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But little did I expect that after coming out of the shower back at the hotel, my useless tummy was hungry again.
It grumbled non-stop. I had no way of sleeping peacefully.
I could only take out my phone and look for take-out delivery in the area, then found that there wasn’t really anything in the vicinity.
Terrible. This accursed suburb.
After wavering for a few seconds, I obediently put on my pants and sneaked into the kitchen.
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However, what surprised me was that this kitchen only had frozen dumplings and noodles.
What the heck? Are these really the facilities of a presidential suite?
As I rummaged through the cabinets in the kitchen, I suddenly heard footfalls coming from the bedrooms. A long shadow gradually entered my field of vision.
Jiang Ran poked his head through the doorway. “Why? Are you hungry?”
“Yeah, so hungry that I can’t sleep.”
Jiang Ran strode over and leaned against the kitchen counter. “Mo Shuyao, have you taken your body mass index before? You didn’t exercise in those days that you were injured and even ate so much, now…”
Har? Wut it gotta do with u?
I stuffed my fingers into my ears.
Nope, not listening! Ducky reciting mantra!
539
I seriously can’t believe that Jiang Ran had only two measly stalks of veggies for dinner and isn’t at least a teensy little bit hungry now.
Remembering how Chef Jiang made congee for me when I was injured, my cravings instantly hit.
So I asked back, “Aren’t you hungry? You eat so little at all your meals.”
Jiang Ran shook his head. “I’m already used to it.”
“……”
Hoodwinking plan failed.
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Jiang Ran, you truly don’t know the pain of fat otakus.
Having cup noodles every night while watching shows is the happiest time of my life.
But now, it’s almost two months since I last got a sip of happy juice.
A while later, I had a brainwave, cooking up another scheme, “Jiang Ran, actually, I was hoping to cook something for you.”
Jiang Ran, who was all glib tongued earlier, was suddenly startled. “What?”
“We wrapped up the shoot today, and you’ve been taking care of me all of these two months, showing concern for me, protecting me. I don’t have any means to return the favour, so I was hoping to cook something for you to eat.”
Oh my mama, my acting is so dang good that Oscar owes me a little golden figurine.
“Really?” Jiang Ran came up to ask me.
He stood right before me; it took me a moment to react.
“Yeah, the fried sauce noodles I make are super amazing. It’s just a pity that there aren’t any ingredients.”
“You want to make fried sauce noodles?” Jiang Ran eyed the packaging, then lowered his head, his gaze pausing on me. He took out his phone. “Brother Rong, help us buy some ingredients. Yes… I need soya paste, ground pork, cucumber, and scallions.”
After hanging up the phone, he smiled at me. “Your hand isn’t fully healed yet, I’ll cut the vegetables.”
Naisu! Plan, success~
I cackled. “Didn’t you say that you weren’t hungry?”
He chuckled and didn’t answer me.
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Soon, his agent sent the ingredients over. Jiang Ran asked me to get the door.
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However, I merely said a word of thanks, swiftly taking the ingredients back to the kitchen at lightning speed.
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Jiang Ran had already tied his apron and was waiting for me.
“There’s another set over there, do you need me to help you tie it?”
“It’s fine.” I tossed the ingredients over to him. “Hurry up and wash them. The noodles cook quickly, it won’t taste good if it goes mushy.”
He nodded and turned on the tap.
I wore the apron, but for some reason, I was never able to find the strap on the left side.
“Eh? Why’s it like this…”
I softly mumbled. Jiang Ran shook the water off his hands, walking over. “Nevermind, I’d better just help you.”
With that, I felt the fabric draw tight around my waist.
I involuntarily stiffened my cranky, old waist, my heartbeat inexplicably trembling.
Erm. I’m getting a bad feeling about this.
But Jiang Ran sensibly moved his hands away.
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The two of us fell silent. Only the sound of vegetables being chopped filled the kitchen.
He cut up the meat and vegetables, handing them over item by item. I poured the oil and started to stir-fry, even tossing in two eggs.
Not much time later, an aroma diffused in the air around us.
