Over the years, he had been bullied by He Mu’s fans and water army, and his resources have been suppressed by Dijun Media. Netizens who were previously guided by public opinion were now coming back to their senses and realizing that Luo Yu was not as low as He Mu exaggerated.

Image design in the entertainment industry was a marketing tool, and they were not the only two to have the same image collision. But why didn’t others tear each other up, and only He Mu acted like “I am the only one”?

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If competing with He Mu for roles meant eating his leftovers, then there were many people who were eating He Mu’s leftovers, including other first rate stars. 

It was just that He Mu’s fans and the water army they hired seemed to be the mainstream of opinions on the Internet. They were filled with righteous indignation and exaggerated an incident that simply did not violate public order and good customs in the first place to make He Mu a victim, which led some netizens’ system of values ​​astray.

Now it was time to return to the right track.

Gu Xiaowei’s phone vibrated. It was a WeChat message from Li Qian.

[Thank Xiao Qin for the information, otherwise I would not have noticed that it was He Mu’s sub account. Remember to give extra chicken legs to Xiao Qin.]

Gu Xiaowei normally never responded to such messages, but he thought about it and typed a few words this time: [I ask that Mr. Li will not involve Luo Yu.]

[He is now an important character in this drama, and I will not use him as cannon fodder.]

When “Counterattack” was released, Bai Ying’s role would definitely become a classic supporting role. Coupled with Lin Yue and Hua Xingyun’s favorable impression of him, who would say whether Xinghan Pictures would not take a fancy to Luo Yu and want to sign him. When the time came, Li Qian’s actions forcing He Mu to publicly apologize to Luo Yu could be regarded as the sincerity of Xinghan Pictures.

Putting the phone aside, Gu Xiaowei turned sideways and looked at the sleeping Luo Yu. He gently brushed away Luo Yu’s hair that fell on his face. He remembered during filming, when he jumped into the water and saw Luo Yu with closed eyes and appearing lifeless, Gu Xiaowei felt an icy chill from his heart to his brain, his breathing became stagnant, as if all his life was sucked away by the other like a thread.

The director thought he was too immersed in the scene, and Luo Yu mistook him for Yan Ye, but only Gu Xiaowei knew that he pushed Luo Yu to the water with all his strength because of his own fear.

There were always things in this world that human power could not control——such as life and death.

Gu Xiaowei’s fingertip slipped under the tip of Luo Yu’s nose, confirming his breathing.

When the soft breath brushed his knuckles, all the caution and restraint became warm and lazy, dissipating in the air.

Knowing that he was playing with fire, Gu Xiaowei’s fingertip still touched Luo Yu’s lips. He couldn’t help but feel the softness and warmth of the other’s lips. The blood that had been forcibly cooled was about to boil again, up until that person opened his mouth, his lips touching his knuckles unconsciously.

Luo Yu’s eyelashes fluttered, and Gu Xiaowei immediately took his hand back.

“En, you’re awake… what time is it now…” Luo Yu sat up and rubbed his eyes, showing a rare childish manner.

“It’s half past six in the evening.” Gu Xiaowei said, “Xiao Qin will come to bring us dinner later.”

“What? 6:30? Did I sleep for so long?” Luo Yu took his phone and looked at it. It was indeed half-past six, and he had actually slept for more than twelve hours?

“Are you worried that you won’t be able to sleep at night?” Gu Xiaowei asked.

“I will definitely not be able to sleep.” Luo Yu scratched the back of his head.

“Then let’s practice lines.”

Luo Yu gave Gu Xiaowei a “you’re so boring” look. After sleeping for so long, it was time to go to the bathroom to relieve himself.

Don’t mention it, it was indeed a little urgent.

Luo Yu slept on the inside, and if he wanted to go out, Gu Xiaowei would have to get out of the way, but he was in a hurry and couldn’t care about it, instead he stepped over Gu Xiaowei’s body.

Before one of his feet even touched the ground and the other foot was still at Gu Xiaowei’s other side, he lost his balance and was about to fall down.

Gu Xiaowei once again displayed his amazing arm strength, grabbed Luo Yu’s waist, and lifted him up. As a result, he ended up sitting on Gu Xiaowei’s body.

Compared with falling on top of the other, this position was… more embarrassing.

Luo Yu put his hands on Gu Xiaowei’s chest, and looking at Gu Xiaowei’s heavy eyes, he suddenly laughed.

“Does this… look like the scene between you and the heroine? In… in the twelfth episode… Hahaha! Audiences love to watch this kind of drama… Your acting skills are so good at times like this, your eyes… No one would have thought that you are a perpetually single dog!”

Looking at Luo Yu’s carefree smile, Gu Xiaowei sat motionless on the bed, but his hands on Luo Yu’s waist did not let go.

“What’s wrong with my eyes?” Gu Xiaowei asked.

“It’s just the legendary–—affectionate look even when faced with a dog!” Luo Yu laughed so hard that his shoulders trembled.

Gu Xiaowei suddenly straightened his back and approached Luo Yu. The closer he got, the clearer and clearer the face that made countless people’s hearts flutter became.

At this time someone passed by in the corridor humming a tune.

——I look at you like the long wind looking forward to the bright moon, like the south wind rushing to Xizhou…

Luo Yu’s hand that was originally supporting himself on Gu Xiaowei suddenly didn’t know where to place themselves. He leaned back slightly and tried to support himself on the bed with his hand, but what he ended up pressing was the other’s leg.

Gu Xiaowei’s hand clasped Luo Yu’s back, and as he pulled him forward, Luo Yu almost bumped into Gu Xiaowei, so he quickly placed his hands on Gu Xiaowei’s shoulders.

“But Director Lin said that I am not good at emotional scenes. Senior Brother, are you sure that this ‘affectionate look even when faced with a dog’ refers to me?” Gu Xiaowei said unhurriedly.

The look in his eyes was aloof and ascetic, but suddenly it seemed to hold countless hooks and barbs. The end of restraint was indulgence and madness.

Luo Yu was stunned for two seconds, then his lips curved slowly, “Teacher Gu, why do I feel that the look in your eyes has become so provocative?”

Gu Xiaowei’s eyes didn’t dodge at all, “Acting with Senior Brother always makes me full of desire to win. Ordinary scenes are boring. How about we compete——who is more affectionate than whom? Who can make the heart flutter more?”

Speaking of the desire to win, Luo Yu also had it.

In the previous life, when they performed a stage play together, from time to time, they would “duel” on stage, comparing lines, expressions, and presence.

It was just that this was the first time to compete on who was more affectionate.”

It was a bit of an… intriguing challenge.

Lowering his eyes, Luo Yu rubbed his fingers and thought for two seconds. When he raised his eyes again, everything changed.

His mild smile held a trace of dignified brilliance, as if it was shining into the flesh and blood of the person in front of him, revealing his unconquerable soul that outsiders spoke of.

Gu Xiaowei looked up at the other person, a certain kind of impulse and desire becoming deeper and deeper. He could clearly see that the eyes of the person in front of him had nothing to do with affection, but somewhere in his heart it was as if he was bewitched… he wanted to pull off the other’s wings, even if his wings were so sharp they would pierce his chest.

Suddenly, Luo Yu’s expression became impatient, and the distorted world suddenly returned to its original state at that moment.

“Teacher Gu! We can compete again next time——I’m really in a hurry to go to the toilet!”

Luo Yu broke free from Gu Xiaowei’s hand, jumped over and rushed into the bathroom.

Gu Xiaowei listened to Luo Yu’s movements, leaned back, and raised his hands to cover his eyes.

“I’m really crazy… to have believed you.”

When Luo Yu came out of the bathroom, he saw that Gu Xiaowei had already gotten up from the bed.

There was a knock on the door, and Xiao Qin’s cheerful voice sounded.

“Brother Gu! Brother Luo! I’m here to deliver dinner! There’s lotus leaf chicken today!”

Gu Xiaowei opened the door, silently took the takeout bags from Xiao Qin’s hand, and placed the containers on the table one by one.

“Xiao Qin, you’re here! Let Brother Luo take a look at you——do you have dark circles under your eyes from going back so late yesterday?” Luo Yu came to Xiao Qin and looked closely, “En, it seems to be the case.”

“Thank you, Brother Luo, for feeling sorry for me! But Brother Luo, have you seen the hot searches? It’s such a great vent of anger! He Mu and He Mu’s studio sent you an apology on Weibo!”

Luo Yu was stunned for a moment, “Apology? Why did He Mu apologize to me?”

“Because he used a sub account to troll you everywhere! He is nasty and mean, not like a top star at all! Although when he apologized, he said that the sub account was not his, but a staff member of his team! But who believes that! What staff member would sneak into his room every day to take pictures and show off his luxury goods? Now he’s tripped up!”

Luo Yu showed a puzzled expression, “Even if he scolded me with a sub account, how could he be uncovered?”

“Then you have to thank our Brother Gu!” Xiao Qin said with an expression as if asking for credit, “I was so angry with He Mu’s sub account, so I took a screenshot and sent it to Brother Gu to see! I want Brother Gu to know that someone is targeting his senior brother online! But who knew that Brother Gu sent me a message very calmly!”

“What message?” Luo Yu was also curious.

Xiao Qin imitated Gu Xiaowei’s tone and said: “The trophy in this Weibo is the New Media Super Rising Star Award! It is only awarded to the most popular newcomer of the year!”

Luo Yu lowered his head, opened his phone, and easily found the photo with the trophy. It was so inconspicuous in the corner, how could it be discovered by Gu Xiaowei?

“Brother Gu, you have such a sharp eye!” Luo Yu imitated Xiao Qin’s tone perfectly.

Gu Xiaowei coughed and touched the top of Luo Yu’s head, “Senior Brother… don’t make fun.”

Xiao Qin said with a proud expression: “Mr. Li is in charge of publicity, of course I must tell him! But I didn’t have his WeChat, so I told the publicity specialist he assigned to the crew. As expected of Mr. Li, he hit He Mu’s vitals with one strike! I didn’t expect He Mu to give in so quickly this time! I thought he would just pass the responsibility for the sub account to his assistant, but I didn’t expect that he would actually recognize your acting skills!”

Once he recognized Luo Yu’s acting skills, he could no longer say that Luo Yu lost the roles they competed on due to lack of ability.

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He suffered so much injustice in his previous life, and even though he later returned to the film and television industry through superb stage play performances, he never expected to receive an apology from He Mu.

Luo Yu looked at the apology announcement that topped the trending list, feeling mixed feelings but also becoming more clear headed.

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“It’s Li Qian! Li Qian! Li Qian!” The agent yelled the important answer three times.

“I don’t owe Li Qian any money…”

The agent slapped a hand to his forehead hard, “Before, our Dijun Media and Li Qian’s Xinghan Pictures battled in the same TV drama genre. The other company’s TV ratings were far ahead of ours, which put a lot of pressure on us. In order to win, Chairman Ou poured dirty water on the leading actor of Xinghan Pictures! Although Li Qian tried to find a way to help the leading actor to clarify, that black material is still mentioned even now, whether he is filming dramas or appearing in variety shows, and he also lost the Yun Wen Award for best actor that year! And that actor is Li Qian’s cousin! Don’t you think Li Qian would find a way to get revenge?”

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“Even if Li Qian wants revenge… it’s useless to look for me…” He Mu became worried.

“You are single-handedly supported by Chairman Ou, the face of Dijun Media! Is there anything else that would give him a greater sense of accomplishment than causing trouble for you?”

Hearing what the agent said, He Mu’s heart stuttered. Having seen Chairman Ou’s ability to turn a deer into a horse, as an opponent of Chairman Ou, Life Qian’s level must also be quite high.

“Hand over your sub account now, and I’ll have someone to cancel it!”

This sub account for venting emotions instantly became a hot potato, and He Mu threw the phone to the other man.

At this moment, the assistant rushed in, “It is uncovered! It is uncovered!”

“What are you shouting for! What is uncovered?” the agent asked.

The assistant glanced at He Mu and said in a stutter: “He Mu… He Mu’s sub account is uncovered…”

The agent suddenly felt a splitting headache, and his head almost exploded on the spot.

A marketing account took screenshots of all the comments posted by He Mu’s sub account. They not only took screenshots but also recorded the screen, proving that these comments all belong to the same person.

There were many photos of He Mu showing off his luxurious life in his sub account, and netizens who were as observant as Sherlock Holmes found clues in them.

For example, two years ago, this sub account was originally going to show off a limited edition necklace. In order to set off the elegance of the necklace, he specially matched the necklace with a custom made suit. Keen netizens found out that the suit was exactly what He Mu wore to attend the red carpet event the night before. It was sponsored by the brand and was specially custom made and not mass-produced.

If this photo could manage to be explained as “the suit is just a replica ordered by fans online,” then the next photo that was uncovered was really fatal.

The photo showed a limited-edition bag worth six figures, and there was a trophy in the corner of the photo. Enthusiastic netizens enlarged the photo and found that it was the trophy for the New Media Super Rising Star Award that year! And the owner of that trophy was He Mu!

No matter how crazy fans were, they wouldn’t order an imitation trophy and put it in the corner to enter the camera, right?

At the beginning, He Mu’s fans said that He Mu opening a sub account to criticize Luo Yu everywhere didn’t have any real proof. But in less than five minutes, proof was uncovered.

The agent urgently closed this sub account, but #HeMuSubAccount# had become a hot search topic, and its position was getting higher and higher.

The agent had just removed the trending search, and #HeMuSmackTalkLuoYu# went on the trending search as well. He Mu’s previous harsh and mean remarks were stripped off their sock puppet and exposed to the public one by one.

The agent was so panicked that he was sweating profusely as he took down this hot search as well.

But soon #HeMu’sProfoundHate# appeared on the hot search.

The agent was going crazy. This was definitely Li Qian’s handiwork. It could be said that he was using He Mu’s method to deal with He Mu.

After reading the hot search content, netizens all said that He Mu had opened their horizons, they did not expect that top stars could be so dark deep in their hearts.

Luo Yu was incomparable to He Mu in terms of traffic and remuneration. So why was it that He Mu wanted to destroy Luo Yu so badly?

Soon, “informed people” came out and revealed the photos of He Mu before he debuted. Some enthusiastic netizens working in the field of medical beauty also came out to analyze, saying that Luo Yu’s brow bone and jawline were very natural and in line with the bone structure of normal people.

But the connection between He Mu’s brow bone and nose was very abrupt, the bridge of his nose rose straight up, and there were traces of opening the corners of his eyes, etc. According to analysis, He Mu used Luo Yu as a template for going under the knife, but He Mu claimed every day that Luo Yu was copying him, which was simply ridiculous!

Someone also took out the poster for “Plum Rain” from that year and pointed to the release date of the TV drama to explain that the character of Luo Yu’s school idol appeared earlier than He Mu. But why was it that he was accused of copying He Mu’s image?

As the agent was thinking about how to buy marketing accounts to suppress this matter, Gao He had already called He Mu angrily to ask why He Mu did such an idiotic thing! Demanding why didn’t the agent watch out for He Mu’s idiocy? And what idiocy would He Mu seek next?

Faced with Gao He’s three accusations regarding idiocy, the agent didn’t know how to answer. He could only say that He Mu’s cell phone had been confiscated and he was preparing to issue a press release.

At this time, Gao He received a call from Ou Juntao, and the other person’s cold voice made Gao He shudder.

“Suspend all of He Mu’s public appearances, including entertainment programs and all commercial performances, stop all publicity, and let the heat cool down first.”

“But Chairman Ou, we will lose a lot of jobs this way.”

“If the heat doesn’t cool down, the loss will be even greater. The matter of the sub account will be attributed to his assistant. Use He Mu’s main account and studio account to apologize to Luo Yu, just say that to help He Mu win the role of Bai Ying, the assistant once worked overtime and stayed up late to accompany He Mu in practicing acting. The entire team felt disappointed that He Mu did not get the role. Seeing Luo Yu’s superb acting skills caused the assistant’s mentality to be unbalanced, so he discredited Luo Yu on the Internet. The photos showing off wealth were originally taken in He Mu’s room due to the assistant’s own vanity. He Mu respects Luo Yu’s dedication to the role and thinks that the other is a colleague with superb acting skills.”

The agent was dumbfounded when he heard this, “He Mu respects Luo Yu and thinks he has superb acting skills?”

“Yes. If he feels that his face is slapped too painfully and continues to cause trouble, terminate the contract with him. Dijun Media will not be responsible for any of his actions.”

After Chairman Ou finished speaking, he hung up the call.

The agent felt that this was more than just a slap to the face. If He Mu posted on Weibo and said he approved of Luo Yu’s acting skills, then the public attack campaign on Luo Yu over the past few years would be self-defeated, and many people would ridicule He Mu.

Sure enough, after He Mu heard the content of the announcement, he couldn’t even sleep, and decided to go find Ou Juntao.

“I won’t post it! I won’t post such an announcement! If I admit that Luo Yu’s acting skills are superb, my antis will ask, regarding Luo Yu being unable to compete with me for roles before, was it my own strength or the secret manipulation of Dijun Media that I relied on! How will I show my face in public in the future?”

“My little ancestor! Chairman Ou has already spoken. If you don’t, your contract will be terminated! You can troll Luo Yu online as much as you like, after all it has nothing to do with Dijun Media anyway!”

When the agent finished speaking, He Mu was dumbfounded.

“Chairman Ou… Chairman Ou wants to terminate my contract? He was the one who discovered me! It was he who set up the national school idol image for me! It was he who deliberately stole Luo Yu’s roles in the first place! It was he who said Luo Yu was just my dupe! He said that I have higher commercial value than Luo Yu! Now he wants me to admit that Luo Yu’s acting skills are better?”

The grievances that had been suppressed in He Mu’s heart surged up. For so many years, on the surface he looked to be surrounded by praises and flowers, but whenever he saw Luo Yu, he felt like a bone was stuck in his throat.

When he was in film school, he envied Luo Yu’s popularity and dreamed of becoming like Luo Yu. But finally when he actually had a face similar to Luo Yu’s, using Luo Yu’s original image and enjoying the traffic and popularity given up by Luo Yu, He Mu was still unhappy.

In truth he was Luo Yu’s dupe, because everything Ou Juntao gave him from beginning to end was prepared for Luo Yu!

The agent looked at He Mu’s tearstained face and sighed deeply.

“This is a truce signal from Chairman Ou to Li Qian. If your apology announcement does not have a low enough attitude, would you believe that Li Qian could continue to uncover even more? For example, you being expelled from the film school! For example, it was not Luo Yu who snatched your roles before, but you snatching Luo Yu’s roles! Also, you and Jiang Yunxie from Honghe Film and Television… You know that Jiang Yunxie is interested in you, but you kept leading him on. Can you guarantee that when you had dinner with Jiang Yunxie, no intimate behavior was photographed?”

He Mu froze. Li Qian could dig out his sub account, so God knows what other big news he could uncover.

“Don’t worry, when this announcement is made, we will notify your head fans and say that you admitting Luo Yu’s acting skills in your apology announcement is taking the blame for the staff in your management team as well as compensation for Luo Yu. It does not truly mean that Luo Yu’s acting skills are better than yours. Chairman Ou also said that you should stay out of the public eye for a period of time. After two or three weeks, new hot searches will be posted, how can any of this be considered a big deal?” The agent reassured him.

He Mu lowered his head. He knew that he had no room to resist Chairman Ou’s decision. His sub account was uncovered, his comments mean and vicious. He violated Chairman Ou’s previous warning to him not to cause trouble. He was already lucky to not be shelved.

On this side, Luo Yu was completely unaffected.

Because of the excessive physical exertion of that night scene, Luo Yu was asleep the whole time and he hadn’t seen a word of the disputes and reversals on the Internet.

Even if the sky fell down and the earth burned, it would not prevent him from sleeping deeply.

The orange glimmer outside the window fell on the quilt, and Luo Yu who was sleeping sideways, with his hair scattered on the pillow and one hand gently hooking the quilt, looked quiet and harmless.

