CH 31

Messages on WeChat continued to pop up, Yin Chengzhi was really going crazy.

He couldn’t bear this grievance.

Obviously he was beaten like this by Gu Jinmian, yet the rumor going through the whole city was that he beat Gu Jinmian.

It’s just that he was ‘Gu Jinmian’.

Who would have thought that in that small crew, the person squatting in the small shop with a lollipop in his mouth and staring blankly would be Gu Jinmian, the younger brother of Gu Xijun and Gu Lifan!

Yin Chengzhi was frightened, startled and angry, he waved carelessly and pulled his wound.

He became even more angry.

“Nurse! Where’s the nurse!”

When the nurse and the doctor came, more messages popped up on his phone, the young nurse simultaneously reminded him that he was about to crush his phone. 

It’s all fucking fatal talisman. (TL: superstitiously referred to as a talisman that urges people to die early; it is often used to describe heavy blows, severe measures, etc.)

Amazing?

Go to hell ‘amazing’?

Are you praising him or waiting to see him become a joke?

He raised his hands, but in the end he didn’t smash it.

“Take a photo of me!” Yin Chengzhi handed the phone to the nurse, “A full-body photo on the hospital bed.”

If Gu Jinmian can post on Moments, can’t he too?

If Gu Jinmian can do ‘sadfishing’, can’t he do ‘sadfishing’ as well? 

(t/n “sadfishing”- refers to a person who exaggerates his emotional problems in order to gain sympathy or attention from others on social media sites “, which is what we commonly call “selling miserable”.)

The nurse took the phone carefully and took a photo of him, which was useless even with beautification, and only looked miserable and embarrassing.

Yin Chengzhi was also silent when he saw the photo. He didn’t expect him to be like this in the original camera at this time, but for a more realistic effect, he still posted the original photo like a warrior.

Caption: [Thank you for your concern, I just woke up in the hospital, alas. ]

At this time, many people were paying attention to him. When he posted it on Moments, many people saw it.

After seeing it, all fell silent.

The photo was shocking, mainly because of the injury, then followed by the countenance.

In the photo, Yin Chengzhi was lying on the bed, his nose looked a little crooked, the corners of his mouth were red and swollen, and was coated with a layer of green plaster which looked even more, well, uncomfortable.

His upper body was naked, his waist and abdomen were tied with a layer of bandages, and his calves were hung up.

If this was the case, then it’s really not ‘amazing’.

After thinking about it for a while, everyone knew that the Gu family did it.

That would be a little scary.

Because it’s too fast.

How many people were staring at Gu Xijun, daring not to hesitate and let someone beat the Yin family.

If not Gu Xijun, then is it Gu Lifan?

To be honest, Gu Lifan should be busier than Gu Xijun. With a group as big as the Gu family, he had to be busy until the early morning at least every day, and all he had to solve were major issues starting with a billion dollars.

Yin Chengzhi was beaten so quickly.

Isn’t it too pampered?

Everyone had their own thoughts, and no one publicly said anything in Yin Chengzhi’s circle of friends.

After Yin Chengzhi posted it on Moments, he took a screenshot and showed it to his father, “I also simply know how to scold, did you see it just now?”

There was silence for a while, “Deserve, you deserve it!”

“Who asked you to provoke Gu Jinmian! If you don’t provoke trouble, will you end up like this?”

Yin Chengzhi: “…..”

Is there a father like this?

It didn’t take long for Yin Chengzhi to post it on Moments, and some enthusiastic young master from S City sent it to Gu Jinmian.

“Young Master Gu, which brother did it? Too awesome.”

Gu Jinmian: “Hm?”

Gu Jinmian slowly let go of the laptop, picked up the phone and sent another one on Moments.

Posted on Moments was a short video.

Because it was at night, the video was not very clear, and many small details couldn’t be seen clearly, but because the shooting equipment was good, a man could be vividly seen. If it was someone who was familiar with Yin Chengzhi, or Yin Chengzhi’s colleagues and family members, they could tell that it was Yin Chengzhi, wearing the same clothes as in the daytime.

He was backing away, and a person close to the shooting equipment reminded, “Ah—”

“Ouch!”

Yin Chengzhi fell into something.

“Call an ambulance! That ditch is deep!”

“Oh my god, Yin Chengzhi fell into the deep ditch of our film crew. The Yin family won’t trouble us, will they? I heard that wealthy families are very unreasonable.”

