Chapter 151. Fair Skin, Short……
Arc E : Real World
Shao Lingheng pinched his brows, took the mineral water on the table, opened it and took a big gulp, then said: “You have always liked me, so you chose to apply to be my assistant?”
Du Yan felt that this question was a little strange, but since it had come to this, he could only nod and say: “Yes, Shao Ge, if you mind, I can resign on my own initiative.”
Shao Lingheng was stunned. He had never thought that Du Yan would bring up the issue of resignation again.
After a while, he remembered that he had a principle when recruiting assistants, which was that they could not be his fans.
Seeing Du Yan’s evasive look, Shao Lingheng began to doubt whether what he experienced in the morning was real or a dream.
If it was a dream, why did the touch of the skin and the whispers in the ear seem so real? If it was reality, why did Du Yan call me Shen Heng? That was clearly my name in the dream.
This was the first time that Shao Lingheng could vaguely remember the content of his dream. He dreamed of a movie he had filmed. However, in the dream, it seemed that it was no longer a simple movie, but a complete world.
In that wasteland world, he who was supposed to be alone all the time, now had someone to accompany him. As for the specific things, when Shao Lingheng was fully awake, he could no longer remember them.
So he tried to lie down on the bed and fall asleep again, wanting to see the face of the person who had always been by his side, but it was always like looking at flowers in the mist, vague, familiar but unclear.
Just then, a familiar voice suddenly rang in his ear.
“Shen Heng, you are too strong and it is hurting me.”
The moment the voice sounded, the face in the dream finally became clear. The person who had been accompanying him in the dream was clearly his assistant Du Yan.
However, the face in the dream was somewhat different from Du Yan. If it weren’t for the identical voice, Shao Lingheng would have been unable to connect the overly good-looking boy in the dream with his assistant Du Yan.
He woke up from his doubts and found that there was no one around him.
At that time, Shao Lingheng sat on the bed for a long time, wondering if everything that had just happened was because he liked the assistant too much, causing the other person to appear in his dream, and in the dream he also beautified Du Yan’s appearance infinitely.
After thinking for a long time, Shao Lingheng gave up thinking, followed his instinct and got out of bed, took the room card and walked to Du Yan’s door. In this situation, he no longer had the energy to think about whether this behavior was immoral, and opened the door impulsively.
After opening the door, there was no one in the room, only the sound of water coming from the bathroom.
Perhaps the sound of the faucet covering up the sound of the door opening, Du Yan, who was washing his face, did not notice Shao Lingheng’s arrival.
He stood at the door, regained his senses, and felt that it was a bit awkward for him to break into the assistant’s room so early in the morning. Just as Shao Lingheng was about to turn around and leave, Du Yan, who was washing his face, raised his head.
Shao Lingheng was completely stunned. The face reflected in the large glass mirror in the bathroom was exactly the same as the face in his dream.
He subconsciously dodged in the blind spot, and then saw Du Yan gradually putting on makeup to look like he usually does.
Afterward, before Shao Lingheng could ask Du Yan if he had been to his room that morning, he learned a fact that shocked him even more.
Shao Lingheng originally thought that Du Yan did such an irrational thing as sneaking into his room early in the morning because he liked him too much. After all, in order to prevent some unexpected situations, the assistant had a spare door card for his room.
However, Shao Lingheng was trying to figure out how to remind Du Yan without hurting him when he heard Du Yan said he wanted to resign. He began to doubt his judgment for a moment.
The silence lasted for several minutes. Du Yan saw Shao Lingheng looking out the window, as if thinking about something. He thought that the other might be thinking about resigning, which would probably bring a lot of trouble to his next job.
Du Yan has always been a rational person who doesn’t want to cause trouble for others. He is sure that he will lose his job now, so he can’t bring too much trouble to Shao Lingheng before leaving.
So he took the initiative to say: “Shao Ge, how about this, I will resign after shooting of this drama is finished. By then, you will have some time off from your work, which will make it easier for Qian Ge to find someone to take over my job.”
Shao Lingheng was awakened from his chaotic thoughts. He usually was not good at speaking, so he could only force out a few words for a while: “It’s very troublesome to find an assistant. You are not allowed to resign.”
“En.”
Du Yan was actually a little surprised. Deep down, he was really reluctant to leave Shao Lingheng, and he had no choice but to resign. Now that the other party offered him a step, he naturally took it.
“If that’s the case, that would be great. I won’t mix too many personal emotions into my work.” Du Yan said with a smile, with an extremely sincere expression.
Shao Lingheng glanced at Du Yan, and inexplicably felt that his face, which had just cooled down, was getting hot again.
He stood up and said: “You, to be like before, are good.”
Shao Lingheng walked to the door and suddenly remembered something. He turned around and said: “You don’t need to put on makeup like this on a daily basis. If you don’t like too much attention, I will ask the public relations department to suppress your photos.”
Du Yan was stunned, but at this moment, whatever the boss said was right.
He nodded and said: “If you don’t like it, I’ll just appear normally from now on.”
