Chapter 59: Let's Break Up
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"Yin Ci won the queen's crown again, and Zuo Yu unexpectedly won the prize."
"Literary style takes the best film again and counting a decade for Golden Tripod Awards."
“Those artists who have been nominated many times but failed."
"At the awards ceremony, sending blessings, Xizhis are indeed good friends."
Opening the latest entertainment news, it's filled with reports about the film festival. Every time this time comes, the internet is especially lively.
On a certain forum, the sheer number of posts about the Best Actress has become a hot topic:
"I heard that the best actress last night was like "Golden Branches Desire Evil*, wanna talk, anyone?"
*2004 Hong Kong Drama, English title: War and Beauty, focused on the power struggle between various royal concubines trying to secure the Emperor's favor.
"I'll go, ah, damn, four times nominated, four times cannon fodder, isn't it too cruel?"
"Yin Ci's acting skills kill Xizhi instantly. If you don't agree, come and argue."
"Has anyone noticed Qu was not particularly happy when she read the list? Am I the only one?"
"People who have seen the film festival said that Yin is not as good as before this time, and Gu is far from the best."
….
Countless rumors and comments set off another wave of turmoil in the already restless entertainment industry. As the heroine of the incident, Yin Ci enjoyed the lights, flowers, and praises. Although the media also wanted to interview Gu Xizhi, they couldn't find her after the awards ceremony ended.
In the early morning, the sun shines brightly. Gu Xizhi got up early to make breakfast for herself. Not long after after entering the kitchen, she heard the doorbell ring.
After walking out of the kitchen and opening the door, Gu Xizhi quickly curled up her lips when she saw the person outside the door, "It's so early."
Qu Xizhi, who was standing outside the door, didn't look as relaxed as she was," Xiao Jing, are you okay?
"I'm fine," she said, looking puzzled. "What's wrong?"
"You didn't answer my calls and you didn't open the door for me last night."
After a pause, "Is it because of the film festival?"
"No." She said casually, "I wasn't home last night."
Qu Xizhi glanced at the diamond ring on her left index finger and said calmly, "Mm, last night..."
"What happened last night is over. I don't care much about it, so don't mention it." Gu Xizhi opened the door wide, "Come in, let's have breakfast together?"
Qu Xizhi hesitated for a moment then nodded.
The stove in the kitchen was not turned off. Gu Xizhi just closed the door and ran back. Qu Xizhi put down her clutch bag and walked to the kitchen door slowly. When she saw her wearing an apron and standing in the fumes, she didn't say anything and watched.
After a while, the phone in the room rang. Gu Xizhi quickly turned off the fire and went to the living room to answer the phone.
"Hello, this is Gu Xizhi."
"Miss Gu." There was a male voice on the other end of the phone, "Your company wants to cancel your endorsement activities this season and have Ivy replace you, but our contract stated that the endorsement is for three years. If you break the contract, your company will be liable. Can you please try to persuade your company?"
"I'm sorry," Gu Xizhi's voice sounded very composed, "I have no power to change the company's decision. I regret any losses this may cause you. If there's a chance in the future, I hope we can collaborate again." Then, she hung up the phone.
Qu Xizhi watched as she hung up the phone, took a few steps forward, and asked, "Is Sun Tingyou deliberately causing trouble for you?"
"Maybe." Gu Xizhi said indifferently, "Forget it, I don't really want to appear in public soon anyway."
"Losing the Best Actress is not enough reason to be treated like this, I'll find him and ask him what's going on." She grabbed her phone as soon as she spoke.
When Gu Xizhi saw her taking out her phone to call, she didn't stop her, she just stood there quietly and watched.
The call was quickly answered, and after a polite negotiation, it seemed like they had agreed on a meeting time. After hanging up, Qu Xizhi immediately said to Gu Xizhi, "There's room for reconciliation. He's asked to meet me tomorrow, and I want you to come with me. Is that okay?"
"Oh." Gu Xizhi looked expressionless, "I will continue cooking."
Qu Xizhi nodded and continued to look for business cards on her phone as if she were looking for something.
Gu Xizhi turned her head and walked a few steps toward the kitchen, then suddenly stopped, looked at the rising sun outside the window, and said, "Qu Xizhi, let's break up."
