CH 9.2

Just want to be with You – Chapter 9.2

Translator: Oinkoink

Chapter 9.2

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It was already eight o’clock when Liang Yin received Ruona’s call while she was shopping in the supermarket.

Life still has to go on, three meals a day and clothes for four seasons without any exemption.

Perhaps it was too early or Liang Yin’s disguise was too good. Though some people would look at her twice, no one recognized her. In fact, she actually dressed up very simple and beyond recognition; jeans, flat shoes and a long khaki trench coat. The only thing that shielded her was the face mask. Due to the weather changes, more people were wearing face masks, so it was not surprising at all that she appeared like this.

Liang Yin always has this ability. No matter how conspicuously bedazzled and stunning she was on the silver screen, she could always return to normalcy and quietness without getting noticed.

“Hi, Ruona.” She took off her mask and spoke in a low voice.

Ruona sounded a little anxious, “Yinyin, have you seen Weibo? I’m so angry! How could these people write so indiscriminately!”

Sensing something was amiss, Liang Yin went to a corner.

Ruona sputtered out all that had happened last night.

She didn’t finish work until one o’clock in the morning last night and fell asleep once she returned to the hotel. After she woke up in the morning, she immediately flared up after browsing through Weibo.

“They actually said you got involved between Zhou Jianchen’s relationships with Xu Lili, saying that you are the third party. My God, would you even get entangled! How would you get involved in other people’s relationships when you like Zhong Mingzhen so much! It’s really maddening, how can they talk nonsense based on just one photo!”

Liang Yin had already switched to Weibo and rendered speechless after a glance.

She thought the matter was over, but she didn’t expect it would develop into this.

But soon, she noticed the anomaly, “Ruona, you responded?”

Below the most popular Weibo about her being the third party, Ruona responded with her own account — “Bullshit!”

At first, people thought it was an impersonation account but after realizing it was legitimately hers, excitement instantly surged up.

Yuan Ruona is also a popular search figure in the entertainment industry.

Ruona has always been gentle and reputable. But appearing vulgar this time, she was obviously furious to the extreme. And for so many years, they have been communicating privately without being exposed yet this time, by speaking out without hesitation, she evidently does not care nor reckon about it.

How can Liang Yin not know her temperament as she sighed involuntarily, “Actually, you don’t need to speak out for me. It will only cause you a lot of trouble.”

“I’m really pissed off! This is plainly splashing dirty water on others! Yinyin, you are just too low-key and won’t say anything! I know you certainly won’t come out to explain, so I couldn’t resist responding.”

“I just couldn’t stand you getting slandered like this! Just let them know then, so what if they know we are good friends. We were just too lazy to publicize it and it’s nothing to be ashamed of. Don’t think you can just get vilified randomly since you are not in the entertainment industry!”

Ruona simply didn’t care but suddenly sighed again, “It would be nice if Zhong Mingzhen could come out to make it public and let them know what is going on! For so many years, none of you have said anything about it and let those villains defame you for nothing. It was the same last time when those people said you are washed-out, which really angered me! ….”

Ruona was still talking, but Liang Yin’s heart felt momentarily stagnant.

As if realizing something, she interrupted, “Ruona, I still have things to do here, so I won’t chat with you for now.”

A couple pushing a shopping cart stopped right next to her.

Ruona merely stated she was once again busy with something, though unwilling, she still obediently hung up the phone.

Putting her cellphone away, Liang Yin put on the mask and continued to pick things out. The girl from the nearby couple glanced at her, seemingly feeling that she looked familiar, but she eventually turned her head to talk to her boyfriend about the dish she was going to cook for lunch today.

If she was really a big star, could she come out to shop for groceries herself?

Liang Yin placed two trays of beef into the shopping cart and turned to walk away. Her whole person was somewhat taciturn once she turned around.

Letting Zhong Mingzhen come out to make it public, will he come out to make it known now?

And what can she still say to the outside world?

Her cellphone suddenly vibrated again. Picking it up to look, Ruona sent another WeChat message.