“It actually smells quite good.” As Jiang Ran busied with the work at hand, he casually praised me in passing.
“Of course.” I proudly puffed up my chest. “Aren’t I amazing?”
Jiang Ran nodded with a smile. “Not bad, passable.”
I originally wanted to blow more rainbowfart praises for myself, but my tummy rumbled.
“Pfft,” Jiang Ran softly huffed out a laugh.
“……” A corner of my mouth twitched. My mouth zipped shut.
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Not long later, I took the noodles from the wok and poured sauce over them. I gave it to him, also taking a bowl for myself.
“Didn’t you say it’s made for me?”
“It has been preached since days of old that sharing is caring. This is called taking the cream and paying it forward.”
With that, I hurriedly picked up my chopsticks and crammed a ginormous mouthful of noodles into my mouth.
Jiang Ran lowered his head, laughing. Then, he picked up his chopsticks and began to eat as well.
Heuheuheu, who was the one who said that he wasn’t hungry?
In the end you still ended up eating my Mo Shuyao™ fried sauce noodles.
545
Jiang Ran didn’t like to talk while eating. The only noise in the room was from me slurping my noodles down.
It was only now that I noticed that Jiang Ran only took a few noodles in each bite, chewing carefully and swallowing slowly. He didn’t make a peep.
What sort of godly upbringing is this??
I couldn’t fathom it.
Full fathom five thy father lies.
546
Right as I dug into my meal with relish, my phone suddenly rang.
I looked at the caller ID. It was my mom.
“Fuck.” I quietly cussed, hanging up and tossing the phone aside. “Damned asshole’s here to ask for money again.”
Hearing this, Jiang Ran lifted his head and glanced at me. “Your mother?”
“……” I couldn’t stop the ire that flared in my heart. “I don’t have a mother like her.”
“I’ve said this before. If there’s anything upsetting you, you can talk to me about it. I can definitely help you out.”
Although I was slightly moved, I still maintained my rationality, thinking to myself, ‘What fart does this have to do with you.’
However, recalling those three years when hope felt lost and the days bleak, even owing so much money, I hatefully hammered my fist on the table.
My bowl was accidentally knocked off the table.
My phone started to ring again…
“Fuck!” I cussed under my breath.
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Jiang Ran appeared to grow anxious. He moved in to hold me. “Mo Shuyao, just say what it is! Is your mother asking you for money? Weren’t you unemployed for nearly three years, how can you support her if you could barely even support yourself?”
?! At this, my entire body jolted. I raised my hand, viciously flinging off his hand.
My unemployment was dark history that I never brought up to anyone, concealing well from the outside.
How would Jiang Ran know this?!
He seemed to realise that he had said something wrong. His unwavering gaze fell on me.
Big brother is watching you!
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I could have torn my vocal cords with the way I yelled at him. “How the hell do you know my shit!!”
“Didn’t you come to our company as a screenwriter?”
“But I never…” I wanted to continue to lie at first, yet I found that there was no longer a need.
He lowered his head. His lips pursed together. The two of us sat in silence for a while. Then, he looked up again towards me. “Sorry, I shouldn’t have deliberately stepped into your family affairs. If you feel that I’ve crossed a line, I apologise.”
I studied him, swiftly rifling through all the possibilities.
A few seconds later, it suddenly dawned on me.
There was only one possibility—
This guy must have known that I was that pathetic screenwriter who got chased out of the crew three years ago.
Despicable! Laozi refused to make garbage changes to that drama of his, going against the will of heaven and earth, aggravating the director. I didn’t even get a word of thanks from him, instead only hundreds of thousands in mental damage. Leaving that aside, he even invited me into the boiling pot, scamming me into this production crew to gay me?
Was this something that humans did??
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I struck the table in anger and got up, unable to hold back my tirade, “Jiang Ran, three years ago in that dogshit production crew, laozi acted as your adjutant, then got sacked by them—you remember this, don’t you?”
At this, his gaze stilled. He looked helplessly at me.
