ATAMMDO 69

Chapter 69- The Shadow Retreats

 

Cheng Qingua saw that he not only did not let go of Jiang Liucheng’s hand but also put his arms around his shoulders, and said with a displeased face, “Say it again, when did I poach Jiang Liucheng to you?”

 

Cheng Qinghua clutched his chest, feeling like he was about to have a heart attack.

 

After suffering for a long time without a more robust reaction, he realized that this aching feeling was probably not a heart attack. 

 

He stretched out his hand tremblingly while pointing at him and Jiang Liucheng.

 

“If this is not called digging a wall, then what are you doing holding Liucheng’s hand?”

 

Cheng Qinghua felt that he had never been so clear-headed as he is now. He finally understood why Qin Lu wanted to hold the final conference at the film’s opening. It turned out that it was because of Jiang Liucheng.

 

Because he is near the opening of the film due to the crew he recently joined. If he wants to go to Yunshi, he may have to take two days off, and the scenes that are left behind will be postponed. As a result, he will definitely have to make up for it later, and he will definitely be busier. There would not be much time for them to meet or chat if that ought to be the case.

 

This old bastard has a really good plan.

 

Cheng Qinghua discovered for the first time that the man known as the most handsome man in the entertainment industry turned out to be so hideous.

 

Seeing that Cheng Qinghua was calling Jiang Liucheng so intimately, Qin Lu was not in a good mood, “We are dating. What’s wrong with shaking his hand? On the other hand, you’re calling him so intimately when you don’t even have a future together. You can address him as Mr. Jiang from now on.” 

 

Cheng Qinghua’s heart was full of shit. It’s fine for this guy to go on a blind date with Jiang Liucheng behind his back, but now he’s not even allowed to call him by first name basis.

 

“Qin Lu, are you still human?”

 

“If I wasn’t human, you would have been buried in the ocean by now.”

 

Cheng Qinghua: “…..”

 

Qin Lu said again, “Also, think again if you would accuse me of poaching someone or something from you. You were not sure when you were given the opportunity, and you didn’t even make it through two weeks. And yet, you still have the nerve to say that you can ruin Jiang Liucheng’s reputation. I want to see you try.”

 

Cheng Qinghua was inexplicably guilty of what he said and quickly explained to Jiang Liucheng, “Don’t listen to his nonsense. I don’t intend to tarnish your reputation.”

 

Qin Lu chuckled, “Many injuries come from unintentional mistakes.”

 

Cheng Qinghua realized that he couldn’t talk properly to this old bastard and decided to attack his heart, “You know that I still like Liucheng, but you deliberately snatched him away. Do you still think that I am your friend?”

 

Qin Lu: “Is that going to be the couple of shots you’re going to take to try and break me?”

 

Cheng Qinghua: “That’s not the case.”

 

One shot was made, but it was deflected just like that.

 

And to think that his movie is not in theaters yet.

 

Cheng Qinghua changed his strategy again, “Are you acting like a criminal?”

 

Qin Lu retorted, “Is it legally stipulated that matchmakers are not allowed to have a blind date with the person being introduced?”

 

Cheng Qinghua: “But then you were the one who still introduced us to Liucheng.”

 

Qin Lu’s expression darkened. These were the two worst decisions he had ever made in his life.

 

Because he didn’t speak, Cheng Qinghua thought that he had finally won the fight and wept with joy in his heart. It was a rare time that he actually said something that the other party was speechless. He was eloquent.

 

At this time, Jiang Liucheng suddenly speaks up. “Actually, it was because I didn’t know that I could have a blind date with Qin Lu, and he didn’t know that he could have a blind date with me.”

 

Cheng Qinghua silently clutched his chest. He suddenly felt that it would be better to let Qin Lu hate him. At least his heart only hurts slightly. Unlike when Jiang Liucheng comes to his defense, he now feels as if his heart is now riddled with holes.

 

“Why?”

 

Jiang Liucheng thought he was asking him, “My last matchmaker was an aunt, so I preconceived it. I never thought that I could fall in love with a matchmaker.”

 

Cheng Qinghua: “How long have you been on a blind date?”

 

Jiang Liucheng: “It’s been a month.”

 

Cheng Qinghua thought of him and Jiang Liucheng. The two of them didn’t seem to last for many days. And yet, Qin Lu had been with him for a month.

 

“You two are busy filming, and both don’t have much time to meet each other. How come you can date for so long?”

 

Jiang Liucheng explained, “Because our personalities, our views, and our vision for our future family are very consistent.”

