Chapter 7: Fresh Flowers Need A Vase To Hold Them
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This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com
"Well... Director Zhang's movie isn’t something we can just act in because we want to." Fang Xinhua still had to remind her Little Boss Qin of a very practical problem. Zhang Zexun, this great director Zhang, his movie, if you don't have some real ability, don’t even think about it. Unless you use Boss Qin's capital power.
Zhang Zexun preferred using newcomers, with a unique eye for talent and always spot-on. The actresses he promoted were not just Lin Qingyi; most of the "Xun maidens" who acted in his movies became popular. Lin Qingyi was the most popular among them and was the actress most praised by Zhang Zexun.
"I understand, but I can't keep acting in these lousy dramas, right? I have no ambition." Qin Shiyue knew her own worth. Wanting to act in Zhang Zexun's movie seemed like a pipe dream. She just didn’t want to continue drifting through life. However, she felt too ashamed to share her true thoughts with Fang Xinhua, as if someone who had always been last suddenly said they wanted to surpass the top student and take first place. It just seemed absurd to say it out loud.
Is Little Boss Qin trying to be ambitious? Fang Xinhua poked her own ear, making sure she hadn’t heard wrong. Could the Qin family be going bankrupt? That shouldn't be the case; she still trusted Boss Qin's abilities.
Fang Xinhua looked at Lin Qingyi on the big screen. Could it be that she wanted to compete with Lin Qingyi in acting? Was the shock from her recent divorce and breakup too much, making her baby Qin'er have such an unrealistic idea? Trying to use her weakest part to clash against someone else’s strongest part, wouldn't that only cause herself to be twisted and deformed?
"Baby, let's not get worked up and compete with Lin Qingyi in acting. How about we just compare looks instead?" Fang Xinhua quickly coaxed, hoping her little Boss Qin would quickly abandon this completely unrealistic idea.
"Is my face really better looking than hers?" Qin Shiyue pointed at Lin Qingyi, who was playing a pure yet seductive character on the big screen and asked. However, she was cursing inwardly: Damn, how can this woman manage to be pure, seductive, and beautiful all at once? It makes one's hormones stir. Qin Shiyue felt like she was about to die of frustration. The beauty she never lost to anyone was suddenly no advantage at all in front of this woman.
Fang Xinhua looked at Lin Qingyi on the big screen. At that time, she had just debuted, full of youthful vitality, and she brought the pure yet seductive character to life. Even she, a straight woman, felt that this woman was absolutely stunning. Her Little Boss Qin, who was famous for her beauty, really did not have any advantage in front of her. It could only be said that each had their own merits.
But comparing looks was already the most obvious choice. When someone else's shortcoming is as good as your strength, it’s no wonder baby Qin'er felt unbalanced. Comparing oneself to others could really drive one crazy.
"Of course, baby is the most beautiful," Fang Xinhua said insincerely. She thought that aesthetics were subjective anyway. If she said QinnShiyue was more beautiful than Lin Qingyi, who could argue otherwise? In terms of looks, her Little Boss Qin was indeed not inferior to Lin Qingyi. What she lacked was Lin Qingyi's ability to be flexible, exuding a charm that could be warm, gentle, pure, seductive, and even regal. In essence, it was good acting. Whatever image Lin Qingyi wanted to project, she could create it effortlessly. Who could resist that? Ah, this was just one of those artists from another company—so excellent that even she couldn’t help but want to praise her.
Qin Shiyue firmly believed Fang Xinhua's words of comfort, thinking that her manager was definitely biased in her favor.
"I also think I'm prettier than her, and my figure is better too," Qin Shiyue said stubbornly, refusing to admit defeat.
"Of course, that's a given," Fang Xinhua agreed, coaxing baby Qin'er along.
"Did we trend on the hot searches after that day?" Qin Shiyue, having recovered, remembered that she hadn't been online for several days. She thought about the charity gala that day—there were bound to be entertainment reporters, and someone must have taken photos and uploaded them online. Given her and Lin Qingyi's popularity, getting on the hot searches should have been an easy feat.
Qin Shiyue picked up her phone and logged into her alternate account.
Seeing Qin Shiyue pick up her phone again, Fang Xinhua thought that since she was back online, everything should be fine now.