Her search through the business cards halted abruptly. Qu Xizhi lifted her head to look at her back and quickly moved around to face her. "What did you just say?"
Gu Xizhi looked at her and said earnestly, "Qu Xizhi, I've thought about it. Let's break up."
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Qu Xizhi seemed a little surprised, and after a long time she asked inexplicably, "Why?" She paused as if something suddenly occurred to her, "Because of the film festival?"
Gu Xizhi seemed very rational and said calmly, "We are unsuitable in any aspect. My decision to be with you in the first place was impulsive and not well thought out. I've realized that what I need is a simple and ordinary love that can be accepted by the world. This isn't the life I want."
"You're lying." Qu Xizhi looked into her eyes, "You have never said anything about being unsuitable before, how could such a reason appear overnight?"
"Whether you believe it or not, I've already been clear with you," Gu Xizhi calmly met her gaze. "In a few days, I plan to go abroad to clear my mind. Don't try to find me."
"I don't believe what you're saying," Qu Xizhi insisted. "Even if you don't want to be with me, give me a real reason, okay?"
"This is the real reason. In fact, from beginning to end, I regarded this relationship as an interlude."
"Don't say that." Qu Xizhi calmed down, looked at her, and asked, "Is it because you didn't win the Best Actress award? Did someone say something?"
"No."
"Is that because you are in a bad mood after losing the award ceremony?" Qu Xizhi added, "Xiao Jing, you have to understand, breaking up is not something you casually bring up. Don't make such a serious decision just because of a momentary setback."
"It's not because of my mood, and it's not a momentary setback," Gu Xizhi still appeared quite rational. "I just don't want to be with you anymore."
"Xiao Jing." Qu Xizhi became more serious, "You know that using these reasons to fool me won't work, must you kill my right to know the truth?"
Gu Xizhi looked at her for a while and suddenly said, "Okay, if you must know the so-called truth, I can tell you, that's right, it was because of the film festival last night."
"Really, it's because of the film festival?" Qu Xizhi appeared helpless. "Xiao Jing, you just had some bad luck, you can always try again after a failure."
"Try again." She smiled, "I've done it four times already. How many times do I have to try again before I can stand beside you?"
I was just lucky. Discovering your own progress is what matters most, isn't it?"
"There is no progress." Gu Xizhi said quietly, "It is meaningless to talk about these illusory things. The truth is that I am nothing compared to you. Our fate has determined that the two of us can't be together. Breaking up is also a carefully considered choice for me. "
"Fate?" Qu Xizhi frowned, "How do you know the result if you haven't persisted to the end? Isn't it just a movie? If one movie fails, there will be ten more. You are only twenty-six. As long as you work hard, your future is limitless."
"What do you mean by 'it's just a movie?'" Gu Xizhi suddenly mockingly curled her lips. "Do you know what you have at your fingertips, I can only dream of?"
"Why do you have to dream? As long as you're willing, we can always find opportunities."
"Opportunity." Gu Xizhi smiled bitterly, "Just let Bo Yiqing come out to eat, drink, and laugh instead of me again?
Qu Xizhi looked slightly surprised. "Do you know about Bo Yiqing?"
"I only regret knowing about it too late," Gu Xizhi closed her eyes, looking particularly weary. "What she's done for me, I'll never be able to repay in my lifetime."
The phone rang, but no one answered it. There was a heavy silence in the room, and finally, someone spoke.
"But I don't want you to leave because of this," Qu Xizhi said. "Bo Yiqing... I'll do my best to compensate, and if you feel like you don't want to be compared with me, I can even leave the entertainment industry. These things aren't that important to me. I just want you to be with me always, and everything else is fine."
"Qu Xizhi." Gu Xizhi said quietly, "Reality is not a fairy tale. How can anything be fine? Just because you're willing to quit the entertainment industry, it doesn't make everything right. You're younger than me, but your thinking has always been more mature. I hope you don't speak such naive words anymore. I've said it before, the decision to break up is something I've thought deeply about. Think carefully, and you'll understand that it wasn't a momentary impulse, and right now, I don't even have the capital to be impulsive."
