Chapter 446: The Quarrel
Nangong Ying was currently building her career in Hong Kong and had not been managing her affairs in the mainland much. She had run off to Hong Kong after the New Year. For an actress like her, who had been maliciously blacklisted by Chenghe, there were temporarily no roles for her to play in the country. For a big star like her to not appear in the public eye for a year was very fatal for her as a star.
So she had chosen Hong Kong, which was outside the scope of the ban, to start over. Although Chenghe had blacklisted her, the scope of the ban did not include Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. It was also because of this that she could come to Hong Kong. Everyone has a low point in their career. That’s what she thought. After she had gotten through this difficult time, she would return to the public eye. On the contrary, the internet had already exploded. Because the movie Soaring, starring Nangong Ying, had set a new box office record, having broken two billion, while its rival, Black Wolf, had officially exceeded three billion. But even so, Nangong Ying should have earned enough heat, and her exposure rate should have greatly increased.
However, it hadn’t.
In this way, anyone could tell that Nangong Ying had been blacklisted.
The audience was angry and demanded an explanation. And the official explanation was that Nangong Ying was temporarily leaving the entertainment industry for a year for some reason, to have a good rest. These explanations were of course untenable. The anger of countless people was vented, and they demanded that the other party give an explanation no matter what. But the officials had taken on the tone of a victim, saying that they had already tried to keep Nangong Ying, but Nangong Ying had still decided to temporarily leave the entertainment industry. She felt that the pressure was too great. This excuse was released by Chenghe. Nangong Ying did not want to know how much controversy this matter had caused, nor did she have the interest.
During her days of filming in Hong Kong, Nangong Ying felt that it would slowly pass. She needed to change her direction.
Until she met Ye Zhiyun.
Because of the company’s financial crisis, as well as the issue of employee salaries, Ye Zhiyun had run to Hong Kong to find partners and funds, and had accidentally run into Nangong Ying on the set. Out of a sense of revenge, Ye Zhiyun had visited here.
The crew’s side had communicated for a long time before letting Ye Zhiyun into the crew. Although Miss Ye was still somewhat famous in the mainland, this was Hong Kong after all. Everything had to be done according to the rules. Miss Ye had also stated her purpose and her desire to negotiate with the other party, which had finally made the other party relent.
During a break, Ye Zhiyun had visited the crew and had seen the filming Nangong Ying. Unlike her filming in the mainland, Nangong Ying’s style had changed this time in Hong Kong. Her action style had become more realistic, fierce, and powerful. And because the whole film was in Cantonese, Ye Zhiyun was a little unaccustomed to watching her film.
When Nangong Ying was on a break, she had walked over again. Nangong Ying had picked up a water bottle and had drunk from it, a little wary. She knew that this person’s coming over was definitely not a good thing.
“Ye Zhiyun, what do you want from me?”
“You have self-awareness, Nangong Ying.”
“Stop with the nonsense. Just tell me your purpose for coming. I know what you want to say.”
Nangong Ying considered herself a villain. She never thought she could be forgiven. If she was going to be black, she would be black to the end. She did not expect Ye Zhiyun to understand her.
“Nangong Ying, do you have no feelings for Yu Linna at all?”
“Now that things have come to this, why are you saying this? Do you think I would expect to get her forgiveness? I have never had such a shameless thought.”
“So you’re saying you have no feelings for Yu Linna anymore, right?”
“Right.”
Hearing her reply like this, Ye Zhiyun smiled. What a Nangong Ying, to speak so nicely. But who doesn’t know that she’s just lying? One has to know that Nangong Ying’s profession is an actress. How can it be without some acting skills?
But this was also good. This way, Ye Zhiyun would dare to say the words with confidence.
Ye Zhiyun leaned over and slowly whispered in her ear the sentence that had instantly changed Nangong Ying’s face:
“I am already dating Yu Linna. Yes, the same Yu Linna you are familiar with.”
Nangong Ying was stunned there, staring blankly at Ye Zhiyun, her face instantly turning pale. At this moment, a large piece of her heart seemed to have been dug out.
Ye Zhiyun slowly took a few steps back and looked at her coldly.
“You said you didn’t care, right?”
“…Why did you have to come all the way here to tell me this?”
“I just wanted you to know. I did it on purpose. I wanted to know if your heart would still hurt.”
“…Of course it will.”
“Then I’m relieved. I was afraid you wouldn’t feel any pain.”
Leaving a sarcastic face, Ye Zhiyun turned and left. At this moment, her heart was very satisfied. Hmph, the person who had bullied Nana, would she let her off so easily? Even if Nana didn’t hate her, it was impossible for Ye Zhiyun not to hate her. When she, Ye Zhiyun, should take revenge, she would take revenge.
Nangong Ying was left alone, in a daze for a long time. She looked at her own hands. It was these hands that had pushed Yu Linna into the abyss. All of this was the cause she had sown herself.
The bitter fruit, she had to eat it herself.
She had clearly said that she would accept it, and would not ask for anyone’s forgiveness, but… her heart was still bleeding.
Why, why did she have to do this? I still regret it so much…
She liked Yu Linna so much, wanted her to be by her side so much, but it was already impossible. It was all her own doing. She was so envious, so jealous of Ye Zhiyun, but she had no right.
