The Best Actor Insists On Living With Me! - Chapter 5
Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Uncooperative (2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The award ceremony was over, and Wei Jingjing, the gold-medal assistant, managed to pull Xia Siyu into the nanny van ahead of the reporters.
No sooner had they closed the van door than Xia Siyu was subjected to Wei Jingjing’s torrential complaints, “Sister Xia! My dear sister! I’m begging you, could you please think before you speak in the future? Do you have any idea how bad your reputation stinks? Out of everyone, why did you have to pick on Bo Yan? Right now, he’s the darling of the industry, with awards, box office hits, and mass popularity. If you offend him, his fans will tear you apart! And if he speaks up, you can say goodbye to eighty percent of your roles.”
“He wouldn’t dare,” Xia Siyu challenged with a defiant glint in her eyes.
“Why wouldn’t he dare? He currently has top resources in the industry, the real ‘self-sustaining’ kind. Even if he doesn’t take things personally, you’ve publicly declared you don’t want to work with him. How many good scripts will you miss out on? When forced to choose, will the capital side pick you or him?”
Xia Siyu fell silent. She knew it was true, no matter how harsh it sounded.
Wei Jingjing was clutching at her chest, feeling a bit breathless, “Sister, you just stirred up trouble two days ago, can’t you stay quiet for a bit? You struck the scion of Zhongtian Group, right in the middle of the street no less, infuriating him enough to sue you for intentional injury! If it weren’t for Brother Qin pulling some strings to calm him down, I’d be visiting you at the precinct today.”
At the mention of this, Xia Siyu’s chin shot up defiantly, “He deserved it! He cheated and then got into group activities. Why should Zhou Weiwei put up with his abuse just because she’s dating him?”
“Even if you wanted to hit him, could you not pick the place more wisely?” Wei Jingjing looked at her with frustration, “You knew paparazzi were camping nearby. If you had to hit him, couldn’t you have moved to a different place? And why hit him in the face? With the heel of a high-heel shoe so thin, one slash left a bloody mark that you can’t deny!”
Xia Siyu nodded, “I’ve learned my lesson, next time I’ll beat someone where no one can see, in some back alley. No hitting the face.”
Wei Jingjing grew even more irritated as she spoke, “And another thing, Zhou Weiwei’s dating him in secret and not admitting it—why should it fall on you? I heard he’s planning to enter showbiz and is just riding on your coattails for the publicity.”
“Zhou Weiwei and I are different, she has an intellectual and pure image. Plus, she has a contract with her agency, where if a scandal breaks out, she has to pay them a lot of money. I’ve known her for a long time; she’s not that kind of person, she wouldn’t hurt me,” Xia Siyu’s voice grew quieter as she admitted her fault.
“If she’s not, then I am, right?” Wei Jingjing leaned back on the cushion, gasping for air, “Sister Xia, Brother Qin just went out of town yesterday, can you please keep it down while I’m filling in for the next two days? I don’t have the same influence as Brother Qin, and if something happens, I can’t cover for you. If you want to cause trouble, at least wait until Brother Qin is back. I’d like to live a few more years.”
The van fell into a rare silence. After a while, Driver Xiaotang handed Xia Siyu a bottle of water, which she promptly passed to Wei Jingjing, “You must be thirsty after talking so much.”
Wei Jingjing, who was both angry and disheartened, couldn’t help but laugh at Xia Siyu’s comment and offered the bottle back to her.
As she was twisting open the bottle, Wei Jingjing suddenly thought of something, “There’s no personal vendetta between you and Bo Yan, right? You usually have a fiery temper, but you never start trouble with others who haven’t provoked you. But just now…”
Chapter 6: Chapter 6 Uncooperative (3)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Xia Siyu turned her head and looked out of the car window at the night sky, “What could there be between him and me.”
As they spoke, the car left the venue. Little Tang glanced at the rearview mirror, “It looks like a car is following us.”
Without a second thought, Xia Siyu blurted out, “It’s either the paparazzi or a stalker. Shake them off.”
Little Tang was puzzled.
Nowadays, do paparazzi and stalkers chase after cars in Maybachs?
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The car headed towards Xia Siyu’s apartment building, but as they approached the street corner outside the complex, they saw several cars parked outside the gate from a distance.
Without a doubt, the paparazzi had found her again!
Weijingjing, with her extensive experience, immediately told Little Tang, “Turn around.”
The thing was, Xia Siyu had been in the eye of the storm in recent years. Being notorious was still a form of fame; she became a top influencer. When trouble arose, paparazzi, stalkers, and antis (hackers) swarmed like mosquitoes from everywhere.
Xia Siyu was exasperated by the harassment, having moved seven or eight times already. She had only moved into this apartment a few months ago, and yet, these people had found her again in less than half a year.
The car started driving towards Huixing Entertainment’s dormitory. On the way, Wei Jingjing unlocked her Weibo.
She wished she hadn’t, as the sight made her eyes go dark.
The top ten trending searches on Weibo included Xia Siyu’s name four times, in addition to the two entries that had climbed the ranks earlier in the day, #BoYanXiaSiyu# and #XiaSiyuUncooperative# were soaring even faster, firmly securing the top two spots.
Besides those, #BoYanReluctant# and #BoYanRefusesCP#, although not directly mentioning Xia Siyu by name, were unmistakably discussing her remarks about refusing to work with Bo Yan upon clicking into them.
The top ten trending searches were dominated by six entries related to Xia Siyu and seven related to Bo Yan, practically overrun by the duo.
And Shang Feifei, who had just won the Best Actress award, was lingering pitifully in the eighth spot.
Bo Yan missed the Best Actor award by just one vote and thus narrowly missed the accolade. The main reason was that he had already won Best Actor the previous year; the standards for a second Gold Oscar were quite high, so it was awarded to another senior actor from a different film. But Bo Yan’s acting and professionalism were beyond doubt.
Though the absolute stars of the night should have been Shang Feifei and Bo Yan, the spotlight was unexpectedly stolen by Xia Siyu, with her strange trending-search physique.
Glancing further down at the comments, there were over thirty thousand replies and more than a hundred thousand shares.
She clicked on a random comment and found the responses to be extremely provocative.
There were those who cursed her as shameless,
“Xia Siyu, you really have no FACE; look at who you are, daring to despise our Yan Bao!”
Some accused her of chasing clout,
“Do trending searches cost you nothing? You bought six! Why didn’t you save it for your mother to celebrate the New Year? Why not donate it to disaster-stricken areas?”
And then there were the brutally simple ones,
“Grass, a type of plant”
“F***, a type of action”
“Roll, a type of position”
…
As Wei Jingjing read on, she felt her heart couldn’t take much more. Sitting beside her, Xia Siyu leaned over, took a casual glance, and showed little reaction, merely pursing her lips, “What does it have to do with them, how boring.”
No sooner had she spoken than she suddenly snatched Wei Jingjing’s phone, her gaze falling on the tenth trending entry.
#BoYanDumped#
She clicked into it and saw an interview with Bo Yan on the red carpet. His eyes were intense, his expression serious, “Because this reflects my real experience. I once cared for someone, and then she dumped me.”
