Lu Yinbing and Xia Yitong vaguely remembered that Qiao Tong didn't like physical contact with people, so they couldn't help but take another step back. Xia Yitong began to recall whether she had touched Qiao Tong's hand when she came over just now. It shouldn't have happened, otherwise it would be too embarrassing to be thrown to the ground. Considering their past friendship, she would probably just be slapped on the hand.
"Who are you? You are so brave!" Miss Wang sat on the ground, pointing at Shang Youxuan. Where did this person come from? How dare he attack her? How dare a bodyguard like her take advantage of him
Shang Youxuan hadn't come to settle accounts with her yet, but this person was the first to pick on her. Very good, Shang Youxuan had been domineering since she was a child. Putting aside the fact that she was Qiao Tong's girlfriend, her family background was not poor. So what if he beat her up? If he pointed his finger at her again, she would beat her up again. What he did just now was not a beating.
Qiao Tong shouted: "Take your hand back!"
Miss Wang's forehead veins throbbed and she withdrew her hand.
The commotion here quickly attracted a crowd of onlookers. Miss Wang stood up dejectedly. Her brother came quickly and asked someone to take Miss Wang away. He then came over to ask Qiao Tong about the details. After explaining everything clearly, he solemnly apologized to Qiao Tong.
The help that needed to be helped had been done, and there was no need to make a fuss over a small matter. Qiao Tong stopped while she was ahead and said that she didn't take it to heart, and hoped that the other party would discipline her sister more. Finally, she reminded her coldly that she was so unscrupulous that sooner or later she would cause some trouble.
Young Master Wang nodded repeatedly.
He stayed at Qiao Tong's place for quite a while before going to meet other guests. Qiao Tong lowered his head and took a sip of wine, saying calmly, "If that young lady cries again when she returns, she might come back again. Miss Xia, how did you get involved with such a person?"
She had a very sharp eye and could naturally see that this young lady's temper was completely the result of being spoiled by her family in the past twenty years. Her brother apologized openly, but his words were all to excuse his sister. Expecting him to educate Young Miss Wang was worse than expecting a sow to climb a tree.
Xia Yitong smiled bitterly and said, "If only I had known. When she came over today, she said in a condescending tone that it was she who sent my invitation, and she wanted me to be grateful to her. Then she said she had something to tell me. She was rude to Lu Yinbing, so I ignored her and left."
"That's probably your fan," Qiao Tong said, "Such fans would be a big trouble for you."
Xia Yitong showed a worried look.
Qiao Tong: "I'm sorry, I can only help you this time."
Xia Yitong: "It's okay, thank you very much for today, otherwise I don't know how I would get out of this situation." Whether she ran as fast as she could or went to report to the host of the party, it would damage her image.
Qiao Tong looked at Lu Yinbing again. The other party had a thoughtful look on his face from the beginning to now. Qiao Tong lowered her eyes to look at the remaining wine at the bottom of her glass, and curled the corners of her lips very lightly. It seemed that she didn't need to worry too much. The person in front of her might not have a weaker family background than her. It was rumored that she had a military background. If it was true, even she would have to curry favor with her.
Shang Youxuan was kind-hearted and hated evil. She couldn't stand this young lady who relied on her little money to bully others. She was still angry and said, "If I learn more knowledge from my father, I can make trouble for her family in the business world. Or should I catch that person and beat him up?"
Xia Yitong hurriedly shook her head: "Forget it."
Qiao Tong smiled helplessly and said, "If you really want to beat her up, why dirty your hands? I'll go find someone."
Shang Youxuan said: "Who can you find? I'll go find Qin Mu. She knows a lot of people in a crooked way."
The more Xia Yitong listened, the more serious she became: "Really, no need, I can handle it myself."
Lu Yinbing patted Xia Yitong's hand and laughed softly, "They are just teasing you."
Xia Yitong looked at the two of them. Shang Youxuan and Qiao Tong looked at each other and smiled. Shang Youxuan said with a smile, "We are law-abiding citizens. How could we do something like beating people up? You can hide if you can. There is no other way."
Xia Yitong hummed.
