Gong Yu got on the car. Seventh Brother turned to look at him and asked, "Why do you look so unhappy? What"s the matter?"
"I really want to terminate this kind of life as soon as possible!" Gong Yu responded in low spirits. Meanwhile, he still stared at Murong Yunxi, who was standing at the door.
Seventh Brother clicked his tongue and said, "Gee. Don"t show off your affection in front of me. You two just parted a few minutes ago. It"s too exaggerative for you to say you are missing her now."
After that, Gong Yu did not say anything along the way.
When they arrived in H City, Seventh Brother couldn"t help saying, "Well, Gong Yu, I"ve put up with you all the way. You should control your lovesickness or others will regard you as a poser. Let"s get into the working state because we"ll be at the crew in a minute."
Still, without speaking, Gong Yu went straight to the airport gate.
Suddenly, a girl behind asked in a sweet voice, "Gong Yu?"
Gong Yu turned his head, frowned and confusedly looked at the girl.
Seeing her, Seventh Brother surprisedly said, "Fang Xinting? What a coincidence!"
Fang Xinting looked at Seventh Brother and politely said h.e.l.lo to him. Then she turned to look at Gong Yu, stretched out her right hand and said, "Gong Yu, nice to meet you! I am Fang Xinting. I"m glad to cooperate with you this time."
Gong Yu turned to look at Seventh Brother, who immediately explained in a whisper. "Fang Xinting is the heroine."
Hearing those words, Gong Yu turned to Fang Xinting again and indifferently responded. "h.e.l.lo."
Fang Xinting was stunned for a moment because she did not expect that the Gong Yu"s response was so unaffectionate. The man in the photos, which she saw on the Internet, was so gentle, looking like a caring and kind guy.
Fang Xinting continued to say, "Are you going to the set? May I join you since we have the same destination?"
Gong Yu didn"t answer her question. However, Seventh Brother laughed and said, "Gong Yu is a man of few words. Please don"t take it to your heart. For the same destination, let"s go together. Are you alone?"
Fang Xinting looked back, seeming to search for something, and then she said, "My agent and a.s.sistant have gone to get my check-in baggage."
"Oh, I see. We are going to call a taxi first. You can continue to wait for them."
"It doesn"t matter. I"ll go with you. They can take another taxi later. Besides, they have too much luggage, so one car can"t load us all."
Gong Yu directly walked out of the door, followed by Fang Xinting. In order to lighten the embarra.s.sing atmosphere, Seventh Brother had to chat with Fang Xinting from times to times.
Although Gong Yu and Seventh Brother needed to stay there for two or three months, they had a little baggage—only a small suitcase. After Gong Yu getting into the car, Fang Xinting, holding the back door, looked at Seventh Brother and asked, "May I sit here?"
Although she seemed to seek their agreement politely, Seventh Brother had no reason to refuse a lady. So he nodded and sat at the pa.s.senger"s seat.
On the way to the crew, Fang Xinting was very quiet, with a few words and normal behavior.
After arriving at the crew, they went into the hotel together. And the situation became different.
Because all the actors would arrive in these two days, some staff would especially wait for them in the front hall and arrange accommodation for everyone.
Therefore, when seeing that Gong Yu and Fang walked in together, the staff looked up and down them, suspecting their relationship.
Seventh Brother stepped forward and said, "h.e.l.lo, I am Gong Yu"s agent. You can call me Seventh Brother."
"h.e.l.lo, I am responsible for the reception. My name is w.a.n.g Liang. You must be tired because of long travel. You can go to your room to rest first. I have already arranged a room for you. When everyone arrives tomorrow, we will have a meeting."
w.a.n.g Liang told Seventh Brother the room number and handed the room card to him. Then w.a.n.g Liang looked at Fang Xinting and asked, "Miss Fang, are you together with them?"
Seventh Brother quickly explained. "Oh, we met at the airport. Because Miss Fang"s agent and a.s.sistant had too much luggage and one car couldn"t load them all, she came with us first. Her agent and a.s.sistant will be here later."
Although w.a.n.g Liang nodded, he was still curious about their relationship. It was obvious that he didn"t believe that the two had just simply met in the airport.
Seventh Brother knew w.a.n.g Liang"s thoughts, but he didn"t explain. This kind of thing could not be explained clearly, so he turned to look at Fang Xinting and said, "Miss Fang, since we have already arrived at the hotel, now you can wait for your a.s.sistant and agent. We go up first."
Fang Xinting nodded and said, "Okay, thank you."
Seventh Brother and Gong Yu went upstairs.
Fang Xinting sat down on the sofa in the hall. w.a.n.g Liang smiled at her and said, "Miss Fang, did you also come here from A city by air?"
Eyes fixed on her phone, Fang Xinting did not raise her head but answered casually, "Yes."
