In that instant, it felt as if all the blood in Nan Qing's body had frozen.
He stared intently at the sentence pushed by the Weibo system, but it was as if he was using that sentence to direct his gaze at Bai Ruanruan standing behind him.
He roughly understood what Bai Ruanruan meant.
Or perhaps, Bai Ruanruan finally used his protagonist's halo.
Two hours ago, Xi Juan on the other Xi Juan anxious and confused, saying that he had nothing to do with Bai Ruanruan and that nothing had happened.
Two hours later, Xi Juan took the initiative to post a Weibo, acknowledging his relationship with Bai Ruanruan.
As a top-tier actor with unparalleled resources in the industry, Xi Juan's backing is undeniably powerful. With the combined influence of several forces, unless the other party has extraordinary connections, he is unlikely to be threatened.
At the very least, the Bai Family cannot threaten him.
Then it can only be because he did it willingly.
Or rather, forced to do it willingly.
Nan Qing's heart sank lower and lower. As if he had finally realized something, he dialed back the number he had used two hours earlier.
The moment the call connected, a forced laugh came through.
"Is that Nan Qing? Why are you calling my boyfriend? You're not here to confess your feelings, are you?"
Nan Qing felt a chill run through her body and gripped her phone tightly.
What did you do to Xi Juan?
What can I do?
Bai Ruanruan laughed happily on the other end of the phone.
"I simply unleashed my charm, and then my Mr. Xi fell head over heels in love with me, saying he couldn't live without me for the rest of his life."
" Nan Qing-- "
Bai Ruanruan paused subtly, her voice turning malicious.
"Trying to flip my table? Let me tell you, no way!"
"What's a Xi Juan? I'll make you watch Huo Yuzhou kneel at my feet, begging me to love him!"
"I'll make Huo Yuzhou slash your face with his own hands and ruin your life!"
"What do you think you are? A vicious cannon fodder who should have died long ago, an imposter just to make me look good. You really think you can take anything from me?"
You're finished, just you wait!
After hanging up the phone, Nan Qing stared at the food in front of her, stunned for several seconds.
When he was bound to the system, the system said that some high-ranking and important figures would have corresponding cheat codes or protagonist halos that helped them succeed.
These cheat codes are incredibly powerful, and the native inhabitants of the small world are simply no match for them.
It's obvious that Bai Ruanruan's arrogant challenge to him right now is probably because she's already using these things.
Nan Qing's heart was pounding, his fingers were stiff, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
He took a few deep breaths before dialing a familiar number. Only when he heard that reassuring voice did he finally calm his breathing a little; his voice trembled.
" Huo Yuzhou, where are you?"
"I'm a little scared, can you come to me?"
-
In a spacious and bright river-view penthouse in S City, Bai Ruanruan hung up her phone and looked at the man on the sofa who was not sleeping soundly.
Xi Juan was wearing soft gray trousers, but blood was seeping from his thighs.
Bai Ruanruan glanced at it, and an angry expression quickly appeared on her face.
"You used the wrong timing. The main character is very disgusted with you, and even goes so far as to harm himself to stay sober, rather than touch you."
"Do I need you to tell me?"
Bai Ruanruan gritted his teeth; his contorted face was reflected in the spotless glass.
"But what can I do, 087?"
Tell me? What exactly is your use?
" Qin Mubai is already investigating that matter. Bai Yanxiu borrowed money from me, and I gave him some cash, but that bastard Bai Yanxiu betrayed me!"
"If I hadn't been smart enough to find a scapegoat so that Qin Mubai had no reason to harm me, and hadn't used this crippled hand to play the victim, those two old bastards wouldn't have helped me, and I wouldn't have survived this ordeal at all."
" Qin Mubai has his eye on me now. He's just waiting for me to make a mistake so he can kick me out of the Bai Family and avenge Nan Qing."
Look at me—
In the deserted, spacious apartment, Bai Ruanruan frantically tore open his clothes, revealing a shocking array of grotesque, crooked wounds on his body—new injuries piled upon old ones.
"In just two weeks since that party, I've been kidnapped twice!"
"I've suffered so many injuries, who will care about me?"
"I'm almost out of resources now, with only 'Journey to Journey through Luo ' left, and Xi Juan is even withdrawing from the performance. What can I do?"
"My lover, my career, my family, my health! I'm almost finished with them all?"
"Who knows when those heartless bastards will come and kidnap me again, and then beat me up badly?"
"087, it's easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering!"
"If I don't take the risk now, am I really going to remain indifferent and live a life of quiet detachment until I lose everything and become an ordinary, useless person?"
Many of your choices have been hasty. You should calm down, think things through carefully, and then replan your strategy.
"What do you know about choices? What do you know about a string of code?"
Bai Ruanruan scoffed.
"Don't think I don't know. My mission failed, and both you and I will be punished. Unless you're willing to disconnect from me a second before the punishment arrives and then take full responsibility."
"087, are you really that kind? Would you be willing?"
087 Silence
"The 'golden finger' only plays a supporting role; it can't make the target truly fall in love with you. Sooner or later, they'll realize the truth, and you're just drinking poison to quench your thirst."
"This is enough time for them to fall in love with me, to fall hopelessly in love with me."
Bai Ruanruan sneered.
Mind your own business and stop interfering with me.
-
When Huo Yuzhou arrived at the film set, it was already an hour and a half later.
Nan Qing is filming his last scene of the day.
The hysterical parents were arguing, and the dialect recorded on the scene contained the name of someone who had died in an accident long ago. The protagonist, who was eavesdropping outside the window, was startled by a snake crawling under his feet, and then suddenly a large hand covered his mouth and nose. The two of them fell into the lotus pond behind the house.
A scene brimming with tension, where everyone harbors secrets.
With the director's "Cut!", Nan Qing, soaking wet, climbed out of the pond, and a large, dry, warm hand reached out to him.
Nan Qing looked up, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes. " Huo Yuzhou!"
The autumn night was chilly, and the wind made people shiver.
Huo Yuzhou grabbed a huge towel and wrapped it around Nan Qing. With a sneeze from the other person, he scooped her up and carried her outside.
The temperature inside the RV was pleasant. Nan Qing sipped ginger soup while Huo Yuzhou dried her wet hair.
" Huo Yuzhou, you came so fast!"
"Let me treat you to a late-night snack. There's a really good place nearby that serves sweet fermented rice balls; a local fan recommended it to me."
Seeing that he had returned to his usual self, Huo Yuzhou finally felt relieved.
The refined and handsome man, his eyelids half-closed, raised his hand to brush across the boy's brows and eyes, which were shrouded in the mist of the pool water, his voice low and soft.
"Good."
"Go take a shower first, then we'll go get some late-night snacks, and we can chat about that thing you wanted to tell me this evening, okay?"