CH 43

TN: I feel bad that this chapter took so long. Still hope you enjoy~

Qin Yingyang also stood up, “You were asleep. Besides, it has nothing to do with you. Shen Qingshu’s agent also negotiated with the crew with good results. Don’t get involved in trivial matters.”

Bai Xuege laughed disdainfully, “Are you joking? I’m the one who will be the most troubled. Besides, Shen Qingshu is my future son-in-law. They have great courage to bully my son-in-law in my crew!”

Qin Yingyang foresaw that he would be like this, “Calm down first. Listen to me, you want to help Shen Qingshu with good intentions, but have you ever thought of the consequences of you helping him? Su Luo doesn’t dare to hate you and will naturally direct all her anger at him. You’re just helping him make enemies. Can you help him again and again when Su Luo constantly targets him? At that time, Shen Qingshu will suffer.”

“Why can’t I?” Bai Xuege is righteous and confident, “The married daughter is not poured out water. For the sake of Xiao Qi’s face, I will help him.”

Qin Yingyang:… You really think of him as your son-in-law!

“Have you considered whether Shen Qingshu is willing or not?”

“He doesn’t need to be willing. Even if he does not have the identity of my son-in-law, Su Luo arbitrarily changes the plot of the script and adds the scenes of the second male lead to the third male lead from an adaptation, which itself is unreasonable. When the drama is broadcast, the book fans will scold and the ratings and broadcast volume drop, isn’t it still affecting me? Why should I receive these curses for her?”

Qin Yingyang: …

“Then go and ask Shen Qingshu first.”

“Just like you said, he’s a young newcomer. What does he dare to say? He will only politely refuse. So there’s no need to inform him. I won’t scold Su Luo about Shen Qingshu but about her changing the scenes without authorization in my crew. Did she ask me, and did I agree?”

Bai Xuege said as he walked towards Su Luo.

Qin Yingyang had no choice but to follow him.

Su Luo is still flirting with Sun Xuan. Suddenly seeing Bai Xuege come over and stop in front of her, she is curious, “What’s up, Xuege?”

“There’s something we need to discuss.”

Su Luo stood up doubtfully and walked a short distance away with him.

Bai Xuege looked at her coldly, “Why did you suddenly change the scenes? Didn’t you think to ask me in advance?”

Su Luo thought it was something big. Relieved, she said with a smile, “It doesn’t involve any of your scenes, so I didn’t tell you.”

“Even though I’m a large part of this drama? Most of the sponsors are also coming for me, you know? By making such a sudden change, the drama won’t match the original work. At that time, if the book fans scold us, if it affects the reputation and reduces the audience rating and broadcast volume, will you take responsibility?”

“It won’t be so dramatic.” Su Luo didn’t take him seriously at all. “If so, I will take responsibility.”

“How will you take responsibility? Tell everyone that you forced Sun Xuan to switch scenes and change the script? Are you willing to say that? If you are, it’s all right. If you won’t, what responsibility do you take?”

Seeing his tough attitude, Su Luo couldn’t help getting angry. “Xuege ge, I’ve discussed this with the director and screenwriter about this and everyone agreed. Can’t you give me face and don’t turn this into a big deal?”

Bai Xuege sneered, “Then you have a big face for me to take the risk of being scolded for the poor quality of finished products in the future.”

“Otherwise what do you want?”

“How the original script is like would be how it is produced. Didn’t you read the script before signing the contract? Are you not satisfied after signing? Since you have already signed, shoot according to the script. I don’t care what you are like in other crews, but I’m the most valuable here. Since 80% of the sponsors come for me, you should concentrate on playing your role well. Don’t think about part timing as a playwright, perform your own role well. “

Since Su Luo became famous, no one has spoken to her like this. She started scolding on the spot: “Bai Xuege, just because I gave you face. Don’t think I’m afraid of you. I just don’t want to act with Shen Qingshu. Can you push ahead if I don’t want to play with him? If you think you can’t take the blow and you’re afraid that everyone will scold you in the future. Fine, I’ll be the one to take all the responsibility!”

“Your daydreaming is too grand.” Bai Xuege sneered coldly, “What take all responsibility? Can you do it? I can’t force you to act with Shen Qingshu, but if you can’t act with Shen Qingshu by virtue of your personal feelings, I too can not want to act with you due to my personal feelings, can’t I?”

“Don’t you like to shoot with Sun Xuan? Then you can shoot with him and replace my part with him. I’ll see what it looks like when it’s shot. When the reporter asks during interviews, I’ll tell the truth. Anyway, I don’t care. This drama is not my only script and I don’t rely on it to increase my fame. What do you say, are you prepared?”