"I don't want to hear this." Qu Xizhi took her hand and said, "Think about it more carefully, okay? Let's go out together these few days to clear your mind. Regardless of gains or losses, maybe a few days from now, you'll realize that we can overcome this hurdle without breaking up."
"Qu Xizhi." Gu Xizhi broke away from her hand, "Why don't you understand that my current pain is all because of you? I don't want to see you at all."
The phone's ringing became even clearer in the sudden silence of the room. Gu Xizhi glanced at the incessantly ringing phone, avoiding her gaze. "Your phone is ringing, you should answer it. I'm going out. If you want to stay here, I don't mind." With that, she actually turned and headed for the door.
As she passed by, her clothes were grabbed, Gu Xizhi lowered her head and glanced at the slender white hand. After calming down for a moment, she resolutely pulled off her clothes.
"I hope you're not here when I come back." She strode forward.
"Xiao Jing."
She stopped and said, "Qu Xizhi, I am infinitely grateful for what you have done for me, but our fate ends here."
The security door opened and closed again. Qu Xizhi stared at the door for a moment, her brow slightly furrowed, her hand resting on her chest.
With one hand covering her heart, she soon fell to the ground due to loss of strength.
Twenty minutes later, on the elevated bridge, Yin Jun was preparing for a meeting, she was seated in the back seat of the car, reading her speech, completely ignoring the incessantly ringing phone.
The driver may have had enough of the ringing of her phone and couldn't help but say, "Ms. Yin, your phone is ringing."
"Mm." Yin Jun read the speech for a while, then belatedly answered the phone, "Hello."
"Aunt Yin." The other party's voice sounded extremely urgent, "Please come to the city hospital quickly. Xiao Qu has had a heart attack."
Yin Jun sighed and immediately put down her speech, ending the call. She then told the driver, "Turn around and head to the city hospital."
The driver was stunned for a moment before saying, "You can't turn around here, and..."
"Just do as I say, I will bear the responsibility." Her voice was decisive.
The driver looked at the rearview mirror in embarrassment, in his haste, he forgot to use the turn signal.
A truck approached from behind, and with no time to avoid it, they collided. The sudden impact shattered all the windows of the car. Yin Jun's vision went black, and her consciousness completely faded amidst the violent crash.
A few days later.
Hospital ward.
"I told you, Miss Qu has a heart condition. Don't you believe me now? Do you think I'm a miracle doctor?"
"Pfft... but you initially said Miss Qu had depression."
"Anyway, I'm a fortune teller. Ms. Qu has three tribulations, and this is the second one."
"Then are you a miracle doctor or a fortune teller?"
"I am both."
"Then, didn't you foresee that Ms. Yin would have a car accident?"
"Well... isn't she awake? It's not a tribulation if she's awake."
"But Miss Qu woke up too, so why is it still considered a tribulation?"
"Hey, I say, Rong Jia, you are deliberately trying to make things difficult for me, right?"
….
The noise made Qu Xizhi, who had just woken up, sit up from the hospital bed. She had been informed of her mother's hospitalization due to the car accident the day after she woke up. For the past few days, Qu Xizhi's mother had been by her side, but she hadn't mentioned the reason for her heart condition.
Congenital heart disease was not unfamiliar to her. She had undergone surgery at a young age, and over the past ten years, it had rarely flared up. The calm state of her condition had almost made her forget that she had this condition.
She picked up her phone and dialed a number that wouldn't answer for the umpteenth time. As expected, no one answered.
She put down her phone and wanted to rest for a while, but a text message popped up:
Xiao Jing is going abroad. She is at the airport now. Do you want to come and see her again?
It was a message from Liang Youyou.
Qu Xizhi sat on the hospital bed and thought quietly for a moment, then replied:
I'll come right away, help me buy some time.
International Airport East Gate.
Gu Xizhi got out of Liang Youyou's car and went to the trunk to get her suitcase. Liang Youyou parked the car and helped her, she put down the suitcase and said, "I said, where are you traveling alone?"
"I go wherever the next available flight is."
"Stop making trouble. What if it's a country at war? Are you willing to die? Can you handle traveling alone?"