"Did you meet with Gong Yu at the airport?"
"Yes!"
"Have you ever worked together?"
"No."
"Well, it seems you have a pretty good relationship."
"Just so so."
"What do you kink of Gong Yu"s being the leading actor?"
"Well, it"s good."
Fang Xinting"s words were simple and casual, but they seemed to have a different meaning to different people with conscious perfunctory, and there seemed to be unclear s.p.a.ces where listeners could imagine by themselves.
When they were talking, Fang Xinting"s agent, Linda came in with a big suitcase, followed by two little girls, one of whom was Fang Xinting"s a.s.sistant, Yan Xiaoxia. She carried two large suitcases. The other was Fang Xinting"s makeup artist, Kitty, carrying a big suitcase in one hand and a cosmetic case in the other hand.
Entering the hall, Linda began to look around to find Fang Xinting. The moment she saw Fang Xinting, she walked over, smiled and said, "Why did you go alone without saying a word? We were still looking for you at the airport at that time."
Fang Xinting casually said, "Well, I called you."
Linda still smiled and said, "Yes, you called us. But that was when you were gone."
Fang Xinting unconcernedly said, "That"s it. Let"s go upstairs."
w.a.n.g Liang stood up, smiled and said to them, "h.e.l.lo, I am w.a.n.g Liang, responsible for the reception. And I have arranged rooms for you. These are your room cards."
Then w.a.n.g Liang handed two room cards to Linda. Seeing that, she quickly frowned and said, "You only have two rooms for us?" "Xinting is not used to living in a room with others. She needs a single one."
w.a.n.g Liang embarra.s.sedly said, "But the crew only arranged two rooms for you. It is very suitable for four people to live in two rooms."
Looking even more unhappy, Linda said, "Don"t you understand? I said she was not used to sharing a room with others. She can"t fall asleep with others in the same room. Without good sleep, how can she work well?"
"But the four of you are too many for us. What"s more, it is an exception to arrange one more room for you."
"Hey, she is the heroine. It"s normal for her to bring more a.s.sistants with her. Is there anything wrong?"
"But the hero brings only one with him. He agreed to share one room with his agent."
"What? Can Gong Yu be compared with Xinting? She is the first-cla.s.s actress. What about him? He is not even within the second-cla.s.s."
w.a.n.g Liang was shocked by Linda"s aggressive words. He didn"t know what to say.
At that time, Fang Xinting stood up and said, "Linda, It doesn"t matter. You can register another room for me. We can afford that. Now it seems that we want to gain extra advantage from the crew."
Linda still looked dissatisfied and said, "But, it should have been arranged by the crew. We have no responsibility to pay for a room. It"s their business. I think it"s normal for a heroine to order an extra room."
Hearing Linda"s words, w.a.n.g Liang felt somewhat annoyed. He said, "This is not a matter of money. The crew"s arrangement for each actor is fair and reasonable. Only you want to be privileged."
Hearing that, Linda became even angrier. "Hey! What are you talking about? Privileged? The money of the crew is sponsored by her father, don"t you know?"
After Linda"s words, Fang Xinting looked embarra.s.sed and hurriedly pushed Linda"s arm. She yelled, "Linda, what are you talking about? Help me to register an extra room, please."
Suddenly scorned by Fang Xinting, Linda felt wronged. She was clearly trying to help her, and she thought her words not wrong at all. The investor of this film was indeed Fang"s company.
Fang Xinting glanced at Linda again and said, "Hurry up. I am tired."
Linda put down the suitcase and walked to the receptionist unwillingly. She registered an extra room for Fang Xinting.
Finally, they left.
w.a.n.g Liang looked at their backs and made a grimace to abreact his dissatisfaction. He whispered, "How arrogant. You depend on your rich father but behaved as if you were a big star."
"What are you whispering?" A sudden voice coming from behind scared w.a.n.g Liang. He turned around and saw Director Chen Yingqiang. He then felt at ease.
"Director Chen, you should have seen the behavior of Fang Xinting"s agent. She was really infuriating. She regarded our crew as the a.s.set of her family. Having a rich father really makes her too proud."
"Well, talk less about this in the future! Keep your mouth shut. If the investment is gone, our crew will be over."
w.a.n.g Liang curled his lips and did not continue to complain but asked, "Director Chen, where are you going?"
"Well, I am going out to buy something."
w.a.n.g Liang nodded. However, he seemed to think of something and suddenly said, "Oh, Director Chen, I saw Fang Xinting and Gong Yu arrive together."
"Oh? So what?" Chen Yingqiang asked in disapproval.
"I don"t want to gossip. But I really don"t believe they just chanced upon each other at the airport."
"What do you mean?"
"I think Fang Xinting has a special att.i.tude toward Gongyu. It is possible that they have a secret relationship."