CH 47

"Infatuated" actor (1)

Translated by Jev Kaez

Edited by Jev Kaez

The man who looked very similar to him stared at their hands for a moment, and then said in a slightly hoarse voice: “Get up.”

“Please wait a moment” Lu Yi took a deep breath, picked up the pile of clothes on the floor at the highest speed, quickly ran from the bed to the bathroom, and then locked the bathroom door from the inside.

It was not that he didn’t want to wear clean clothes. It was just that yesterday’s battle was really a bit fierce. Both people’s clothes were soiled. It was impossible for him to go out wearing dirty clothes.

Because it was a high-end suite of the hotel, it had everything from washing machines to dryers.  He threw all the clothes he grabbed into the washing machine and put them under the dryer to dry while taking a bath.

He stood under the water, washed the marks on his body with cold water, inserted his right hand into his hair, forced himself to calm down, and recalled as soon as possible what happened after yesterday’s fragment. Yesterday it seemed very much the same as the original owner´s storyline. But what about this person that was similar to himself?

Accompanied by the sound of the water, a mist of vapor appeared on the glass door of the bathroom, and small drops of water gathered into a stream of water, outlining the young man’s strong and slender body.

After the shower, Lu Yi put on a thin shirt and suit pants that had been dried.

Because he was only an eighteenth-line young artist and his family background was only average, Lu Xingchen would naturally not be able to wear all kinds of high-definition suits like those first-line niche artists.

The clothes he brought were the two people’s clothes, the poor quality was Lu Xingchen’s, and the good quality ones obviously belonged to the hapless one sitting on the bed.

Lu Yi sighed and put on fitting clothes.  Although the clothes were cheap, the man in the mirror was young and handsome, and his youthful face was full vigor. Lu Yi slightly adjusted his facial expressions, digested the complicated memories in his mind, took a few deep breaths, then held the dried, folded clothes in front of the man.

“Do you want to put on your clothes first, or wash first?” He didn’t ask the other person’s name, but said something like this.

The other party glanced at him, grabbed the clothes, went into the bathroom, and then closed the door heavily.

Looking at his empty hands, Lu Yi began to clean up the mess from last night.  It’s was not just because he still couldn’t fix his love for tidiness even if he changed bodies, but the more important reason was that he was now an eighteenth-line star, and artists must always pay attention to their own image, if they were photographed in this state, his image would definitely be affected.  The normal fall in love speculation in CP was to increase popularity, but if you put the label of being raised1 and caught in a scandal, the popularity that hadn´t be able to raise may disappear in retrospect.  Lu Yi didn’t have too much talent in acting, but he didn’t want to ruin the image of the original owner’s painstaking efforts. More importantly, he didn’t want to just become Lu Xingchen, so being on the entertainment section and be an object of pointed fingers.

There was a clatter in the bathroom, and there seemed to be noise outside the door.  He stood up and looked outside through the cat’s eyes of the door. Sure enough, a bunch of paparazzi and entertainment reporters with cameras appeared at the door of the hotel, but they weren´t facing his room, but opposite one, room 409.

They were in a high-end suite. The soundproof effect of the door was pretty good. He couldn’t hear what the entertainment reporters were saying, but from the chaotic scene, he still saw the big star who was forcibly protected by the agent and the bodyguard.

The man was wearing a black mask covering most of his face, only revealing a pair of charming peach eyes. The information extracted from the memory of the original owner told him that this was He Xiao, a popular traffic niche in the entertainment industry, and the person who pushed the original owner to a dead end.  In the original trajectory, the original owner was thrown into room 409 after being drugged, and then slept with drunk traffic niche He Xiao, who was also forced to drink, for one night.

The next morning, before Lu Xingchen could react, the door was opened by someone. The camera and the spotlight completely exposed Lu Yi, who was panicked.

This world was still a same-sex marriageable world like his own, but heterosexuality was still the mainstream. Many male stars would quickly hype popularity through gay ships at the beginning, but after becoming famous, they would put aside their gay identity.

Most of the artists whose true sexual orientation was liking the same sex, would always conceal it, because unless they reach a certain height, most people get vicious abuse and a rapid decline in popularity after announcing their coming out.

Although He Xiao really liked men, after he entered the show business circle, the company set him to be a single steel straight man, pure and unpretentious, and different from the male celebrities of wheat bran2.

