Chu Cheng pinched his face, “If you want to be independent, you can just open a studio.”
“There’s no need for that, I’m good in Western Entertainment, I can also help your brother make money, when I earn more money, maybe he’ll like me a little more.”
Chu Cheng didn’t understand. “You’re my boyfriend. I like you. Why do you want him to like you?”
“Because you already like me,” Ji Qingzhou said frankly, “I want the rest of your family to like me too, so they won’t stop us from being together.”
Chu Cheng hugged him. “Don’t worry, I told my family about my sexual orientation a long time ago. They already know, and they also hope I can find someone to accompany me, they won’t embarrass you. ”
“That’s true, but it’s better for them to like me a little more, naturally.”
“So what else did Sheng Wenxi say?”
“He said a lot, and seemed a bit suspicious of our relationship. But I didn’t tell him our real relationship, just that we’re friends. I think he’s a little preachy, and he seems to think he wants what’s best for me, but I don’t want that kind of care from him. In the past few days, he’d been watching me act on set, and every time I end a scene he wants to talk to me and asks me once again ‘so you don’t want to play Ah Heng now?’ I’ve answered him many times and made it very clear that I want to be good to myself more than my artistic pursuits. But he always thinks that I can overcome it.”
Ji Qingzhou sighed, “So sometimes I’m quite tired. It’s hard enough to shoot a scene, but after the scene I also have to explain myself to him constantly. When he wants to talk to me, I can’t refuse, sometimes after a scene, I want to take a break, but he’s there. He’s a big director, the crew won’t say anything more to him, but they’d subconsciously look at me more, thinking I don’t know how to cherish opportunities. The other day, Kong Yan told me to cherish the opportunity, that the director condescended to wait for me for so many days, so I should have said yes. But I don’t want to say yes, I obviously don’t want to, I also said it very clearly, why does he keep asking me constantly?”
Ji Qingzhou didn’t understand, “I refused quite thoroughly and gave him my reasons. It doesn’t make sense, if other people are willing to give their lives for art, does that mean I need to give my life for art too? I have my own thoughts and opinions, so why can’t he listen? Why does he want me to listen to his ideas only? Is there no value in what I say? I have spoken so many times, my words are now like a recording, yet he’s still asking me to overcome and challenge myself, if I can’t overcome it and I fall in love with the actor in the movie, break up with you, immerse myself in the painful and tangled inner thoughts of Ah Heng and die in the middle of the road, will he collects my body for me?”
“What nonsense.” Chu Cheng quickly scolded him, “Blah, take it back quickly.”
Ji Qingzhou saw him frown, and quickly corrected himself, “I didn’t mean to say that, I just ……”
“There’s no just.” Chu Cheng interrupted him, “Your acting path is yours, you make your own decisions, if you want to act, you will, if you don’t want to, not to mention Sheng Wenxi, his father is also useless. The next time he comes to you, you can tell him to come to me directly, you can’t offend him because of his status, but I don’t care. I’d ask him, why must he ask you to get over yourself, can’t he get over himself and change the actor?”
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Ji Qingzhou listened to his words and couldn’t help but give him a round of applause, “Why didn’t I think of that? Otherwise, I would have told him that directly. Maybe he would have understood, you’re great.”
“That’s why you usually can’t say anything to me.”
“I can’t say no to you?” Ji Qingzhou could still remember the fruit of his victory not long ago, “Empty nest? Love for sale?”
Chu Cheng: ……
Ji Qingzhou continued with a pleasant expression, “You see, who said that?”
Chu Cheng nodded helplessly, “Yes, yes, you’re so great, it’s me who can’t talk to you, I’m not as good as you.”
Ji Qingzhou listened to his compromising words and subconsciously laughed, “If only everyone was as good as you.”
Thinking back, if Chu Cheng was replaced by someone else when he had transmigrated, when he asked to move slowly, they probably wouldn’t agree. If it was Sheng Wenxi, he’d probably say, “Get over it”, and then insist on following his own pace.
That was why he always trusted Chu Cheng the most, because he was the only one among so many people who kept giving in to him at the beginning. He knew from the very beginning that Chu Cheng was giving in to him. So even if Chu Cheng’s status was higher than everyone else he had met, he had never been afraid of Chu Cheng, daring to flaunt his teeth and claws in front of him without a care in the world. Because he knew that Chu Cheng would never hurt him.
“You’re so nice.” He raised his head and kissed Chu Cheng.
Chu Cheng looked at him tenderly and kissed his forehead, “You’re also good.”
Ji Qingzhou rarely had time to spend with him, he didn’t want to keep talking about Sheng Wenxi, “Let’s change the topic, you can stay for a few days this time?”
“Three or four days.” Chu Cheng said.
It wasn’t long, Ji Qingzhou was a bit regretful, but the fact that Chu Cheng could come was already very good, “Then do you want to sleep here tonight or go back to your room?”
