Chapter 359 - To Be a Film Star

Chapter 359 To Be a Film StarZeng Mina kicked open the door of Shen Mo’s office, which shocked Xiang Hui at that time. Seeing them all have a bad face, Xiang Hui left Shen Mo’s office in a hurry.

“Young Master Mo, I haven’t found that you are a man without a backbone. No wonder even Shen Yan, the worthless wretch, could surpass you and make a success.” Zeng Mina was at such a fury that she felt fearless in front of Shen Mo.

Her fury was apprehensible because Li Wen with his companions directly rushed to her home and took Jiang Tao away without any explanation, which made not only her but also her father feel embarrassed.

“Is Shen Yan really a worthless wretch in your heart? Then why do you still like him?” Shen Mo looked at her coldly while saying these callous words.

“You? What do you mean?” Zeng Mina was incoherent out of anger. “Young Master Mo, I’m now your fiancée.”

“Do you still remember you’re my fiancée?” Shen Mo uplifted the corners of his mouth coldly. “You’re my fiancée, so why should you be jealous and incite Jiang Tao to make those remarks online?”

“You’re smiting with the tongue. I didn’t do that.” Zeng Mina was stunned and gazed at Shen Mo for a while. Suddenly, she burst into tears. “Young Master Mo, if you don’t like me, you can tell me straightly. You don’t have to speak ill of me. It’s true. Jiang Tao hid in my home because he feared the revenge from Shen Yan. Considering that he is your friend, I provided shelter for him. How could you suspect me? Alas, I shouldn’t have put my finger into this mess.”

After she finished her words, Zeng Mina ran out of Shen Mo’s office with tears.

“Young Master Mo, Li Wen was so cruel to Jiang Tao this time. No wonder Miss Zeng is so angry.” Seeing Zeng Mina run out with tears, Xiang Hui felt sympathy for her.

“Don’t you know what kind of person Li Wen is? Luckily, Shen Yan didn’t get involved in it with Li Wen. Otherwise, Jiang Tao would have been tortured to death.” Shen Mo was also wronged. How could Jiang Tao, a man who behaved himself all the time, know how to play those dirty tricks? Involved with those playboys, he should be content that he didn’t lose his life.

“You make an appointment with him to have a meal on behalf of me.” Considering the current situation, Shen Mo could only persuade Jiang Tao to leave S city momentarily to avoid further conflicts and come back after it came to an end.

“OK. I will do it now.” Xiang Hui left.

The matter finally ended with Jiang Tao’s departure to another place. Since this matter ended, Li Wen had not caused trouble for Xia Yu anymore.

Afterward, Yang Ke’er told Xia Yu that it was Zhang Peng who had a talk with Li Wen, which made him feel humiliated. So, he didn’t appear in front of Xia Yu any longer. Xia Yu specially treated Zhang Peng to convey her gratitude for this. Zhang Peng was in ecstasy because he successfully handled Li Wen who was a headache to Young Master Yan. How could he not be so complacent?

Xia Yu just smiled at his childish behaviors. She was very content that from then on, she lived a tranquil life without anyone bothering her.

One day, she was reading some documents when Cai Yanyan went to her office, looking so woebegone with her eyebrows knitted tightly. She said to Xia Yu after hesitating for a while, “Xia Yu, I’m in great anxiety now. A few days ago, I accepted my classmate, Wu Xiaogang’s court because we had known each other for a long time. He seemingly wanted to declare our relationship urgently, so he took me back to his hometown. But I didn’t expect that he was from such a poor family in a mountain area. We took a bus first and then walked for half an hour before we got to his home. It was a shabby house with red tiles. There was no decent furniture inside. What’s worse, his mother is sick.”

She paused when speaking of this. She looked at Xia Yu, asking for help. “What should I do? He’s so poor. If I marry him, I have to work extremely hard and be constantly harassed with basic needs. I really don’t want to live a dreadful life like that.”

She was already burdened now because she had to do several part-time jobs at night after a day’s shift. She thought she would be overstretched if she had to support his family in the future.