With his outstanding appearance, remarkable acting skills, and good luck, after starring in the male protagonist of a big youth movie, He Xiao became a hit, and for this he also had a large number of very crazy girlfriend fans3.

Lu Xingchen, as the object of a one-night love, certainly could not be the reason for He Xiao to sacrifice his career.

In order to prove his innocence, He Xiao’s studio issued a statement, first reprimanding the shameless artist, and then pushing all the pots on the hapless Lu Xingchen.

Through various means, the studio found some of Lu Xingchen’s classmates, as well as evidence that Lu Xingchen liked men, and made Lu Xingchen an unscrupulous eighteenth-line star.

They put the original owner as someone who took great pains to drug himself, and bought the hotel attendant to enter the room, which attracted attention, in order to hug He Xiao’s thigh4, linking He Xiao and himself for hype. After all, black and red was also red5, in the circle, heat was the most important.  As an unknown 18-line artist, Lu Xingchen had no fans. Fans would not think about whether the evidence was true or false. They only knew that their perfect boyfriend, the only straight steel man in the entertainment industry, was tarnished by such an unscrupulous homosexual.

As a person in the entertainment industry, Lu Xingchen actually had no privacy at all. His residence was quickly picked up by fans. Every day, people would send him various threats letters, and his Weibo fans increased dramatically, but every follower was just there to scold him.

All his private messages were endless verbal abuse, and all kinds of unsightly pornography pictures.  Even if the comments were closed, these people would still obsessively express their indignation through forwarding, all the time, day and night.

After long-term online violence and three-dimensional intimidation, Lu Xingchen gradually turned from a vigorous and positive young man into a severely depressed patient.

He was gloomy, withdrawn, and lost all confidence in life. Then, in a spring day, he chose to jump off a tall building and quietly ended his life.

Because of his lack of fame, his death was the same as that of other ordinary people, except that he was reported in the news as a citizen Lu XX, and the artist XX was mentioned in the article.

After the company’s report, those crazy fans finally stopped their meaningless behavior, but they didn’t think they had done anything wrong.  Lu Xingchen, a shameless homosexual, committed suicide because he realized his sordidness and filth.

For the little star Lu Xingchen, this accident was calculated by someone, it was a blow to ruin his life.  But to He Xiao, it was like a small pebble thrown into a deep pool. It only splashed a circle of ripples, and quickly disappeared without a trace.

At the end of the story, He Xiao ascended to the throne of the actor6, and because of a collaboration in a drama, he couldn’t help but be moved by a male celebrity.

In the end, they both came out and obtained the marriage certificate, which was blessed by the entire entertainment industry.

Before that man, every object He Xiao interacted with was a big beauty. Only that man was the only object of his heart. He loved that man not because of his gender, but because the other person was the one he loved.

This kind of love was a fatal attraction, and he had no way to control it.  The actor He Xiao said sorry to the fans in the video of his public relationship, while saying that he couldn’t help but love.  He Xiao’s lover was the actor Kong Si, who was not inferior to He Xiao in status and reputation. Although low-key, he had fans who were extremely loyal, cohesive, had good reputation, and a fighting spirit.

Moreover, the film that He Xiao and Kong Si collaborated with was about same-sex romances. It won many awards and attracted a large number of CP fans.

The status of the two people in the entertainment circle was not low, and finally they had a positive result, they were accepted by the fans of both sides, and they became well-known true husbands in the entertainment circle.

The little star Lu Xingchen who had defiled He Xiao was completely forgotten, but if someone were to pull out a photo of Lu Xingchen and compare it with Kong Si, they would find that the two people looked very similar.

However, when Lu Xingchen entered He Xiao’s room and successfully had a relationship with He Xiao, it was not because He Xiao was also calculated by others7. In fact, He Xiao was only slightly drunk, and his mind was still awake. He slept with Lu Xingchen because Lu Xingchen looked a bit like the person he liked.

Lost and confused for a while, and unable to control his lower body, he made the wrong choice.  The reason why Lu Xingchen was calculated was because someone knew who He Xiao liked.

The calculating person himself came for He Xiao, and Lu Xingchen was just a hapless person who was mistaken.

The memory of his original fate came to an abrupt end here, and as if afraid that the recollection of memories was going too smoothly, the memory in the second half of the story began to blur quickly, he could only know the general direction of what happened, and vaguely knew what he should do, but didn’t remember the details of the follow-up development at all.

