CH 40

Chapter 40 - He looked at the listless girl until she was completely out of his sight. (1)

Gossiping was probably in the nature of those in the entertainment circle.

Words of what happened at the set that afternoon had spread before the night was even over.

News of The newbie actor with a look that could rival that of a top-notch idol was, indeed, just a vase with no acting skills to speak of quickly spread among the males on the production team.

The female workers, on the other hand, snickered at that.

“Luo Xiu isn’t just good looking. He is drop-dead gorgeous, alright! It is unreasonable to ask for a newbie actor to possess both a look like his and acting skills.”

“He could be our future domestic Leonardo de Caprio. If he has impeccable acting skill, why would he come and take the role of a third male lead?”

“Is he really as good looking as you say?”

“Oh, sista! Trust me! He has the look that will make you jump the fence in a second or less!”*

“I know, right? I learned yesterday that ancient outfits can kill.”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah. When I went to grab some stuff from the dressing room, I heard the makeup artists talking among themselves. They all said that as many beautiful individuals as they have seen, Luo Xiu has the best look. His features stood out on their own and make their lives very easy!”

“Yeah, if he’s at the studio every day, I’ll be happy to come every day.”

“Me too!!”

“Wow, the way you guys are putting it. Now I want to see him too – is he here today?”

“I have been looking since I’ve got here but I haven’t seen him yet. Sniffles.”

The filming hasn’t started yes and the three supporting personnel were searching for their target all over when they heard a voice coming from behind them.

“Em… I think I know the answer to that one.”

“Huh?” The three of them whipped around quickly and asked dubiously. “And you are?”

“Jiang Xiaoqing. I am part of the screenwriter team.”

“Oh, I have seen you before. You know where Luo Xiu is today?”

“Yeah.” Jiang Xiaoqing nodded. “Master Gu Nian of our screenwriter team is giving him a crash course. He probably won’t be showing up at the studio in the next couple of days.”

“Oh, is that so…”

The three girls left, disappointed.

Jiang Xiaoqing picked up her phone and texted Gu Nian.

[I’ve got good news for you.]

She received a response after a while.

[?]

She told tell how perfunctory Gu Nian was being from the question mark. Pursing her lips, she said, “You who forget about your friends when you have your man. Nope. You who forget about your friends when you have your son.”

Jiang Xiaoqing texted her again.

[Congratulations. You are about to have many daughter-in-laws.

Gu Nian: [? ?]

Jiang Xiaoqing: [I am over at the studio. I happened upon a few girls talking about your son’s incredible beauty. I’d say they are drooling over your son from the way they talked. At this rate, your son will have a ton of girlfriend fans and wife fans in no time and won’t be single for long.]

Gu Nian: [……]

Gu Nian: [Have them hold off a bit. My precious son is still very young.]

Jiang Xiaoqing: [No, not that young anymore. Besides, even if they can hold off. Are you sure you 20-something son can? Boys his age are full of youthful vigor, vitality, and easily excitable. He’s at the age that he can easily make mistakes~~]

Gu Nian: [……]

Looking at the two seductive tildes, Gu Nian was deep in thought for a long time before she looked up.

Next to the floor-to-ceiling window not too far away, Luo Xiu was sitting in a chair with a semi-circle back. He was in his usual shirt and pants. The only difference was the glasses resting on his nose bridge with a thin, golden chain dangling down from one side. It made him looked like…

Looked like a young noble man from an elegant black-and-white painting from when Republic of China was established.

Gu Nian went from alarmed cat eyes to feeling gratified –

Her precious son was such a docile, obedient, mature, and tender nice child. For sure he would not sabotage his career over romance.

That was impossible!

Unfortunately, the gratification that she was feeling was short lived and she quickly recalled the reason of her unpleasantness:

Sure enough, with her son temperament that was mild like jade, how would he ever be able to interpret a character that was conflicted and villainous like a Buddhism monster that had been demonized?

Look what she had done. Sniffled. Sniffled.

But it was such a rare opportunity for her precious son to be able to join this production group. For sure the director team would not let her rewrite the script. If he wasn’t able to interpret this character, would her son’s career end over a mistake of hers?

Sniffled. Sniffled. No, please! Please punish this failure of a mother instead! T^T…..

Luo Xiu got tired from reading the script sitting by the window and, one second, he looked up bored.

That was when he casually spotted inside the room that, for some inexplicable reasons, the girl sitting there hung onto the edge of the round table like a little squirrel and was slamming her head down onto the table repeatedly.

Luo Xiu: ……?

Ugh, what kind of hysteria was she having?

Luo Xiu didn’t even notice that his lips had curved upward. Standing up from the chair, he walked over to where she was across the soft carpet.