Extra: Shameless Couple (2)

Extra: Shameless Couple (2)

Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zixu

Ruan Nanzhus stint as an actor was purely for fun, so nobody took the matter very seriously. But months later, as Ruan Nanzhu sat around bored at home with nothing to do, he got a call from Zhang Yiqing. The movie was premiering, and Zhang Yiqing sent him two free tickets for him to go have a look.

Tickets in hand, Ruan Nanzhu invited Lin Qiushi to go see the movie together. The two arrived happily at the theater, Lin Qiushi bought a bucket of popcorn, and they sat down in the audience.

The movie was a hundred minutes total; Lin Qiushi didnt have high expectations coming in, but afterwards, he was completely blown away. Though Zhang Yiqing had been an actor and had never gone through an official directors program, he obviously had quite a lot of talent in the realm of directing. At least, the techniques he used to shoot this wuxia film that Ruan Nanzhu got a cameo in were good enough to provoke cheers and applause.

Ruan Nanzhu, playing the prince in the movie, was also exceptional.

But after they watched it, that was that. Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu went home without thinking too much on the matter, until the next day when Lin Qiushi opened up his social media and saw that Ruan Nanzhus character was trendingHe didnt understand such things very well. He clicked into the tag and found many people gushing about Ruan Nanzhus acting and good looks, and asking how come theyd not seen this new actor before. No one thought that this new guy with so few lines would be so eye-catching.

Lin Qiushi woke the bleary-eyed Ruan Nanzhu and pushed the phone in front of his face.

Nanzhu, are you famous?

Ruan Nanzhu opened his eyes and peered once at the phone screen before pushing Lin Qiushi down into bed again. He kissed Lin Qiushis chin and said, forget about that

Lin Qiushi, oh

Ruan Nanzhu had little actual concept of himself going viral, so when he was having lunch with Lin Qiushi one day, he was actually pretty irritated to get Zhang Yiqings phone call.

Im just a minor side character, he said, why should I go on your publicity tour? What? Blacklist me? Did you take the wrong meds this morning? Im not even in the industry, blacklist me all you want

Lin Qiushi listened at the side and found it funny, but then Zhang Yiqing said something at the end, and Ruan Nanzhu actually stopped refusing. Brows furrowing, he looked up once at Lin Qiushi before agreeing to Zhang Yiqings request to go on a publicity tour with him and the cast.

After hanging up, Ruan Nanzhu said that Zhang Yiqing wanted him to go do publicity for a bit of time.

Go, Lin Qiushi said. But if you really dislike it, dont force yourself. We lack for nothing.

Mh. Ruan Nanzhu nodded, taking Lin Qiushis words to heart.

After that, Lin Qiushis projects got busy as well, and he didnt have the time to pay attention to developments around Ruan Nanzhus movie. The point at which he realized Ruan Nanzhu was well and truly famous was when he discovered that a young employee had switched her desktop screensaver to a picture of Ruan Nanzhu. Lin Qiushi had even thought hed been seeing things at first, pointing at the screensaver and asking the girl, whos this?

The girl turned to Lin Qiushi with an expression of excitement and began a fanatic recommendation of Ruan Nanzhu, saying how this was a super popular newcomer named Yu Qiuqiu, and not only was he good looking but is acting was also amazing!

Lin Qiushi, Alright alright, enough already. I know exactly how amazing his acting is.

That night, Lin Qiushi stared thoughtfully at Ruan Nanzhu, who was in his pajamas in the kitchen, watching TV.

Ruan Nanzhu noticed Lin Qiushis gaze. He turned around to ask, what is it?

Lin Qiushi, Nanzhu

Ruan Nanzhu, hm?

Lin Qiushi, are you famous?

Ruan Nanzhu, famous? What do you mean?

Seeing his bewildered expression, Lin Qiushi had no choice but to change his wording: Is Yu Qiuqiu famous? And this bastard even debuted with his pseudonym.

IIm calling the cops The persons call from the ground was as faint as a mosquitos. Youyou hit me

It was only then that Lin Qiushi identified this person. Wasnt this the newcomer from Obsidian that Ruan Nanzhu had mentioned only a few days ago? Lin Qiushi hadnt expected the guy to still be harassing Ruan Nanzhu, and had apparently pissed Ruan Nanzhu off enough to get beaten up so badly that not even his own mother could recognize him.

Man, how complicated his feelings must have been when a single slap from Ruan Nanzhu, whod seemed like nothing more than a little white bunny, was enough to take him down.

Lin Qiushi said, if he still has the strength to threaten us, then we probably dont need to call an ambulance.

Ruan Nanzhu, no need. I avoided all the vital areas'tis all just flesh wounds.

Lin Qiushi nodded, fished out his phone, and gave Ye Niao a call. Ye Niao was furious. He said he was on his way and urged Lin Qiushi not to be angry.

After Lin Qiushi hung up he lifted Ruan Nanzhus hand.

Youre not hurt, are you?

I am, Ruan Nanzhu pouted. Look, its injured.

Lin Qiushi searched the hand all over at this, and finally found a single patch of broken skin no bigger than his pinky. He looked back at the man beaten to a pulp beside them, then back at the wound on the back of Ruan Nanzhus hand. Finally, he couldnt hold in his laughter anymore.

Youre so

Laughter also surfaced in Ruan Nanzhus eyes.

Ye Niao came quickly and dragged that person off like he was dragging out the trash. Before he left he even apologized to Lin Qiushi for his poor judgment and for choosing such a person

Lin Qiushi said, dont worry about it. Everybody makes mistakes.

The matter pretty much ended there. Lin Qiushi never saw that person again, and no police ever came to bother them. Ye Niao took neat care of the matter.

They didnt give you a hard time, did they? This was what Lin Qiushi asked Ruan Nanzhu after they got home.

Ruan Nanzhu, in response, whos they?

Lin Qiushi, the cast and crew, of course.

Ruan Nanzhu slid off in thought. They think Im being kept by some heavy hitter, and mess around with the mob

Lin Qiushi,

Ruan Nanzhu, so, theyre actually pretty respectful?

At this, Lin Qiushi didnt know for a moment whether he ought to laugh or cry. Ruan Nanzhu himself was the heaviest hitterwhy would he possibly be the kept boy of one? But since he liked to act so much, there was no harm in Lin Qiushi playing along. They still had a long time together, after all. There were plenty of things for them to try.

Ruan Nanzhu scooted close to Lin Qiushi, setting his chin on Lin Qiushis shoulder and mumbling something about being sleepy. Lin Qiushi stroked his hair like he was petting a giant cat. This animal, when tamed, seemed just like an overgrown kitty, but if you actually pissed him off, he was actually a ruthless beast.

But this was a beast that would never extend its claws at Lin Qiushi, was all.

Translators Note:

The term translated as heavy hitter here, , has actually appeared often in the text. Its a slang term that kind of means the big guy, as in the boss, the one with the most experience, etc. RNZ gets called this a lot, especially in the Hako Onna door.

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