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Chapter 181 The Sun and the Moon

Chen Yuan has had a relatively easy time these past few months, but Fan Binbin is just as busy with promotional tours for her movie release.

The role of Lucy made her famous, so she had to take advantage of the movie's continued popularity to get more high-end endorsements and attend more fashion shows.

She is different from Chen Yuan. Chen Yuan is a "star who is not a star", while she is a "star among stars". Their job roles are different.

After a period of busy work, she finally settled down in China. A movie produced by her own company called "My Robot Girlfriend" was almost ready for production.

She will be playing a robot without a specific name, who is cute in appearance but possesses great power.

His partner was Wang Baoqiang, a veteran of Yuan Universe, who joined the company when Chen Yuan filmed the Wuliangye commercial.

Because he is too young, and given his personality and image, there aren't many suitable roles for him in the productions the company itself produces.
However, Wang Baoqiang was a true model worker.
Whether it's a production by the company itself or one invested in by others, he'll take any role that comes his way, filming non-stop all year round.

This time, his luck turned around. Chen Yuan personally selected him to play the role of a lonely, insecure, and love-and-companion single student in "My Robot Girlfriend".

Fan Binbin read the script carefully and found the whole story to be very interesting and particularly touching.

On his 20th birthday, Fang Yuan, a lonely college student, meets a cute girl with strange behavior. After spending an exciting night together, the girl suddenly disappears.

A year later, Fang Yuan met her again on his birthday and discovered that she was actually a robot from the future, arranged by him as an adult to protect his younger self.

From then on, Fang Yuan began living with his robot girlfriend who possessed superpowers. She not only took care of Fang Yuan's daily life but also took him on time travels. Their interactions were both hilarious and sweet.

When the earthquake struck, the robot girlfriend sacrificed herself to save Fang Yuan. Fan Binbin was moved just by reading the script.

The overall emotional tone of the film is very similar to that of "My Sassy Girl," which was a huge hit in Asia a few years ago.

The film incorporates science fiction elements of time travel into its theme of love, exploring how love can transcend the boundaries between humans and machines to create miracles.

It features both humorous and funny scenes, as well as touching moments that will bring tears to your eyes.

Fan Binbin really hoped that Chen Yuan would also play the male lead in this movie, but unfortunately his image is too good and he is not a good match for the male lead. In addition, he is too busy and has no energy to take care of this low-budget movie.

The budget for "My Robot Girlfriend" wasn't low, considering the need for special effects.
However, by leveraging her status as the female lead, the production team secured nearly 20 million yuan in advertising sponsorships even before filming began, more than enough to cover the production budget.

However, Fan Binbin was not happy about starring in such an excellent movie, naturally because of the TV series that Chen Yuan was going to film.

The new wuxia drama "The World's Number One" has generated a lot of buzz even before filming, with many discussing whether Chen Yuan's next wuxia drama will recreate the glory of "Seven Swords Legend".

Some of the rumors and gossip are utterly annoying, saying that Chen Yuan is fickle and bored with the old and is looking for Huang Shengyi to change things up.
Some reporters with foul mouths even spouted nonsense like the second "Yuan Girl" was going to take her place and that her position as the boss's wife of Yuan Universe was in jeopardy.

Others may not know the details of "The World's Number One", but does she not know them?
It's just a bunch of editors at the company who suddenly had the idea to stitch together a bunch of Jin Yong's classic novels and wrote a script with a fairly smooth plot. I really don't know why Chen Yuan would choose to act in a TV series that is destined to cause controversy.

Chen Yuan was just the lead actor. Unlike when he was preparing for the production of "Seven Swords Legend", he personally supervised the filming locations, designed action sequences with Yuan Kui's action choreography team, and personally controlled every aspect of the production.

He designed thirty or forty outfits for himself back then!

As for "The World's Finest", Fan Binbin only learned that Chen Yuan only designed a few sets of Japanese-style makeup and costumes for Huang Shengyi and Gao Yuanyuan, who acted with him. The rest were all done by the production team themselves.

Chen Yuan staked his entire life on an unprecedented sponsorship deal with Changhong Group for "Legend of the Seven Swords," while "The World's Number One" was just an ordinary, unremarkable TV series production.

No matter how you look at it, it's completely incomparable to "Seven Swords Legend"!