Seeing the reporters carrying the cameras following the actor He Xiao who was wearing a mask, Lu Yi let out a long sigh of relief.

He was thankful for his subconscious feeling that staying in 409 would not end well, and getting out in time, otherwise, he might be subjected to the same online violence.

Before the eighteenth line star Lu Xingchen entered the entertainment industry, he was a boy with a very ordinary family background. He had both parents and a lovely sister, but at best he was a well-off man. His personal savings were only in the early five figures.

Especially this year, when he first debuted, he was hidden in the snow8, and he even had to work part-time in private to maintain his current life.  Because celebrities’ outfits all cost money, as he was, the company didn’t provide related subsidies at all. Everything depended on himself, and Lu Xingchen was in a difficult situation.

Lu Yi’s mind was stronger than the original Lu Xingchen. Even in that situation, he might not be crushed by cyber violence, but cyber violence would also cause him great trouble.

When he saw He Xiao, his way of leaving this world faintly emerged in his mind, changing the trajectory of He Xiao’s fate, and making the other party suffer.

This was not an easy task. Regardless of his character, He Xiao’s appearance was indeed very good, and his acting skills were good. The team behind him was also a master of marketing and public relations in the industry.

As the company’s cash cow, it was difficult to shake He Xiao’s position, and making him feel depressed and uncomfortable. In fact, according to Lu Yi’s method, it was best to crush the other party in all directions.

But it was a pity that he himself didn’t have any outstanding acting skills. It was okay for him to act as a cold-faced president and the likes. But leaving aside crushing He Xiao, he feared he would just end up being ridiculed.

“What are you looking at?” A hoarse male voice rang out from behind him abruptly. Lu Yi turned around and met the face of the same victim.

Looking at the face similar to the original owner before him, he calmly said: “Let’s talk about it. What happened last night? When I came in, I fell to the ground and lost consciousness. Then when I woke up, it was like this.”

“What do you mean by this? do you think I am obsessed with X? Have you made a mistake? You entered my room. This is my room!” Kong Si’s emotions became uncontrollable and excited, just now when he was in the bathroom, he was recalling what happened last night.

Because he gets drunk easily, he stopped his loss in time and went back to his room. As a result, before he could lock the door a man rushed up and pressed him under him. He drank too much alcohol himself, and then he became confused after drinking.

When this happened, being drunk was one of the reasons, but the man who appeared in his room and was drugged was the main culprit.

As a result, this guy was actually saying it was his fault, giving him a blow.  He clearly said that he would be responsible when he woke up, and he was also considerate enough to help him wash and dry his clothes.

He thought it was a good person, but he didn’t expect it to be such an irresponsible bastard. Wait a minute, his thoughts seemed to be a bit off.

Kong Si said coldly: “You better give me a valid reason to appear in my room.”

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Jev Kaez's notes:

1 CP means couple, and is used to ship celebrities. So, when fans themselves ship 2 celebrities and then these 2 celebrities act sweet and gradually reveal being together it can be more easily accepted, but if you suddenly hear the news of your idol in bed with someone else, especially if one of them is more famous, or rich, is easy to believe that the idol is sleeping with the other party for money or resources and it can ruin the artist reputation.

2 Wheat Bran is selling rot to the public and deliberately being ambiguous and intimate or imply unusual feelings between themselves and another person of the same sex to please and attract lovers of corruption (homosexuality).

3 Artist can have different types of fans depending on their set personality, in this case girlfriend fans, the kind that call their idol boyfriend or husband and tend to expect their idol to always be single, there are other types like mother fans that would treat their idol as sons.

4 Holding He Xiao´s tight, means relaying in He Xiao´s popularity to become popular himself.

5 Being black is trending for bad things, and being red is trending for good things, being black and red is having a lot of haters but also a lot of fans, so either way your being talked about and gaining popularity.

6 Throne of the actor, movie emperor or the like is an actor wining the biggest award for acting as the best actor.

7 Apparently, He Xiao was also made drunk by someone so as to sleep with Lu Xingchen.

8 Lu Xingchen offended someone important, and the company decided to hide him, doing this by not giving any roles or any work at all, but also not letting go of the contract, so he still had to complied with the company´s arrangement.