Su Luo was so angry that her teeth creaked from gritting them so hard as she frowned at him.

Bai Xuege was indifferent, “How about it? Do you like this idea? I don’t care. As long as you agree, I’ll go to the screenwriter immediately and ask him to swap my role with Sun Xuan.”

“Okay” Su Luo nodded, “Bai Xuege, you are really good.”

“I’ve always been like this, feel angry? Jealous? Unconvinced? But who makes me more popular than you ~”

“Do your fans know this side of you?!”

“Of course they know, but Su Luo jie jie, I’m still a minor. In the words of my agent, I haven’t passed the chuuni phase. Why are you seriously arguing with a chuuni minor? Do you enjoy arguing with children?”

Where the f*ck are you still a child! Giant baby! Su Luo turned and left in anger.

Bai Xuege smiled and walked towards the screenwriter.

Seeing that they had finished talking, Qin Yingyang came over and asked him, “How did it go?”

How else? I won a big victory. Who can win arguments with children? Let alone the top class minor in the chuuni phase.”

Qin Yingyang: “… Why does your tone not show any shame and there’s even pride?”

“Didn’t you call me a chuuni every day, so I modestly accepted it with an open mind.”

“Is this modesty? You obviously have ulterior motives.”

Bai Xuege smiled at her, “Maybe.”

Shen Qingshu just woke up from a nap. While drinking water, he read the script’s newly modified lines and silently memorised them. Suddenly he received a call from Zhou Jianming, “Qingshu, good news, you don’t have to memorise the new lines. The script writer just called me and said that your scenes will go according to the original script. Soon they will give you a new notice form, stating that your scenes have been changed back.”

Shen Qingshu was a little confused. “How did it suddenly change back?”

“I heard from the screenwriter that Bai xuege didn’t want to. 80% of the investors of this drama were attracted by him. His reasoning was that after changing the plot between you and Sun Xuan, the book fans would not accept it, which would affect the reputation, the ratings and broadcast volume would be lower than expected, therefore damaging his commercial value. He went to Su Luo and the screenwriter and insisted on changing it back to you. The screenwriter originally  didn’t want to add scenes to Sun Xuan, but Su Luo pressed the issue so they had no choice. Now Bai Xuege is fighting with Su Luo and says he wants to change it back, so the screenwriter agreed. “

“Does Su Luo agree?”

“What else can she do if she doesn’t agree? The other side is in a stronger position than her. She has no choice but to agree. Besides, her actions were unreasonable. Afraid the news would get out and affect her reputation she didn’t dare to argue too much. Bai Xuege is not afraid no matter what Su Luo’s final decision is.”

When Zhou Jianming finished, he reminded him, “However things didn’t go her way today. While she doesn’t dare to be presumptuous to Bai Xuege’s, that’s not the case with you. Be careful. If anything happens, tell me immediately.”

“Okay.” Shen Qingshu said, “Then I’ll go later and thank Bai Xuege.”

“Well, although his oficial reasoning is righteous, my guess is he just wants to stand up for you. He’s probably afraid that being too obvious will provoke trouble for you, so he changed his words and said it only from his own point of view. You should thank him.”

“I know.”

Shen Qingshu finished and hung up.

He put down the newly changed flying script in his hand and looked happily at Xiao Qi who was not far away.

“It’s all thanks to your owner this time.” Shen Qingshu smiled.

Although he accepted it on the day he got the flying script and he didn’t get angry about it.

But in life, who would like to suffer injustice?

He was still very grateful that Bai Xuege silently helped him solve the matter. Especially since he didn’t mention using Shen Qingshu’s name from beginning to end, just stating his personal reasons.

“I don’t know if your owner is in his room?” Shen Qingshu murmured.

He picked up his mobile phone and sent a wechat to Bai Xuege: [Teacher Bai, are you in your room now?]

Bai Xuege replied quickly: [Yes.]

Seeing this, Shen Qingshu went to the chair and picked up Xiao Qi.

Seeing that he was picked up, Xiao Qi swished her tail, wrapped around Shen Qingshu’s wrist and looked up at him with her small head.

Shen Qingshu stretched out his hand, stroked her little head and said to her, “I’ll take you to meet your owner.”

Xiao Qi still looked at him curiously.

Shen Qingshu touched her head, took his coat and walked towards the door.

He went to the elevator door and waited for a while until the elevator came up. As a result, as soon as the door opened, Shen Qingshu saw Su Luo’s pretty face full of gloom.

Shen Qingshu felt awkward for a moment and didn’t want to conflict with her, so he didn’t move and planned to wait for the next elevator.

“You go first. I’ll wait for my agent.” He said politely.

