After Entering a Book, He Just Wants to be a Flower Vase

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After coming out of Chu Yinlong’s room, before Jiang Dao could return to his own door, Jing Yu hurriedly ran out. Grabbing his arm, he looked up and down several times, and asked, “Are you alright?”

Jiang Dao laughed: “What can happen to me?”

“Just, just that…” Jing Yu hesitated. “It’s good if you’re fine…”

Jiang Dao asked: “Did you see the hot search?”

Jing Yu looked complicated: ” I wanted to see the comments on the variety show. I didn’t expect… but I believe in you! I also believe in Teacher Chu. Neither of you are that kind of person. You act so well. They’re just talking nonsense and spreading rumors blindly! It pisses me off!”

As he spoke, his tone became more depressed: “Unfortunately, my Weibo is in the hands of my manager, and I can’t help you speak…”

“You shouldn’t.” Jiang Dao was helpless and also a little moved. “I don’t care what they say. No matter how nasty it is, their words won’t kill me.”

“But–” Jing Yu couldn’t bear it. “Even if it’s originally a rumor, after being repeated, more people will believe it. When the time comes, it will become ‘real’. If you have a bad reputation, no one will come to you with movies, TV dramas, variety shows or anything in the future. You… Anyway, rumors can really kill people. Don’t take it lightly.”

“Hm,” Jiang Dao raised his hand and touched his chin. “If the variety shows don’t come to me, then I’ll find a restaurant to be a chef. I’m still able-bodied and won’t starve to death.”

Jing Yu: …

After comforting Jing Yu again, Jiang Dao drove him away and returned to his own room.

As a result, before he could relax, Zhou Wei’s phone call came in. Sure enough, he was also filled with indignation over the hotly discussed rumors, and sounded even more angry than the one being talked about.

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After hanging up the phone and replying to the messages from Tang Yao, Lu Yun, and Cheng Zhiyi, Jiang Dao’s mobile phone finally calmed down as the clock slipped past midnight.

Seeing so many people bring it up, Jiang Dao thought about it. Pulling up Weibo, he clicked on the hot search that had already rushed to the first place.

Sure enough, many people were scolding him. The situation was completely one-sided, as if “hugging thighs” and “unspoken rules” were things that he could do alone, and had nothing to do with Chu Yinlong. There are even many netizens who sympathized with Chu Yinlong being entangled by him, a disgusting person.

Looking at the remarks of “taking shortcuts”, “turning black”, and “retreating from the pit”, the corners of Jiang Dao’s mouth curled upwards. It’s really interesting – such biased public opinion, if there isn’t anyone behind it, he’s a fool.

Even though there’s someone behind it, countless people are willing to be knives in the hands of others. It is similar to the provocation and incitement methods he used when he went to the front line to fight for his life with others.

…does this count as fengshui lunliu zhuan1luck/fortune/fate changing/taking turns – i.e., someone who’s lucky becomes unlucky or vice versa?

Scrolling through the posts in the hot search, Jiang Dao’s mood picked up as he learned new swearing methods unique to this world that he had never seen before.

Until, after he pulled down to refresh the comments, and saw a brand new post.

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“I thought Jiang Dao looked familiar. When I looked through old news, sure enough, there was an actress named Jiang Ruo from twenty years ago. Jiang Dao’s eyebrows and eyes are very similar to hers! Tsk tsk, this female star really… I won’t say anymore, those interested can search it up themselves. If they are really related like I think they are, I can only say that only this kind of mother will have this kind of son!”

Jiang Dao frowned and quickly pulled up the photos attached to the post.

The woman in the photo is coquettish and charming, with a pair of vulpine eyes which hook the soul, and is very similar to the pair of eyes he sees in the mirror every day.

Jiang Dao quit Weibo and searched for the name “Jiang Ruo”. After reading more than a dozen articles, he had a rough idea who she was.

Jiang Ruo was a short-lived female star 20 years ago. As soon as she debuted, she became a smash hit by playing the heroine fox in “A Knife of Red Dust”. It’s a pity but her debut was her peak. Soon after that, she was exposed for selling her body to obtain resources, and also messed with the family of a wealthy businessman… After that, she disappeared completely, and no one knew where she went.

As for who the rich businessman was, no one knew. Only Jiang Ruo, whose name was exposed, was the only one ridiculed.

When he returned to Weibo, Jiang Dao found that the post mentioning Jiang Ruo had been deleted.

In exchange, many sarcastic remarks laughing at his “family origin” were left behind. The details were deliberately unclear, but they clearly left behind the impression that he, Jiang Dao, is an illegitimate child.

Jiang Dao wasn’t really concerned about being an “illegitimate child”.

In the world outside the book, no one cares about a child’s origin. And in the original book plot, there wasn’t any distinction between the children born in wedlock and those born out of wedlock.

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Therefore, while the comments on Weibo make “illegitimate child” seem like a very serious label, Jiang Dao can’t feel any of that.

He even flipped through a few posts to figure out who the mysterious wealthy businessman was, trying to find out his origins. But those posts were quickly deleted without exception, and no useful information could be found.

Tired of scanning Weibo and unable to find any clues, Jiang Dao simply stopped looking.

After taking a shower and pulling up an e-book, he quickly fell asleep with the quilt in his arms.

…

In another room not far away, the atmosphere inside was completely different.

In the end, Chu Yinlong did not end up commenting in person.

After seeing the post hinting at Jiang Dao’s life experience, he seemed to calm down. After instructing the PR team to continue their efforts, he held the phone in his hand, not knowing what to do.

When Lu Zhengrong called again, Chu Yinlong’s face was no longer anxious.

“Even if we reveal that the wealthy businessman is Qin Jiangshan, it won’t change Jiang Dao’s situation.” Lu Zhengrong sounded a little tired. “Besides, Tianqin Capital’s current president is Qin Xiao. He won’t care if Qin Jiangshan’s matter is exposed, and may even have a backhand if it is exposed. Otherwise he wouldn’t have exposed the matter that has been covered up for so many years so easily.”

“En, I never thought of touching Tianqin directly.” Chu Yinlong said calmly. “This time we’re too passive. The attention on Jiang Dao is too high. We can only solve it within the entertainment circle first.”

As for Qin Xiao crossing the border2border as in industry sectors. The entertainment industry shouldn’t interfere with the financial world, and vice versa this time, he will definitely find a chance to repay him. After all, Tianqin Capital is not invincible.

Lu Zhengrong asked: “What are you going to do? If you need help, just mention it.”

Chu Yinlong said, “Let’s shift their attention first. The direction of the entertainment industry is controlled by marketing accounts, and can be diverted with more topical news… An editor I know has materials on Li Cheng in his hands. I just contacted someone and I’m sure I can get a hold of it.”

“Are you sure you can get it?” Lu Zhengrong smiled lightly. “Aren’t you afraid of being bitten at this juncture?”

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“…It didn’t cost much.” Chu Yinlong replied.

“Okay, it’s your own money anyway. It’s fine if you don’t feel bad.” Lu Zhengrong said. “Anyway, Jiang Dao is now an artist of your studio, and can barely be considered an artist under Longqi. I’ll let the PR team over here know and they’ll take care of things.”

Chu Yinlong whispered: “Thank you, Auntie.”

“We’re one family, no need for thanks.” Lu Zhengrong smiled. “However, why didn’t you find your mom for help to deal with the Qin family? Even if Qin Jiangshan can’t be moved, there should be no problem beating Qin Xiao.”

“…I don’t want to disturb her.” