Chapter 731 - RW 1.26

"My Empress, can I request something?"

"Yes, Emperor..."

"Can you... leave Han Ye?"

"You know that he is not a good man, right?"

…

…

Bai Yunyu was tongue-tied. He knew that Huang Shu meant well. Han Ye Gege wasn't a good man. After he did today, no sane person would say that Han Ye was a good man.

But Yunyu had known that for years. He knew that Han Ye wasn't a good man because if he was, then he would at least say thank you to Bai Yunyu, who had helped him for four years already. 

But Han Ye never even gave him a smile, let alone a thank. It was basically Yunyu becoming a slave to Han Ye.

Yunyu lowered his head, feeling ashamed that he couldn't leave Han Ye no matter what. It was an instinct at this point. 

"You cannot do that, right?" Huang Jinren asked. 

Yunyu shook his head, "If I can, then I would. But my Emperor, I am but a slave to my own heart. I cannot leave him, and I can't think of a day where I will leave him alone in this world."

"But he is not alone. He is the movie emperor, the most popular man in China, and probably will take over Hollywood as well. How come you said that he is alone?"

…

Huang Jinren was right. Han Ye wasn't alone. He had millions of people who supported him. No matter what he did, he would never do wrong with so many supports.

But at the same time, Yunyu always felt that Han Ye was alone. So he wanted to accompany him, though Han Ye Gege might never appreciate his presence. 

Huang Jinren pinched Yunyu's chin and tilted Yunyu's head up. He saw the helplessness in Yunyu's eyes as if he really had no control over his own feeling.

"You really can't leave him?"

"I can't. No matter what, I cannot leave him. He is alone in this world, my Emperor…."

…

Huang Jinren took a deep breath to calm himself down and opted to just hug Yunyu in silence. 

If you asked whether he was jealous or not, of course, he was. He was so angry when Han Ye abused Yunyu that he wanted to smash Han Ye's head for hurting his Empress. 

Although he remembered nothing, the love in his heart was real. He truly loved Bai Yunyu. 

But that love for Yunyu was also his restrain. He knew that Yunyu loved that bastard, not him. Maybe Yunyu's love for him had been all exhausted after a long world they experienced together. 

So all he could do right now was to protect Yunyu no matter what, to protect his Empress, his white moonlight.

Huang Jinren continued hugging Yunyu tightly for another ten minutes, and Yunyu started struggling, "J—Jinren-Ge, you have few scenes today…."

"I know, but let me embrace you first, Bai Yunyu. Really, I can just quit the series altogether and let the whole crew scramble because of that. I might not be as popular as Han Ye, but I also have a huge following."

"It's not about that, Jinren-Ge," Yunyu patted Huang Jinren's back. "It's about responsibility, especially if your fans are already waiting for you in this series."

…

"I will do it, but I do it because of your request, Yunyu."

Huang Jinren finally released Yunyu from his embrace. He called the crew outside to start preparing for his makeup and costume. 

"Anyway, do you have any work other than hanging around in here?" Huang Jinren asked. 

"Uh… not really?"

"Then, how about becoming my assistant? Don't worry about the schedule. I don't usually take many roles. I only took roles that I'm interested in."

"Besides, you're in dire need of money, right? I know you won't accept me just giving you the money, so I'm going to employ you instead," Huang Jinren offered, 

[Why does this feel like that world with Long Shen and Aaron Xu? Long Shen kicked me out, and I worked with Aaron Xu instead?]

Yunyu should've accepted this, of course. But he thought it was so unethical because he would continuously serve Han Ye instead. It was a natural instinct for him.

Thus, he refused, "I cannot do that, you know I'm always around Han Ye. It'd be unfair for you, and I will also feel guilty."

…

"Then, at least let me help by paying rent," Huang Jinren said.

"Huh? Rent?"

"I will be visiting your house often in the future, and I might as well crash onto your couch later! So I should be paying rent, right?"

"… okay, you can crash on my couch whenever you like as long as you pay rent, hehe~" Yunyu quickly agreed. With this, he didn't need to feel guilty for working with Huang Jinren, and he could still serve Han Ye Gege without dividing his attention.

Yunyu left Huang Jinren as he was preparing for his scene next, where he met Bai Shijue in the Forest of Lost Mist to make that deal of trapping Master Han Shun. 

But for now, the scene was for Bai Shijue and Han Shun, where Bai Shijue reported about the emergence of Frozen Flower Demonic Sect disciples who invaded and massacred many villages and towns in the mortal realm. 

Yunyu stood from afar, watching how the new actor, Bi Hexian played the role of Bai Shijue while Han Ye Gege played Master Han Shun. 

"Okay, ready, set, action!" 

—!Action!—

"Master! Master!" Bai Shijue rushed to the Plum Blossom courtyard in a hurry, and Master Han Shu, who was enjoying his free time by drinking tea, turned his head towards Bai Shijue.

He smiled at his disciple and asked, "Calm down, what makes you like this, Little Plum."

"Um… Master! Uh… ah--cut! Cut, cut!"

—!Cut!—

The scene ended abruptly when Bi Hexian suddenly stopped the filming.

"What's wrong?" Director Shen asked.

"I'm sorry, Director! I forgot the line! Let me try again!" Bi Hexian said. He stared at Han Ye with his puppy eyes and bowed his head. "I'm so sorry, Mr. Han Ye. I'm just so nervous."

Han Ye smiled at the young man, "It's fine.. First-time stage fright is quite common. Let's work together, okay?"