Chapter 100: Did You See It?
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Ruan Yesheng lowered her head and glanced at the hand Xi Mo had on her wrist. Then, she looked at Xi Mo.
Xi Mo immediately let go of her hand.
Ruan Yesheng pressed her lips together and her expression became serious. "I need to leave a good impression, not just for you, but also for your dad."
"I know." Xi Mo thought back to the times when she had returned to the Xi family estate with Ruan Yesheng. She couldn’t do anything about Ruan Yesheng and sighed lightly. "I’ll keep working on getting you more impression points."
Ruan Yesheng then looked at Xi Mo and smiled.
To fit Xi Mo’s usual image, Ruan Yesheng usually controlled her smiles on set. But today, she didn’t know why, but she just couldn’t stop smiling.
Maybe it's because she and Xi Mo had spent a night lying in bed together. This was too rare, so she was too happy.
"If you're gonna keep filming this afternoon, it's best to go tell Director Lin in person now." Ruan Yesheng turned to look at Lin Qitang sitting far away: "He just finished a scene not long ago and is resting. It's a good time to talk to him about asking for leave in a few days."
Xi Mo was thinking the same: "I'll go talk to Director Lin."
"Then I'll wait for you here," Ruan Yesheng said.
Xi Mo nodded and turned to walk toward Lin Qitang.
Yu An took Shen Qingbie to a deserted place
The area was quiet. After Yu An stopped walking, she didn't speak. She just stared at Shen Qingbie.
Shen Qingbie's eyes were teary, and she looked back at Yu An with round eyes. Her tone sounded a little pitiful: "I was wrong."
This trick of admitting mistakes first was really too easy for her to use. Shen Qingbie had made a lot of mistakes before. Every time, Yu An had to clean up the mess for her. After Yu An cleaned up her mess, of course, she would scold her a bit more, just hoping she could learn her lesson.
But Shen Qingbie's brain was either covered in pig oil or it just grew the wrong way. As time went by, she didn’t learn how to make fewer mistakes. Instead, she learned how to quickly admit them.
"Tell me, how were you wrong?" Yu An was a little angry.
"I don’t know," Shen Qingbie answered honestly. "But I saw your face and just knew I must be wrong."
Yu An: "..."
She paused for a long while before squeezing out one sentence: "You're really capable, so good at reading people’s faces."
But Shen Qingbie said, "I heard it. You’re not praising me."
Yu An: "..."
Someone, please come save her.
"A'Yu, can you tell me what I did wrong?" Shen Qingbie asked with a tone like she was asking for advice.
But Yu An was at a loss for words.
She actually couldn't say clearly what Shen Qingbie did wrong. Was it wrong to take a selfie with Yan Mu? That didn’t seem right either. Shen Qingbie had always been close with Yan Mu, and there were already lots of selfies of them together that had been posted.
Besides Yan Mu, Shen Qingbie had also taken selfies with other celebrity friends. This was just a common thing in the entertainment circle.
Was it because Shen Qingbie pouted and made a kissing face in the selfie? That wasn’t really a big problem either. She was just posing. A lot of celebrities in the circle played like that.
What she said to Yan Mu just now was actually not that serious. She only said it like it was more serious than it really was.
Thinking carefully, Shen Qingbie didn’t really do anything wrong.
Instead, she was the one who felt strangely annoyed and restless. It did not even feel like herself.
"You didn’t do anything wrong." Yu An looked at Shen Qingbie, and her tone got a lot softer. "It was my fault."
Shen Qingbie was shocked.
What’s going on? A’Yu suddenly apologized to her?
But an apology should have a reason. There was no cause or result at all. Why would A’Yu apologize to her? She thought for a bit and felt like this was serious. A’Yu must not have forgiven her yet. Was she being sarcastic?
Shen Qingbie spoke in a firm tone. Even though she was confused and still had no idea what her mistake was, she insisted on taking all the blame: "It was all my fault!"
Normally, as long as she admitted her mistake sweetly, A’Yu wouldn’t stay mad at her. That much she understood very well.
Yu An: "..."
She looked at Shen Qingbie. The more she looked, the more she felt like Shen Qingbie was very silly. But somehow... she was a little cute in her silliness. So she could only ask, "Why would you say that?"