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But Gu Xiaowei knew how resilient this person was. He seemed cheerful and easy to get along with, but in fact he was very proud and refused to admit defeat.

Gu Xiaowei, who was sitting next to him, had the rare opportunity to play on his mobile phone all afternoon. Rather than say this turmoil was a PK between He Mu and Luo Yu, it was more a battle between Xinghan Pictures and Dijun Media. And in the end it resulted in Dijun Media’s concession.

But the real beneficiary was Luo Yu.

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It turned out that the crew of “Counterattack” posted an official Weibo post, which contained a video clip.

Lin Yue, Hua Xingyun and other crew members shared the Weibo post in unison.

Xie Chang, the female lead who was putting on makeup for the night scene that night, also saw this video. She smiled, clicked to replay, and added the bullet screen text: [Bai Ying is so beautiful and strong yet tragic, he deserves a professional card~]

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Her agent was surprised at this and said: “I thought it was related to Gu Xiaowei. Luo Yu is not famous, and it is rumored that he likes to rub against traffic! Why are you sharing it for him? Strange, Director Lin and Mr. Li also seems to like Luo Yu very much as well.”

Xie Shang smiled and said, “Since Director Lin is optimistic about him and Brother Gu also calls him ‘senior brother’, I have to give him some face. Giving roses to others will leave a lingering fragrance in your hands.”

“That’s true… no one would really regard you two as a CP anyway.”

Xie Chang lowered her head and chuckled lightly.

Many years ago, when she was just a young actress, she participated in the campus idol drama “Plum Rain” that became popular all over the country.

It was her first time filming and she was so excited that she couldn’t sleep all night.

But when she arrived at the set, everyone was surrounding the male and female leads. She was completely ignored on set. Even half an hour before filming, she neither put on makeup nor received any set clothes to change into. At that time, the staff on the set said that since it was too late to put on makeup, then just forget about it.

She was just a small ensemble cast, one of the heroine’s many “classmates” used to set off the heroine in her youth. In the eyes of the staff, it would be the same with or without her, but for Xie Chang, this drama was the starting point of her dream.

She almost cried, so she could only pretend to be strong and endure it, telling the staff that she would just stand at the back.

Luo Yu, who played the second male lead, came over when she was just about unable to hold back her tears and said that girls of her age were the most natural, that heavy makeup would only obscure her youthful spirit, and he could do her makeup in ten minutes without delaying the filming of that scene.

A few years later, she graduated from the film academy. Her good looks and aura made her popular very quickly. By now she also had her own makeup artist and stylist, but she would never forget the feeling of Luo Yu lightly patting powder on her face and braiding her hair into a beautiful side-parted fishbone braid.

The audience at that time thought that she smiled so brightly in “Plum Rain” because she saw the male and female protagonists reunited. Only she knew that it was actually because she saw Luo Yu on the other side of the crowd.

It was also because of this smile that she was spotted by the top tier agent of Honghe Film and Television, and she reached the level she was at today step by step.

When Luo Yu was oppressed by Dijun Media, she spoke for him online with a sub account. She also seriously mentioned “Plum Rain” and the senior brother played by Luo Yu to her collaborators, but none of her collaborators took it to heart.

When she was lamenting that Luo Yu’s path was dim, he actually succeeded in auditioning for Director Lin’s drama!

Seeing Luo Yu again, Xie Chang was really happy for him when she saw that there was no gloom in his eyes and he appeared so optimistic and cheerful.

Although five years have passed and he seemed to have long forgotten the girl who he helped during filming, Xie Chang would always remember those gentle eyes and the hand that tied her hair.

He was still as enthusiastic as he was five years ago. When Xie Chang was filming, he ran over to carry her reflector.

It was originally a tense scene, but Xie Chang wanted to smile as soon as she saw him, so she had to find an excuse to send him away.

In the past, Xie Chang, a powerless little fan, could not do anything for Luo Yu. Now that she had some influence and Luo Yu had also not given up his career as an actor, of course she would share Luo Yu related posts!

Luo Yu once gave her roses, but what she now gave him in return was just a little lingering fragrance.

“En? What did Xie Chang share?” He Mu, who was waiting for the program team to finish preparations, was scrolling through his mobile phone.

He Mu and Xie Chang met at a commercial event and followed each other on social platforms.

The two of them were similar in age, and Xie Chang was a popular actress in Honghe Film and Television. She also participated in a movie last year, playing the role of the heroine in her youth. She was pure, persistent, and refused to bow down in the face of power. Her image in the scene was very popular with the audience, so Gao He thought of having He Mu and Xie Chang sell their CP and have He Mu gain some of her popularity with the audience. Unexpectedly, Xie Chang’s team did not respond at all, and Xie Chang herself also started to have zero interaction with him from then on.

He Mu clicked on the video clip shared by Xie Chang and saw that it turned out to be a scene of Bai Ying drowning.

“Is there something wrong with Xie Chang?!” He Mu straightened his back instantly, staring at the screen of his mobile phone with eyes that almost fell out of his head.

Every time Xie Chang had any activities or new dramas, He Mu would like and share them. But Xie Chang turned a blind eye to all He Mu’s Weibo posts. The only one she liked was the apology announcement issued by Dijun Media last time!

What was up with these people? First Lin Yue and Hua Xingyun, then Gu Xiaowei, and now Xie Chang, all of them helped Luo Yu speak, as if Luo Yu was a pearl covered in dust! What kind of drug did Luo Yu feed them?

Because of Xie Chang’s sharing, the number of clicks on the video clip skyrocketed.

From the underwater camera, it could be determined that the water had reached Luo Yu’s neck, and he had been standing on tiptoes to maintain above the surface.

Moreover, Li Qian specially edited the scene of him struggling in the water, so that no lines could be heard, only his expression was seen.

For more than ten minutes, he was submerged in the water, stood up, coughed, choked on the water, and then sank down again. The hearts of those who watched immediately tightened when witnessing this.

If it weren’t for the subtitle [filming with professional first aid personnel at the scene, please do not imitate] in the video, netizens might have thought that Luo Yu had really met with drowning.

He was completely bare-faced, because even if he put on makeup, it would be washed away by the water. There was a struggle in his eyes that refused to give in. Even if it was a sea of fire he was in, he would still fight to go ashore even if he turned to ashes.

The expressiveness of his face and his desire to survive were so real that it pricked the hearts of netizens, making them feel distressed and worried about him.

In the video, a staff member asked him if he wanted to come up and rest, but Luo Yu in the water made a gesture to continue. The first impression was that he was very dedicated.

Comments that questioned Luo Yu’s added lines to the drama were drowned out by the support from rational netizens.

Even Fang Qin, Brother Long and other extras commented in support of Luo Yu.

[I have worked with Luo Yu on set! Very dedicated actor!]