Now that they had a "bodyguard", Lu Yinbing and Xia Yitong were not in a hurry to leave. Many people came to toast Qiao Tong and chat with him, and Shang Youxuan was annoyed, so she followed Lu and Xia to find a quiet place and concentrate on eating.
She ate and two people watched. Artists have to maintain their figure and cannot eat casually like ordinary people.
Shang Youxuan felt embarrassed after eating heartily. Lu Xia and the others said that they were used to it and she could eat whatever she wanted without feeling guilty. Shang Youxuan gave up and refused to eat any more. She had to maintain her image in front of her idol and improve her favorability.
She asked about Lu Yinbing's new movie and when it would be released. When it was released, she would book a theater and invite all the company employees and their families to watch the movie for free. After getting married, Shang Youxuan opened her own studio, which was the predecessor of Xingxuan Media. Now the company is completely under the control of Qiao, and she also works there. In a sense, she is now working for her wife, which is very enjoyable.
Qiao Tong didn't want Shang Youxuan to go out to work. The income from her own writing copyrights and the investment her father made for her increased the balance on her bank card by several times at the end of each year. She didn't need to work at all. But Shang Youxuan couldn't sit still. She couldn't write a single word at home, so she could only work part-time. She didn't work to make money, but for the atmosphere.
Everyone in the company knew about her relationship with Qiao Tong. They were still saying that Qiao Tong's big move into the entertainment industry and TV series was because of his beautiful wife. It was true, but it was slightly different from their speculation. Qiao Tong didn't do it to make money for Shang Youxuan, but to turn her novel into a TV series. The highest realm of being a book fan - marrying the author himself and turning the novel into a perfect film and television, is nothing more than this.
The three of them were chatting together. After listening to Shang Youxuan showing off their affection, Xia Yitong sighed in her heart. She originally thought that her experience with Lu Yinbing was like a novel, but who knew that Shang Youxuan and President Qiao's experience was even more like a novel.
At around eleven o'clock, Lu Xia and his friend said goodbye to Shang Youxuan and Qiao Tong and took the nanny car back to the hotel near the set.
And just as Qiao Tong expected, after the banquet, the protagonist of today's banquet, the eldest son of Wang Group, saw off the last guest, drank a glass of honey water to sober up, and knocked on his sister's door.
As soon as the door opened, before he could say anything, Miss Wang's fist had already attacked him, beating on Prince Wang's chest. Prince Wang was not angry at all. When she had beaten him enough, he smiled and said, "Who has offended our little princess?"
Miss Wang: "You, you, you, it's you! Why are you helping others and not me?"
"Brother is wrong, okay?" Prince Wang put his arm around her shoulders, half-pushed her to sit on the sofa, and asked, "Why are you angry tonight? Talk to brother about it?"
Qiao Tong only told Young Master Wang that she was chatting with a friend, and Young Master Wang was rude and aggressive right from the start, and wanted to talk to the friend she was chatting with, while she had something serious to discuss, and the other party's words offended her. Not only did she speak in a harsh tone, she also wanted to fight, so she pushed her down in self-defense.
It's a completely different story for Miss Wang.
She said she had been looking for Xia Yitong for the whole night and finally found him. She wanted to talk to Xia Yitong, but Lu Yinbing pulled Xia Yitong away and scolded her for being uneducated. Xia Yitong had no choice but to follow her because of her boss's status. Later, she chased him out, and just when she was about to grab him again, the general manager of Qiao's suddenly appeared. Qiao Tong relied on his status and position to not let her say a word to Qiao Tong, and finally asked the bodyguards around her to beat her.
Bodyguard? Prince Wang twitched his lips and said, "That's her lover."
Miss Wang asked curiously, "But that was a woman." It wasn't strange that it was a woman, but it was strange that she brought her out so openly.
Prince Wang: "What's wrong with women? They just like this." The more upper-class the circle, the more common such things are. Not to mention homosexuality, there are even non-human ones.
Miss Wang was immediately shocked and asked, "Isn't she attracted to Xia Yitong?"
Prince Wang: “…It’s possible.”
