Chinese Entertainment: Top-Tier Boyfriends of Young Actresses

Chapter 106 The Plastic Sisterhood Shattered

Half a month has passed since filming began, and the filming of "Someday or One Day" has progressed to about a quarter of the way, with most of the adult storyline already filmed.

However, in order to avoid the actors' performances being too disjointed, the production team decided to film the adult storyline of the finale last.

The scene we're filming today is the pivotal one, where Tieguai Li, also known as middle-aged Li Ziwei, and Huang Yuxuan meet for the first time in the 2017 timeline.

Speaking of which, due to Hu Lianxin's age, almost all the kissing scenes in the drama were cut.

When the decision was officially announced, Hu Lianxin's delicate face showed not relief, but regret.

Su Yu was drinking water when he saw her expression and almost choked.

No, little sister, why are you feeling regretful?

Other actresses get incredibly nervous when they hear they have to film kissing scenes, but you're not happy about having your kissing scenes cut?

All I can say is, you truly are worthy of the title, Hu Lianxin.

No wonder he was able to pull off so many outrageous moves in his past life, ultimately ruining himself.

When he first signed her, Su Yu, as her boss, felt obligated to keep a close eye on the girl and prevent her from falling into any traps.

After all, she had stumbled in this area in her past life, and as someone who had been through it, he had to help her out.

Now he's discovered that this girl's romantic obsession seems to be getting worse.

Bad news: The girl's "love-struck" symptoms have worsened.

Even worse news: The object of his romantic obsession is himself.

This gave Su Yu a bit of a headache.

He even wondered if he had awakened some strange constitution after his rebirth, otherwise why would he be so popular with young girls?

Wang Churan is like this, Tian Xiwei is like this, and now even Hu Lianxin is like this.

However, although that's what he thought, he actually enjoyed the feeling of being liked, especially by a pretty girl like Hu Lianxin.

In fact, Hu Lianxin's appearance perfectly matched Su Yu's aesthetic. Su Yu felt that since his relationship status was already ruined and he was already two-timing, he didn't need to pretend to be a saint anymore.

If the girl still likes him after she goes to college, he wouldn't mind having another girlfriend.

Anyway, it's all the same whether there are two boats or three boats, so it doesn't matter. Besides, a triangle is more stable, isn't it?

Su Yu's makeup and styling today were more complicated than for any of his previous scenes. The makeup artist sprayed a thin layer of white hair mist on his temples, applied several fine wrinkle patches to his forehead, and strapped a heavy metal brace to his left leg.

He walked to the camera position, leaning on his cane. Chen Xiaoming checked the footage from behind the monitor, then raised his hand and shouted, "All teams, prepare—action!"

The clapperboard slammed down.

The warm yellow light from the café shone through the glass windows onto the sidewalk.

Su Yu walked slowly down the street, leaning on his cane. Each step was marked by a noticeable limp, and the cane made a dull sound as it tapped on the paving stones.

He stopped at the entrance of the coffee shop and saw a familiar figure inside through the glass window.

His Adam's apple bobbed, and he pushed open the door, leaning on his cane.

Hu Lianxin, who plays Huang Yuxuan, is sitting by the window, holding a cup of coffee, her gaze somewhat unfocused. She hears the wind chimes by the door, glances up instinctively, and then stops moving.

The moment Su Yu walked into the coffee shop on crutches, Hu Lianxin's eyes slowly changed from initial surprise, the feeling of "I've finally found you," to heartache.

Her gaze fell on the white hair at his temples, on his left leg with the cane, and on every mark that time had left on his face.

Her lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but couldn't say anything at all.

Chen Xiaoming was secretly surprised behind the monitor.

This girl's eye acting is amazing!

Surprise, heartache, restraint, reluctance—so many complex emotions flashed through her bright, sparkling eyes. Without a single line, they were more convincing than any dialogue.

Chen Xiaoming couldn't help but give her a high score in his mind.

However, when he thought about how Hu Lianxin had been acting towards Su Yu on set recently, he suddenly realized that Hu Lianxin had no acting skills in this scene; it was all just emotion.

Zhou, who was watching from the monitor, was also shocked by Hu Lianxin's "acting skills".

She originally just wanted to come and see what was going on, and maybe check out Su Yu, but she ended up being stunned as she looked at him.

She never expected that her fellow villager would be so talented. The feeling of being cautious yet unable to hide her care, the dependence that she desperately tried to control after losing and regaining but still revealed in her eyes and brows, was so real that it didn't seem like something she had learned from a script.

But Zhou quickly realized what he meant.

When Hu Lianxin chatted with her, she often mentioned Su Yu, and her words were full of praise and admiration for Su Yu: "Brother treated the whole crew to a late-night snack again today", "Brother is really good at acting", "Brother looks good in anything".