Su Luo sneered and glanced at him contemptuously. Just as her eyes were about to leave, something suddenly caught her eyes. Staring at Shen Qing’s wrist she asked, “What’s around your hand?”

Shen Qingshu looked down and saw that a third of Xiao Qi’s body was exposed. He explained, “It’s a pet snake. It’s okay, she’s very obedient and not poisonous. She’s a small snake, you don’t have to be afraid.”

Shen Qingshu took his other hand and covered the wrist with the pet snake.

Su Luo heard him say that, but she had found a reason to make trouble. “Who allowed you to keep snakes in the crew? Is this your home? Others don’t bring cats and dogs to film. Can it be fine for you to keep snakes here? What, are you worried that other people are too relaxed?”

Shen Qingshu didn’t expect that she would take advantage of this to make things difficult for him.as if she was waiting for a reason to release her anger. Didn’t she succeed in adding drama to her boyfriend? Is it logical for her to be the one pissed?

It’s just that Su Luo has a bigger coffee position than him. Therefore he doesn’t want to confront Su Luo head-on. He said, “This snake isn’t mine. I’m returning it now.”

“Do I care if it’s yours? It’s in your hand now. So it’s yours! Return it? What’s the use of returning it now? You’ve already dirtied my eyes. What should I do?”

Shen Qingshu: …

Alright, it’s not about snakes at all. She was pointing at the mulberry tree and cursing at the locus tree1 . She was pointing at the snake and scolding him. Even if it were a cat, dog, or even a child standing next to him, they would all be used as an excuse for Su Luo’s attack.

“What do you want to do?” He asked, still polite.

Su, Luo raised her head and looked at him disdainfully. “What do I want to do? As if there’s anything I could want from you. What appeal can a worthless 18 line have? You’re so arrogant. No wonder you want to raise disgusting things like snakes. You two are the same kind at all – a nest of snakes and mice2, so disgusting!”

Shen Qingshu smiled when he heard the speech. “Then why do you feel disgusted? You are a snake beauty3. It’s really disgusting. It’s disgusting yet you’re willing to drip blood to recognise the relation. Too disgusting.4

“Shen Qingshu, what did you just say?”

“Oh, sorry, I’m wrong.” Shen Qingshu quickly changed his words and said, “You are not a snake beauty. You can only be regarded as a snake. What do you have to do with beauty? It’s too insulting to the word beauty.”

Su Luo was so angry that she rushed out of the elevator on the spot, and the assistant and agent behind  followed her out.

“How do you talk?” Su Luo’s assistant pointed to Shen Qingshu and said, “Apologise to Su jie.”

“I already apologised, didn’t you hear me?”

“Is that an apology? Shen Qingshu, don’t be arrogant. You don’t understand your own position. Apologise to Su jie quickly!”

Shen Qingshu doesn’t want to. Although he says that it’s hard to earn money and work was important, he hasn’t suffered so much since he was a child. Filming in his last life was smooth sailing. It doesn’t make sense that he has to suffer so much after transmigrating into a book..

What’s more, it was Su Luo who bullied others first. That’s how she accidentally offended the powerful Bai Xuege. From beginning to end, he has been low key enough. There should be no reason for him to be abused now?

Even if he bowed his head, Su Luo would not let him go. She would only think that he was a soft persimmon. The more she tried to bully him, the more he couldn’t bow his head.

“Of course I can apologise, but shouldn’t Su jie apologise to me first?” He asked Su Luo’s assistant, “It doesn’t make sense that I’m the only one to apologise. How lonely is that? If two people apologise together, that’s the best apology, isn’t it?”

“Are you kidding?” The assistant laughed, “Asking Su jie to apologise to you. Who do you think you are?”

“Then making me apologise to Su jie. Who does she think she is?”

“Who do you think she is? Shen Qingshu, our Su jie even talking to you is giving you face. Do you understand?”

“Then if it was offered to you. Do you want it?”

“Of course.” The assistant replied stubbornly.

“That’s easy then.” Shen Qingshu spread out his hands, “Come on, you apologise to her.”

He looked at Su Luo. “Su jie, you can start swearing. Just scold him like you just scolded me. Your assistant is eager for it.”

Su Luo: ! ! !

Su Luo was so angry that she clenched her teeth, “Shen Qingshu!”

“Yes, please don’t call me. Why are you so obsessed with me? Your assistant wants this face so much, why don’t you want to give it to him? Is your relationship so plastic?”

“Shen Qingshu, don’t talk to Su jie like that!”

“What did I say wrong?” Shen Qingshu looked surprised. “Don’t you want this face? Am I not being kind by requesting it for you? Even if you don’t thank me, why do you bite the hand that feeds you? No wonder Su jie doesn’t like you and isn’t willing to give you this face. You don’t know good from bad!”