 

“Come out, and let’s talk.” Cheng Qinghua realized the problem and immediately said to Qin Lu. He turned around and walked out regardless of whether he agreed or not.

 

Qin Lu turned to Jiang Liucheng and said, “I’ll go and explain it to him, and I’ll be here soon.”

 

“Okay.”

 

After a while, both of them went out. The two assistants felt a little uneasy and looked outside from time to time, worrying if Qin Lu and Director Cheng would fight.

 

They must know that the final press conference is coming soon. If the news of the disagreement between the director and the actor gets out, the impact will definitely be bad.

 

“Aren’t you worried?” Seeing Jiang Liucheng’s calm look, Zhang Ning couldn’t help asking.

 

“Why worry?” Jiang Liucheng asked back.

 

Zhang Ning said, “You are not afraid of them fighting?”

 

Jiang Liucheng: “No, Director Cheng should not be able to beat Qin Lu.”

 

Zhang Ning: “I didn’t mean it like that.”

 

Jiang Liucheng smiled and said, “Anyway, there won’t be a fight. Their relationship is not bad. Before, Director Cheng Qinghua and I were only on a blind date. We are not on the stage of dating, not to that extent.”

 

Seeing that he was so sure, Zhang Ning thought so, and it was all Cheng Qinghua’s wishful thinking.

 

Meanwhile, in the hallway.

 

Cheng Qinghua turned to face Qin Lu, who was coming, and the expression on his face changed from pricking to accusing.

 

“When did you fall in love with him?”

 

The Qin Lu he knew was not the kind of person who would send himself out just because he was also a suitable age candidate for a blind date.

 

Even if Jiang Liucheng really proposed to go on a blind date with him, if Qin Lu didn’t have that intention, he would never agree.

 

So Cheng Qinghua had no doubt that when Qin Lu agreed to go on a blind date with Jiang Liucheng, he must have had that idea in his heart.

 

Qin Lu laughed, “I don’t remember, but I suddenly realized that I fell in love with him. I didn’t expect him to have that meaning, and he took the initiative to ask me some questions such as my personality, views, and my vision for future life. Not to mention my preferences. I don’t like men, and finally felt that we were quite similar in every way, so he asked me if I wanted to go on a blind date with him.”

 

Cheng Qinghua’s teeth have been soured. This man, this old bastard, purposely spoke in such detail to annoy him. He gritted his teeth and said, “You are too treacherous. You must have done it on purpose.”

 

Qin Lu smiled and said, “What did I do on purpose?”

 

Cheng Qinghua accused, “Of course, you deliberately let your rich second-generation friend and I go on a blind date with him so that you can find out his preferences from us, get the correct answer, and let us be your stepping stones.”

 

Qin Lu snorted. He didn’t think so at first, but when Cheng Qinghua said that, he suddenly seemed not so jealous anymore.

 

“Cheng Qinghua, thank you. Your words let me let go of my knot, and I decided to reconcile with you.”

 

Cheng Qinghua vomited blood in his mind. Reconcile yourself, you bastard.

 

This guy actually has the face to say that.

 

“You,  I won’t forgive you. Unless you give me a good promotion for the next movie, I’ll be filming, and if you will cooperate with me for that said next movie of mine. Else, I will tell your rich second-generation friend that you only used him as a stepping stone.”

 

Qin Lu only threw him two words before turning and leaving him there. “Keep dreaming.”

 

“Even if I’m dreaming, aren’t you afraid that your rich second-generation friend will know about this?” Cheng Qinghua shouted at him.

 

“I’ll love it whether you talk about it or not.”

 

Seeing that he was unmoved, Cheng Qinghua had expected this result already.

 

He just felt uncomfortable and wanted to disgust him on purpose, but who knew that this guy really didn’t care at all.

 

Although he was a little reconciled in his heart, Cheng QInghua also knew that he couldn’t give Jiang Liucheng what he wanted, and sometimes it was just a little bit of a man’s self-esteem at work.

 

If Jiang Liucheng can really find someone he likes, and the other party likes him, he will still be happy for him.

 

Qin Lu returned to the cloakroom. When everyone saw him coming back alone, they wondered if he really managed to kill Cheng QInghua.

 

“You guys are done talking?” Jiang Liucheng asked.

 

Qin Lu said, “The talk is over. He won’t come to harass you again in the future.”

 

Jiang Liucheng couldn’t help laughing, “He never harassed me before. He just sends messages every few days. It’s not considered harassment.”

