Huayu: Starting from retirement, sweeping across the domestic entertainment industry

Li Ran watched Zhou Ye turn and leave, each step she took slow and heavy, making her look very lonely.

His heart tightened, and he instinctively wanted to chase after her to explain; at the very least, he couldn't let her leave alone like this.

He had just taken a step when Tian Xiwei grabbed his arm.

He could only turn around and speak, his voice carrying a barely perceptible urgency, "Xiaotian, let's talk later, okay? I'll go check on her first."

Tian Xiwei shook her head and did not let go.

She tilted her head back, her clear and determined gaze meeting his eyes. Her voice wasn't loud, but every word was distinct: "Li Ran, let her think about it herself!"

She paused, then said calmly, "These kinds of things are no use being advised by others. If she can accept it, then she can accept it; if she can't, then they should break up."

He secretly thought to himself, "It's good that we broke up. It'll free up space and save me the trouble."

Then, she looked at Li Ran and added, "Also, don't misunderstand. Although I like you, I haven't agreed to your 'wanting both' approach."

"Li Ran, you have to make a choice between me and her."

She bit her lip lightly, knowing in her heart that, judging from Li Ran's current behavior, Zhou Ye could not be her last rival in love.

So what! Tian Xiwei is confident that she will stand until the end, and her goal now is to snatch Li Ran away from Zhou Ye.

Li Ran hesitated, a heavy sense of powerlessness spreading through him.

What should I say when I catch up with Coconut? Promise that I will only love her, and then turn around and disappoint Xiaotian? Or should I continue to be perfunctory?

He remained silent for a few seconds, and finally, he slowly withdrew his hand. Instead of looking for Zhou Ye, he sat back down in the chair next to him.

Oda is right. Perhaps it is indeed time to let Coconut calm down on its own.

He also needs time to think carefully about how to untangle this mess, if there really is a solution.

Seeing his somewhat disappointed expression, Tian Xiwei didn't say anything more. She simply walked silently to his side, placed a little distance between them, and sat down.

She liked him, really liked him, but that's precisely why she couldn't accept a relationship that needed to be shared with others and could be taken away by more people at any time.

Li Ran is too dazzling. His appearance, talent, background, and even his charm that attracts women all mean that he will never lack temptations.

The two remained quietly in a corner of the noisy film set, each lost in their own thoughts, letting the silence fester.

The daytime filming proceeded as scheduled.

To Li Ran's surprise, Zhou Ye did not become passive or throw a tantrum because of the conflict in the morning. In front of the camera, she was still the same Cheng Yushan, the top student with a stubborn look in her eyes and a bit of aloofness.

However, she no longer subconsciously looked for Li Ran as usual, or went to his side during breaks.

A person was looking at a script in a corner, their profile looking somewhat lonely.

This change didn't escape Zhang Ruoyun's notice. Taking advantage of a break between scenes, he strolled over to Li Ran, nudged him with his shoulder, gestured towards Zhou Ye with his lip, and asked in a low voice, "Did you two have a fight? Did you have a tiff?"

Li Ran followed his gaze, feeling a mix of emotions.

He nodded, then shook his head with a wry smile, his voice full of self-deprecation: "It wasn't just an argument, it was a complete disaster, bro."

Upon hearing this tone and recalling Tian Xiwei's unusual attention to Li Ran, Zhang Ruoyun understood about 70-80% of the situation.

He clicked his tongue, glanced sideways at Li Ran, and said with a teasing tone, "I have to say, you're really something. We're all in the same production crew, can't you be a little more low-key?"

"Do we have to do it all together? Can't you just sort things out slowly after filming is over and everyone goes home?" He shook his head, looking like he was hopelessly hopeless.

Li Ran let out a long sigh and rubbed his temples. "Who could have imagined this!"

He had originally planned to develop a relationship with Tian Xiwei while filming "Cute," but who could have predicted that Zhou Ye would confront Tian Xiwei directly, and even more unexpectedly, that the two would have such a fierce conflict.