“…”

After Gu Jinmian posted this video, there was a strange silence for a while, and then the comment area was full of [hahahahahaha].

[Why did Yin Chengzhi have the nerve to post on Moments? Doesn’t he dislike embarrassment? Hahaha xswl!] (TL: same as ROFL)

[He posted that on Moments to mislead everyone and make everyone think that he was beaten by the Gu family!]

[Damn! Want to fight, then fight. What is this kind of careful thinking. ]

[Wait for me to send it to my friends in B City! ]

Therefore, within a few minutes, the wealthy circle in B City saw this video, and no surprise, they sent it to Yin Chengzhi again.

“Yin Chengzhi, I didn’t expect you to have sand sculpture potential.” (TL: refer to the jokes caused by the stupidity, natural stupidity or deliberate stupidity of the parties concerned) 

“Yin Chengzhi, I want to say that you are too stupid, but it’s still awesome to think that you dare to confront the Gu family.”

“It’s okay for you to mislead us like this, but misleading us to misunderstand the Gu family is a bit problematic.”

Yin Chengzhi: “?”

At this time, his father’s message popped up again, “Yin Chengzhi, you are really ‘amazing’!”

“You wait for me to find a stick and go there in the hospital!”

Yin Chengzhi: “…..”

The scene where the patient in the ward went crazy and called for a nurse repeated.

Gu Jinmian also saw Yin Chengzhi’s situation from the enthusiastic melon eaters.

He ‘haha’ laughed.

Thanks to Yin Chengzhi who fell into that pit, otherwise it would not have such a good effect.

Moreover, if he hadn’t fallen into the pit and injured himself, the fact that he hit Yin Chengzhi was indeed unreasonable for him, and it might be a little troublesome.

It could only be said that evil was rewarded with evil, even the heavens were helping him.

Gu Jinmian finally posted another short video, which basically confirmed the matter.

Lian Yan Lian Yu supporting text: [I eat a lollipop that costs one yuan a piece, and play a skateboard that costs one hundred and eight dollars a piece. Should I be bullied?]

(t/n: Lian Yan Lian Yu is a popular word on the Internet. The words spoken by people with the attributes of the Holy Mother and White Lotus are called Lian Yan Lian Yu (lotus word lotus language)

The video could completely tell everyone what the truth was.

It was indeed Yin Chengzhi who picked a quarrel first.

He went up and kicked Gu Jinmian.

In the video, Gu Jinmian had a lollipop in his mouth and a skateboard at his feet, squatting on the side of the road obediently, the way he looked up was also particularly obedient.

And yet Yin Chengzhi kicked him hard again.

Even so, Gu Jinmian still had a good temper and asked who he was.

Then there was Yin Chengzhi’s soon-to-be classic quote, “You still don’t know me in B City?”

“I’m Yin Chengzhi, get out of the way!”

“…….”

[Hahahaha I laughed so hard, you are in B City, yet you don’t know who you’re kicking?]

[I’m uneducated, excuse me, was that ‘get out of the way’?] (TL: 班门弄斧 bānmén-nángfǔ-literally translates to “get out of the way” but with different meaning. It is a metaphor to show off one’s abilities in front of experts.)

[Yin Chengzhi also worked hard, kicking him like a beggar!]

[Who said he should be bullied? I think Young Master Gu, who is worth at least tens of billions, eating lollipops that cost one yuan each, is very cute.]

Also, in that circle of wealthy and influential families, Bai Xinyu, who was watching on both sides with Du Bai’an, really wanted to give this comment a thumbs up.

“Not only cute, but also awesome, um, and a little bit scary.”

Ji Nan, who saw this video late at night, for some reason, replayed it several times and felt the same way.

The boy squatting on the side of the road, looking up blankly with a lollipop in his mouth, was really cute.

On a not-so-bright night set, his eyes were like the only star in the night sky.

He looked at the other three people beside him, especially Yin Moshu.

This video that was sent to B City, was not as simple as it should be in S City.

Apart from being sure that it was Yin Chengzhi, the idiot who was blindly looking for trouble outside, they also understood why he was looking for trouble.

After many years, Yin Moshu reappeared in the wealthy circle of B City

They didn’t expect it to be this way.

After Yin Chengzhi’s father Yin Shunli arrived at the hospital, he was furious again when he saw this video.

He really came to the hospital with a stick.

“Get up and apologize to Gu Jinmian with me!”

“Apologize?” Yin Chengzhi stiffened his neck, “That’s absolutely impossible!”

