couldn’t help but be moved. She now seemed to understand just where Tao Mu’s small tricks to seduce people come from.

It really was a deep family education.

Meng Qi didn’t pick up on Fang Ruoti’s fantasies. He walked to Tao Mu’s side, couldn’t help but hugged his precious son distressedly, and said warmly, “With Miss Shen’s upbringing and family education, don’t mention this Mr. Zhuo, even if it is any other man being with you, if it’s not for the sake of money, then they must definitely be suffering a grievance.”

“Also, just now, Miss Shen said that my son iz very good at finding a grandfather for himself, and your little young master Shen cannot compare. But I don’t think so, in fact it is quite the contrary. I think that your little young master Shen is even more capable than my son in this regard.”

“That’s the truth.” Mr. Song picked up the topic, patted Tao Mu’s back, and analyzed slowly, “Although this grandson of mine only recognized me as grandfather halfway through, he was already apprenticing in Song Ji. Miss Shen probably doesn’t understand the rules of our profession. Logically speaking, since Tao Mu learned to cook under me, I recognized him as this generation’s direct disciple of our Song Ji. Back then, for the sake of Song Ji he went and got justice from the Yao family, contributing much energy and effort. Later, he also helped Song Ji build a culinary school. It can be said that the most important reason why I passed Song Ji’s brand to Tao Mu was not that he recognized me as grandfather but because of his efforts that really brought hope for Song Ji’s inheritance and development.”

“In comparison, your little brother is not as simple as he seems. He is clearly not the biological son of the Shen family, but he can contently enjoy the treatment of the Shen family’s children. With the support of the Shen family, he doesn’t have to go out to make a living, so no matter what he does he is unwilling to work hard. Of course, as the sister, you are not so ordinary yourself. You could replace your own little brother with your own hands, and even managed to keep it from your family for 19 years. I have to say that the two of you might not be related biologically but you are definitely siblings.”

When Shen Yu, who had not said a word this whole time, heard these words, his face turned pale. His body began swaying, as if he couldn’t hold up against such vicious words.

“This old grandfather, why are you like this?” Shen Yu looked at the Mr. Song with tears in his eyes: “I have never offended you, how could you speculate on me so viciously? I’m not, I’m not like that.”

“Whatever you are it has nothing to do with our family.” If there’s going to be a fight, all family members must do it together! Liu Yao patted Tao Mu’s shoulder hard, looking like a protective mother hen. He was not at all afraid of outsiders saying that they were bullying others with more numbers: “As the old saying goes, don’t do to others what you don’t want to be done to yourself. Since you know how bad it feels to be speculated on maliciously, don’t let your sister maliciously speculate on others. Aren’t you pure and kind? If you don’t even have this bit of empathy at all, then just how are you pure and kind?”

Shen Yu couldn’t say a word in response to Liu Yao’s choke inducing assessment. He just felt embarrassed and a loss of face. Covering his face and sobbing, he ran out of the studio.

Yan Sheng looked at everyone with a conflicted expression, then looked at the direction that Shen Yu ran away, and finally worriedly followed.

Shen Yan was worried about her little brother, and she couldn’t say anything to refute Mr. Song and Liu Yao, so she also left in a huff.

Zhuo Yan glanced at Yao Wenxiao who had not said a word from beginning to end, raised his eyebrows and asked, “Aren’t you going to run after him?”

Wasn’t this guy here to make up for Shen Yu’s birthday? It seemed that he should be particularly concerned about Shen Yu. So why didn’t he say anything when Shen Yu was verbally choked just now, and now Shen Yu even ran off, yet he still didn’t move. Instead, he was just staring at Tao Mu with a complicated expression?

Yao Wenxiao’s heart was indeed feeling really complicated. He hadn’t seen Shen Yu for half a year. For half a year, while he was struggling to solve his own troubles, he thought about Shen Yu in his heart. Originally, he thought that this time he came to Hong Kong to visit Shen Yu on set, that Shen Yu would definitely be very happy.

But the result was that Shen Yu didn’t react as he expected. His mind seemed to be all on Yan Sheng. Even this Zhuo Yan received more attention than him. Yao Wenxiao thought he would be very sad and hurt. However, he was stunned to discover that, with Shen Yu being repeatedly suppressed by Tao Mu on the set, Yao Wenxiao suddenly came to the terrifying conclusion that “Shen Yu may not be as good as he thought”.

Especially after Liu Yao pointed out that Shen Yu might not be so innocent and kind, Yao Wenxiao’s mood became more complicated. He couldn’t help thinking of what his grandfather had told him before he came.

The Shen family was naturally cold and selfish, and so was Shen Yu who was raised in the Shen family. In the past six months, Shen Yu had never contacted him out of his own volition. Yao Wenxiao could understand Shen Yu’s current situation. After his birth secret was exposed, he was driven out of the Shen family by Mrs. Shen, and his life was not going well. But Shen Yu clearly knew that after the Yao family fell, his, Yao Wenxiao’s, life was not any easier either. So why did he never give him a call to ask him how he was doing?

Thinking of this, the expression on Yao Wenxiao’s face became more and more ugly. He didn’t want to admit that Shen Yu, who he had liked for so many years, was actually such a person. But he couldn’t convince himself either. So Yao Wenxiao could only avoid it all. He left the set in a state of embarrassment and instead of looking for Shen Yu, he went straight to the airport.

“Are you alright?” Li Xiaoheng stuffed the freshly frozen mung bean paste soup into Tao Mu’s hand. When Mr. Song and Liu Yao were rebuking Shen Yan before, he didn’t say anything to help. However, he had Assistant Jiang film the scene of the dispute just now and uploaded it to FlyNews.com.

Especially the part where Liu Yao accused Shen Yu of being unkind. Li Xiaoheng was also very curious, how would the fans of Shen Yu, who always like to brainwash others of how their idol was especially kind and noble, explain these words.

——Don’t blame CEO Li for being petty and childish. It was really all because Shen Yu’s group of brain-dead fans were just too disgusting. When Xiaoheng Capital sued the netizens for spreading rumors about Tao Mu’s drug use, Shen Yu’s brain-dead fans were jumping around, crying that Li Xiaoheng and FlyNews.com were too ruthless, heartless, and unkind.

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Li Xiaoheng was a busy man, so he didn’t bother to quibble with the mentally retarded who possessed brains that weren’t fully developed. But that didn’t mean that Li Xiaoheng didn’t hold grudges. There was no opportunity before but now that he found an opportunity, of course revenge must be taken. It would be even better if he could serve them their own medicine.

So when Assistant Jiang uploaded the video to FlyNews, CEO Li also reminded him that he must bold the word “unkind” in the video title.

This move was really…..too unkind!

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