“You.” The assistant stuttered, reaching out to push him.

Shen Qingshu took a step back. Su Luo raised a hand ready to slap him. Shen Qingshu raised his own hand and was ready to catch her wrist. His sleeve slides down to his elbow. Xiao Qi, who has been curled up in his sleeve, instantly was revealed to the light and looked up at Su Luo’s incoming hand.

Suro was startled by the sudden appearance of Xiao Qi. She unconsciously stepped back a few steps, and her hand didn’t dare to land.

Xiao Qi seemed to feel the danger. Her small head was raised high and stared at Su Luo coldly. Hissing out snake language.

Su Luo was stunned for two seconds before she realised that this was a pet snake without poison. When she took a closer look, the snake was only as thick as a finger. Making her feel relieved.

But as soon as the tension was released, anger surged out from the bottom of her heart “Shen Qingshu, you want it to bite me. How dare you!”

Shen Qingshu reached out and pressed down Xiao Qi’s head and covered her with his hand.

“Look at you spouting nonsense, she was just shocked by your sudden appearance. Why would I want her to bite you? You were the one who suddenly got angry and wanted to hit me. I only raised my hand to block your strike, which woke her up and look at you.”

“I don’t care. Anyway, I’m frightened now. You hand over the snake now, who knows what you will use it for. Give me the snake and I’ll deal with it myself.”

“I’m afraid not.”

“You refuse? Shen Qingshu, who do you think you are? You have the face to say no to me here!”

As soon as the voice fell, Su Luo heard a voice from behind – “Don’t worry about him. Why is an idler with nothing to do acting like his mother?”

Shen Qingshu was surprised and turned back in an instant. He saw the door of another elevator open not far away. Han Cheng was standing there.

Zhou Jianming stood beside him.

Why is he here?

Shen Qingshu walked towards them in surprise.

Su Luo finally reacted to his words, “Who are you? How dare you talk to me like that?”

“I’m his driver. Sorry to say but I’m a driver with an irritable temper, especially when I see someone blocking the way.”

Shen Qingshu: … 

There… seems to be nothing incorrect.

Hearing his answer Su Luo was disdainful: “A driver being so arrogant. Shen Qingshu, seems like your whole team is low quality.”

Shen Qingshu laughed awkwardly and politely, “I am after all only an 18th line. There are only two or three people in the team.”

“Make him apologise to me, and you, give me the snake! And then apologise to me!”

Seeing this, Zhou Jianming quickly said, “Well, Qingshu, aren’t you going to find teacher Xiaobai? Why haven’t you gone yet? Teacher Xiaobai called me just now. Go quickly.”

“Where is he going? Without apologising to me, he’s not allowed to go anywhere.”

Zhou Jianming ignored her and directly pushed Shen Qingshu into the elevator. Han Cheng also walked in and pressed the close button.

Su Luo’s assistant rushed to stop him, but Zhou Jianming quickly blocked him.

“Su jie everything is first come first served. Teacher Xiaobai has been waiting for a long time. If he still doesn’t go over, teacher Xiaobai will blame him and also you. That won’t be very good, right?”

“Are you threatening me with Bai Xuege?”

“Of course not.” Zhou Jianming said, “I’m just stating the facts. We can’t afford to offend either you or teacher Xiaobai, so there’s nothing we can do.”

Su Luo sneered, “Okay, Zhou Jianming, well played!”

With that, she turned and entered another elevator.

Su Luo’s assistant hurried after her.

Zhou Jianming was relieved. Thank goodness, luckily Shen Qingshu was all right. Otherwise he will be in trouble.

Su Luo stood in the elevator and watched the elevator door close slowly. Abruptly, she turned and slapped her assistant. “What’s the matter with you? You’re so stupid! Shen Qingshu can confuse you with a few words. What’s the use of you!”

The assistant was slapped by her, thinking didn’t you also get played around by him? But he only dared to think it in his heart and dared not say it.

Su Luo’s depression wasn’t relieved. She vented several more times towards the assistant before remembering something. Taking out her mobile phone, she called the director, “Hello, director Li, it’s me. I have something to tell you.”

1 指桑骂槐 = lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree; fig. to scold somebody indirectly. 

2 蛇鼠一窝 = a nest of snakes and mice. A derogatory meaning of bad people colluding together, or that two people who are related to each other do bad things in the same way. 

3 蛇蝎美人= femme fatale. Literally a snake/scorpion beauty. A beautiful woman with a vicious heart  

4 Remember in chinese historical dramas where they use the (unreliable) method of dripping two people’s blood together and if they merge they’re related?