Zhou Jianguo and Luo Bei were walking back on their way when they ran into Zhan Qi who had just returned.
Since Zhan Qi stopped pursuing Luo Bei, their relationship had become much more relaxed. However, Zhan Qi still stubbornly believed that Jiang Sihan was Luo Bei’s boyfriend until now…
As soon as they met, Zhan Qi asked, “Why haven’t I seen Xiao Jiang these past few days?”
“He went out to work. He probably won’t be back for a month or two,” Luo Bei replied.
“I see. Big Liu is coming back from out of town in a few days. I was thinking of asking you to bring Xiao Jiang along,” Zhan Qi said.
Luo Bei thought for a moment and decided not to let Zhan Qi continue to misunderstand. If this continued, everyone would think that Jiang Sihan was her boyfriend. Jiang Sihan was likely to stand out from the entertainment industry later this year, and if the misunderstanding continued, it wouldn’t be good.
“Uh, Zhan Qi, Xiao Jiang and I are not what you think. When he helped me clean the hallway and take out the trash, he was actually working,” Luo Bei explained, knowing that if she said Jiang Sihan was just helping out, it would make things worse. “He wasn’t busy with work during that time, so my grandmother asked him to help manage the hygiene and other miscellaneous tasks of this building. It was more like a part-time job.”
Zhan Qi was taken aback, but he didn’t believe this explanation. After all, not many people knew about Jiang Sihan’s financial difficulties. In Zhan Qi’s opinion, even if Jiang Sihan wanted to do a part-time job, he wouldn’t be doing something like taking out the trash…
Generally, it’s the uncles and aunties who aren’t afraid of getting dirty or tired who do this kind of work. Which young person would do it?
However, when he saw Zhou Jianguo, who had been silent beside him all along, and thought about the several times they had been seen together recently, Zhan Qi always felt like he had figured out the truth.
Did Beibei and Xiao Jiang break up already and now she’s developing a relationship with this gentleman, which is why she said she never dated Xiao Jiang before?
Luo Bei thought she had explained it very clearly, but why did Zhan Qi look at her with a “I understand and comprehend” expression?
If it was someone else who did this kind of thing, Zhan Qi would definitely think she was hypocritical and pretentious, but since it was Luo Bei who did it, he felt that if the girl could deny having been in a relationship, the problem must lie with Xiao Jiang.
He probably relied on his good looks and started and ended relationships easily.
Tsk.
In the end, he disappointed Beibei, what a scumbag.
It would be best if this Jiang guy didn’t come back, otherwise if Zhan Qi met him…
After Zhan Qi left, Zhou Jianguo turned his head and said, “I don’t think he believed your explanation just now.”
Luo Bei nodded. “I can tell.”
What could be the reason that made Zhan Qi firmly believe that she was dating Jiang Sihan?
She really didn’t understand!
If Jiang Sihan also had an ambiguous attitude, even deliberately misled Zhan Qi, she could still understand, but that wasn’t the case…
“By the way, it sounds like you believe what I said?” Luo Bei asked again.
Zhou Jianguo shrugged. “Why wouldn’t I believe you? Do you need to lie to the man just now or to me, the bystander?”
“That’s true.”
“You’re not interested in either of us, and women generally wouldn’t waste their words lying to men they’re not interested in, right?”
Currently, Luo Bei and Zhou Jianguo are considered friends, so they can speak freely without being too restrained. Luo Bei took out her key card and swiped it to open the security door, “Don’t underestimate yourself, you’re very handsome.”
Zhou Jianguo touched his nose, “Thank you.”
The two said goodbye on the first floor. Zhou Jianguo went down to the basement, while Luo Bei went up to her home.
On the other side, the male lead of the rumor, Jiang Sihan, also finished filming for the day and followed the crew to have dinner. He had little to say to people he was not familiar with, so to the people on the set, he appeared quite aloof.
Apart from the extras, the number of actors on a web drama set is not that high.
Someone had just returned from overseas and brought a box of chocolates for the crew. The chocolates were quite popular, and had even become a social media sensation on Weibo.
Even people like Jiang Sihan, who didn’t use Weibo much, also knew about these chocolates, so his first thought was to save them for Luo Bei.
However, he wasn’t sure when he would be able to go back. So after dinner, he asked another male actor on the set for the phone number of a nearby courier guy. He knew this actor always shopped online and must know the phone number.
“Right, a courier will be here soon, and you can send it out right away. If it’s in the same city, it’ll arrive tomorrow. Even if it’s not, it’ll still be there the morning after tomorrow.”
Jiang Sihan took the box of chocolates and waited for the courier with the male actor in the hotel lobby.
As newcomers with no work and no fans, no one would come up to them for autographs even if they were shooting a web drama now.