Yin Shunli hit him with a stick, “Do you want me to tell you about Gu Xijun’s status?”

“Do you want me to tell you how terrible the industrial chain Gu Lifan is in charge of?”

“Do you want me to tell you about the background of the Shi family!”

Another hit by the stick, “Do you want me to tell you about the current plight of the Ji family? The Ji family and the Gu family are still family friends, what about you?”

Yin Chengzhi was severely injured by Yin Shunli, and it didn’t take long for Gu Jinmian to hear about it.

He was happy upon hearing it.

Now that he’s beating Yin Chengzhi, the matter was even more difficult to say. Who could tell whether Yin Chengzhi’s injuries were from falling into a ditch or from being beaten by Yin Shunli.

Gu Jinmian fell on the bed and let out a breath.

Looking at his circle of friends now, he thought–hm, how did he become so bad.

Looking at the supporting texts of these two circles of friends, one was yin and yang strangeness, and the other was lotus word lotus language.

Embarrassing.

Gu Jinmian sent a message to Yin Moshu, “Yin Moshu, do you think I’m a bit mean?”

Yin Moshu: “……”

Gu Jinmian said very seriously, “I was not like this before.”

He must have been spoiled by He Bujin’s unrighteous three views of the world, damn it!

Yin Moshu chuckled, thinking that such a Gu Jinmian was very cute.

Gu Jinmian, who thought he was bad like this, was very cute.

Gu Jinmian, who thought he was a bit bad and came to ask him what he thought was very cute.

Seriously explaining to him that he was not like this before, Gu Jinmian really was very cute.

Yin Moshu was infected by his seriousness, and typed back to him very seriously. “I am also very bad.”

He was really bad.

It’s not mischievous bad, but was equated with evil, a ‘black’ bad.

Gu Jinmian suddenly felt that he was being hypocritical.

Who in this world is not bad.

He put down his phone in relief and picked up his laptop again.

Coming here, he was not idle the whole time.

Now that he had already signed Bai Xinyu and Du Bai’an, he had to be responsible for them and arrange their work well.

Not to mention Yin Moshu.

He didn’t know what work Li Lan would arrange for them next, and he didn’t feel comfortable asking her, so he could only ask the three of them one by one to make the form.

The three of them were still in the group, but the limited time was coming soon, therefore, in the remaining four months, except for the two web dramas mentioned in the contract at that time, that was, “Autumn River” and “The Gift of Time”, there would only be fragmentary commercial performances and variety show guests left.

Next, Du Bai’an and Bai Xinyu at least have one more web drama to film, while Yin Moshu had no other big jobs.

This is very urgent.

Moreover, Director Liu’s film was divided into summer and winter filming, that was to say, they would suspend filming at this school in August, and would go to the northeast where the snow was deep until December to film.

There was a gap in the middle.

He asked all three about their thoughts on the future.

Du Bai’an readily accepted his opinion and went to that life variety show.

Gu Jinmian thought, go to that variety show first, and in the future, plan to invest in one specifically for him, or create one by himself.

Bai Xinyu said that he didn’t have a plan yet, so he’d just mixed singing, dancing, and acting to see what he liked…

Yin Moshu made it clear that he wanted to act in movies, not even in dramas, and would seldom go to variety shows.

It’s the same idea as Gu Jinmian.

Therefore, Gu Jinmian pulled out all the movies with good grades in the original book from the table.

But good movies wouldn’t come every month.

Fortunately, next year’s spring and summer fashion week would start in September, which could fill the transition period between movies, so that Yin Moshu wouldn’t have a gap.

Stars were most afraid of not being exposed when there was a gap.

Gu Jinmian checked the time and chatted with Shi Yi who was abroad for a while.

The crew officially started filming the next day.

This crew was small, not as standardized as Director Lin’s, and the schedule was tight, thus Director Liu didn’t set aside a lot of time to read the script, but discussed it while filming.

Gu Jinmian was also on the set.

What he didn’t expect was that, early in the morning, Yin Shunli brought Yin Chengzhi, who was sitting in a wheelchair, to apologize to him.

Gu Jinmian, who was busy contacting many film directors, said to the butler, “No, let them go.”

“Don’t let them see Yin Moshu either.” Gu Jinmian raised his head and said, “Just don’t let them join the crew.”

Qiuyang High School would start on September 6th, and would end on September 4th at the latest next year. Time was tight and tasks were heavy. This movie was Yin Moshu’s first leading role, it was very important for him to not let them affect him.