Chu Cheng felt he was knowingly asking, “What do you think?”
Ji Qingzhou smiled, “Okay, then you’ll stay with me for the next few days.”
Chu Cheng hummed, wrapped his arms around his waist, lowered his head and bit his lip. Ji Qingzhou held him and obediently let him.
In December, “Broken light” had an official schedule, set for December 31st, the last day of the year. When Ji Qingzhou filmed this drama, he was still a little-known actor. Because of Lian Jingxing’s recommendation, he was qualified for the audition. Now, because of “48 Hours of Battle” and “One Page of Love Poem”, he was ranked as the most popular actor in the whole movie except Lian Jingxing. Therefore, most of the roadshows of the cast had his name on it.
It was just that the shooting of his movie finished on December 23rd, and the roadshow started on the night of December 23rd. Chu Cheng had planned to take him out on Christmas Day, but after looking at his packed schedule, he didn’t say anything more and told him to rest well.
Ji Qingzhou felt a little guilty. Before that, he asked Chu Cheng to spend Christmas with him this year, but in the end, because of work, not only could they not spend time together, they had to be in different places.
Chu Cheng comforted him, “It’s okay, focus on your work for now, we’ll spend New Year’s Day together.”
Ji Qingzhou nodded. “I checked it. I don’t have a schedule on New Year’s Day. We can definitely spend the holiday together this time.”
“Mm.”
He left Chu Cheng tickets for the premiere of <<Broken Light>>, “On December 31st, let’s go see the movie together.”
“Okay.” Chu Cheng agreed.
Then they could cross into the New Year together. As Ji Qingzhou thought about it, he felt happy, when this year ended, he and Chu Cheng would have been together for a year and a half.
Lian Jingxing was busy filming and investing this year, and he didn’t have much time to meet Ji Qingzhou. After the separation of Ji Qingzhou and Chu Cheng, he returned to X City after filming and asked his junior brother to come out for a meal. He wanted to advise Ji Qingzhou, but found that Ji Qingzhou didn’t need his guidance, he looked relaxed and happy.
The two of them shared the same agent, and Zhou Chengfeng had been following Ji Qingzhou for the whole second half of the year, giving more time and energy to Ji Qingzhou because he just entered the industry, he was afraid Lian Jingxing would have a problem with it, so he’d been careful to balance the relationship between them, even with <<Broken light>>, he hadn’t wanted Ji Qingzhou to participate in the audition. But Lian Jingxing was much more generous than he thought, except for some necessary times, he let Zhou Chengfeng stay with Ji Qingzhou.
Ji Qingzhou called him senior brother, so he took care of him, but not beyond the rules.
The two of them were happy to get together for the promotion of <<Broken Light>>. Ji Qingzhou lamented, “Brother, you’re so busy this year.”
Zhou Chengfeng replied instead, “What year is he not busy? He’s busy every year.”
Zhou Chengfeng had been with Lian Jingxing for so many years, the outside world placed so many labels on him, but only one was the most appropriate, that was, “desperate”, but unfortunately this was the most forgotten label. Lian Jingxing could be on set for 365 days a year without rest, even if there was really a rest day, he still had other things to do. Zhou Chengfeng would sometimes advise him to take a break, he wasn’t a robot. Then Lian Jingxing would take a short break, but he’d start again.
Zhou Chengfeng knew his background, and also knew that Lian Jingxing’s ambition was much more than just winning awards, his final destination should be to turn behind the scenes. But sometimes he couldn’t help but think, as he worked so hard, was he really not tired? He was so young, he could afford to take his time, why did he need to push himself so hard.
However, Lian Jingxing had no choice, he couldn’t stop his steps forward, he had his own plans and goals, he could afford to wait, but he was afraid that the person he liked couldn’t afford to wait. He didn’t want to wait until he was finally qualified to express his feelings to Yu Anyi, who would be with someone else by then, so he kept telling himself, “Faster, faster,” and now, he finally saw the light.
Lian Jingxing smiled and looked at Ji Qingzhou, “You and Chu Cheng made up?”
Ji Qingzhou nodded shyly.
“What did you say to me at that time? You said your fate has come to an end, but what happened? In the end, you’re young, you still have the energy to fuss.”
AAAAAAHHHH!!! So happy with the surprise! Been waiting for it for so long!! Thank you for the long chapters. So worth it 💖😘
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Love that JQ and CC was spot on about that annoying SW, that’s exactly what I thought. He’s so selfish wanting to sacrifice people for his movie.
You can spot the Apaths a mile away~
waaa welcome back! hope everything is ok and ur safe and healthy 🥰🥰 happy new year!
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Lian Jingxing 🥲 I hope he and Anyi get their happy ending soon! They’re both so lovely and they’ll be a great couple for sure.