Chapter – 61
Lin Qingyi was a little surprised that Qin Shiyue would actually take the initiative to ask for her opinion.
Lin Qingyi knew very well what Fang Xinhua expected for Qin Shiyue’s future—she was meant to remain a traffic star, not become a real actress. That was why Fang Xinhua wanted her to take on the prime-time variety show on M Channel. For Qin Shiyue, it would be an excellent tool to boost popularity. As long as the schedule allowed it, taking the show would bring only benefits, no downsides.
With this drama, Qin Shiyue—essentially playing herself—had already figured out how to act. Even if she didn’t come rehearse opposite Lin Qingyi every day, she wouldn’t be as disastrous as before. Acting with Lin Qingyi now merely helped polish the role a little, making her performance more natural and fuller. But achieving a qualitative leap in acting through this drama was basically impossible. That would require a more complex role and a more intricate storyline.
In other words, continuing to work hard on this drama didn’t add much to the “pretty-but-useless” label. Sixty points were already guaranteed; at most, more effort would raise it to seventy. On the other hand, participating in a variety show would significantly boost her popularity.
This calculation was crystal clear to Agent Fang, and Lin Qingyi understood it just as well. Lin Qingyi felt that if she explained the pros and cons to her, the “vase” would obediently go accept the variety show. That would mean there was no longer any need for them to rehearse together, and she herself could finally relax, no longer having to stay up late every night accompanying her through scenes. Yet she simply didn’t want the vase to take the variety show.
“Filming during the day and recording a variety show at night would be too exhausting. There’s no need for you to push yourself that hard,” Lin Qingyi said, somewhat selfishly, to Qin Shiyue. Even without her selfish motives, she truly didn’t want Qin Shiyue to suffer like that. Fame and fortune were things the vase never lacked. If she really needed popularity, Lin Qingyi could help her with that.
“So you also think it was right for me to turn down that variety show?” Qin Shiyue asked happily. Having her decision supported meant far too much to her.
“At least it’s not wrong,” Lin Qingyi said calmly. When the drama aired, she would help give Qin Shiyue a push.
Someone who had never cared to hype herself was already beginning to plan ahead for Qin Shiyue’s future.
Author’s note:
Qin Shiyue: I made a wise and heroic decision.
Lin Qingyi: Baby just needs to stay by my side. As for fame and popularity—how hard could that be? I can give you all of that. A beauty comes with a free career upgrade.
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Chapter 37
It had been a month since the divorce, and everything was calm and quiet. Qin Shilan seemed to have forgotten her entirely and hadn’t come looking for trouble.
Kong Huizhi was like a snail hiding in its shell. Sensing no immediate danger, she cautiously extended her feelers and began to move again.
Had Qin Shilan really decided to let her go this time? Deep down, Kong Huizhi felt she wouldn’t be that lucky. Even if she was uneasy, she couldn’t just stop living her life out of fear. Perhaps Qin Shilan was deliberately playing a psychological game with her, savoring that twisted sense of control, like a cat teasing a mouse. Kong Huizhi believed that if Qin Shilan truly wanted to deal with her, there was no way she could escape. Since that was the case, she might as well let her act quickly. One clean slash—whatever. She was already sick of living in this state.
Kong Huizhi dressed herself up carefully. Looking at herself in the full-length mirror, she knew she wasn’t the stunning, eye-catching type like her ex-wife Qin Shiyue. She was more of the understated, enduring beauty type. But at this moment, she felt her looks were somewhat of a disadvantage. Her goddess clearly preferred the ex-wife’s appearance. Thinking of Lin Qingyi accepting Qin Shiyue’s invitation to dance but rejecting her, thinking of how close and intimate they were on the dance floor, still left a sour feeling in her heart.
Even so, she believed that Shiyue provoking Lin Qingyi was probably just to deliberately get back at her. Maybe she still had a chance. That was why Kong Huizhi had dressed up so carefully today—to go see Lin Qingyi.
Director Song Chengmu wasn’t feeling well today, so the crew wrapped up early.
“So bored,” Qin Shiyue muttered, rolling around on the hotel bed. Normally, she finished filming late, ate dinner, and then could go straight to rehearsing with Lin Qingyi. But when she checked the time now, it was only two or three in the afternoon. Lin Qingyi was probably still filming and hadn’t wrapped yet.
Fang Xinhua watched Qin Erbao rolling around on the bed. Had Erbao gotten used to being busy every day, so much so that she couldn’t adapt to suddenly having free time? Just a month ago, Erbao had been severely addicted to the internet, constantly browsing information and comments about herself. Sometimes she even used a small account to jump into arguments personally. Unfortunately, her combat ability was too weak—she couldn’t curse harshly enough, always lost, and then got so angry she puffed up like a pufferfish. Erbao thought her alt account was well hidden, not knowing that Fang Xinhua followed it. That alt account hadn’t been updated for nearly a month now.
Qin Shiyue thought about how Lin Qingyi was filming. She actually quite liked watching Lin Qingyi act. Lin Qingyi always showed her completely different characters, all of them incredibly captivating. Earlier, to understand her “love rival,” she had watched all of Lin Qingyi’s movies. Even after finishing them, she still wanted more.
She thought that if Lin Qingyi weren’t her rival in love, she would probably become her fan—maybe even a die-hard one. Her movies were really that good.
At this point, Qin Shiyue could actually understand why Kong Huizhi liked Lin Qingyi and no longer liked herself. If she were Kong Huizhi, she would choose Lin Qingyi too—beautiful, smart, with great acting skills, always firm about what she wanted to do. Unlike herself, who, aside from being pretty, didn’t seem to be good at anything else.
Thinking this, Qin Shiyue couldn’t help but let out a small sigh.