Gu Xizhi raised her eyes and looked at her, "Am I so useless in your eyes? I can't even travel alone?" Liang Youyou was dumbfounded by the question. It took her a long time to say, "Hey, I'm concerned about you. Have you become a hedgehog recently?"
Gu Xizhi ignored her, picked up her suitcase, and walked straight to the airport.
Liang Youyou looked at her back and sighed, and was about to lock the car and chase her, but a car stopped behind her. "
Liang Youyou thought it was Qu Xizhi and immediately looked back, but the person who got out of the car made her stunned, "Tang Yu?"
Tang Yu was wearing a black French shirt and also carrying a suitcase in his hand. His tall and imposing figure exuded a sense of authority.
"Hello." He just said hello and then walked past her and left.
Liang Youyou immediately blocked his way. "Hey, Mr. Tang, I mean... are you here for a trip?"
"I'm here to see Xiao Jing, please excuse me." Tang Yu looked like he was in a hurry.
Liang Youyou didn't know what to say, she just wanted to stop him, "But...hey!
Tang Yu had already walked past her.
There was still quite a distance from the parking lot to the airport terminal. As Gu Xizhi walked, she felt that there was something she couldn't ignore behind her. So she stopped and turned around slowly.
Seeing her turning her head, Tang Yu took a few steps forward and stopped in front of her, "I know you may not want to see me at this time, but I think this is my only chance to compete with Qu Xizhi and get equal treatment."
Gu Xizhi was stunned, and quickly said, "You misunderstood, Qu Xizhi and I."
"I was one step behind her in the past, I hope it's not too late now." Tang Yu interrupted her, "I want to take you to meet someone."
Gu Xizhi was hesitant, but Liang Youyou caught up and said, "Xiao Jing, I have something to tell you, come back here first.
Gu Xizhi looked at her from a distance, "Youyou, if you have anything to say, just talk here."
Liang Youyou glanced at Tang Yu and then glared at her, "Are you so heartless? I want to talk to you alone.
Tang Yu looked at Liang Youyou and then at Gu Xizhi, "I'll wait for you inside.
Gu Xizhi nodded, and when she saw him walking away, she turned back to Liang Youyou, "What's going on?"
Liang Youyou glanced at her angrily, then took her hand and walked a few steps back, stopping in front of a sports car.
Gu Xizhi looked at the sports car, then at her, about to ask what was wrong, but the person who got out of the car made her immediately want to step back.
"Don't leave, talk properly, I'll give you some space." Liang Youyou glared at her, intimidating her to stand still, and then slowly let her go.
As the footsteps faded away, Gu Xizhi looked at Qu Xizhi, who was always bright in a long skirt and high heels. She paused for a while and then said, "I gave the keys to the sports car you gave me to Lili, she will return them to you. As for the other things you gave me, they are not particularly valuable anyway, and I don’t want to make you feel pretentious by giving them back, but I did toss the diamond ring to Lili as well, and she will send it back to you later."
Qu Xizhi remained silent for a moment before saying, "Do you remember when we were acting in 'Wangchuan River' before, and you asked me to sign an autograph for your niece? At that time, I gave you three conditions."
It's a bit distant, but Gu Xizhi still remembers, "Mm."
"I only mentioned two conditions at that time. If you are still willing to keep your promise, I hope you will not return the ring." She said in a serious tone, "You can do whatever you want with it, just don't give it back to me."
"But..."
"It's not such a difficult condition, is it?"
Gu Xizhi hesitated for a long time before nodding, "Okay, I promise you."
"Mm." Looking at the suitcase in her hand, "Where are you going? When will you be back?"
"I don't know, just do whatever I want." Looking at the time on her watch, "It's time to go."
"Oh." After some thought, she added, "Is there really no chance left between us?"
"I've said everything that needs to be said." She was as rational as before, "Take good care of yourself. You're so outstanding, you'll surely find someone among those who admire you that you like even more."
"...So. She nodded slowly, "Have a nice vacation."
"Thank you." She reluctantly raised the corners of her lips, "Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
The morning sun was light but not too bright. Qu Xizhi looked at the shadow cast by her high heels on the ground, and suddenly said, "Xiao Jing."
Gu Xizhi slowly turned her head.
Author's Note:
Okay, the torture part is over