Shen Qingbie got a chance to explain, and she started talking right away: "That’s how it goes in dramas. Think about the scripts I’ve taken before—so many of them. Some characters are like this. The person they like makes a mistake, but that person’s really clueless and doesn’t even know what they did wrong. And that kind of character also refuses to say things clearly, so they end up saying something sour like, ‘Fine, fine, you’re not wrong, it’s all my fault, happy now?’ That’s just saying the opposite of what they mean. You said something like that just now, so of course I thought it was the same. I was scared you were mad."
Yu An: "..."
Shen Qingbie looked very serious as she tried to comfort her: "A’Yu, don’t be mad. I’m not clueless. I heard it all."
Yu An’s hands just dropped helplessly to her sides. She thought this wasn’t being clueless—this was just having no sense at all. She really didn’t want to say anything more.
"Are you okay?" Shen Qingbie leaned in and asked again.
"I’m fine." What else could Yu An say? She looked at her watch. "It’s about time. I’ll go say goodbye to Director Lin and Yan Mu and the others."
Shen Qingbie had a great time staying with the Sui Ting crew and still didn’t feel like leaving. She felt really unwilling in her heart. But her schedule was too full. She had no choice but to follow Yu An’s plan and say goodbye to the Sui Ting crew.
Shen Qingbie and Yu An left. Before going, Shen Qingbie sent Ruan Yesheng a long string of messages, typing out a bunch of things. The general meaning was that she did not want to leave and hoped Ruan Yesheng would visit her next time. Luckily she typed it instead of sending voice messages, or else Ruan Yesheng’s ears would have gone numb.
Ruan Yesheng was sitting on set looking at her phone. When she saw Shen Qingbie’s message, she smiled and replied, “Alright, next time let’s find a chance to have a proper get-together.”
In the afternoon, Xi Mo returned to the set. Ruan Yesheng also ended her short break so she could stay with her.
For dinner, it was just Xi Mo, Ruan Yesheng, and Yan Tinghuan. Xi Mo took the chance to ask Yan Tinghuan some questions to see if there was any way to switch back sooner. She also told Yan Tinghuan that both she and Ruan Yesheng had chest pains, which could be a side effect of the swap. After hearing this, Yan Tinghuan looked a bit grim and said that for now, she had no way to solve it.
Xi Mo picked up a bite of food and quietly ate. Ruan Yesheng also did not say much.
Yan Tinghuan comforted them, “Don’t worry too much about this. I still have some connections. I will ask around. Maybe someone out there understands this kind of thing.”
Ruan Yesheng knew that the so-called connections Yan Tinghuan mentioned were not ordinary people. Right now, she and Xi Mo had no clues at all. The only one they could turn to was Yan Tinghuan.
“Then we will wait for your news,” Ruan Yesheng said.
“Don’t worry.” Yan Tinghuan actually felt unsure inside, but on the surface, she acted cheerful. “Let’s eat first.”
By nighttime, there were no night scenes scheduled. Xi Mo stayed in her room. She took out her phone to browse for a while and ended up seeing that Shen Qingbie had just posted on Weibo not long ago.
There were three selfies in the post. Two were with Yu An, and one was with Yan Mu. There was no caption, only a happy emoji.
Shen Qingbie had strong popularity. Her Weibo comment section was always packed. Even if she only posted a period, countless people would praise how well she posted that period—let alone selfies.
Shen Qingbie’s fans were the first to arrive, showering her with all kinds of fancy praise and love confessions. That was normal for them.
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Since the selfies included Yan Mu, who was a popular male idol with great influence, his fans also quickly joined in. While crazily confessing love to their male god, they also thanked Qingqing for visiting Yan Mu.
But there were also some fans asking, “Who is this young lady wearing gold-rimmed glasses? She is so pretty. Why have we never seen her before? Is she a newcomer?”
Yu An was a manager who usually stayed behind the scenes and rarely took selfies with Shen Qingbie. She had never appeared on Shen Qingbie’s Weibo before, so many of Shen Qingbie’s fans did not know her.
However, some loyal fans who had followed events in person knew about Yu An. They replied under the post, “She is not a newcomer. She is Qingqing’s manager, Sister Yu An.”
“A manager! Qingqing’s manager is actually this beautiful?”
People liked to flock to the comments under celebrity Weibo posts and talk about anything. So quite a few people started discussing Yu An. Some of the comments even had a different tone, like: “I saw Qingqing kiss her manager on the face! Her manager’s face was red! Hehehe!”