“Look Yinyin, Zhou Jianchen came out to explain!”

Above was a link to the news.

Tapping on it, ‘Zhou Jianchen appeared at the press conference of [Qing Cheng Jue] and responded to the ‘love triangle’ rumors for the first time.’

After checking out at the cash register, she pushed the shopping cart into a coffee shop, sat down and ordered a cup of coffee. Plugging in the earphones, she played the video when Zhou Jianchen’s appearance was revealed.

In the video, Zhou Jianchen faced many reporters and media. Dressed in a well-ironed suit, he was talking and smiling cozily, and looked radiant.

The reporter asked, “Mr Zhou, what do you think of the widely-rumored online about the love triangle between you, Film Empress Liang, and the popular artist Xu Lili?”

Zhou Jianchen smiled and replied, “I’ve heard about this matter early in the morning too and have to admire everyone’s imagination.”

The reporter said, “You mean these are all bogus?”

Zhou Jianchen replied, “I did return on the same flight with Liang Yin, but it was definitely not what everyone thought. I believe everyone knows that Film Empress Liang has always been an actress that I admire very much and I even made a public statement about it years ago, so I was pleasantly surprised to have met her on the plane by chance this time. Like everyone else, I haven’t seen Film Empress Liang in many years.” After saying that, he simply smiled.

“As for Xu Lili, she is just an artist in my company. Although we have worked together, I am actually not familiar with her. I don’t know why she posted those on Weibo too, but what I wanted to say was that I had a little cold that day the photo was taken. Tired from playing golf with friends, I sat in the chair and fell asleep. How the photo was taken, I absolutely have no idea. Actually being StarLight’s boss, I should be concerned about the mental state of my employees, thus it is my negligence on this point.” He then smiled again.

“ ……. “

There was a momentary silence as soon as those words came out.

But it was quickly shattered, “So Xu Lili was also present that day?”

Zhou Jianchen responded, “Yes, the golf course is open to the public after all.”

Another reporter asked, “Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhou, since you and Film Empress Liang returned home on the same flight, did you talk to each other? Do you know where Film Empress Liang has been all these years? Is it true that she was disfigured in a car accident as rumored? Is she really intending to make a comeback this time?”

Zhou Jianchen smiled, “Although we were on the same flight, we were not seated together and the journey was too tiringly, so we just had a few brief greetings and rested respectively. I don’t know where Film Empress Liang has been all these years either, but what I can say is that your Film Empress Liang is still as beautiful as ever.”

“So, like all of you, I too hope that Film Empress Liang can make a comeback, then we will have another opportunity to work together again.” Zhou Jianchen said and looked away again.

“Brother Chen, Brother Chen, did you really take a taxi alone that day because you didn’t plan ahead?”

Zhou Jianchen looked at the reporter again, “Yes, I came back unexpectedly. There might have been some slip-ups and things were not arranged well, so I just simply took a taxi back. As for why I came back so unexpectedly, wasn’t it to rush back for [Qing Cheng Jue] press conference today?” He smiled again after saying that.

Soon after that, he spoke again, “Well, it’s getting late and the press conference is about to begin. I won’t be the presumptuous guest who usurps the role of the host and puts everything aside. However, please show a little solicitude to the movie [Qing Cheng Jue]. I can guarantee that this is definitely a not-to-be missed movie … “

The video ended here. Zhou Jianchen had been wearing a courteous and decent smile all along. Looking at him, Liang Yin merely felt unfamiliar. She doesn’t know Zhou Jianchen well enough, but she eventually felt that he shouldn’t be this way.

And, perhaps everyone believed everything he said, but she knew it really wasn’t so.

He wasn’t pleasantly surprised when they met by chance inflight, and after that, he was merely aloof, so why would he say that …

Back to WeChat, Ruona sent another message again —

“I didn’t expect Zhou Jianchen to come out and clarify in person. I thought it would still be his talent agent again. How long has it been since he appeared in a public event! But this may not be a bad idea. Once he has clarified it, all your grievances will be cleared up since I felt so depressed seeing it!”