[I looked carefully and found that the underwater scenes for these ten minutes are from the same angle, which means it is not an editing effect. Luo Yu really struggled in the water for so long!]

[So tense! This isn’t acting at all, this is truly the water being too deep and he’s truly struggling!]

[Is there anything wrong with adding lines to such acting talent? Or do you want us to just see edited special effects?]

……

Li Qian drank coffee while reading the online comments.

The assistant asked in confusion: “Why was it that an actor was criticized a few days ago when he said that filming a scene in the water is hard, but Luo Yu has so many people supporting him?”

Li Qian patiently analyzed: “When an actor who is not well-known and has no background in a big company is rumored to have added lines to his role on the Internet, many netizens would think that this is illogical and is likely slander by antis. The crew posted this video and only titled it “Bai Ying Drowns”. This was not posted by Luo Yu himself, and it would not make people think of an artist who had made a lot of money complaining about the hard work of filming. The purpose is straightforward and obvious——to let the public know what kind of scene was added to Luo Yu’s role and what kind of acting skills he has.”

“En, but these alone are not enough to prevent the public from being prejudiced.”

“Now that’s the second point I’m going to talk about. He has a famous director and screenwriter vouching for his reputation, and actors with positive energy and traffic like Gu Xiaowei and Xie Chang sharing posts related to him. In these years, artists have often been overturned when taking sides, and most people in the industry maintain an attitude of minding one’s own business. But Gu Xiaowei and Xie Chang stood up for Luo Yu so quickly, which makes more people question Luo Yu’s black material.”

“That’s true. Luo Yu’s relations with others are pretty good, huh?”

“The third point, and the most important point, is that he really does possess acting skills. During these ten minutes in the water, his acting skills were on point every second. He performed struggling, drowning, and life and death, and the audience believed his struggle and even had the urge to help him——everyone’s sense of empathy were constantly rising. As long as his acting skills were even a little bit worse, I couldn’t have helped him so successfully.” Li Qian said.

“What else do we need to do next?”

Li Qian smiled and said, “We have been laying the foundation for so long, and now comes the real clarification.”

A few minutes later, actor Luo Hao posted on Weibo: [I want to clarify here: Luo Yu did not add lines to his role, but helped me complete the informant role. I was suddenly admitted to the hospital due to physical reasons, and the crew was left with no one to fill my role. In order not to slow down the progress, the crew temporarily decided to merge the roles of Bai Ying and the informant, thus extending Luo Yu’s role. I just watched the drowning scene performed by Luo Yu. His acting skills and attitude are both very good. With my current physical condition, I really cannot complete such an intense performance. Everyone, please don’t misunderstand me, I definitely give Luo Yu a thumbs up.]

Then the official account of “Counterattack” also shared this Weibo, and another round of sharing by the entire crew followed.

After the public who were already in favor of Luo Yu saw this clarification on Weibo, they found even more reasons to support Luo Yu.

The antis who had previously slandered Luo Yu could only stop in their tracks, because they would be criticized if they persisted.

He Mu, who had just gotten out of the shower, didn’t know that the direction of the wind had changed. He was just about to use his sub account to sarcastically say words like “drowned dog”, but before he could send them out, his agent charged in angrily, grabbed his mobile phone and when he saw the words he had just typed, his eyes instantly looked about to burst into flames.

“This ‘He Mu’s permanent leg pendant’ is indeed you! Are you so stupid to the point of wiping out thousands of birds and wiping out all traces of humanity!”

He Mu paused for a moment, “What are you spraying at me for out of nowhere?”

The agent opened his mouth. If He Mu possessed some sense of control when it came to Luo Yu, he wouldn’t go around spreading dirt on Luo Yu with his sub account.

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“Whether Luo Yu is adding lines or not, other people in the industry will naturally be jealous. Why qre you trying to get involved? The company was trying its best to get you out of the muddy water and let you be in peace, but you insist on jumping into a melee! Do you know who is the PR of “Counterattack”?” The agent almost wanted to shake He Mu’s head and see if there was a brain in there somewhere.

He Mu shook his head, “Who is the PR of that drama? What does it have to do with me?”

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

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

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

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

“Yeah.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“En, me too.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Senior Brother.” 

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

“What is it?”

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

Hearing this, Luo Yu chuckled softly.

“Sure.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When mentioning Dijun Media, Li Qian was obviously disdainful.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Lin Yue stood up and was the first to applaud, and other night crew staff also clapped their hands.

“You guys performed very well today. It’s hard work to do night scenes! It’s already three o’clock in the morning, and it would be too inhumane to ask you to shoot scenes during the day! So I’ll give you a day off, have a good rest, and adjust your condition!”

The staff and other actors cheered.

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Luo Yu breathed out, and then he felt cold and sneezed two or three times in succession.

Soon a blanket was put on his shoulders, and a cup of hot ginger soup was handed over. Luo Yu didn’t need to look sideways to know that it was Gu Xiaowei.

“Thank you.” Luo Yu held the small iron cup and blew it gently. He had suffered a lot of cold looks of disdain from this circle. Apart from Sister Cui, Gu Xiaowei was probably the only person who was warm and considerate to him.

“Are you going to go back to your room?” Gu Xiaowei asked.

“Yeah. Lend me this blanket to use on the way back.” Luo Yu said.

“If you go back now, you have to take a shower, change clothes, and blow dry your hair. Won’t you wake up Fang Qin?”

Only when Gu Xiao reminded Luo Yu did he think of Fang Qin.

If he went back now, he would definitely wake up Fang Qin and affect his state of filming today.

“Come back with me.” Gu Xiaowei said softly.

Luo Yu’s heart trembled. Why did he feel like Gu Xiaowei was pleading with him?

“That won’t be good, how about I ask…”

“I won’t let anyone spread the news online, nor will I let anyone scold you.” Gu Xiaowei said.

His tone was not heavy, but it was very sure.

“I also asked Xiao Qin to prepare food. After filming for most of the night, you also want to eat something hot, right? And…”

“And what?”

“I still have your pajamas.” Gu Xiaowei said.

Luo Yu didn’t expect that everything had already been planned by Gu Xiaowei. If he refused, he would feel particularly guilty.

“Okay… okay.”

He lowered his head all the way, not because he was worried about someone taking a picture of him entering Gu Xiaowei’s room, but because he didn’t want to rub against the other’s traffic anymore, in case there was a conflict between his anti-fans and Gu Xiaowei’s fans.

But the tacit understanding between them when filming together was too good. Luo Yu knew that he should have more contact and discussion with Gu Xiaowei to maintain this tacit understanding.

At this time, there were not many people active in the film and television studio. Those filming night scenes would go back to rest, while those filming day scenes would not get up for more than half an hour.

“Senior Brother, am I the one who keeps you from raising your head?” Gu Xiaowei suddenly stopped.