“You are still young, and your life will get better if you have a spirit of enterprise. Yanyan, it’s really hard to meet your true love.” Xia Yu persuaded her. Though nothing went well to a destitute couple who might live an austere life without much fortune, it was more appalling to have a marriage without love, which was a tomb indeed.

Cai Yanyan was in a dilemma. She looked so distressed. She looked down at the ground and bit her lip, without saying any other words. After a while, she just left.

Later, Cai Yanyan introduced Wu Xiaogang to Xia Yu. Wu Xiaogang was very handsome and out-going, working as an assistant in a studio company. Xia Yu thought that the reason why Cai Yanyan introduced him to her was that she was serious about their relationship and wanted to go on with him. Xia Yu also felt happy for her.

After about half a month, she excitedly went to Xia Yu’s office and said to her, “Xia Yu, I’m going to be a film star. I went to Wu Xiaogang’s company today. Their executive told me that there was a supporting actress for me. The pay is ten thousand yuan for one episode. I’m so excited. When the film is done, I may become a hit. Ha-ha! My fans may ask for my signature when they come across me in the street in the future.”

Her eyes were shining with light, and she was grinning. She was so excited and happy that she almost flew up.

On one hand, Xia Yu felt happy for her. On the other hand, she was in low spirits because it meant Cai Yanyan would leave Tengfei since she was going to film and they couldn’t work together anymore in the future. Xia Yu really felt very regretful. However, this supporting actress was really a big opportunity as well as a wonderful event for her now.

In the evening, Xia Yu, Li Feiran, and Fang Feifei celebrated for her. Li Feiran advised making dinner at her home, so they bought many food ingredients. Wu Xiaogang came over as well. But he didn’t look well and wore a gloomy face all the time. After dinner, Cai Yanyan and Wu Xiaogang were in the sitting room while others were doing some cleaning in the kitchen. Suddenly, the sound of quarreling came through the sitting room.

“Wu Xiaogang, why should you put on a gloomy face all night?” Cai Yanyan said angrily.

“I don’t want to quarrel with you here.”

“Well, let’s go out and have a talk. Go. Go with me!”

Cai Yanyan reached out her hand and drew Wu Xiaogang’s arm. She looked very gloomy.

Xia Yu immediately went to them and tried to persuade but in vain. When the door was closed, she heard Wu Xiaogang say, “You suddenly got the role of the supporting actress. You must have…”

The door was closed. The following words faded away.

The next day, Xia Yu saw that Cai Yanyan’s eyes were swollen perhaps because she cried a lot. She didn’t mention the quarrel with Wu Xiaogang last night. Instead, she handed over the resignation letter to Xia Yu.

A few days later, Xia Yu sent her things to her, which were left in the company. She happened to see Cai Yanyan coming out of the elevator, who looked uncollected and pale, with her hair uncombed. And she grabbed the collard of her blouse with her hands, staggering to the gate of her home with her legs trembling.

After Xia Yu called her name a few times, she finally noticed her and raised her head to look at Xia Yu with red eyes. She was frightened and in a panic. She withdrew her eyes immediately and lowered her head when seeing Xia Yu.

“Yanyan, what’s wrong? You don’t look well.” Xia Yu asked with worry.

“Fine. I’m OK.” She said in a hoarse voice. After saying that, she sped up to the door and groped for the key in her bag with her hand. Finally, she took out the key after several attempts.

After she took over her things from Xia Yu’s hands, she slammed the door in front of Xia Yu without inviting her in, which made Xia Yu stunned.

After that, Xia Yu hadn’t seen her for a long time, but they still kept in contact on the phone. Cai Yanyan went to shoot a film with the crew in another city, and she shared some interesting stories about the crew with Xia Yu. She also said that she met some famous directors and superstars.

Additionally, she apologized to Xia Yu for her abnormal behaviors that day because she had a quarrel with Wu Xiaogang. She asked for her forgiveness and promised to treat Xia Yu after she came back.

