Chapter 37: Acting

As soon as Lu Hua got off the stage, she was surrounded by Luo Nan and the others, “Hua Hua, you’re so cunning. You actually asked a star to give you flowers!”

Lu Hua said absent-mindedly, “No, no, don’t talk nonsense. I didn’t invite him.”

Luo Nan said: “You didn’t invite him, but he still gave you flowers?”

Lu Hua raised her chin and said, “He probably wants to pursue me. Anyway, I didn’t pay him a dime.”

Luo Nan: “… ” She said angrily: “Beast!”

“Yes, beast! We’re only thirteen years old.” Other students followed suit.

Lu Hua was slow to react, “Star? Who’s a star?”

Luo Nan glanced at her in surprise, and said, “It’s the person who gave you flowers. Qin Lang, the most popular star recently.”

Lu Hua didn’t pay attention to the entertainment industry, and naturally she wouldn’t know Qin Lang. She didn’t wait for Luo Nan to finish explaining. She looked up to see where Qin Lang had gone, but by this time, she could no longer see him.

She looked down at the flowers he had sent her, pouted, and said disappointedly, “I don’t like him anymore.”

Luo Nan didn’t hear her clearly  but just as she was about to ask her to repeat herself, a woman came over with a camera in hand and said, “Miss Lu, I have filmed your performance.”

Lu Hua shoved the flowers into her hand and asked, “Jenny, where’s my brother?”

Jenny said gently, “I received a call from Mr. Chang. He said he was waiting for you outside.”

Lu Hua wasn’t happy, but she didn’t show it in front of Luo Nan and the others. She smiled at them and said, “My brother is waiting for me outside, I’ll go first.”

Luo Nan asked, “Don’t you want to wait for the ranking to come out?”

Lu Hua was very self-aware, “I won’t be on the list anyway, so I won’t wait around.”

Luo Nan nodded, “Okay, I’ll ask you to help me get Qin Lang’s autograph.”

Lu Hua smiled reservedly and said, “Okay, I’ll help you ask for it.”

After that, she and Jenny walked out of the auditorium together. She borrowed Jenny’s phone and searched Qin Lang’s name. Sure enough, there was his picture and name in the Baidu entry. She looked up and asked Jenny, “Do you know him?”

Jenny glanced at it and smiled slightly, “Yes, he’s popular.”

Lu Hua was so preoccupied that she muttered, “Why did he suddenly show up to give me flowers? Who does he think he is, really? Come on, I’m only 13 years old, and even if I wanted to, I don’t have a fucking wallet for him. What’s he thinking?”

Jenny looked down at her in surprise, as if she couldn’t believe her words. Lu Hua noticed her gaze, raised her chin, and said arrogantly, “Am I right? He must be coveting my money. “

Jenny smiled slowly, “Miss Lu is right.”

“By the way, where’s my brother?” Lu Hua asked.

Jenny said, “Waiting for you outside the school, please follow me.”

Chang Qing couldn’t understand the current situation. The makeup artist whispered to him from behind him, “I’m sorry, Mr. Chang, I’ll wrong you for a while. Don’t scream, otherwise we will all be in trouble.”

Chang Qing had something hard pressed against his waist. He wasn’t sure what it was. “Don’t tell me that’s a gun.”

The makeup artist said, “Yes, it’s a gun. It’s a German-made P229 pistol. I don’t think you’d understand it even if I told you. All you need to know is that it’s loaded. If you move, I’ll shoot you.”

Chang Qing: “…”

The makeup artist said in a low voice, “I’m sorry, but I can’t do anything about it either. You behave yourself, okay?”

Chang Qing asked: “What do you want to do?”

The makeup artist hesitated for a while and said, “You’ll be fine. I’m sorry. Go ahead and go out the school gate.”

Chang Qing was silent for a while, and joked: “Do you really have a gun in your hand? You wouldn’t just take something out to fool me, would you?”

The makeup artist said, “Do you want to try it?”

Chang Qing: “… “

Chang Qing was afraid in the end. He felt that the entire back of his waist was numb. “…Are you trying to kidnap me?”

The makeup artist said with a wry smile, “I’m just entrusted by others. There’s nothing I can do, Mr. Chang. You’ll be fine. I’m sure of this. If something happens to you, I can’t escape. There are so many cameras in Nanzhao, and every one of them photographed my face.”

Chang Qing drawled, “Oh…”

The makeup artist pushed him back, “Go ahead. Don’t stall for time.”

Chang Qing had no choice but to move forward step by step.

The makeup artist said, “Also, please give me your cell phone.”

Chang Qing paused and handed her his cell phone. He wanted to take this opportunity to turn around but she was very vigilant. She used force to push him forward. “Don’t be like this. I don’t want to hurt you.”

Chang Qing sighed and said nothing.

Nanzhao School registers all those who enter the school and those who go out. The management of personnel flow is clear. When Chang Qing went out, the guard crossed out his name, and they left the school unimpeded.

Chang Qing suddenly thought of something, “Lu Hua gave you the access control bracelet … Do you have it?”

The makeup artist said softly, “I gave it away.”

Chang Qing: “…Who did you give it to? Who did you give it to?” His tone was almost stern.

The makeup artist was silent.

Chang Qing took a slow breath and asked tentatively, “Your target isn’t Lu Hua, is it?”

The makeup artist said: “I don’t know. All right, you can come here. Someone will pick you up.”

As soon as she finished speaking, a car stopped. A few people in black walked out of the car and opened the car door for him. The makeup artist said, “You go in.”

Chang Qing looked up at the surroundings, but there was no one, only a desolate street lamp.

It’s over, Chang Qing thought.