But Fan Binbin also knew that these were just reasons for comforting herself; the main thing was to see what Chen Yuan thought.

Sigh, Chen Yuan is good in every way, and he's still so considerate and caring towards me.

He even demanded a $400 million film contract when negotiating with Columbia Pictures.

This made her the highest-paid Chinese actress, bar none.

Fan Binbin was really, really happy, but the more help Chen Yuan gave her in terms of material things, the more she found it hard to tolerate Chen Yuan flirting with other women.

This is almost Chen Yuan's only flaw, and even his parents advised him to be patient and 'magnanimous'.

Their family has risen to prominence, reaching a different level and meeting a wider variety of people. It can be said that the lives of the wealthy and powerful are far more complex than those of ordinary people.

Every time I go home, my mother tells me all sorts of trivial and dramatic stories. Although Chen Yuan isn't completely devoted to her, he is still warm and sincere, making him the best of the best.

Fan Binbin also knows this principle, but he is unwilling to accept it. It is not something that can make people feel at peace by comparing Chen Yuan with others!
Like the Princess and the Pea, even when lying on a bed with hundreds of soft mattresses, you can still feel that one pea at the very bottom that's sticky and uncomfortable.

The softer the bed, the more pronounced the texture of the peas becomes.

"Chen Yuan, have you spoiled me? Am I like that spoiled princess and the pea?"

"I'm sorry, Binbin, you're not a delicate princess or pea. I'm the one who made you suffer."

After listening to Binbin's heartfelt words, Chen Yuan hugged this woman who had been so successful in the outside world but now appeared weak and helpless.

Fan Binbin hugged the man, her tears silently soaking his shirt. "Chen Yuan, I really, really love you so much, I don't want to share you with anyone."

But you are just too outstanding, so outstanding that I feel inferior, so inferior that I feel I don't deserve you.

"Binbin, you are the best woman in the world. It is I, Chen Yuan, who am a complete scumbag. It is all my fault."

Chen Yuan hugged the sobbing Binbin tighter, his heart heavy with emotion.

Binbin, as his first woman, received the most benefits but also suffered the most grievances. Binbin gave him all her feelings, but Chen Yuan was unable to reciprocate wholeheartedly.

Fan Binbin's emotions only calmed down after his shirt was soaked.

"Chen Yuan, I've recently read the sequel to your novel 'The Edge Walker' many times."
You previously said that the character Lucy was created for me, and at first I just thought you were trying to make me happy, but now I don't think so anymore.

"Oh, have you gained any new insights?"

"Lucy has always been a love-starved and weak person. She longs for someone to always protect her in the hellish Night City."

Seeing that Binbin's mood had improved and that he really wanted to have a serious talk about the script, Chen Yuan carried Binbin to the balcony, and the two sat together on a deck chair looking at the night view outside the window.

“That’s right, Lucy is indeed that kind of person, and it’s determined by her tragic childhood experiences.” The cool night breeze ruffled Fan Binbin’s hair, making her feel a little more relaxed. She adjusted her posture, nestled in the man’s arms, and continued:

"People like Lucy, the more vulnerable, lacking, and yearning they are, the more indifferent they appear to the outside world."

She needs to shut herself off to protect herself in an extremely complex environment.

But once Lucy shows her vulnerability to David, and once David chooses to support her, she will become completely dependent on him, and David will become a part of her character.

Chen Yuan understood what Binbin wanted to express, and once again, with tenderness, he hugged her tightly and kissed her full lips forcefully.

After a long while, Chen Yuan raised his head, exhaled a deep breath, and sighed:
David's love was indeed a double-edged sword for Lucy; on the one hand, it provided Lucy with the security she craved.
On the other hand, it also contributed to Lucy's loss of self-awareness to some extent.

Fan Binbin saw the man's self-reproach, and her lips trembled, but not with sadness, but with heartfelt joy!
Chen Yuan knew the consequences of his father's pampering, and he told Chen Yuan himself that his father's love was a double-edged sword for him.

She knew that Chen Yuan didn't simply see her as a charming vase or an obedient plaything; he genuinely cared about her inner world and paid attention to her growth!
Fan Binbin cupped his downcast face, looked into his self-reproachful eyes, and said sincerely:
"It's not David's fault. David is sincere, ambitious, and considerate of others. Any woman would fall in love with him."