Luo Yu almost bumped into his back, “How is that possible?”

“Then please don’t lower your head, Senior Brother.” Gu Xiaowei turned his head, bent down and looked upwards, earnestly wanting to look at Luo Yu.

Luo Yu felt warm in his heart, smiled, and raised his head.

As long as they were honest with each other, they didn’t need to care about other people’s criticisms.

Gu Xiaowei opened the door. He lived in a double bed room. The room was not large in size, the rest of the layout was similar to Luo Yu’s room. As the male lead of this drama and the most talked about actor in this drama, Gu Xiaowei could be said to not enjoy any privileges.

Everything in the room was neat and tidy, and his clothes were hung in rows in the closet.

On the contrary, although Luo Yu no longer dripped water, he could neither sit nor stand for fear of soiling the sofa in Gu Xiaowei’s room.

Gu Xiaowei opened the bathroom door, put Luo Yu’s pajamas into the waterproof bag he used to hold his change of clothes, and also hung a dark blue bath towel. At first glance, it seemed that it was not provided with the room, but was brought by him.

“Hurry and wash up. That bath towel is mine. I just changed it today. Don’t use the one provided in the room after you take a bath, use it instead.”

Luo Yu glanced at it. Even if he wanted to use other bath towels… there were none.

The accommodation in the film and television studio was not comparable to that in a big hotel. Although the bath towels were changed every day, they were very rough, contained a lot of chlorine, and were prone to cause allergies. Fang Qin actually used it as a mat to prevent slipping in the bathroom.

Probably because Gu Xiaowei never used the bath towels provided in the room, so he had already asked the cleaning staff to take them away. Except for Gu Xiaowei’s things, he didn’t see anything provided by the hotel in the bathroom.

“Why don’t you go and wash up first? You are also wet.”

“It doesn’t matter to me.” Gu Xiaowei smiled lightly, “Your hair is long and you catch a cold more easily than me.”

After saying that, Gu Xiaowei pushed Luo Yu in.

In order not to keep Gu Xiaowei waiting too long, Luo Yu quickly took off his wet clothes and took a very quick combat shower.

Applying shower gel and washing his hair all at once.

Xiao Qin put down the hot porridge and side dishes she had ordered, and placed the laundry bag specially used for putting in changed clothes by the bathroom.

After Luo Yu finished taking a bath, he pulled down the dark blue bath towel and wiped his body, suddenly thinking, would Gu Xiaowei have to use this one as well later? Did he have any other clean towels?

He suddenly regretted that he had used it to wipe his hair and made it too wet.

“Xiao Wei, where do I put this bath towel I used? Do you have any other towels?” Luo Yu asked when he walked out.

Gu Xiaowei paused slightly, which made Luo Yu feel that it was too disrespectful to omit his last name and call him by his given name.

It was just that he felt that he was much closer to Gu Xiaowei than during the audition, and calling him Gu Xiaowei by both his given and surname was very distant, while calling him Teacher Gu was very official.

But unexpectedly, Gu Xiaowei said: “Senior Brother, no one has called me by my given name for a long time. It sounds nice.”

“Ah?” Luo Yu was stunned for a moment, thinking that it was a good thing that Gu Xiaowei was a drama fanatic and was still practicing abstinence in his thirties in his previous life. Otherwise, with the way he would occasionally approach close and even say such words, even the most aloof goddess couldn’t resist it.

Gu Xiaowei added: “Just hang the bath towel inside. Put the changed clothes in the laundry bag, and Xiao Qin will wash them.”

“No… it’s alright. I can wash it myself.” Luo Yu had just stuffed his wet clothes in, only to realize that his underwear was also in it. He wanted to take it out alone, but Gu Xiaowei seemed to be looking at him.

To take it… or not to take it?

Who knew that while he hesitated, Gu Xiaowei walked to him and squatted down, gesturing to the wrinkled fabric with his chin, with a little smile in his voice, “The smallest piece, Senior Brother, if you are embarrassed, you can take it out.”

Luo Yu’s ears buzzed and his face felt as hot as a fever.

Did this person really not do it on purpose?

He pinched it out, but found that he couldn’t find a place to hide it.

Gu Xiaowei found a clothes hanger, “Xiao Qin has prepared a portable dryer. Mine and yours can be dried together, and it also has a sterilization function.”

“Drying together” or something like that, Luo Yu felt that the redness on his face might not fade away at all.

The image of two pairs of underwear sticking together and blowing in hot air was really strange, odd, and very colorful.

Be pure in your heart, and all evil will dissipate! Luo Yu, Gu Xiaowei is a very serious and proper guy, clear the images from your mind!

“I’m going to take a shower. There is porridge on the table. You should drink it while it’s hot.”

After saying that, Gu Xiaowei entered the bathroom.

Luo Yu didn’t drink porridge first, he still wanted to wait for Gu Xiaowei to come out and eat together. Otherwise, when Gu Xiaowei came out, he would be eating his leftovers.

He sat on the bedside and used a hair dryer to blow dry his hair.

Someone knocked on the door, Luo Yu asked cautiously who it was, but didn’t expect that it was Xiao Qin who came back after going out.

She came over to take the clothes they had changed to wash. When the little bun on her head appeared, it looked so fuzzy that it made people want to squish it.

“Did Brother Gu just go in?”

Luo Yu looked in the direction of the bathroom, “I think he has been in there for a few minutes. My hair is almost dry.”

“Eh? Why hasn’t he come out yet… then I’ll wait for him. Teacher Luo, continue doing your thing!” Xiao Qin looked at the closed door, then sat on the sofa and started playing on her phone.

Luo Yu thought to himself that the other seemed to be taking a long time, but this was also Gu Xiaowei’s freedom.

It was a bit awkward for the two of them to sit like this. Fortunately, Xiao Qin had a good personality and Luo Yu could also have a chat with her.

“Does Gu Xiaowei only have you as an assistant when filming?”

Xiao Qin said with a smile: “I am a girl, so it is a bit inconvenient. Originally, Brother Cheng came with us, but before departure, Brother Cheng injured his knee while exercising. So I am the only assistant left.”

“Are there no other bodyguards or life assistants?”

“Brother Gu has a strong ability to take care of himself, and he doesn’t like to have many people around him looking at him. In addition to me, the makeup artist Brother Yan is also here this time. But Brother Yan lives with other people.”

“Then he is really low-key.” Luo Yu said.

“What is high-profile like?” Xiao Qin laughed, “Like some celebrities who act like they are the emperor on tour? Makeup artists, stylists, body doubles, plus assistants and bodyguards, basically a drama everywhere they go, and every time they go out it must be in a luxury van?”

Luo Yu was amused by Xiao Qin’s exaggerated tone.

After a few minutes, Gu Xiaowei still didn’t come out.