“Nangong, it’s time for the next take… ah, why are you crying?”
“…Ah? No, I got sand in my eyes. I’m sorry. I’m coming now.”
No matter how hard it was to accept reality, Nangong Ying had to accept this reality. After all, she had already decided. Even if it was wrong, she had to walk to the end. The path she had chosen, she would walk it.
And Ye Zhiyun was indeed satisfied. That was not a lie.
But the funds were still not resolved. Ye Zhiyun was also having a headache. After thinking about it, she still decided to pull in some people from outside, for example, actors. The first person Ye Zhiyun thought of was her friend who was still developing in Japan, Han Ying. Although Han Ying was already a Japanese citizen, she was a Chinese after all. She also hoped that Han Ying could consider the invitation to return to her home country to develop.
The invited Han Ying was indeed surprised for a long time. She said that she needed time to consider and could not give her a reply so quickly. Ye Zhiyun also agreed.
And because she was busy, Ye Zhiyun and Yu Linna gathered less and parted more. A long-distance relationship was already difficult, and with the two of them having less contact, gradually, they were no longer as intimate as before. Slowly, Yu Linna also clearly felt that their feelings had faded.
The winter vacation had not yet ended, but Yu Linna missed Ye Zhiyun very much. She wanted to find her, but the other party was often not there. The long period of no contact, and Ye Zhiyun’s indifference towards her, Yu Linna also didn’t know what Ye Zhiyun’s evaluation of her was outside. Gradually, a distance was created.
She was like a wife who was worried that her husband was cheating, thinking about all sorts of things all day long. But in the end, what she wanted was just a little bit of care from Ye Zhiyun.
This day, she had called Ye Zhiyun’s phone. Overjoyed, she had just opened her mouth, but…
“Zhiyun, I’m free next week…!”
“Nana? I’m sorry. I have a lot on my hands right now. I’m temporarily not free. If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up first.”
“…You can go about your business.”
In the end, what else could she say?
Although Ye Zhiyun had specially run to Hong Kong to show off her matter with Yu Linna to Nangong Ying, whether she had truly put her girlfriend in her heart was another matter. At least for the current Ye Zhiyun, all her thoughts were on her work.
One thing was for sure: she would surely regret what she had done today.
In the days without Ye Zhiyun, Yu Linna had slowly learned to live alone. It was nothing more than returning to the days of being alone. What she should be used to, she would always get used to.
That’s what she thought.
The days passed just like that, until one day…
Yu Linna saw a hot search on Weibo. It said that the currently popular female star, Zhu Yiqian, had shown goodwill to Ye Zhiyun in public, expressing her admiration for this new director, Ye Zhiyun, and also mentioned that their two days of working together had been not bad, and she hoped to cooperate with her next time.
Speaking of this Zhu Yiqian, she was also a popular star in the domestic entertainment industry, 28 years old this year, and still unmarried. She was an A-list female star in the entertainment industry, had many works, mostly TV series, and had not had a single scandal with a male star in all her years since her debut. There were rumors that Zhu Yiqian seemed to be a lesbian. But there was no authenticity to it.
And at that time, Ye Zhiyun had just been in contact with her for work reasons, and had been with her for two days. They weren’t even that close, but Zhu Yiqian seemed to be very interested in her and had praised her in public. Hearing this, the nosy netizens had said online that Zhu Yiqian had a crush on the new director, Ye Zhiyun, and Ye Zhiyun had also been sent to the hot search because of this. Originally, Ye Zhiyun was also a great beauty. Although she did not enter the entertainment industry as an actress, she had also become a director. This could also be a plus point for her.
Now this legendary lesbian was showing goodwill to Ye Zhiyun. Who knew if there was a story?
When Yu Linna saw this news, she was furious. She had clearly seen in the photo that Ye Zhiyun was being held by the waist by Zhu Yiqian. The two of them had an intimate look, and Ye Zhiyun had even shed her usual firm attitude. She had clearly been so firm when she was with her, always forcing her to do things she didn’t like!
She immediately made a phone call.
“Ye Zhiyun, you’d better give me an explanation! Otherwise, don’t think you’ll have a good life! I’m telling you, you have to explain!”
The two of them had argued once again.
“It’s not like that. We have nothing. I’m not even that close to her.”
“Then you tell me why a photo of you and her is on the headlines!”
“It’s not what you think, Nana. Listen to me properly. Don’t be angry. I know, it’s my fault.”
“Where are you not good? Tell me! When I’m with you, it’s not for me to see you leave me on the side every day.”
“I have work too, okay? I’m also very busy. Why can’t you understand me a little? Isn’t what I’m doing also to make you a little happier? Why do you always have to blame me? I know you’re very sad, but I’m also a person. Am I not sad!”
“I didn’t ask you to do anything for me. When you’re with me, can’t you consider me a little more? You haven’t even treated me as your girlfriend!”
After dating for so long, this was the most heated argument they had had. Last time, it was just a cold war, but this time, it had directly turned into a war.
Yu Linna was arguing with Ye Zhiyun on the balcony. Her voice was so loud that Zhao Yuyan, who lived next door, could even hear it. She also couldn’t help but look over, but she couldn’t help with anything.