Xia Yu inquired about why they quarreled. She said that Wu Xiaogang had apologized to her and they made peace with each other as before now. Seeing that they were together again, Xia Yu rested assured. She shared some gossip in the company with Cai Yanyan, such as how Fang Feifei was going on with Du Zishu, and Li Feiran was nearly regarded as a thief because she forgot to pay the bill in the supermarket.

When hearing these things, Cai Yanyan burst out laughing and said that she would tease Li Feiran after she was back.

About ten days later, she was back. Wearing a pair of black sunglasses and a delicate makeup, she looked very fashionable in her beautiful clothes, which made others barely recognize her when meeting her.

“Xia Yu, I miss you so much.” She hugged Xia Yu passionately. Xia Yu smelt the faint perfume on her body, which should be Chanel 5. It seemed that Cai Yanyan earned a lot of money this time after filming.

It was good for her. She didn’t need to do several part-time jobs to afford a house. She didn’t need to worry about the shortage of money with Wu Xiaogang. However, what was beyond Xia Yu’s expectation was that Cai Yanyan gave her a Hermès silk scarf as a gift. She wanted to decline immediately because it was too expensive.

“Xia Yu, take it, please. It’s not much for me. By the way, let’s have dinner together tonight.”

After she said this, she reached out to knead her arms and showed a tired look. Xia Yu agreed and then didn’t continue their chatting. She must have been very tired after a long journey, and she needed to have a rest first.

After Xia Yu got to the restaurant in the evening, she found that Cai Yanyan also invited some other people in her company. Two of them were her leaders. But she didn’t see Wu Xiaogang when it was dinner time.

“Why didn’t Wu Xiaogang come?” Xia Yu approached Cai Yanyan and asked.

She was stunned and said in a low voice, “We broke up.” She finished the topic after saying that. Xia Yu was very astonished and didn’t continue to ask because Cai Yanyan didn’t look happy. She went back to her seat.

After sitting for a while, Xia Yu excused herself and went to the toilet. When she came out, she met one of Cai Yanyan’s leaders, who was just introduced to her. His surname was Sun. Xia Yu smiled at him by courtesy while he stared at Xia Yu’s face for several seconds with his eyes. Then he also smiled and went into the toilet.

The dinner time was gleeful for everyone was good at chatting and drinking. Cai Yanyan drank the most. Seeing that her face appeared to be red and there was drunkenness in her eyes, Xia Yu persuaded her not to keep drinking.

“Xia Yu, I’m happy. I’m really so happy. Let me drink as much as I want.”

Cai Yanyan wore a happy smile on her face and drank up the red wine in her glass. Not knowing whether it was because she was drunk, there was moisture in her eyes. It seemed that she felt like crying.

After dinner, Cai Yanyan was drunk and nearly collapsed on the table. She needed someone to hold her when walking. But she still muttering that she wanted to keep drinking. Xia Yu went to hold her and said to others, “She’s drunk. I’ll send her back first.”

When they left, Manager Sun gave Xia Yu a business card and said, “Miss Xia, please keep in contact.”

In the car, Cai Yanyan fell asleep. When they got to her community, Xia Yu helped her get out of the car and walk into the community.

They went out of the elevator and then saw a familiar figure. It was Wu Xiaogang.

“What’s wrong with her?” Wu Xiaogang asked with worry. He quickly walked towards them and carried Cai Yanyan in his arms.

“We just finished our dinner. She’s drunk.” Xia Yu said.

“Let me take care of her, Miss Xia. It’s late. You just go back and have a good rest.” He said while taking out the key to open the door. He then carried Cai Yanyan into the room.

Xia Yu was a little confused, considering his behaviors. Cai Yanyan said that they had just broken up. But it did seem to be true.

Wu Xiaogang still had the key to her house, which was rented with other people by Cai Yanyan. Besides, Wu Xiaogang cared about her so much. Xia Yu thought that before long, her roommates would come back. At that time, Cai Yanyan would be fine. Xia Yu answered before leaving, “OK!”

When she was about to go into the elevator, she glanced at Cai Yanyan’s room. She decided to ask her tomorrow what was going on between her and Wu Xiaogang.