The steam in the bathroom had dissipated, and cold water rushed down from his head, as if to dispel the heat that had been boiling for a long time.

Luo Yu saw that it was almost half past four, and he had to let Xiao Qin get the clothes and go back to bed quickly, so he came to the bathroom door and knocked three times, “Xiao Wei, do you have anything you need me to send in?”

Luo Yu wondered if he had left something behind and was unable to come out easily.

The sound of water did not stop, and through the door, Luo Yu seemed to hear a helpless sigh.

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It seemed that the sultry steam that filled the entire space could not find an outlet, hitting the wall countless times, and finally a gap was opened by Luo Yu.

“…I’ll be out right away.” Gu Xiaowei said.

The sound of water flow stopped, and Gu Xiaowei pulled the towel Luo Yu had used and put it over his head, completely covering himself.

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The two of them leaned back to back, hooking each other’s arms, pushing their feet on the wall of the sewer pipe, and rising up from the water little by little.

The wall of the sewer pipe was soaked in water and was very wet. Both of them had to use the strength in their whole bodies to hold themselves up.

This part was not meant to be done completely, but they really relied on each other’s strength to climb out of the water bit by bit.

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The prop master couldn’t help but worry that these two would use too much force and cause the sewer pipe to crack.

The soaked clothes clung to their bodies, and every muscle exertion outlined powerful lines, like two intertwined vines, winding from the dark hell to the bright sky.

“We’re almost there… Boss, hold on a little longer,” Yan Ye said.

This line was not in the script, but Luo Yu’s emotions were very stirred and matched the other smoothly.

“Ah Ye, didn’t you say you wanted to climb the ranks?”

“Yes I do.”

“How high do you want to climb?” Bai Ying pushed up hard and smiled laboriously.

“Let’s see how high you let me climb, boss.” Yan Ye joked.

The corners of Bai Ying’s lips curled up, “I hope you are just like your name… to be ambitious enough, even if you step on me to climb up… you’d better help me kick down that old bastard Bai Zhongxing too!”

At this time, the subordinates Yan Ye called finally arrived and quickly pulled them both up.

After climbing up, Luo Yu could finally be separated from the character of Bai Ying for a while. He sat by the sewer entrance and gasped, his legs trembling.

Look at Gu Xiaowei next to him. Damn… he was not many years younger than him. But how come he had such good physical strength?

“Director, was it okay?” Gu Xiaowei raised his hand and asked.

Lin Yue, who was looking at the screen, came to his senses, called out a “cut”, and the shooting was finally over.

Xiao Ding came to Lin Yue nervously and asked: “What they acted was a little different from the script… There was no part where Yan Ye lifted Bai Ying up in the script, and there was no dialogue during climbing up… Do you want to reshoot it?”

“To hell with a reshoot! Those are exactly the highlights! I have to keep an eye on the editor and make sure to keep them.” Lin Yue picked up the thermos cup out of habit, unscrewing the lid and then covering it, then unscrewing the lid again.

He didn’t know what the expression was on his face, but he knew that the chemical reaction between the two just now was several times stronger than he imagined.

Apart from being excited, he also felt regret about Luo Yu.

He was born to be an actor. Truly a hidden gem, delayed by that what’s-it-name Zhuque Media!

Having Gu Xiaowei among the actors was already a gift from God to directors like them, and now he had discovered Luo Yu.

Maybe after this “Counterattack”, Luo Yu’s path as an actor would open up. In the future, he and Gu Xiaowei’s back and forth on the screen should be very exciting.

Lin Yue smiled with satisfaction.

After that, a few more underwater scenes were shot. When the filming of this scene was completely finished, Luo Yu felt that he had almost turned into a giant prune.

When he climbed up on the ladder, his legs were weak and he almost sat back into the water.

A pair of strong hands supported him steadily, and the other man even turned sideways, letting him sit on his shoulders.

Luo Yu lowered his head and realized that it was Gu Xiaowei.

He was really as steady as a mountain. Just the hands on his waist made Luo Yu feel an inexplicable sense of security.

“Slow down, be careful.”

Gu Xiaowei was also submerged in the water, his clothes clinging tightly to his shoulders. Thinking of how this guy could lift him up during the filming just now, Luo Yu had to admire his explosive strength.

…It’s great to be young.

No, he was young too! He must get in shape quickly and follow the example of Gu Xiaowei!

After Luo Yu went up, Gu Xiaowei climbed up.

He propped himself on the mouth of the sewer, the water pouring back. Even men would be envious when seeing this scene.

Luo Yu originally wanted to rest on the ground for a while. If no one was around, he had no doubt that he would lay down and fall asleep right there.

“Even if you want to rest, it can’t be here.”

Gu Xiaowei bent down, put his arm around Luo Yu, and lifted him up from the ground in one pull.

“You… how do you still have so much strength…”

Luo Yu simply handed over half of his body weight to Gu Xiaowei.

“It’s not that much anymore.”

Luo Yu was speechless, “Then to you how much is a lot?”

“Picking you up. Senior Brother, do you want me to try?”

Luo Yu’s hand was still on Gu Xiaowei’s shoulder. At that moment, he was not sure whether Gu Xiaowei was joking or serious.

“Of course you can’t try! If… if I really get picked up by you… my reputation in the crew will be gone! I’m even embarrassed to receive a boxed lunch!”

Gu Xiaowei’s expression did not change, but Luo Yu seemed to see the “I’m teasing you” evil smile in his eyes?

Xiao Qin rushed over with the ginger soup and a blanket, “Brother Gu! Brother Gu!”

The staff nearby took Xiao Qin’s ginger soup and helped her pour it out.

Xiao Qin jumped up with the blanket and covered Gu Xiaowei’s body with it.

When she was about to get another blanket to cover Luo Yu, she saw Gu Xiaowei holding the two corners of the blanket open, walking towards Luo Yu and hugging him with it so the blanket covered both of them.

Luo Yu, who was rubbing his arms, suddenly became enveloped into a warm embrace, his cold back covered by a soft blanket. As soon as he raised his eyes, he met Gu Xiaowei’s eyes.

“…Thanks.”

The height difference between the two was not big, but the hugging posture made Luo Yu realize that it was no problem for the other person to cover him.

The tip of Luo Yu’s nose almost touched Gu Xiaowei’s nose. He thought that the other would lean back slightly, but Gu Xiaowei only turned his face sideways, his lips slightly open, looking as if he was about to get even closer. Luo Yu actually had a feeling that the other was going to kiss him in the next moment.

But Gu Xiaowei stopped and looked at Luo Yu with lowered eyes.

“You’re welcome.” Gu Xiaowei said.

With his usual aloof voice, these two words were like a match grazing Luo Yu’s ears, burning with a hiss.

Xiao Qin once again confirmed that Luo Yu’s status in the eyes of her Brother Gu was indeed extraordinary. She came up behind Luo Yu and covered him with a blanket.

