Chapter 39 Lies
Shen Zhiyan's fans were holding an emergency meeting.
【did ge ge also get threatened by Jiang Tao?!】
【Probably not? They just happen to be in the same cast, so maybe he was just being polite】
【but jiang tao wasnt even the only one from the lingxiao chronicles cast in new star olympics 😭 why didnt ge ge invite anyone else to eat too??】
【Not just Lingxiao Chronicles. Ge ge has been on so many film sets before, and he hardly ever even goes to cast dinners, let alone treats anyone to a meal】
【wuwuwu ge ge is getting bullied! we sea salts gotta protect ge ge properly!!】
After chatting for quite a while, someone finally noticed something was off.
Sea Salt Cheese: 【@Sea Salt Pea, why have you been so quiet lately? Something this important happens and you don't even say anything】
【Yeah, come to think of it, when ge ge went to Shancheng for an event a while back, you didn't react at all. If it were before, you'd have brought your camera and followed him there】
Li Siwan looked at the messages in the QQ group and awkwardly cleared her throat.
A few days ago, she had gone to watch 'New Star Olympics.' The competition had been so intense that she'd ended up neglecting things here.
A little bit of guilt welled up inside her.
Still, she quickly replied in the group chat.
【had some stuff going on the past few days, but its all good now】
【Pea, you finally showed up! Quick, catch up on what everyone's been talking about. Should we organize a visit to the set of Lingxiao Chronicles?】
Li Siwan remembered how gentle Jiang Tao had been when she greeted her fans. Then she remembered the members of Team Blue being chased around the field by Jiang Tao during the competition.
Li Siwan hesitated.
The group chat continued urging her to join them for a set visit.
After hesitating for a long while, her love for Shen Zhiyan ultimately won out over everything else. She replied:【I'll figure out a way to sneak in and see what's going on first, then we'll decide】
Even if Jiang Tao was her other bias, if she had bullied ge ge, Li Siwan wasn't going to let her off the hook!
【yesss, we're counting on you p!】
…
After closing her QQ, Li Siwan quickly went to find her cousin.
Chu Ruoyu had been riding high lately. Jiang Tao had helped them resolve the issue with their black tea candy, and the newly launched black tea candy was selling extremely well.
Moreover, the Tangmi brand that Jiang Tao had become the spokesperson for had never exactly had poor sales, but it had always been lukewarm. After Jiang Tao became their spokesperson, however, it seemed to have suddenly come back to life.
Chu Ruoyu had recently been receiving frequent praise from her grandfather and the board of directors. Thinking back to how she'd impulsively made that bet on Jiang Tao, only to somehow stumble into such a lucky outcome, she felt both relieved and grateful.
She decided to extend Jiang Tao's spokesperson contract. She also planned to bring over the newly developed dark tea candy for Jiang Tao to try and get her opinion.
She hadn't expected her little cousin to come knocking on her door.
After enduring all kinds of pleading and getting a promise that Li Siwan wouldn't cause any trouble, Chu Ruoyu could only bring her along.
When they arrived at the set of 'Lingxiao Chronicles', Tong Tong came out to receive them. She had specifically rushed over for the contract as well.
As a result, Chu Ruoyu had no time to keep an eye on Li Siwan. She simply told her not to wander off before going with Tong Tong to discuss the details of the contract.
Li Siwan took the opportunity to sneak onto the set. She had originally only wanted to see how Shen Zhiyan and Jiang Tao got along with each other on set, but she hadn't expected to walk straight into a scene between the two of them.
After finding out that Shen Zhiyan would be making a cameo in 'Lingxiao Chronicles,' Li Siwan had immediately gone and read the original novel, especially the parts involving Vaidūrya. So the moment she saw the set, she knew exactly which scene they were filming.
It was the scene where the male lead, Xie Wuyan, helped Vaidūrya escape, only for the two of them to be caught by Yue Jia. In the end, unwilling to suffer the humiliation, Vaidūrya passed his immortal power on to the male lead before dying in a glorious ascension.
The crew was making the final adjustments.
Shen Zhiyan had already changed into costume and was going over his lines with Shao Zemo.
Jiang Tao was sitting in a chair getting her makeup touched up, with the makeup artists gathered tightly around her, so Li Siwan couldn't see her at all.
But she didn't care.
When her ultimate bias and her other bias were together, her ultimate bias was obviously more important.
Especially since Shen Zhiyan had rarely acted in costume dramas in recent years. And this time, his look was particularly striking. With an otherworldly elegance and an aloof, breathtaking beauty, he was so stunning that Li Siwan could barely breathe. She had no attention to spare for anyone else.
Once filming officially began, Shao Zemo and Shen Zhiyan were both suspended from wires, moving through the air.
Although the entire backdrop behind them was nothing but a sea of green screens, Li Siwan didn't feel pulled out of the scene at all. She simply thought that immortals should look exactly like this.