Probably because Chang Qing didn’t move, a big man in black couldn’t help but push him in. He endured his anger and sat in the car. After he got in the car, he looked at the makeup artist’s hand, and his pupils shrank sharply.

The makeup artist smiled apologetically, “Sorry, Nanzhao’s access control is too smart. Even a knife could be detected, so I can’t bring a gun.”

She only had a thin bottle of makeup setting spray in her hand.

Chang Qing was about to die of anger.

The makeup artist reassured him, “It will be alright. We’re all good people.”

Good guys my ass. Chang Qing held back his anger and asked, “Where are my bodyguards? Where are those bodyguards of mine?”

The makeup artist said: “I let them in, but I pointed them to the wrong place. Nanzhao school is divided into different grades. The first auditorium and the second auditorium are far apart, I think it should buy us a little time.”

Chang Qing was speechless.

After a while, the makeup artist’s eyes lit up and she said, “Look, your sister is here.”

Chang Qing looked through the window, and sure enough Lu Hua was coming over.

Before he could speak, the makeup artist pulled out a real gun from nowhere and pressed it against him. “Don’t talk nonsense,” she said. “We’re good people. We just want Miss Lu Hua to act in a play of sorts.”

“What kind of play?”

The makeup artist said, “A friend of mine has been blocked by his sponsor. I have no choice but to do this…. “

Before she could finish her sentence, the black-clothed man behind her grabbed her neck, “Don’t talk nonsense.”

The makeup artist gave a “hiss” in pain, and immediately fell silent.

Chang Qing: “………”

Chang Qing asked: “Is it Qin Lang?”

The makeup artist opened her eyes wide in surprise and said, “You know? ”

Chang Qing: “……… “

Chang Qing’s eyes went black and he almost fainted.

At this moment, Lu Hua came to the car and saw Chang Qing in the car. She angrily shouted, “Chang Qing! Why did you leave by yourself first!”

Chang Qing took a breath, opened his eyes abruptly, and yelled at Lu Hua, “Run! ”

Lu Hua was stunned, “What?”

Chang Qing wanted to say something else but a hand reached out from behind him and covered his mouth.

Lu Hua realized that something was wrong and turned to run, but was grabbed by Jenny.

Unexpectedly, even Jenny was Qin Lang’s man!

A few minutes later, Chang Qing and Lu Hua sat in the car and looked at each other.

Chang Qing closed his eyes and asked, “Where did you find them?”

Tears rolled from Lu Hua’s eyes, and she sobbed and said, “I asked Ah-Jian to find them. The price wasn’t too expensive.”

After a pause, she said angrily, “Cheap isn’t good! It’s all my second brother’s fault. He didn’t give me pocket money, otherwise I wouldn’t have invited these two bad guys! “

Jenny said, “We’re not bad guys…”

Chang Qing said, “This is kidnapping. Do you know how serious this is?”

The makeup artist said, “We didn’t plan to kidnap you… we just wanted to ask you to help in a play.”

When Lu Hua heard this, she raised her face. “What kind of play?”

The makeup artist wanted to talk, but she was worried about something and stopped.

However, Jenny opened her mouth recklessly and said, “It’s like this. A friend of ours, Qin Lang, you should know him, he just gave you flowers. He was blocked by your brother. That’s why he wants to ask you to help him, to see if he can change your brother’s mind.”

Lu Hua: “?”

Chang Qing sneered, “How do you want her to act?”

Jenny began to sell miserably for Qin Lang. “Qin Lang wasn’t born well. He’s become popular now all by himself by being down to earth and working step by step. He works really hard. He has been working hard to take on plays, act and earn money. By now, he’s a little famous, and is considered a first-line traffic star. However, even now he rents second-hand small rentals, and he is usually reluctant to eat anything good. Do you know why? “

The gossip made Lu Hua stop crying, and she was easily brought into Jenny’s rhythm. “Why?”

Jenny said in a somber tone, “Because he has a gambler father who keeps gambling. Qin Lang’s hard-earned money has filled his father’s pocket, so he has almost no savings.”

Lu Hua: “How miserable…”

Chang Qing looked on coldly.

Jenny continued: “He just finished his last show and didn’t get paid enough, and his father owed another 1.2 million yuan. So he gritted his teeth and found your brother to be his gold master. He got 1.2 million from selling himself and paid off his gambling debts.”

Lu Hua sighed: “My second brother actually likes men!”

Chang Qing: “…”

Jenny said: “But he annoyed your brother, so got banned by your brother, and now nobody wants to hire him. He can’t take advertisements, can’t make movies, and is already poor enough he has to live off his agent. If this continues, his father will be cut off by the casino because he can’t pay back the money, and his hands and legs will be cut off. Qin Lang may also have to pay off his father’s debts…”

She didn’t seem to have the heart to go on.

Lu Hua sympathized and hot tears rolled down her cheeks,”…My brother is so bad, ah.”

Chang Qing couldn’t bear it any longer, “Lies! It’s all lies!”

Jenny looked at him, “Lies? That’s easy for you to say. How can you understand the sadness and helplessness of the people at the bottom?”

Chang Qing sneered, “You’ve all been tricked. Do you think Qin Lang is some kind of good guy? Don’t be cheated and help him count the money. If anything happens to Lu Hua, Lu Zheng will make your ancestors restless for 18 generations!”

Jenny didn’t believe it. She ignored him and continued to coax Lu Hua, “Can you help us with this? As long as we pretend to kidnap you, and then Qin Lang accidentally runs into you and saves you, we can end this play.”

Lu Hua’s eyes flashed, and she actually had an expression of intent.

Chang Qing noticed her eyes and despaired about Lu Hua’s IQ.

The author has something to say: Qin Lang’s plan was outsourced layer by layer… I’m sorry Lu Hua is stupid again… (Does she have fans… hahaha…)