The sweetest in the entertainment industry

Chapter 45 Shame

Warm tears rolled down his cheeks, quickly soaking a large area of ​​Lu Nanting's clothes.

Lu Nanting tenderly patted the back of her head, then picked her up like a child.

Gu Lanxi immediately lowered her head and rested it on his broad shoulder, tears still streaming down her face, quickly wetting his shoulder again.

Aunt Wang finished making breakfast and was tidying up the living room.

Knowing that she cared about her image, Lu Nanting gently stroked her back, carried her into the bedroom, kicked the door shut, and sat on the soft bench at the foot of the bed.

As expected of a woman whose name contains so much water, Gu Lanxi always cries quietly, yet she always manages to soak half of his clothes.

Growing up, she had no one to rely on, so she learned to be strong and to pretend. But Lu Nanting knew that she wasn't as cold as she appeared.

She has a wealth of emotions, but she doesn't want anyone to see them.

She could feel every bit of kindness and disrespect from others.

She was just used to restraining herself and not responding casually, for fear of being seen as presumptuous.

Lu Nanting gently stroked her back until she had vented enough, and then, embarrassed, she covered her eyes with her hands before asking her:
"What exactly happened? Can you tell me?"

Gu Lanxi lacked guidance from female elders and had a strong sense of menstrual shame in her early years, so naturally she also had a strong sense of sexual shame.

She got her first period at school; menstrual blood seeped through her green school uniform pants and stained a large area of ​​the chair.

Everyone looked at her strangely, as if she were some kind of monster, while she initially had no idea what was happening.

For those two years, her reputation was very bad. Her classmates were all told by their parents not to play with her. She was busy making a living every day and had no time to make friends. So on that day, no one came up to her and said even half a word for her.

She still can't forget the feeling of standing naked in a crowd.

I never imagined that after so many years, I could still feel that kind of despair.

Something more private than menstruation, something that makes her blush just thinking about, is being brought up and discussed online, and it's not even true, but something made up by strangers.

Perhaps netizens just think she's cute, but in her view, it's an extremely offensive act with no sense of boundaries.

"I...I can't say it..."

Gu Lanxi sat on his lap, wrapped her arms around his neck, rested her head on his shoulder, and refused to let go.

"You believe me, right?"

"Ah."

"You've seen me at my most embarrassing moment, haven't you?"

Lu Nanting had also had moments of great distress before, when this tall man, over 1.8 meters tall, would hold her and cry uncontrollably.

That’s right.

Gu Lanxi nodded again.

"I promise, no matter what, I won't laugh at you, okay?"

Gu Lanxi hesitated for a long time before whispering, "Some people say I'm asexual, and that I look like a monk who has detached himself from worldly desires."

Lu Nanting had been feeling down lately from reading Weibo. He was too tired last night to check it, but when he woke up this morning and remembered Gu Lanxi kissing him, he felt incredibly energetic and went straight to the gym. He was completely unaware of what had happened.

"That's because they have poor judgment, don't take it to heart."

“Some people even laugh at me and bring up the jokes I made.”

As a top student, what I can't stand the most is that there's something everyone else understands but I don't.

"Oh? People who casually mock others are not good people. Don't bother with bad people; you can't win against them."

Gu Lanxi was so angry that she cried, feeling incredibly suffocated.

Having received comfort, he immediately started talking:

“The year I filmed ‘Spring Days,’ an actress stayed next door to me. The budget hotel in that small town had poor soundproofing. One night, I heard her screaming in the middle of the night, repeatedly shouting, ‘Help! Help! Ahhh! Please have mercy on me!’... I thought she was in danger, so I called the police.”

She originally wanted to go and rescue them herself, but she didn't know how many bad guys there were, so she didn't dare to take the risk.

"and after?"

When the two were together, Lu Nanting noticed that she was still clueless; just a kiss on the forehead would make her blush for a long time.

I never thought he'd still be such a simpleton.

Lu Nanting suppressed a laugh, but his words betrayed obvious pleasure. "Later I found out that the actress was almost done filming and was trying to curry favor with that chubby casting director to get a better role—it was, it was the unspoken rule..."