The butler agreed, went to talk to Yin Shunli, and then advised the field staff.

Yin Shunli didn’t expect that Gu Jinmian would not even take a look at them, the more he was like this, the more anxious he became.

He had sent a text message to Yin Moshu, but he never got a reply.

If this matter was not resolved, he wouldn’t be able to fall asleep.

In the afternoon, he came again. In addition to Yin Chengzhi, who was in a wheelchair and appeared hopeless, there was also a middle-aged woman who looked around forty years old.

Gu Jinmian took a moment to glance over there.

He wasn’t sure who it was, but if the anxious Yin Shunli could bring her, then it might be Yin Moshu’s adoptive mother, Yuan Manli.

Yuan Manli, who adopted Yin Moshu when she was thirty-seven years old, should be fifty-five or sixty years old this year. Her living conditions were good, and she didn’t look old since she had never given birth to children, making her look only forty years old. She appeared very young, but her face was very thin, with sunken cheeks and obvious lines, which made her appear very mean.

Gu Jinmian frowned fiercely.

In his heart, he noted Yin Shunli and his son in his small notebook.

In this world, the person Yin Moshu could not reconcile the most was Yuan Manli.

Gu Jinmian looked at Yin Moshu worriedly, but fortunately, Yin Moshu was on the phone with someone else, looking very relaxed.

Yin Moshu was on the phone with Shi Yi.

In fact, before he received Shi Yi’s call, he received a call from Yuan Manli first.

He stared at the phone for more than ten seconds, then pressed it off expressionlessly.

Just as he wanted to turn it off the phone, Shi Yi’s call came in.

At this moment, Yuan Manli was staring at him with her familiar hatred eyes.

“Moshu, fashion week is coming, Mom, ah no, Auntie, Auntie has to give you status to participate in the Fashion Week.”

Every year, many domestic celebrities go to Fashion Week, and more than half of them go to the show.

There were also a lot of social connections inside. What’s the person’s status, whether sitting in the front row of the show, whether invited by the brand party, and what kind of treatment the brand party gives, all were worth talking about.

Every year, unknown parties would connect with famous and well-known parties, and would inevitably be ridiculed.

Of course Gu Jinmian would not let Yin Moshu be wronged, thus he went to talk to Shi Yi.

Shi Yi really wanted Yin Moshu to be a spokesperson, but Gu Jinmian was very hesitant because Yin Moshu rejected Gu Lifan’s endorsement last time.

To be safe, he just wanted Yin Moshu to attend the show, so that going to Fashion Week in this way would be justified and would have a lot of discussion.

After thinking about it, Shi Yi came to talk to Yin Moshu in person.

“Auntie wants to give you the status of spokesperson.” She said.

Shi Yi’s brand could be said to be the world’s top luxury brand, with a high-end fashion starting at a million dollars, and the season’s first high-end wear. There were no more than ten domestic celebrities who were qualified.

The value of being a spokesperson for such a brand was not something that everyone in the industry could understand.

Yuan Manli’s eyes became more and more hateful.

Many years ago, Yin Moshu would feel uneasy seeing such eyes. Facing such eyes, he only thought about how to make Yuan Manli happy.

Most people’s memories before the age of five were very blurred, but some memories may still exist in the body even if they were blurred, or may even be imprinted in the flesh and bones.

Just like when being abandoned at the age of three.

One wouldn’t remember, but from the depths of his bones, he’s afraid of being abandoned again.

When being picked up, he would desperately want to treat the new mother well.

Seeing such disgusting and hateful eyes would make one fear, doubt oneself, and fall into suffering.

Until the future, on the day of Mrs. He’s death, he still couldn’t let go completely.

“What we consider when choosing a spokesperson is never relying on traffic to drive sales. Our high-end customers don’t look at the number of fans of the spokesperson, it’s about the spokesperson showing off the clothes.” Shi Yi said, “So, you don’t have to worry.”

“Let’s start with being the Asia-Pacific spokesperson, shall we?”

Yuan Manli’s eyes could no longer have any influence on Yin Moshu. He turned his head, and sure enough, he saw Gu Jinmian looking at him.

From another place, he felt a steady stream of strength and warmth.

Enough to thaw and support him.

“Okay, Aunt Shi, I won’t let you down.” Yin Moshu said.

“Really?” Shi Yi didn’t expect him to agree so quickly, “Then I’ll make the arrangements!”