There were also comments like: “That is right. This microscope girl can tell you responsibly—her face really turned red. I have a bold idea…”
And this was only the beginning.
Because Shen Qingbie’s fans often argued with Xi Mo’s fans and even scolded Xi Mo for no reason, Xi Mo’s fans could not take it. To always be ready for battle, many of them secretly followed Shen Qingbie. On top of that, Xi Mo did not have a personal Weibo. Only her company’s account posted her updates. Many of Xi Mo’s fans were very passionate, and the company posts were not nearly enough to satisfy them. So they wandered around with high-powered microscopes, and sure enough, after zooming in on Shen Qingbie’s selfie, they discovered that Xi Mo had appeared in the background.
This caused a total uproar. The comment section exploded.
Countless Xi Mo fans rushed in, screaming with excitement: “What did I just see! Goddess?! That is our goddess!”
“Zoom in on the selfie for a surprise! Everyone zoom in right now ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!”
“I never expected this at all. I actually saw the goddess in this quiet girl’s post! Never expected I would be digging for food on this quiet girl’s page!”
“I think this quiet girl is actually kind of cute today. Oh no, oh no, am I temporarily blind or something?”
“Wuwuwuwuwuwu thank you, quiet girl! Thank you, thank you! I will go support your movie next time!”
Xi Mo’s fans celebrated wildly under Shen Qingbie’s post, even starting to praise Shen Qingbie and thank her for sharing such precious crumbs. At first, Shen Qingbie’s fans thought Xi Mo’s fans had barged in looking for trouble. But once they saw the unexpected shift in tone, and how everyone seemed dizzy from excitement after getting a crumb, even complimenting Shen Qingbie, they calmed down and were actually quite happy.
This is the only post by Shen Qingbie on Weibo where fans from both sides didn’t have an obvious conflict.
However, many of Shen Qingbie's fans were furious and angrily commented: “Why are fans from other fandoms coming here to mess with our Qingqing? This is Qingqing's selfie, and someone deliberately stepped into the frame—at least have some self-respect!”
In response, many of Xi Mo's die-hard fans fought back: “Are you blind? My goddess didn’t even look at the camera! We still don’t know if someone intentionally included my goddess in the selfie and then posted it, just to make you smear her, Bah! Evil intentions!”
Seeing this battle escalate again, the more rational fans from both sides quickly spoke up: “Can’t you all just calm down? The atmosphere was fine, everyone was happily enjoying the content they liked. Isn’t it fun to occasionally enjoy these moments? Why fight to the death here? If you want to fight, take it somewhere else.”
This was the most upvoted comment, showing clear support from many people.
Ruan Yesheng’s fans were very calm. Their Ruanruan had already left the industry for quite some time. Many of them were long used to quietly liking her from afar. Seeing this kind of scene, they did not get involved. They just happily zoomed in on the photos and looked for that familiar figure they knew so well.
Even their comments were gentle:
“It’s nice to see you again.”
“Don’t worry. No matter how long it takes, we will always be here.”
They did not even clearly name who they were talking about, but those who understood would understand.
Ruan Yesheng saw it all and understood everything.
In short, the comment section was like a big pot of stew, all kinds of fans crowded together, and everything was in it.
Among them, there was a group of fans whose comments stood out from the rest:
“Did you all notice? Those two who accidentally showed up in the back looked really close!”
“Did my goddess smile at the person next to her? I have never seen her smile like that at anyone! I am dying right here on the spot!”
“The one beside her is Ruan Yesheng. She used to be really famous a long time ago, but she left the industry for quite a while. She just made her comeback. Also, Xi Mo and Ruan Yesheng were university classmates. I am crying. What kind of pure campus romance drama is this?!”
Xi Mo quietly scrolled through the comment section. When she saw those unusual comments, her expression almost cracked.
At that moment, her notification sound went off.
It was a message from Ruan Yesheng. She asked: “Did you see it?”
“What did I see?” Xi Mo casually replied.
“Pure campus romance drama,” Ruan Yesheng typed and sent over.
Xi Mo: “…”
She did not reply again. She put her phone on the bedside table and lay down on her side, but her eyes kept staring at that phone.
Author's Note:
Whispering to everyone: if you rate and comment on every 100th chapter, the cuteness points will be doubled [.