Miss Wang said nervously: "No, we can't let her ruin Xia Yitong, I'll go find her!"
Prince Wang held her back and looked at her with an indescribable look for a long time without saying anything.
This girl of his grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth and never suffered any grievances. Everyone praised her, which led to her thinking circuit being a little different from that of ordinary people. She is always self-centered and imposes her will on others. Only half of what she said can be believed, and maybe not even half of it is true.
He couldn't think of how to persuade her, as things were not what she thought.
Prince Wang tried to dispel her concerns: "Do you still remember the TV series "Mei Qi" that you particularly liked two years ago?"
"Remember, Xia Yitong starred in the film." Miss Wang was a die-hard fan of the senior sister played by Xia Yitong. From that day on, she became a fanatic fan of the star. She went to every show of Xia Yitong's film tour and tried her best to make her presence felt. Unfortunately, Xia Yitong was as indifferent as in the TV series and never noticed her, who screamed the loudest in the audience. However, this made Miss Wang think that she was charming and had personality, and she was very similar to the senior sister in the TV series.
Young Master Wang said, "The investor of "Mei Qi" is the Mr. Qiao you met today." Young Master Wang originally wanted to say that the two of them were just a boss who admired actors and an actor who had acted in a play invested by the boss, and at best they had some friendship.
Miss Wang's mind was completely deviant, and she angrily asked, "Did she have a secret relationship with Xia Yitong? I heard that there are many such things in the entertainment industry. This is really outrageous!"
Prince Wang: “…”
He decided to let his sister calm down.
A minute later, Miss Wang asked, "Brother, why don't you speak?"
Prince Wang sighed and said, "Boss Qiao's lover married her abroad. They have attended every formal banquet together for the past four years. They are very loving. She also takes two months every year to travel with her lover. She never has a close relationship with others."
Miss Wang sneered, "Brother, don't be funny. Aren't there many model couples in our circle? Not to mention those far away, let's take our second uncle for example. He is also in love with his second aunt outside, and he has mistresses in private."
Prince Wang: “…”
Miss Wang: "How do you know so much about her private affairs? You even know who she travels with every year. Do you like her? Do you remember that you are getting engaged today? You can't be a scumbag."
Prince Wang: “…”
How can he be called a scumbag! Just because his second uncle is a scumbag doesn't mean he is also a scumbag!
Prince Wang: "... Can you hope for me to be better?"
Miss Wang skipped the topic and concluded, "I still think that President Qiao is interested in Xia Yitong, otherwise why would she stop me from talking to her?"
Prince Wang: "No, I just want to ask you a small question."
Miss Wang: "Ah?"
Prince Wang: "What is Xia Yitong's attitude towards you?"
Miss Wang: "Very good."
Prince Wang asked suspiciously, "Is it really that good?"
Miss Wang paused and said confidently, "If Lu Yinbing wasn't there, her attitude towards me would definitely be much better than tonight."
Prince Wang almost understood. In order to let his sister suffer less, he had to give advice. He said with a stern face: "If you want to play around with someone, it's best not to provoke them. If you want to pursue someone, control your temper. No one owes you anything."
Miss Wang said aggrievedly: "Of course I want to pursue her. If I didn't like her, would I send her an invitation?"
Her eyes were red. She had been looking forward to this night for so long, but she didn't even have a chance to say a word to the other person.
Prince Wang saw her eyes were filled with tears, and his tense face relaxed instantly. He coaxed her, "Don't cry. If you like her, go after her. I support you."
Miss Wang burst into laughter.
The two of them were mumbling in the room, and it was not until a long time later that Prince Wang tucked in his sister who had fallen asleep and quietly left. He made a phone call and a man answered it.
Prince Wang: "Help me check out a person named Xia Yitong... Yes, that famous star Xia Yitong."
…
Lu Yinbing was in low spirits on the way back, with a smile on her lips and a lot of worries in her eyes. Xia Yitong raised her hand and held her wrist, saying, "I was wrong."
Lu Yinbing was slightly surprised and looked at her: "Hmm?"