Although Brother Liu told Jiang Sihan to enjoy the days before he became famous, he felt that he might have to enjoy such days for the rest of his life.
“Are you going to send this box of chocolates?” the male actor asked incredulously.
Jiang Sihan nodded. “Yeah.”
He actually liked chocolates quite a bit, but he felt that it was a waste for him to eat them. After all, the chocolates were not cheap for him. It was better to send them to Luo Bei to enjoy.
“To whom are you sending it? Your girlfriend?” The male actor thought Jiang Sihan was quite considerate. Someone gave him chocolates, but he didn’t eat them and wanted to send them to his girlfriend.
“I’m not sending it to a girlfriend, but to a good friend of mine,” Jiang Sihan replied.
The male actor felt a bit uneasy and asked tentatively, “Is your friend a guy or a girl?”
If it’s a guy… does that indirectly reveal Jiang Sihan’s sexual orientation?
Jiang Sihan thought the male actor’s question was strange and replied, “Of course it’s a girl.”
The male actor breathed a sigh of relief, “So, do you like her?”
Jiang Sihan thought for a moment and shook his head.
Looking at Jiang Sihan’s dumbfounded expression, the male actor patted his shoulder and said, “I hope that by the time you realize it, the girl is still single.”
In the male actor’s view, there’s no such thing as friendship between men and women. He says they’re good friends, but then goes out of his way to send the other party a box of chocolates?
Even ghosts wouldn’t believe it.
Jiang Sihan : “….”
Zhou Jianguo had some tricks up his sleeve, and Luo Bei was not too sure what they were. However, seeing his confident demeanor, she chose to believe him. After all, dealing with the matter of Fang Jingzhou was quite a headache, and having someone to help her figure things out was a relief. She could finally take a breather and relax her mind and nerves.
The truth was, Fang Jingzhou’s personality and appearance after growing up made her very worried.
How could such a good child become a psychologically twisted person?
She still felt that Fang Jingzhou should have grown up like a normal child. Was it really worth it to become the most disgusting and feared person by distorting one’s own personality just to succeed? Luo Bei couldn’t be sure, but she knew she couldn’t be a bystander in this matter.
Within two days, Chen Lan’s mother, Fang Jingzhou’s grandmother arrived.
As expected, she was a typical middle-aged woman who was very simple and only had one daughter, Chen Lan, so she inevitably doted on her. She and her husband worked hard to send their daughter to school, but they didn’t expect her to be dazzled by the outside world and go down the wrong path. Although she was angry and frustrated, she also felt sorry for her daughter, because raising a child alone was definitely not easy these days.
As soon as she arrived, she took Fang Jingzhou back next door, and Luo Bei had no objections. After all, with her biological mother present, Chen Lan could not just ignore him.
Fang Jingzhou’s grandmother was very hardworking, sh cleaned the house inside and out. She also made a big table of food and invite Grandma Luo, Luo Bei, and Zhao Pianpian to her house for dinner, thanking them for taking care of Chen Lan and her son.
Other things aside, in terms of being a person, Chen Lan is no match for her mother.
Mother Chen was about to go to the market to buy groceries, but she never expected that the vendors at the stall would recognize her daughter.
“Auntie, who doesn’t know your daughter? She’s so beautiful and elegant, some people even believe she’s a big star.”
The words were exaggerated, but no mother can resist flattery and praise.
“Someone asked about her before, a son of a landlord in our village. He quite likes Chen Lan. Auntie, as an outsider, you may not understand the local situation here. If you own a building, you don’t have to work because you can earn a lot of money just by renting it out. With the rent going up, renting out a building casually can earn tens of thousands of yuan a month.
“He has good character, a proper job, and comes from a good family. But, Auntie, don’t get me wrong, everything about Chen Lan is good except for the fact that she has a child. It’s difficult to find a good man with a child, especially a boy.”
Mother Chen’s face was serious. As an experienced person, she naturally knew how difficult it is for an unmarried woman with a child, especially a boy.
“If the child were in her hometown, no one would know about it. But since she is always with the child, it’s difficult for her to find a good man. If she doesn’t want to get married, that’s fine. But if she does, she cannot bring the child along.”
Mother Chen mother walked back with a heavy heart, carrying the basket of groceries. She only has one daughter, and of course, she loves her grandson, but she loves her daughter even more. Her daughter is young and beautiful, and has good conditions. She doesn’t expect her to marry a rich man, but wouldn’t it be nice to find a reliable and honest man?
But her daughter doesn’t want to go back to her hometown. It’s not easy for her to find a husband while taking care of her child outside. Originally, Chen’s mother didn’t mind taking care of her grandson, but she just wanted to force her daughter to bring the child back to their hometown. She came this time to take her daughter and grandson back home, so she had been reluctant to change her mind. After some thought, she realized that her daughter would be thirty years old in just two years.