“Did you become mute? Weren’t you quite smooth earlier?”
But he quickly regained his composure, nodding. “Yes.”
“Then you scammed me into this crew to fuck with me? I lost my job because of you, don’t you have any conscience?”
Jiang Ran frowned. “I didn’t fool you. I only remembered a while after we started working together.”
Har? [Nick Young question mark.jpg]
Film Emperor Jiang’s acting technique is good. Too good. So good that I can barely tell apart the truth from lies.
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I leaned forward and stared into his eyes. “For real?”
“Of course it’s real.”
“Be exact. How long ago did you find out?”
Jiang Ran’s answer was very straightforward. “About a month ago.”
551
A month ago?
Recalling the various wiles he used on me during this one month, my heckles instantly raised again.
“You pervert! You shamelessly licked my old waist!”
Jiang Ran remained composed, saying with all seriousness, “You were the one who wrote the novel. I was only acting according to what you wrote.”
“Then you took advantage of my fever to tear off my clothes!”
Jiang Ran squinted his eyes. “Isn’t that the norm for taking care of people with a fever?”
“Then you recorded me dancing during the livestream!”
Jiang Ran scratched his head. “The host asked me to record that for better effect on the livestream.”
“……”
That upstanding face, that serious tone of voice—he had ten thousand proper excuses for all those wily actions on the tip of his tongue.
I narrowed my eyes.
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Perhaps feeling he hadn’t expressed himself enough, Jiang Ran said innocently, “It’s really disappointing; I was wholeheartedly hoping to make it up to you, only for you to call me a scammer.”
Har? Pls, as if I’ll believe your nonsense.
At the end of the day, the film emperor is indeed a film emperor.
My acting can’t keep up; I resign, I concede…
Farewell!
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Jiang Ran was left hung to dry in the kitchen alone. He spoke to my back, “The kitchen hasn’t been cleaned up yet.”
“Since you want to make it up to me, can helping me wash a few bowls count for anything!”
I roared in my rage, slamming the door behind me.
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It’s too wasted to limit Jiang Ran’s talent to the domestic market.
With his acting technique, he’s at the level of international megastars, the crystallisation of wisdom of all mankind!
Am I being unreasonable if I say yo mama so fat, you tell me 🙂
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There was a lot of noise outside. After a while, I opened the door to peek at Jiang Ran.
He was sweeping the bowl that I broke.
I blinked, then lowered my head. I sighed.
Even though my spirit and soul was tossed upside down because of him, I really could see his sincerity.
I had a steady job, I earned those soft banknotes, and most importantly—
I won respect and recognition.
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But even so, I won’t forgive this supergay.
Unless he obediently apologises to laozi and pays me several hundred thousands on top of that for my mental damages.
poor Mo Shuyao™ fried sauce noodles got knocked onto the floor
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Thank you for the chapter 🤍
It really sounds like they were all in on it… who says to their boss “you’ve finally come out?” and that other nonsense?
I really dislike this film emperor.
Is this MC real? So arrogant, ungrateful and annoying. Wish they won’t get together or at least he changes.
I mean I thought it would be a super fun, MC being a parody writer and all, but it isn’t. To make a pompous MC endearing, you need Fraser approach. Being angry all the time isn’t fun. And trying to change his novel for his own selfish interest because he is acting the shou, that comes across incredibly unprofessional, a commercial suicide and nothing to do with integrity, just an abuse of his power as a script writer.
MC is unique, his like no other shou who has mary sue characteristics, and his not angry all the time, its just him being indenial and refusing his own sexuality because its his first time to actiually be attracted or interested to someone.
Ang lastly I love the MC foe being different, he maybe unresonable and childish but its that qualitues that made him so interesting and fun. Engliah is not my first language so pls undertand. Lol
MC is not abusing his power, you could actually notice that he allevates some of the detailes, but he doesn’t change the overall plot ang scenes. He just decreases the amount of contract with the ML because I think it makes him uncomfortable.
Uncomfortable at first but I think he gave up and just do memes and stupid vids of ML 🤭