Lucy's transformation from a cool, aloof woman to a sweet, loving wife is entirely determined by her personality; she's not a perfect woman.

Lucy gradually shed her pretense in front of David and became his adorable wife. As David grew up quickly, she also lost confidence in her attraction to him.

This is also why Rebecca keeps actively asking David out; they're both aware of the problem.

Chen Yuan opened his mouth as if to say something, but was stopped by Binbin's raised, slender white finger.

All he could do was watch this woman, who looked like an elf in the moonlight, as she recounted her understanding of Lucy and David's love story.

Fan Binbin smiled faintly and murmured:
"Lucy loves David so much that she would never, or dare to, do anything that could cause her to lose David."

David had a deep affection for the Mann couple; he treated them like family.

That's why Lucy was forced to blow up Tanaka's brain to protect David, indirectly killing the Mann couple.

But she didn't dare to confess to David at all, and could only silently protect him by constantly killing Arasaka hackers.
This led to the tragic turn of events in the story, where she was captured by the hacker Arasaka and David sacrificed his life to save Lucy.

This is a dead end.

The idea of ​​David removing his prosthetic body and the two of them living on the moon is something that can never be realized in reality.

Binbin's voice wasn't loud, but it boomed in Chen Yuan's ears, leaving him completely speechless. He hadn't expected Binbin to have such a profound understanding of the script he hadn't even fully copied and adapted.

And applying Lucy and David's situation to the real-life couple actually works surprisingly well.

Using the movie script as an excuse, Binbin complained to herself that she was afraid of offending him, and even if other people tried to seduce her, she didn't dare to say anything to him.

Chen Yuan felt incredibly sorry for him, seeing how insecure and sensitive he was. He was such a damn beast!

"Binbin, it's me!"

Fan Binbin raised her finger again to stop Chen Yuan from saying anything more. Seeing the man's intense self-reproach, the unease that had been building up in her heart completely disappeared.

She knows Chen Yuan inside and out, and his love for her has never changed. Fan Binbin doesn't want to use Chen Yuan's self-blame and guilt to make him make any unrealistic promises.

She was indeed very unwilling, but Fan Binbin also knew that she had to learn to accept reality and accept Chen Yuan's imperfections.

"David's feelings for Lucy were not equal to Lucy's feelings for David."

Lucy was able to pour all her feelings into David because he was the only one in her life.

But David doesn't only have Lucy. Before that, David had his mother, who had good intentions and high hopes for him. Later, he had Mann, who disregarded past grievances and valued David highly.

David kept his mother's and Mann's wishes in his heart because that was just his personality.

If David were a mediocre, unambitious, and shameless man full of lies and betrayals, then Lucy would most likely not fall in love with him.

David's feelings for his mother, Mann, and Lucy encompassed three emotions: familial love, gratitude, and romantic love.

David poured his whole heart into every emotion. For Lucy, David gave her all his feelings about love, which was the limit of what he could do.

The only thing David did wrong to Lucy was that he was unable to live with her as she had hoped.

This, perhaps, is the sense of incompleteness in love.

I think David is like the sun, burning himself out and selflessly illuminating everything with his light.

Lucy is like the moon; she can only shine with beautiful moonlight because of the sun's rays.

Chen Yuan took a deep breath, raised his head and looked directly at Binbin, "Binbin, you are not Lucy. You don't need the sun to shine brightly on your own."

And I am not David. David was pure; he deserves the praise of 'living a great life and dying a glorious death,' while I am merely a vulgar and weak mortal."

"Yes, I know."

So I won't hide my feelings like Lucy did; I will openly and honestly tell you my true feelings.

I also truly yearn for the illusory yet real love between Lucy and David—a love based on mutual tolerance, understanding, consideration, and sacrifice.

Binbin's light body pressed down on him. Chen Yuan used to be able to lift her up easily, but now he only felt an immense weight on her.

"I'm sorry, Binbin, I made you sad."

Fan Binbin shook her head, cupped Chen Yuan's face in her hands, looked him in the eye, and solemnly said:

"I can't lose you, Chen Yuan. I want to protect my own sun."

Chen Yuan, you were always the one pursuing me, and I just awkwardly responded to your kindness.

But I absolutely refuse to share you with other women, so I'm going to pursue you and possess you. Do you understand?

(End of this chapter)