“Thank you too, Xiao Qin.”

Luo Yu got his own blanket and wanted to take a step back and leave Gu Xiaowei’s arms, but he didn’t expect the other to exert force, and he only ended up bumping into the other man’s chest instead.

“Drink some hot ginger soup.” Gu Xiaowei said softly.

So suddenly pulling him closer was to talk to him?

The two finally separated, Gu Xiaowei’s voice still lingering in his ears, the air vibrating along with it. Luo Yu wondered if the water in his ears had not been shaken out fully, otherwise why would his head be so stuffy that he seemed unable to think.

Xiao Qin handed over the ginger soup, and Luo Yu finally left Gu Xiaowei’s aura that had surrounded him just now.

He was a little annoyed, Luo Yu, oh Luo Yu, why are you acting like a fool who has never seen the world? When Gu Xiaowei comes close to you, you don’t even know how to deal with it?

No matter how high his status was and how good his acting skills were, he still had one pair of eyes, a nose and a mouth. He was neither a monster nor a ghost. Luo Yu, why be so cowardly?

He blew on the ginger soup and glanced at Gu Xiaowei not far away. Xiao Ding was talking to him. He nodded, and then looked in the direction of Luo Yu.

Luo Yu adjusted his emotions and looked back at him calmly.

Next time… when this guy gets so close to him again, he would let himself become Bai Ying and suppress his aura.

Anyway, no matter what Yan Ye’s status was, Bai Ying was his “boss”.

After drinking the ginger soup, his body became warmer.

Xiao Ding came to inform them that they would continue to shoot the next scene, which was the conversation between Bai Ying and Yan Ye afterwards, and Bai Ying completely put his trust in Yan Ye.

The two of them were still wet. The subordinates who came to save them drove by a convenience store. Bai Ying got out of the car and bought a pack of cigarettes. He and Yan Ye sat at the door of the convenience store, smoking and chatting. It was the only time in the whole drama where they were closest to each other——having a heart-to-heart conversation.

Because the exhausted state of Luo Yu and Gu Xiaowei after struggling in the water was the closest to the script, Director Lin arranged for them to shoot this scene without changing their clothes while the iron was hot.

The light from the convenience store shone through the glass windows and onto the steps outside.

Yan Ye, played by Gu Xiaowei, slowly walked up to Bai Ying played by Luo Yu, carrying a box of cigarettes, and threw it to him unceremoniously.

“Boss, your cigarette.”

This kind of casualness exactly represented the change in the relationship between Yan Ye and Bai Ying in the drama. Yan Ye went from the false flattery that anyone with a discerning eye could see before, to now being too lazy to flatter him, and acting like he could do whatever he wanted, which was completely because Bai Ying thought highly of him now.

Bai Ying showed a slight smile on his face, tore off the plastic packaging on the outside of the cigarette box, opened the cigarette box with one hand, and shook it, “How many yuan did you buy the cigarettes for?”

“Five yuan.” Yan Ye lazily sat down next to him.

“Since you’re going to burn out your lungs, isn’t a five yuan cigarette box too cheap?” Bai Ying held a cigarette in his mouth and threw the cigarette box back to the other man.

There was a click sound from the side, and Yan Ye lit up the cigarette with a lazy look on his face. Not bothering with his boss he started smoking relaxedly.

Bai Ying frowned and raised his chin sideways, “Who is your boss?”

“You.” Yan Ye said this, but he didn’t mean to light the other man’s cigarette at all. Instead, he threw the lighter to him, “Sorry, my hands are slippery, boss.”

Bai Ying was too lazy to even glance at the other man and lit his own cigarette.

This was the first time Yan Ye saw Bai Ying lighting up a cigarette. The firelight danced slightly, reflecting on his eyes. There seemed to be many stories hidden under his slightly drooped eyelids. As long as he raised his eyes, the mundane past would fade away into the sea.

But Yan Ye wanted all his stories to lead to the ending he had planned for a long time.

“Ah Ye, are you a cop?” Bai Ying’s tone at this time was different from when they first met at the KTV. It was obviously a question, but it was a statement, as if he already knew the outcome.

Maybe it was his own, maybe it was Yan Ye’s.

“Boss, who do you want me to be?” Yan Ye asked with a smile.

This time it was no longer a test, but simply wanting to know what Bai Ying was thinking.

Bai Ying had a smile on his lips, with a hint of tiredness and indifference to the world, “You should have heard that my mother was a liquor seller in a nightclub. Bai Zhongxing had a one night stand with my mother, and I happened as a result. But he looked down on my mother and ignored us. Later, my mother got addicted to something she shouldn’t have and ruined herself.”

This was why Bai Ying would never allow his subordinates to touch drugs.

“After a few years, Bai Zhongxing finally found his white moonlight, whom he had longed for. That woman also gave him a son. He hid these two people like treasures, and almost no one knew they existed. I was found by Bai Zhongxing, he told everyone that I was his son, and it sounded like I had a lot of status… But his opponents and enemies all targeted me, and all kinds of messy business came looking for me… While that woman and the son she gave birth was sent abroad to live the most comfortable life, spending my hard-earned money to help that woman live a good life, so that the real son in his heart could go to a prestigious school, study medicine, and have a bright future…”

Speaking these lines, everyone watching the scene had a strong resonance with the character Bai Ying for the first time.

Bai Ying’s lines sounded calm, but his whole person had a sense of world-weariness as if it didn’t matter when he would be annihilated.

Bai Ying was Bai Zhongxing’s tool for making money and his shield, while he and his beloved wife and son sucked Bai Ying’s blood until Bai Ying died in the quagmire.

This was just like Luo Yu in reality to Bo Wenyuan. After being used up, he was thrown aside and left to fend for himself.

Bai Ying may have had a strong desire for his father’s approval and familial affection for him, while Luo Yu also considered Bo Wenyuan a good brother who could share wealth and woe.

They were not deceived, they just knew they were being used, but they still walked into the other party’s scheme.

Bai Ying’s throat seemed to be strangled by a force, but no matter how painful it was, he wanted to let out his own voice.

“Boss, what do you want from me?” Yan Ye asked.

For the first time, he discovered that Gu Xiaowei in reality and Yan Ye in the script merged into one. They were the only salvation in this dark world, a gift from fate, promising him a future that might not come true.

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Bai Ying said hoarsely but clearly and forcefully every word: “Whether you are a cop or not, look at the sky. Is it so dark that even the stars can’t shine? I want you to puncture the dark sky, smash Bai Zhongxing’s rules to pieces… and let me see what color the sky actually is.”

Yan Ye knocked his cigarette against Bai Ying’s, neither agreeing nor denying.

The two of them were silent, and the director didn’t shout “cut” until the cigarette in their hands was mostly burned.

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