Zhou had sensed that this fellow villager had ulterior motives towards Su Yu, and when he came to visit the set today, he was right. He could tell from the look in Su Yu's eyes that the fellow villager's feelings for Su Yu were definitely not pure.

The way Zhou and Hu Lianxin met was quite coincidental.

The two met by chance at the audition for "Someday or One Day" and were competing for the role of Huang Yuxuan. Although Hu Lianxin ultimately won the lead role, Zhou had a good impression of this good-looking and straightforward fellow villager.

After the audition, the two kept in touch privately, and as they chatted, they gradually became familiar with each other.

In addition, they had similar personalities and quickly became good friends.

Perhaps this is fate; after all, these two were good friends in their past lives, and now they've just met earlier.

Zhou came to visit the set today, saying she was "coming to see Xin Xin," but she knew in her heart that it was just an excuse.

She actually just wanted to see Su Yu.

She hadn't seen Su Yu for quite some time since visiting the set of "Unbelievable" in Hejiang County.

Although she chatted with Su Yu on WeChat from time to time, she always felt that something was missing.

Zhou finally managed to find an opportunity to come to the film set today, but before he could even exchange a few words with Su Yu, he saw Hu Lianxin giving Su Yu that "you're the only one in the world" look in front of the camera. Zhou's alarm bells immediately went off.

"Hmph, as expected, Xiao Hu is also interested in Brother Su Yu."

Zhou thought angrily, his fingers unconsciously twisting together.

She was the one who met Su Yu first, she was the one who filmed the MV, and Su Yu was the one who visited her on set first. She hadn't even had a chance to make a move yet, and this little hussy Hu Lianxin actually wanted to beat her to it?

She glanced at Hu Lianxin on set; the girl had stepped down from the camera and was jogging towards Su Yu, her smile radiant.

As soon as filming ended, Su Yu had just stepped down from the camera position and was still looking down to untie the metal bracket on his leg when Zhou quickly went to greet him.

She had a clean smile on her face. "Brother Su Yu, you acted so well just now! That figure leaning on the cane was so heartbreaking to see."

Su Yu looked up, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and replied with a smile, "Haha, it was alright, just my usual performance."

When Hu Lianxin saw that Zhou Yi started talking to Su Yu right away, alarm bells went off immediately.

She was holding a bottle of mineral water, ready to hand it to Su Yu, when she saw Zhou already standing in front of Su Yu, chatting and laughing. She quickened her pace.

Although Zhou's figure wasn't great, Hu Lianxin secretly compared herself to him and realized that she still had a significant advantage in terms of physique.

But Zhou's face is too beautiful, with delicate features and a cool temperament, which is quite threatening.

So, like a mother hen protecting her chicks, she quickly walked to Su Yu's side, naturally hugged his arm, looked up at Zhou, and said in a slightly coquettish tone, "What about me? Ye Ye, why don't you praise me? Did I not act well just now?"

Zhou looked at Hu Lianxin's hands, which were tightly holding Su Yu's arm, and said with a forced smile, "Xinxin, you acted very well too. It was really very moving."

Su Yu felt the soft touch on his arm and noticed that many staff members on set were glancing at him, sending a chill down his spine.

He quickly coughed, subtly pulling his arm out of Hu Lianxin's arms, and said in a natural tone, "Alright, alright, stop chatting here and go sit in the rest area for a while."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the rest area.

Zhou and Hu Lianxin exchanged a glance, both wearing polite smiles, and then followed at the same time.

Xiao Zhou witnessed the entire scene from a short distance away.

She felt that the fake sisterhood between the two was about to break down starting today.

At this moment, she felt that her previous judgment seemed to be wrong. It seemed that she would not only have one more "sister-in-law" in the future, but two.

She silently groaned in her heart: Brother Yu, can you please tone it down a bit? We haven't even finished dealing with Empress Wang and Consort Tian yet, and you're already flirting with other women again.

Peng Yichang, who was resting in the corner of the rest area, witnessed the whole scene.

He turned to look at Wang Yanlin beside him, his tone carrying a hint of heartfelt emotion: "Brother Yu is really lucky with women, two such beautiful girls are both vying for his attention."

Wang Yanlin looked up, glanced around to make sure no one else was nearby, then lowered his voice and said, "You can't be envious. If you were as handsome and popular as him, you could be too."

Peng Yichang was completely silenced by Wang Yanlin's words.

After a long while, he said, "Why is God so unfair? Not only is Brother Yu good-looking, but he's also so lucky, and he's even so popular with women."

Wang Yanlin deeply sympathized, and patted Peng Yichang on the shoulder: "There's nothing we can do, it's all fate!"