"Yes, you did. The next day, it quickly surpassed the hot search for your divorce with Kong Huizhi. The search for you and Lin Qingyi dancing stayed at the top of the hot searches for an entire day. Even now, the buzz is still high." It seemed their fans were quite happy to see Qin Shiyue and Lin Qingyi together. Perhaps because their Little Boss Qin had a dark reputation wherever she went, being with the exceptionally pure and bright Lin Qingyi seemed to make her appear a bit brighter by association. Naturally, Qin Shiyue's fans were as delighted like it was the Lunar New Year, which was closely linked to Lin Qingyi's high looks. Most of Qin Shiyue's fans were beauty fans. Now, with two top-tier beauties in the entertainment industry with completely different styles dancing together, the photos were a feast for beauty fans. One beauty brought happiness, two beauties meant double the happiness, and if they could ship a CP, it would be triple happiness. Thus, her fans even spontaneously formed a CP chaohua.
Compared to the delight of Qin Shiyue's fans, Lin Qingyi's fans were extremely unhappy. Having their flawless goddess caught up in Qin Shiyue's black storm was already quite upsetting. To their dismay, Qin Shiyue's fans were even more shameless, trying to pair their goddess with the top vase in the entertainment industry. The vase wasn’t even worthy of holding their goddess’s shoes!
What infuriated Lin Qingyi’s fans the most was Qin Shiyue's fans’ audacious claim: "Fresh flowers need a vase to hold them."
It was too shameless, too vulgar, and too unseemly! It made Lin Qingyi’s fans extremely angry.
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Passers-by loved to stir the pot, speculating whether Qin Shiyue's divorce was due to Lin Qingyi's involvement. The excitement of both wives inviting Lin Qingyi to dance simultaneously led to all sorts of wild guesses.
However, such speculations were quickly debunked by Lin Qingyi's fans: If Lin Qingyi had any real involvement, why would she accept Qin Shiyue's invitation to dance right after the divorce? The fact that she could be so open about it showed that there was no relationship at all. Dancing together doesn't prove anything.
Lin Qingyi had always had a good reputation, so people clearly trusted her character. These baseless negative speculations were quickly suppressed.
In the end, according to insiders, it was Kong Huizhi who wanted the divorce, leaving Qin Shiyue as the one abandoned. When both Kong Huizhi and Qin Shiyue invited Lin Qingyi to dance, it was believed that Lin Qingyi accepted Qin Shiyue's invitation out of kindness, understanding the heartbreak Qin Shiyue was going through.
Otherwise, they couldn't find a reasonable explanation for why Lin Qingyi would accept Qin Shiyue's invitation to dance.
Everyone believed in Lin Qingyi's kindness, including her fans, and most passers-by did as well.
Therefore, even though Lin Qingyi ended up on the hot searches alongside the infamous Qin Shiyue, she still remained a pure white lotus, radiating kindness.
Qin Shiyue initially watched the gossip about herself and Lin Qingyi with a "watching for fun while being scolded" attitude. But in the end, she got so angry that her hands nearly shook.
"Do they really see Lin Qingyi as some kind of saint? Kind and considerate? Pah!" Qin Shiyue thought about how Lin Qingyi had mocked and humiliated her. To hell with her so-called kindness and consideration—what foolish humans.
"Then why did she accept your dance invitation?" Fang Xinhua had always been puzzled by why Lin Qingyi agreed to dance with her Little Boss Qin.
"She just wanted to humiliate me!" Qin Shiyue said angrily.
"How did she humiliate you?" Fang Xinhua asked, curious and a bit gossipy.
"She..." Qin Shiyue stopped halfway. Being mocked by a rival in love was such an embarrassing thing that she didn't want to tell anyone, so she swallowed her words. "Anyway, just remember this—she's not good!" Qin Shiyue added.
"It seems she really got under your skin. Could it be that she has a thing for you?" Fang Xinhua said this with a laugh, amusing herself. She thought maybe it was because she'd been following the "Qin Lin Qing Shi*" CP chaohua too closely these past few days.
*Qin Lin Historical Records
Author's Note:
Lin Qingyi: I don’t mind putting flowers in a vase.
Bai Wenxi: If you replace the flowers with Lin Qingyi and the vase with Qin Shiyue, read it again and you will know why your fans are so angry.
