Rebirth: I Am the Wealthy Family (GL) - Chapter 22

Ah He spoke with a rare sharpness. At this moment, Su Baiye had already stepped forward and embraced An Xi: “An Xi, this is the set!” Just these few simple words quickly calmed An Xi down. At this point, An Xi’s manager, Lan Nuan, and assistant, Xiaoshan, had also rushed over to escort An Xi away, leaving a bewildered Chen Qianyu behind.

“Qianyu, it’s alright. You prepare first. It’s your scene with me next. I look forward to working with you.”

Su Baiye continued to focus on the script, and the rest of the crew did not excessively criticize Chen Qianyu, acting as if nothing had happened. Following this was Chen Qianyu’s scene with Su Baiye. The scene was simple, just a formality, but even though Chen Qianyu had not studied acting, she could handle such a simple scene. The take went smoothly. After the scene, Ah He stepped forward. “Qianyu, I’ve scheduled the press conference for tomorrow. I’ll take you back to the hotel to rest now.”

The A Tale of April crew was staying at the Huaqianshu Hotel in Hengdian. The hotel was mostly occupied by artists filming, so the security measures were very good. Although Chen Qianyu was currently entangled in controversy, no one bothered her after she entered the hotel through the secure access point.

“Ah He, what exactly is going on with An Xi and Han Dong’er? Why did An Xi react so strongly just now?”

Chen Qianyu had a poor impression of An Xi, mainly because An Xi seemed to target her everywhere and had stolen her role. Also, due to An Xi’s previous conversation with Gu Mingzhu, she had sided with Gu Mingzhu and harbored hostility toward An Xi. However, seeing An Xi’s reaction today, her relationship with Han Dong’er seemed to be truly complicated.

“Qianyu, you were too reckless today. An Xi and Dong’er are not what the outside world makes them out to be. An Xi is a very diligent and capable actress, and she is also an excellent singer and dancer. She won the Best Actress title in three years since her debut; she is definitely a powerhouse.”

Afterward, Ah He began rambling about An Xi’s achievements, but he absolutely avoided mentioning the past between An Xi and Han Dong’er.

“So, don’t inquire about anything regarding An Xi and Han Dong’er in the future. As for tomorrow’s press conference, I will make the arrangements.”

When Ah He escorted Chen Qianyu back to her room, he discovered a very awkward situation. To cut costs, the crew generally assigned two actors to share a room. The treatment for all actors was the same, including An Xi and Chen Qianyu. Unfortunately, Chen Qianyu was assigned to the same room as An Xi. When Chen Qianyu opened the door, she saw An Xi secretly wiping tears by herself.

“What are you looking at? Haven’t you seen someone cry before?”

An Xi saw Chen Qianyu enter, quickly pulled her chair closer, and burst into tears, exactly like a little girl, completely unlike the cold, sharp Best Actress An Chenyu had encountered before.

“You, you, are you okay? I, I didn’t mean it just now. You said those things to me, and I just spoke quickly…” Chen Qianyu couldn’t bear to see people cry. Seeing An Xi crying, she looked for tissues. Just as she was about to hand a tissue to An Xi.

An Xi sat up, wiped away her tears, and stopped crying.

“How embarrassing, letting you see that. I’m warning you, give me your phone. You didn’t film me, did you?”

An Xi vigilantly snatched Chen Qianyu’s phone and immediately scrolled through it. By the time Chen Qianyu realized it, she had already handed the phone back to Chen Qianyu.

“That’s strange. Your relationship with Han Dong’er isn’t bad, is it? Aren’t you good sisters? Why don’t you have a single photo of her on your phone? Han Dong’er loves taking selfies so much, yet you don’t save her pictures.” An Xi said with a sarcastic tone.

At this moment, Chen Qianyu also took advantage of An Xi’s distraction, quickly snatched her phone, and saw that her lock screen wallpaper was a photo of Han Dong’er from a drama.

“What are you doing? Give it back!”

An Xi frantically grabbed her phone back. “How can you be so rude, snatching my things!”

“You just snatched my phone too?!”

Just as Chen Qianyu was about to argue with An Xi, someone knocked on the door.

An Xi and Chen Qianyu looked at each other. The person knocking, seeing no response for a while, called out: “Qianyu, are you inside? It’s Dong’er. Director Gu sent me to find you to discuss the script together. The screenwriter is here today.”

Just as Chen Qianyu was about to open the door, An Xi suddenly grabbed her: “Wait, let me hide. I can’t let her see me looking so wretched. I’m warning you, you can’t tell anyone I cried, or I won’t be polite to you.”

With that, An Xi quickly gathered her things and entered the bathroom, remaining there until Chen Qianyu left with Han Dong’er.

“Qianyu, who are you sharing a room with? It took so long?”

“This, this I don’t know yet. She hasn’t returned!”

Chen Qianyu chose not to tell Han Dong’er that she was sharing a room with An Xi.

“Oh, the screenwriter is here today. This screenwriter is quite a big deal. I didn’t expect Director Gu to be able to invite her!”

“Who is it?”

Han Dong’er looked at Chen Qianyu in surprise: “Didn’t you search on Baidu before? The screenwriter for this Legends of the Investiture of the Gods is Jinjiang’s great Yuri/GL (Girls’ Love) novelist—Ye Fengzi, the legendary and very mysterious Ye Fengzi. She is also a wheelchair-bound author and a writing maniac. She has many Yuri/GL works. Don’t tell me you haven’t read a single one?”

“Actually, I really haven’t read a single one. I, I…”

Chen Qianyu had always focused on academic literature and had very little exposure to web novels. Later, she went to study classical English literature in the UK, so she had no contact with this field at all. Naturally, she didn’t know who Ye Fengzi was.

Going down the spiral staircase, they saw Gu Mingzhu sitting with a woman in a wheelchair, who looked to be around twenty or thirty years old. The woman had long hair draped over her shoulders, and her face was unclear. Only her profile could be seen, which looked very gentle. She was reading something in her hand, looking extremely focused.

“Director Gu, Qianyu is here.”

Gu Mingzhu turned around and smiled, pointing to a seat next to her: “Sit down. Let me introduce you. This is Ye Fengzi, the great Yuri/GL novelist and the screenwriter for our Legends of the Investiture of the Gods. She will be following the entire production. Ms. Ye, this is Chen Qianyu, you should recognize her, right? And this is your favorite actress—Han Dong’er.”

At this moment, Ye Fengzi looked up, glanced at the two, and smiled faintly, putting down the book in her hand.

“King Zhou of Shang and Su Daji, are these the two of them?” Ye Fengzi’s voice was very soft when she spoke.