At the same time, she already felt a little resentful toward Yue Jia, even though she hadn't appeared yet. If it weren't for Yue Jia, Vaidūrya wouldn't have died.
But just then, a red figure appeared behind the two of them.
Jiang Tao barely needed the wires at all. She floated lightly down to the ground.
She looked at Shao Zemo and Shen Zhiyan ahead of her and gently raised a finger. The two of them suddenly stopped as though something had blocked their path.
The two men turned around.
There was obvious fear on Xie Wuyan's face.
Vaidūrya, however, only looked cold and disgusted.
Yue Jia took two steps forward, but then seemed unwilling to face that look of disgust and hesitated before stopping.
Vaidūrya said, “Yue Jia, let me go.”
Yue Jia stubbornly shook her head. “No.
“Whatever you want, I’ll give you. Spiritual flowers and rare herbs, or spiritual treasures and priceless artifacts. Just tell me, and I’ll get them all for you.”
Vaidūrya’s expression darkened. “Are you humiliating me?”
Yue Jia looked a little helpless. “I just want to make you happy.”
As though she had thought of something, she glared viciously at Xie Wuyan. “Did he deceive you? Is that why you hate me?!”
Xie Wuyan: “...”
Yue Jia immediately curled one hand into a claw and viciously lunged at Xie Wuyan, going straight for his life.
Xie Wuyan was horrified. “Senior, save me!”
Vaidūrya stepped in front of him.
Yue Jia hurriedly withdrew her hand. “Are you all right?”
Vaidūrya shook his head. “If you truly wish me well, then let me leave.”
“No, no, I won’t let you!” Yue Jia said aggrievedly. “What’s so bad about staying on Mount Gouwu? And what’s so bad about me? Why won’t you stay?”
She was clearly a ferocious beast, and he knew she could erupt into violence and kill him at any moment.
Yet right now, the way she looked so confused and aggrieved was both pitiful and endearing.
“I like you!” The fiery light in the little ferocious beast’s eyes dimmed slightly at his attitude. “In this whole world, you’re the only one who isn’t afraid of me. Even when you’re angry, you never throw rocks at me or attack me with incarnations...
“I’ll listen to everything you say. So please, don’t leave me, okay?”
She raised her head pitifully, mist gathering in her beautiful eyes.
Even Vaidūrya, who had always loathed her, couldn't help but be shaken.
This tension broke when Xie Wuyan shouted, “Oh no! Senior! The teleportation array is almost out of time! If we don’t escape now, it’ll be too late!”
Vaidūrya suddenly came back to himself.
And when Yue Jia realized that pleading softly was useless, she revealed her ferocious side once more. “Don’t even think about leaving!”
Vaidūrya slowly closed his eyes, seemingly having made some kind of decision. He raised his hand and transferred all his immortal power to Xie Wuyan.
The fans around the set immediately kicked into action, whipping his robes into the air.
Yue Jia, who had been certain of her victory, froze. By the time she rushed forward, it was already too late.
Only an afterimage of Vaidūrya remained, the last vestige of his feathered transcendence.
She reached out and embraced nothing, yet unwilling to give up, she futilely tried to pull him back. When she realized she couldn't grasp him, panic appeared on her face.
Only when the last wisp of his shadow vanished into the air did she stare blankly at her palm.
The expression on her face wasn't sorrow. It was more like confusion.
Why would you rather disappear than stay by my side?
You clearly promised me...
So being immortal meant you didn’t have to keep your word?
“Cut!
“That was great! It’s a pass!”
Jiang Tao came back to herself and instinctively shook her hand, as though she could shake off those strange memories along with it.
Seeing that she still seemed to be caught up in the scene, Shen Zhiyan walked over and asked with concern, “You okay?”
To his surprise, Jiang Tao glared at him indignantly, puffed out her cheeks, and went off to rest by herself.
Shen Zhiyan: “...”
After a while, Shao Zemo sneakily sidled over. “Jie, that scene just now, what food did you imagine Shen ge as?”
Jiang Tao's food-substitution method was already quite famous on set. Almost every actor who acted opposite her had their own food identity. The only exception was Shen Zhiyan. No one had figured out what food he was supposed to be.
Based on Shao Zemo's experience, Jiang Tao was usually in a pretty good mood once she was out of character, so he mustered up the courage to come over and ask.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Tao merely said expressionlessly, “I feel like eating crayfish tonight.”
Shao Zemo: “...”
TAT
What did I do wrong?!!
On his way back to the RV to rest, Shao Zemo passed by a girl around twelve or thirteen years old. He heard her sobbing into the phone:
“Wuwuwu!! My ship... sank!!! Wuwuwu, I hate Xie Wuyan so much!!”
Shao Zemo: “...”
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Why am I always the one who gets hurt!!
