Chapter 50 - 50 49 Almost Finished

Chapter 50: Chapter 49 Almost Finished Chapter 50: Chapter 49 Almost Finished Everyone had just sat down for a bit when the tricycle loaded with goods arrived.

Watching the driver expertly manoeuvre the tricycle, Wenyan suddenly became interested, wanting to experience driving it herself.

Wang Che wanted to give it a try too, and when he did, he asked Shen Jinghe’s assistant to take a few photos for him.

Once he finished, he uploaded them online.

Because he posted many photos at once, he didn’t notice that one of them was actually of Wenyan.

It was only after his feed exploded with numerous comments that he realized the mistake he had made.

He hurriedly found Wenyan to apologize.

“I’m really sorry, Wenyan, I accidentally posted a photo of you driving the tricycle online. Your fans are saying that I’m leeching off your popularity.”

“What nonsense,” Wenyan laughed heartily after hearing this, “What popularity of mine are you leeching off? Wait, don’t tell me you captured an unflattering photo of me?”

“No way, you look good no matter how you’re photographed. A great beauty is a vision, even when driving a tricycle.”

“You sure have a sweet mouth.”

“It’s not just sweet talk, these are your fans’ exact words. I’m telling you, Wenyan, you should post an update. You have no idea, your fans were bugging me even before today.

Now that they’ve seen the photo of you driving the tricycle, they’re even more insistent. I’ve never had my inbox so lively, thanks to you. It’s so busy now. Don’t believe me? Take a look.”

As he spoke, Wang Che handed over his phone to Wenyan.

Wenyan quickly scanned it: “That’s true, but I don’t really have anything good to post. I don’t even have a work yet.”

“I don’t have a work either, but it’s all about capturing life, right? So many people like you, they say they’ll go to the movie just for your scenes. I think you shouldn’t let them down. What do you say?”

“Okay,” Wenyan nodded, “you make sense. They’re really funny, actually saying that you’re leeching off me, ha ha. So I’ll leech off you too. Let’s take a photo together.”

“Sure thing, stand here. The spot is better.”

Meanwhile, Shen Jinghe: Heh, is that really necessary, taking a photo together?

But soon after, Wenyan ran over with her phone towards him.

Heh, Shen Jinghe grumbled to himself, now she probably wants a photo with me. How utterly trivial.

But a simple photo together wasn’t out of the question.

However… Wenyan walked right past him to someone standing behind him.

“Grandma Zhou, may I take a photo with you?”

Shen Jinghe: ……

After the photo was taken, Wenyan posted an update.

‘I’m leeching off the handsome guy’s popularity today ha ha. Took a break from the busy day to visit grandma in the mountains, very happy’

Not long after posting, she received many comments.

‘Ha ha ha, just came over from @Wang Che’s post. Everyone was joking that the young man was leeching off your popularity, now you’re leeching right back.’

‘Ah ah ah, sister, can you tell me how you manage to look so good on a tricycle? Do you have any tips?’

‘It seems that what Wang Che said about urging us on was true, he wasn’t deceiving us.’

‘Speaking of which, the background of the sister and brother’s photo looks familiar. She said she came to visit the grandma in the mountains, so it should be the same home where Shen Jinghe got stranded that day, right?’

‘Bingo, to the one above. I specifically looked at the clarification photos posted by the director before, it’s definitely these two houses, no mistake.’

‘Ah, if the pretty sister has come to visit the grandma, then where’s our Hehe? He must have come too.’

‘Hehe will definitely come. He’s a man of loyalty. He took this movie role because the director is his friend. With his current status, normally such directors couldn’t afford him. Since the grandma took him in before, he will surely come to visit.’

‘Ha ha ha, the sister is really down-to-earth. Did you see what was in that tricycle? A full load, all rice, flour, grains, and oils.’

“There’s so much, I think it must have been Wenyan and Shen Jinghe who bought it together,”

“Wuwuwu, Miss, please look at me. My brother hasn’t posted a selfie for several months now. If you are together now, could you please urge my brother to post a picture? I really miss him,”

“Hehe, here comes someone riding the hype. I’m speechless, SJH already said there’s nothing between them, and now the clout-chasing starts. Someone must be desperate to get famous,”

“I think you must be the crazy one upstairs. Wenyan posted a photo with Wang Che. If you’re talking about riding the hype, it’s about playing a joke with Wang Che. Where did Wenyan and Wang Che ever mention Shen Jinghe from beginning to end?”

“Don’t try to salvage your dignity, ‘acting audition sister’ is just playing too many roles, disgusting, boycott!”

“Are you nuts, coming here to cause trouble on someone else’s turf, and then making a big deal out of it?”

“What’s the problem? She posted it for people to comment, didn’t she? If she doesn’t want comments, she can close the comment section,”

“Fact is fact, you can’t shut me up,”

“What facts, may I ask? Are these the ‘facts’ that you spout without thinking?”

…Wenyan was speechless, everything was fine initially, but in just a short while, an argument had broken out.

She hadn’t mentioned Shen Jinghe at all in that post, and yet she was still being so harshly criticized.

Sigh, Wenyan couldn’t help but let out a sigh in her heart.

[Sure enough, my decision to refuse joining Shen Jinghe’s studio was the right one, otherwise I really would have been cursed to death. I must be the first actor to become notorious without any work, topping the trending searches,]

Shen Jinghe quietly unlocked his phone upon hearing Wenyan’s inner thoughts.

It seemed that his proposal that day had indeed been quite immature.

She was constantly involved in controversies because of his fans.

Thinking this, Shen Jinghe took the initiative to ask Wenyan,

“You must be wrapping up after finishing the shoot in the mountains, right?”

“Yes, there aren’t many scenes left. I didn’t expect it to end so quickly, time flies so fast,”

“What are you planning to do next?”

“Go home, of course.”

“…I meant your work plans after you go home.”

“None. It’s not like every production recruits new actors publicly like ‘Lost Voice’.”

“So if there’s a suitable opportunity, would you like to keep working, or do you plan to take a break for a while?”

“If there’s a suitable opportunity, of course I’m willing. But I’m not in a rush,”

“Mhm, I got it.”

–

After finishing lunch at Granny Zhou’s, everyone headed back to the film crew.

The first scene in the afternoon was Wenyan’s.

She needed to film a fleeing scene in the cornfield.

Quite a few villagers came to watch, and Granny Zhou happened to be among them.

After the shoot was over, Wenyan was free for the time being.

Seeing that Granny Zhou hadn’t left, Wenyan took the initiative to approach her.

“Granny, you came to watch us film too, huh? Isn’t it interesting?”

“Yes, I find it so fascinating I don’t want to leave. Mainly because the village hasn’t been this lively in a long time. What are you filming? I see a lot of movies are about stories in the city nowadays, why did you come to our village to film?”