Seeing his bitter and resentful expression, Zhang Ruoyun leaned closer and asked with a mix of curiosity and advice, "So what do we do now? What are you thinking? To be honest, both of these girls seem pretty good; their personalities and looks are impeccable."

"But you can't just..." He paused, raising an eyebrow suggestively.

"choose?"

Li Ran repeated the word, a weak smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. "Brother Yun, didn't you just say that everything is fine? But because of this, I'm unwilling to give up either of them!"

He recalled that classic line from the game and muttered to himself, "I want both the red and blue buffs, is that not allowed?"

Zhang Ruoyun was taken aback by his self-righteous greed, then rolled her eyes and said disdainfully, "Damn! How can you be so greedy? Aren't you afraid of stuffing yourself to death!"

He patted Li Ran on the shoulder, his tone half-joking and half-serious, "Take it easy, don't get burned if you play with fire too much."

Li Ran just smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything more.

That evening, at the film crew's hotel.

When Li Ran came out of the shower, her hair was still wet and dripping water.

He picked up his constantly vibrating phone from the bedside table, unlocked the screen, and a series of message notifications popped up.

Looking at the nickname "Bai Zhou Jie" (meaning "Sister White Porridge"), Li Ran was a little surprised, but still glanced at the message.

Two old jokes that are so lame they'll make you want to dig your toes out, a photo of her dinner today, and three internet memes that are completely unfunny.

The most outrageous thing is that during the short ten or twenty minutes he was taking a shower, she bombarded him with seven or eight short videos.

There are videos of cats and dogs fighting, cheesy sitcoms, and even a compilation of failed attempts to make you laugh in ten seconds.

Li Ran's temple throbbed slightly. Normally, he would chat with Wang Churan for a while.

But at this moment, his mind was filled with the events of the day, and he simply didn't have the energy to have this kind of cross-dimensional chat with her.

He tapped his fingers on the screen and replied: "Ugh, are you a savage? Just got internet? Never even used a phone before?"

Messages are replied to almost instantly.

Wang Churan sent a cartoon emoji that showed someone laughing so hard they were doubled over and tears streaming down their face.

Then came another comment: "[Li Ran, is this a meme? It's so funny, hahaha!]"

Li Ran was speechless. Bai Zhou Jie's thought process was indeed different from that of ordinary people.

He sent a "laughing and crying" emoji, then typed directly: "If there's nothing wrong, could you please stop sending me those lame jokes?"

After a pause, he mischievously added, "Could you send me something I like to watch?"

This time, Wang Churan paused for a moment and sent over a cartoon girl emoji with a coy and ambiguous look in her eyes.

This is followed by a text message: "So what do you want to see? (Cute wink.gif)"

Li Ran saw through her feigned ignorance. Despite her obvious flirting, he twitched the corner of his mouth and didn't reply.

He tossed his phone onto the bed, grabbed a towel and haphazardly dried his hair, changed his clothes, left the room, and went straight to Zhou Ye's room across the street.

Wang Churan, whom he had temporarily forgotten in the chat box, waited for a few minutes without receiving a reply, but seemed undeterred.

She picked out two nice-looking everyday selfies and sent them over. In the photos, she smiled radiantly and looked beautiful.

Ten minutes later, Li Ran still hadn't made a move. Seeing this, Wang Churan immediately took a few ambiguous photos and sent them over, not believing he could still resist.

However, several minutes passed, and Li Ran still hadn't sent any messages.

Wang Churan began to use her amazing imagination, asking in confusion, "Why aren't you replying?"

You weren't looking at my picture... (chuckles)

Do you need on-site guidance? (Pinky promise)

Half an hour later, the chat box remained silent. Wang Churan, with a hint of playful annoyance, sent a final message: 【Li Ran, is he dead? (bomb)(bomb)】

Unfortunately, Li Ran was standing in Zhou Ye's room at that moment, facing that cold face that resembled Wei Lai's.

His mind was completely focused on Zhou Ye, and he couldn't care less about Wang Churan on his phone.