***
Du Yan and Shao Lingheng tacitly agreed not to mention what happened in the morning, and by the time breakfast came, it was as if nothing had happened.
It was just that Qian Xing expressed his feelings when he saw Du Yan without any disguise, and even had the idea of further exploring the value of the other party.
However, he had just started to think about this idea when he retreated due to Du Yan’s explanation and Shao Lingheng’s glare.
Finally, Shao Lingheng said: “He doesn’t want to join the circle. If the media accidentally takes his photo, remove it if possible, or blur it if it can’t be removed.”
Even when Shao Lingheng had already started today’s work and Qian Xing and Du Yan were watching from the sidelines, Qian Xing still couldn’t figure out what was going on.
He saw that the interview was going smoothly and that the other person would not need an assistant for a while, so he secretly pulled Du Yan aside.
Qian Xing asked: “How did you convince Shao Ge?”
“Ah?” Du Yan had forgotten about this matter long ago, and was not able to quickly understand Qian Xing’s meaning at the first time.
“Actually, I just thought about it. You said you don’t like being noticed, but you want to be an assistant in this industry. Based on my years of experience, I think.” Qian Xing patted Du Yan’s shoulder: “You are actually a big fan of Shao Ge, right?”
This statement is the only reason that can best explain his irrational behavior. It is not surprising that Qian Xing could think of it, and Du Yan can only stick to this fan character.
“Well, that’s it.”
Qian Xing said: “That’s a bit strange. Shao Ge didn’t fire you right away. He actually doesn’t like fans being his assistants.”
At this point, Qian Xing probably felt that he seemed to be speaking ill of his boss, and explained: “Actually, this matter is not too much of Shao Ge’s business. A few years ago, he hired an assistant who was his fan.”
When Qian Xing said this, his brows slightly wrinkled, and it looked like he was having unpleasant memories.
“I won’t go into details, but that assistant leaked a lot of private photos, which caused quite unpleasant things. Since then, Shao Ge no longer uses fans as assistants.”
Du Yan thought for a moment and said: “Maybe Shao Ge knows that I am a more rational person and I don’t hang out in the fan circle.”
Qian Xing had some blind faith in Shao Lingheng. Since Shao Lingheng had decided to keep Du Yan, he naturally wouldn’t say anything more. He sought private communication with Du Yan just to confirm his doubts.
“Well, I’m just telling you this today to remind you that Shao Ge’s treatment toward you is really special, don’t let him down.”
Du Yan nodded and said: “Yes, I understand.”
When the two walked back to the interview site, the host asked a somewhat sensitive question.
Du Yan and Qian Xing were not present at the event, so they don’t know how the host came up with this question.
In short, Qian Xing frowned when he heard this, and said unhappily: “What’s wrong with this host? There was no such question in the draft.”
But he didn’t interrupt rashly. This interview was not a live broadcast, and it could be cut out later in the editing process.
Du Yan didn’t think too much about it, and just heard the host asking about Shao Lingheng’s love life.
Shao Lingheng has never answered questions about this. He is well-known in the entertainment industry for being clean and self-disciplined. He has never been involved in any scandals. He is even known in the entertainment industry for his gentlemanly gestures when taking photos with female stars.
The host, for some reason, continued to ask: “Actually, this is the fan question with the highest number of likes on Weibo. I am just relaying it. It won’t involve your real relationship experience.”
The host brought up the question of fans. Shao Lingheng had already rejected two questions in this regard before. He couldn’t continue to not answer, so he nodded to indicate that he could answer.
Seeing this, the host asked: “You have been at the top of the list of male artists that people want to cuddle the most for several years. But fans are really curious to know, what would the person you want to cuddle look like?”
This question had crossed the line a bit, because the meaning of “cuddle” was not as simple as it seems on the surface, but represents a more ambiguous and deeper meaning.
Seeing this, Qian Xing was about to go up and find an excuse to interrupt the recording, but then he saw Shao Lingheng actually answering this question.
“Fair skin, short black hair, beautiful eyes, light-colored pupils, looks a bit cold when not smiling…”
After finishing speaking, Shao Lingheng added an official answer: “Of course, the premise is that the person is someone I like.”
The host was sensitive to the fact that this was the first time that Shao Lingheng answered such a question, which was definitely a big hit in the show. This made her a little interested, and when she was about to ask more questions, she saw Shao Lingheng firmly bring the topic back to the filming.
This was not the first time the host had dealt with Shao Lingheng. Seeing this situation, she knew that asking further would not yield any results and would only offend people, so she changed the topic.
Qian Xing stayed behind, but his eyes almost popped out of their sockets. He turned his head stiffly and glanced at Du Yan beside him, feeling as if he had discovered something incredible.
This, this must be an illusion! Shao Ge must have just casually used the image of the assistant to perfunctorily deal with it, he was definitely not serious!
The author has something to say: A new dream will begin tomorrow, and it will be another dream world that focuses on the love storyline.
TN-: No update for the next 4-5 days. My laptop is comatose now. So it will take me some days to prepare for next Arc.
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