Chinese Entertainment: Top-Tier Boyfriends of Young Actresses

Su Yu and his two companions entered the restaurant and found a private room to sit down. The waiter handed them the menu, and Su Yu flipped through it, ordering several Shandong dishes that Wang Churan liked—Boshan fried pork, flavored eggplant, tofu boxes, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, plus a hot and sour soup.

"That'll do for now, we'll add more if needed."

While waiting for the food, Wang Churan rested her chin on her hands, looking at him with bright eyes: "Baby, tell me about any interesting things that happened on your film set?"

"Let me think." Su Yu recalled for a moment and told her an interesting story from the film crew, "Our second male lead, Hu Yitian, I've told you about him before, right?"

"Mmm-hmm." Wang Churan nodded like a chick pecking at rice. "I know, I know. He was originally the male lead, right? But you snatched him away."

Su Yu smiled and corrected her, "Don't put it so harshly. What do you mean by 'stealing'? It's just that the production team has higher hopes for me."

"Mmm, baby, you're the best! Tell me quickly!"

"We were filming a scene where someone was surfing the internet, and this guy started playing a game while we were filming. The director scolded him for a long time."

"Haha, this guy is so funny. He looks so aloof in his photos."

Su Yu didn't know why Wang Churan had such a low threshold for laughter. She laughed so hard when she heard this. Was it because she liked corny jokes?

"Anything else? Anything else?"

"And then there's Sun Ning, who plays Lu Yang. He's just like his character—very funny in real life. When he and the second female lead were filming a kissing scene, they..."

Before he could finish speaking, Su Yu regretted his quick tongue.

Damn it, I forgot I also had a kissing scene in the show.

Upon hearing Su Yu's words, the smile on Wang Churan's face faded.

"I almost forgot to ask, did you also have a kissing scene with the female lead?"

Su Yu really wanted to slap himself right now.

Why bring this up for no reason? Isn't that just shooting yourself in the foot?

"Ahem, yes, there is."

Wang Churan rolled her eyes so hard they practically flew to the sky: "You really kissed him?"

Su Yu replied awkwardly, "Isn't this what the director asked for? I can't do anything about it."

Hearing Su Yu say that, Wang Churan objected: "Fine, then I'll do it next time I'm filming—"

"I won't allow it!"

Wang Churan was interrupted by Su Yu before she could finish speaking.

Although he interrupted her like that, Wang Churan wasn't annoyed; in fact, she was a little happy, because it meant that Su Yu really cared about her.

"Well, you've already taken pictures of them," Wang Churan said, pouting.

"Okay, okay, I'll ask the director to cut any more intimate scenes like this next time. If they can't cut them, we'll use camera tricks or find a body double. Are you satisfied now?"

Hearing Su Yu's words, Wang Churan nodded in satisfaction: "Alright, I'll let it go this time, but don't let it happen again."

Just then, the waiter brought in the dishes.

Boshan deep-fried pork is served piping hot, with a golden and crispy exterior; the flavorful eggplant is stir-fried until glossy, with a sweet and salty sauce coating the crispy on the outside and tender on the inside eggplant strips; the tofu boxes are hollowed out and filled with minced meat, then drizzled with a thickening sauce, the aroma wafting straight into your nose.

Wang Churan picked up a piece of deep-fried pork with his chopsticks, took a bite, and his eyes immediately lit up.

"It's so delicious! I've lived in Shanghai for so long and I've never had such authentic hometown food before."

Seeing that she was enjoying her food, Su Yu also took a bite.

He wasn't picky about food and would eat whatever was available, but seeing how much she enjoyed her meal, his appetite returned.

While eating, Wang Churan kept putting food on his plate, saying indistinctly, "This is delicious, you should try it," and "That's good too, you should eat it quickly."

Su Yu accepted everything offered, and devoured everything she picked up.

This meal took almost an hour.

Seeing that they were almost finished eating, Su Yu still couldn't come up with a way to prevent Wang Churan from going to the film set.

He mentally went over every excuse he could think of.

They said the crew was filming on location today and it wasn't convenient to visit the set?

No, she'll definitely say that watching from the sidelines is fine.

Is it true that the director doesn't like people visiting the set?

No, she'll definitely bring up Ma Sichun and say, "Sister Sichun said it's normal to visit the set."

He said there's no filming this afternoon? That's even worse, she can just take him on a tour of the film set now.

Su Yu was out of ideas.

He had no choice but to use the excuse of going to the toilet to buy time, after all, every minute he could hold on was a minute, and every extra minute he could live was a minute more.

Su Yu stayed in the restroom for about five or six minutes, leaned against the sink, and took out his phone to send a message to Xiao Zhou: "Has Chu Ran finished eating?"

Xiao Zhou replied immediately: "Not yet, she's calling her mom to let her know she's safe."

Su Yu stared at the line of text on the screen, when suddenly a brilliant idea flashed in his mind.

Oh right, Aunt Wang! He almost forgot about this amazing person!

Su Yu immediately thought of a solution, so he stuffed his phone into his pocket and quickly walked out of the restroom.

He didn't push the door open and enter the private room directly, but stood at the doorway to confirm that Wang Churan was still on the phone.

Then he shouted loudly at the door:

"Chu Ran, have you finished eating? Our crew will be starting work soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, the private room fell silent for a moment.

Su Yu's voice was loud, and not only Wang Churan heard it, but also Wang's mother on the other end of the phone.

After a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, Wang's mother's calm voice rang in Wang Churan's ear:

"Wang Churan, who is that boy who's talking?"

Upon hearing her mother's words, Wang Churan's face stiffened. She had previously told her mother that she had come out to play with a female friend.

"Speak, Wang Churan, is that person Su Yu?"

Mrs. Wang was furious. She had always felt that the two hadn't completely broken off their relationship, but because they were both very restrained, she hadn't found any fault with them, so she hadn't paid much attention to it.

As a result, her own daughter actually went to find Su Yu during the May Day holiday. Wasn't she just delivering herself to his doorstep?

"Mom, let me explain..."

"I don't want to hear it, Wang Churan. You have two choices: either come back to Shanghai immediately, or if you don't come back, I'll come find you myself. The choice is yours."

After saying that, Wang's mother hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Churan looked dejected. She had planned to spend May Day with her boyfriend, but her mother found out because her boyfriend was so clueless.

Su Yu walked in from the doorway. Seeing Wang Churan's unhappy expression, he was secretly overjoyed, but pretended to be completely oblivious, asking with concern, "What's wrong, baby? Why are you unhappy?"

"It's all your fault!" Wang Churan glared at Su Yu.

Su Yu feigned a blank expression, "What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you, baby?"

"I was just on the phone with my mom to let her know I'm safe, but you were talking too loudly and she heard me. She guessed it was you and told me to come back today, or she'll come looking for me herself."

Su Yu had just thought through all the saddest things in his life before he managed to suppress his laughter.

He walked over to Wang Churan, put his arm around her shoulder, and looked regretful. "Sigh, it's my fault, it's my fault. I should have been quieter, otherwise this wouldn't have happened."

"Yeah, I was supposed to go with you to visit the set and then spend the May Day holiday with you, but now it's all over."

Wang Churan looked dejected. She was really disappointed. She had planned for so long, but it all fell apart because of an accident.

"It's okay, baby. We have plenty of time together. A few more days won't make a difference. After I finish filming this movie, you'll have finished your exams. Then I'll take you out to play."

Hearing Su Yu's words, Wang Churan barely managed to pull herself together.

"All right."