After Yin Moshu hung up the phone, he smiled relaxedly at Yuan Manli and waved to her.

Yuan Manli was stunned for a moment, her brows furrowed, and she wanted to call him again, but she couldn’t get through no matter what.

Yin Moshu put on his school uniform and started filming.

The school uniforms in the movie were somewhat similar to the school uniforms of Qiuyang Middle School, they were both blue and white.

When he was in junior high school, he heard from a female classmate in his class that most middle school uniforms were composed of blue and white, because youth should be like this, fresh, relaxed, cheerful, and at the same time have a reassuring background.

He never experienced it in middle school, yet now he could finally touch that feeling.

Yuan Manli came, but they couldn’t still meet Gu Jinmian and Yin Moshu either.

Yin Shunli panicked even more.

The next day he brought Yin Moshu’s adoptive father back again, however the result was still the same.

Another unexpected person came to the set the next day, and that was Ji Ming.

Gu Jinmian thought of Ji Ming’s comment on Moments, and said that he would call back for him.

“You really came?” he said in surprise.

“That’s right!” Ji Ming said, “I’m super serious, now, let me in.”

Gu Jinmian: “No, you can’t enter.”

“Why?”

“You violent maniac, what if you suddenly got excited and hit Yin Moshu or the other actors?”

Ji Ming: “…..”

A group of people come here every day wanting to enter the set, and it’s not a solution to keep going like this.

Gu Jinmian said to Ji Ming, and also indirectly said to the Yin family, “It’s not that you are not allowed to see, but the shooting time is tight, and we can’t do it before September 4th.”

He said it wouldn’t work before September 4th, and it really wouldn’t work. Before that, Yin Moshu’s activities in B City were limited to the set and the hotel.

The people in the wealthy circle of  B City who had been paying attention to this matter, did not expect it to be like this, and they couldn’t help but become more curious about Gu Jinmian and Yin Moshu, and their attention increased instead of decreasing.

Finally, it was almost September, and Yin Moshu actually left B City to go abroad.

When they saw the photo of Shi Yi holding Yin Moshu’s arm affectionately, they were no less surprised than the fans.

Seeing the video, Shi Yi said happily, “This is the spokesperson I personally chose, and he is also a junior whom I like very, very, very very much.”

There was a lot of discussion among the fans, and there was also a lot of discussion in the wealthy circle of B City.

Fans’ comments were based on Shi Yi’s status as the fashion godmother, other comments were based on Shi Yi’s status as Mrs. Gu and the heir of the Shi family.

Even Ji Nan was never liked by Shi Yi before.

Were Gu Jinmian and Yin Moshu just ordinary friends?

The person who was driven into the entertainment circle by the Yin family back then was different from what they imagined. He didn’t look like someone who was abandoned, lived a difficult life, and had no face to return to B City.

Recently, Yin Moshu had been frequently a hot search, and his fans had increased by more than 10 million in just six months. This was still in the absence of any major works that could be exposed for a long time.

His 26 million fans were extremely active. Just search for content related to celebrities, and one could immediately see his name.

There were faint signs of a big explosion.

In the video, he stood in the center of the spotlight, the most conspicuous place of a luxury banquet, surrounded by celebrities from all over the world besides Shi Yi.

People around his age in the B City circle felt various feelings in their hearts.

Now, even the old man of the Yin family called Yin Moshu and asked him why he didn’t go home to have a look after he had been in B City for so long.

After Yin Moshu came back to participate in the crew’s dinner party, he finally asked Gu Jinmian, “Do you want to visit the Yin family?”

He asked seriously, as if he was asking about a very solemn matter, which made Gu Jinmian also become serious, inexplicably a little nervous, then he nodded, “I’ll think about it.”

So, the two decided to go to the Yin family to have a look together.

For some reason, the Yin family held a small banquet to welcome Yin Moshu back home, and invited many friends from the circle.

Gu Jinmian felt a little annoyed.

He threw out his seventh set of clothes in the cloakroom.

Bai Xinyu whispered to Du Bai’an, “Doesn’t it look like Home is going to see the in-laws?”

“Ah, it’s not just the in-laws!” Bai Xinyu’s eyes lit up, and he thought of a more appropriate way to say, “he is going to see the in-laws, but then he heard that there were many relatives waiting at the in-laws’ house, thus he suddenly became irritable and nervous again, it should be the case!”

Gu Jinmian: “…?”