Gu Lanxi is sharp-witted and observant, and has encountered similar situations many times over the years.

She just didn't know that some actors can even film scenes that involve sex.

I can't understand why an older man would have such a strange sense of pride.

I'm not a psychopathic killer, why would I get agitated by those words?
What's most infuriating is that people seem embarrassed to talk about these things, yet they love to talk about them, always beating around the bush, making it easy to misunderstand.

It's so annoying!
"From now on, don't associate with such disreputable people. Their minds are not on the right path. Let's all despise them!"

"of course!"

"and then?"

"Then things escalated. The assistant director's wife came to the set and scratched his face all over. The news got out."

So much so that people still remember it and bring it up online.

"They were the ones who did something wrong, but I'm the one being ridiculed. It's so unfair."

Lu Nanting is a normal person; he can understand what these people find funny, but he obviously can't say it.

Gu Lanxi couldn't see his expression and was still angrily complaining:
"And on Tuesday, didn't I tell you that I recorded a show? That host really loves to set traps. She said something that I didn't understand, and then people made fun of it."

"What did she say?"

"She said there was a girl who gave her ex an umbrella when they broke up, and everyone else was laughing. I didn't know what they were laughing at, and the host was embarrassed, so she changed the subject. At the time, I just thought it was ridiculous for the host to say that, and then this part was cut from the show, so I didn't take it seriously. I didn't expect that someone would bring it up as evidence to prove that I hadn't done that kind of thing, as if people who have done that kind of thing can understand what she's talking about, and she seems to have a great sense of superiority!"

Gu Lanxi was furious. Normally a woman of few words, she was like a machine gun today, her little mouth chattering nonstop.

Lu Nanting was in excruciating pain from suppressing his laughter, but he was afraid of being abused by his family, so he dared not say a word.

"Why are not you talking?"

Gu Lanxi sensed something was wrong, looked up at him, and saw that he was trying to suppress his laughter with a distorted expression, as if he had been doused with a bucket of cold water.

"You think I'm ridiculous too? You're laughing at me along with them??"

Seeing her eyes redden again, her face full of confusion—is there something wrong with this world, or is there something wrong with me?

Lu Nanting was a little flustered and quickly explained to her:
"This is a joke. You give your ex-boyfriend an umbrella with a note that says, 'If you don't lift it, it's a sunny day.' The host probably brought this up to make a joke at your expense, and then, while you're laughing, he'll ask what you would give your ex-boyfriend, and then inquire about your relationship status."

Gu Lanxi unraveled a major mystery, and couldn't help but frown:

"Such a serious program, I thought she was a serious host. Can't you just ask her directly?"

"The problem is, you can't just ask that question directly!"

Gu Lanxi was devastated: "Does she think she's funny?"

Lu Nanting nodded: "Probably."

Not only did the host take it as humor, but most people also took it as a funny joke.

Instead of treating it as something vulgar or shameful.

Gu Lanxi stopped talking, let go of his hand, and decided not to pay him any attention.

Lu Nanting knew she was upset, so he quickly hugged her and tried his best to comfort her:

"Don't be angry. You just prefer to focus your energy on more important things and haven't been paying attention to these things. It's normal that you don't understand. I don't understand much either. We can learn together, improve together, and fill in the gaps in our knowledge together. We don't need to rush. We can start by practicing kissing..."

Gu Lanxi didn't say anything, but jumped off his arms and glared at him fiercely!
"Hey, what do you think? If we have a daughter in the future, and she suffers some injustice outside, will she hug my neck and complain to me in a pitiful voice, just like you?"

Seeing his hopeful expression, Gu Lanxi flew into a rage! She shoved him out the door!

But as soon as she slammed the door shut, she couldn't help but fantasize with him—what would a daughter look like if they really had one?

As for all the nonsense online, it suddenly seems less important.

After all, she's still two months shy of turning 22.

She's a little girl who gets upset and cries in secret.

To be honest, the existence of someone in this world whom she can trust wholeheartedly is already a very fortunate thing.

When it comes to wooing his wife, Lu Dingliu is quite the expert.

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(End of this chapter)