She Said: A Passionate Kiss [Entertainment Industry] - Chapter 50
#RumorsSayATopStarIsInLove
#Q-SurnameActressWillRevealRelationshipMonday
All major forums were buzzing with reports, and many people had already guessed it was Qiang Huai.
Netizen 1: “Top star? The kind of ‘top star’ marketing accounts mean is totally different from what we think.”
Netizen 2: “Q-surname actress—has to be Qiang Huai, right?”
Netizen 3: “Huh? Could it be Qiang Huai? That high school classmate of hers?”
Netizen 4: “Yes yes yes, I think so too! The one who kissed someone’s knee!”
Amid all the speculation, the topic #QiangHuai’sFirstLoveWasAGirl suddenly shot to the top of the trending list, shocking the entire entertainment circle.
There had been rumors before that Qiang Huai was a lesbian, but none had ever been confirmed—netizens mostly took it as entertainment gossip.
Of course, haters came out to bash her:
“Tsk, now she’s chasing traffic with the lesbian angle.”
“Promote however you want, but don’t joke about homosexuality.”
“LMAO, Qiang Huai chases every possible traffic trend—this will only ruin her.”
Qiang Huai’s parents saw the news online and immediately called her.
“All that stuff online… it’s not about you, is it?” her mom asked over the phone.
Qiang Huai was packing clothes for the film crew. “It’s about me.”
“It’s all true?” Her mom motioned for Qiang’s dad to come over and turned on speakerphone.
“Half true, half not,” Qiang Huai replied.
“Wait—Qiang Huai, you’re not really a homosexual, are you?” Her mom’s voice clearly rose several notches.
Qiang Huai took a deep breath. “And what if I am?”
On the other end of the line, her parents’ minds went blank. They never expected their daughter to actually be gay!
Qiang Huai continued, “So what if I am?”
“You—you—you… when are you coming home? We need to talk about this face-to-face.” Her mom was trying to convince herself Qiang was joking.
“Okay, in a few months. I’m about to join the crew,” Qiang Huai said, clicking her suitcase shut.
“This silly girl—how much money can you even make from filming? Come home quick, after that acquisition…” Her mom went on mumbling with her dad for quite a while before hanging up.
Qiang Huai asked Xiao Yu to book her flight. Before joining the cast, she needed to do a script read-through. She’d have to go to Shanghai the next day.
Before bed, she still hadn’t received a message from Gu Pingwan.
Qiang Huai checked the time—it was past 10 p.m. Was she still working?
She sent a message:
“Can’t sleep because I miss you.”
Half an hour passed. No reply.
“Still busy?”
“Sigh, I guess I’m sleeping alone tonight. 😢”
On Gu Pingwan’s end, she really was busy. Right after the morning meeting, she’d gone into the lab and only now had a break.
“Engineer Gu, there are still a few issues with the ecological cycle system in the core module. Can you work a bit longer?” a colleague asked.
Gu Pingwan had just taken off her anti-static suit. Hearing that, she turned back into the lab.
The ecological cycle system was one of the core module’s most important systems. It provided various forms of energy for astronauts—for example, converting carbon dioxide into water and purifying human waste and other moisture into reusable water.
This kind of research was cutting-edge, even internationally. Gu Pingwan’s job was to simulate vacuum conditions to reduce skeletal degradation and verify other aspects of the core module’s systems.
If the mission successfully launched, China would be able to build a space lab in orbit—supporting experiments in plant biology, materials, and life sciences.
Qiang Huai knew Gu Pingwan was busy, but she didn’t expect her to be this busy. The whole day had gone by without a single message.