“You don’t have to get back to me if you are busy. I’m going to work now, love you muack.”

Looking at those words, Liang Yin suddenly felt a hint of clarity.

Zhou Jianchen hadn’t shown up in public for a long time, but this time he came out personally; things were obviously not like this, but the remarks he made ….

She realized that Zhou Jianchen might have come out to clarify for her sake.

Zhou Jianchen ‘feigning’ openly, was to actually help exonerate her …

Switching to Weibo, ‘Zhou Jianchen’s response’ was instantly on hot trend and also coupled with ‘Zhou Jianchen’s appearance at the press conference of [Qing Cheng Jue]’, ‘Zhou Jianchen’ behind the scenes’, ‘Zhou Jianche spoke bluntly of Xu Lili’s state of mind’, ‘Zhou Jianchen disproved the love triangle’ and other hot topics.

The previous hot trend of ‘Yuan Ruona responded to Liang Yin’s involvement’ had also been removed.

And her name was not mentioned again.

Zhou Jianchen finally updated his Weibo again.

“Personally watched it and it was interesting, so don’t miss it. #Qing Cheng Jue# “. Below were various movie posters.

It took only 10 minutes for the comments and likes to exceed 100,000 for the blog.

“Support Brother Chen!”

“Please support me to reprimand Xu Lili!”

“Why is my male god so handsome in a black suit!”

“My Brother Chen has finally updated his blog!”

“Not only has my Brother Chen updated his blog, he has finally shown up in public again, how long has it been since he attended an event!”

“ ……. “

Weibo was full of excitement and Liang Yin browsed through one after another yet she still didn’t know his reason.

The coffee was served, along with a piece of cake. She put the cellphone down and stopped looking at it.

She hasn’t eaten for a period of time and has not slept well at all these past few days.

But when the food reached her mouth, she had no appetite at all.

The coffee was still piping hot. Holding it between her hands, she seemed to use it to warm herself.

Outside the window, there were all sorts of pedestrians, each in a hurry and bustling. Yet this scene was all so familiar, as once, she often sat here.

It was time to leave after she finished the coffee. Her apartment was 20 minutes away and she walked all the way home.

The cellphone suddenly vibrated again. Looking at it, it was a text message from Zhou Jianchen.

He said, “Sorry to have dragged you into this.”

Looking at it for a long time, she didn’t know what his frame of mind was. She just replied after pondering about it, “It’s okay.”

Zhou Jianchen did not reply again.

He could ignore the rumor about him and her last night but he could no longer turn a blind eye since she was affected by this now.

After all, she was really implicated.

It’s just that it was enough just to apologize to her.

He was already sitting in his car at this moment. The press conference for [Qing Cheng Jue] had come to the end and he could finally leave — he had arrived an hour earlier at the scene and did a full show afterwards.

All the cozy words and laughter just now had completely disappeared and what remained was only monotonous — Zhou Jianchen was unusually quiet.

He had indeed solved all the problems perfectly, but, this also completely set him and Liang Yin apart.

She was just an actress he admired and just like many years ago, apart from this, there was nothing else.

After Liang Yin thought about it, she sent another message, “Actually, you don’t have to personally explain, and I’m fine.”

She really wasn’t worried about such rumors, because she really had nothing to be affected.

Looking at the text message that she sent, Zhou Jianchen fell silent again.

He looked at his cellphone, he typed and retyped again before finally sending it out after a long time.

“It’s all right.”

He thought he was surreptitious enough yet she still saw through it …

But this time, Liang Yin did not reply.

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At the entrance of Jiayuan apartment, Liang Yin raised her head after sending out the text message and unexpectedly stopped in her tracks.

A car was parked at the doorway with the window down and revealing Zhong Mingzhen’s face.

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At the same time, Zhou Jianchen also received news that Xu Lili, who had disappeared for a few days, had finally appeared.