Xia Yitong said: "I provoked someone I shouldn't have provoked."
Lu Yinbing said: "Do you think I am unhappy because of this?"
Xia Yitong: "Otherwise, what is the reason?"
"Half and half." Lu Yinbing sighed.
"Which half?"
Lu Yinbing replied, "Partly because of that relentless pursuit of Miss Wang, I feel a sense of crisis. You are young and beautiful, a national goddess, and there must be more than just Miss Wang chasing you. I have many rivals in love, and I am worried."
"What else?"
"Guess?" Lu Yinbing blinked and kept it a secret.
"I can't guess." Xia Yitong said.
Lu Yinbing said, "Why do so many people pursue you, but few people are interested in me? I am not uglier than you, and my personality... although it is a little worse, it shouldn't be that I don't have any suitors, right?"
Xia Yitong: “…”
Why is this person so boring? He is not serious at this time.
Xia Yitong was so angry that she turned her head away and ignored her.
Lu Yinbing approached him relentlessly and asked, "Why do you say that?"
Xia Yitong said angrily: "Then I will give Miss Wang to you."
Lu Yinbing said: "I don't want it. I like people with the surname Xia, only people with the surname Xia."
Xia Yitong: "I will go and find a husband for you. I will find everyone in China with the last name Xia."
Lu Yinbing said: "My last name is Xia, and my given name is Tong. Later, when I entered the entertainment industry, I changed it to Yi Tong."
Xia Yitong's eyes quickly turned upward and he ignored her.
Lu Yinbing turned her face and kissed her on the lips. The nanny car was speeding on the city roads at night, and the two people in the car hugged each other's necks and kissed each other.
This little episode was quickly forgotten by the two in the warm and affectionate atmosphere.
After taking a shower at night, Xia Yitong lay on the bed in the hotel with her hands on Lu Yinbing's belly and fell asleep. In the dark night, she noticed that her eyes were still open. She yawned and asked, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"Go to sleep, close your eyes now." Lu Yinbing's right eyelid twitched for no reason, and she felt that something bad was going to happen.
The next day, the two finished putting on makeup on the set. Fortunately, Lu Yinbing finally had a scene with Xia Yitong today. Since the filming of "Breaking Snow" in 2016, Xia Yitong has never acted on the same stage with Lu Yinbing again. She really wanted to know how much she had improved, and the blood in her body was boiling for the upcoming filming.
After the director explained the scene to the two of them, he sat in front of the monitor.
The script supervisor hits the clapboard: “Action!”
Lu Yinbing's back appeared in the camera. A truly outstanding actor can act even from his back.
Xia Yitong raised her eyes in front of the camera and confronted her.
This battle between two best actresses attracted a lot of people. When the director finally shouted "cut", many people had not yet come to their senses, including Xia Yitong in the play. Her back was covered in sweat, not because of nervousness, but because of excessive excitement.
She walked up to Lu Yinbing, wagging her tail, and looked at her eagerly, eager to be recognized.
Lu Yinbing couldn't help it, and rubbed her hair with a smile: "Your performance today..."
The sudden accident interrupted her words.
"Xia Yitong!"
They both looked over at the same time and were startled. A bouquet of bright roses blocked their entire view. The bouquet moved away, and behind it was Miss Wang's mysteriously confident smile.
Xia Yitong's face suddenly turned darker than the bottom of a pot. She hadn't received any compliments yet!
Besides the crew members, Cen Xi was also stunned. She looked at Miss Wang in surprise, wondering in her heart: Where did this person who smiled like a fool come from
Miss Wang ran towards Xia Yitong in a hurry. Cen Xi stepped in front of Miss Wang and stopped her, saying, "Wait a minute, who are you?"
If you want to destroy the relationship between Xia Yitong and Lu Yinbing, forget it with her around!
Lu Yinbing looked at Cen Xi, blinked, and suddenly found that she looked extremely pleasing to the eye.
Miss Wang remembered that Shang Youxuan had thrown her to the ground for no apparent reason last night. As soon as Cen Xi stretched out her hand, she took a big step back as if she had seen a ghost, and stared at her vigilantly.