 

Qin Lu: “It’s not okay to send messages every few days. You’ve already finished filming, and you’re not filming on his crew anymore. It doesn’t matter at all. He must have bad intentions in sending you messages.”

 

“Brother Qin, the press conference is about to start. We have to go first.” Zhang Ning noticed that the time was almost up, so he hurriedly opened his mouth, fearing they would be late if they continued to chat.

 

“Let’s go.” Qin Lu took Jiang Liucheng’s hand.

 

When he was about to go downstairs, his phone suddenly received a message from Cheng Qinghua.

 

[Don’t take Jiang Liucheng’s hands down. If you don’t want his career to be affected, you’d better not do some intimate behavior in public.]

 

Qin Lu didn’t reply. Instead, he put away his phone disapprovingly. But when he was about to walk out, he still took the initiative to let go of Jiang Liucheng’s hand.

 

Jiang Liucheng also saw the content of the text message. Although Cheng Qinghua said that he was afraid that he would be affected, he was also worried that Qin Lu would be affected. Moreover, both of them were actors in Cheng Qinghua’s movie, and one was playing the leading role. If something happened to them, Cheng Qinghua and the movie will also be affected. He can only imagine how worried he is.

 

“Director Cheng Qinghua has been stimulated enough today. Let’s stop worrying him.”

 

Qin Lu smiled and leaned over to help him straighten his collar, “Okay, I’ll listen to you.”

 

The press conference was approaching this time, and all the media and fans at the scene had already arrived.

 

With the entry of the film’s director and creators, the press conference officially began.

 

The host of the press conference was a well-known host from a certain TV station. His hosting style was famous for his witty and humorous style. At the beginning, everyone in the audience laughed out loud.

 

Afterward, Cheng Qinghua was invited to share with everyone his original intention and some ideas for making this film. The whole process went very smoothly.

 

The audience’s voice became louder until the actor Qin Lu was invited to play.

 

Almost 80% of the people present came for Qin Lu, and only a few of them came for other actors.

 

Jiang Liucheng was not the lead actor. He was sitting under the stage, looking up at the radiant man on the stage. He heard the happy cheers of the fans, all aimed at the man.

 

He has never been a person who pays attention to appearance, but for a moment, he is a little confused.

 

Just as he was engrossed in watching, Qin Lu also looked at him with a slight smile on his originally indifferent expression. He even slightly sends him a wink.

Jiang Liucheng gently held the hand on his lap. And when Qin Lu blinked at him, his heart beat a little faster.

 

In the second half of the press conference, the film’s director, producer, several leading actors, etc. were all called to the stage, including Jiang Liucheng, who was also arranged to sit next to Qin Lu.

 

One of the two wore a white suit, and the other wore a silver-gray suit. The clicking sound of taking pictures in the distance seemed to be louder after they sat down than before.

 

The media knew that Qin Lu would not answer irrelevant questions, so the questions were very knowledgeable and interesting, and all were about the movie.

 

For example, why did Qin Lu suddenly accept Cheng Qinghua’s film again after a two-year vacancy period, what kind of thoughts and fate was it based on, and so on.

 

Some media reporters also asked Jiang Liucheng. Jiang Liucheng is very popular now, the reporter will not let go of this opportunity to ask questions. Some reporters even asked him how he felt about the title everyone gave him on the Internet.

 

Jiang Liucheng also answered these never-ending questions one by one.

 

As the interview session came to an end, the host saw that the time was almost up, so he ordered the last reporter to ask the last question and planned to end the conference.

 

“I have a question for Actor Qin.” The reporter held the microphone, “After you finish filming this movie, do you plan to take on other movie scripts?”

 

This is a very normal question. Most actors will say that if they have good scripts, they should accept them, but they will not disclose which scripts they have accepted.

 

No one took this issue to heart.

 

Qin Lu picked up the microphone and said, “No plan.”

 

Although there were only two short words in this sentence, the reporter who asked the question keenly sensed unusual information.

 

“There are good ones, and if there are suitable scripts on your way, won’t you accept them?”

 

Qin Lu glanced at everyone in the audience and smiled slightly, “Since I happened to be talking about this issue, let me just say it today. Paradise will be my last movie, and I will not accept any more scripts and activities in the future. I planned to quit the entertainment industry two years ago, but I accepted this movie for some reason.”

 

There was an uproar in the audience.

 

Qin Lu announced his retirement from filming, and his words about quitting the entertainment circle were also spread at an extremely fast speed on the Internet.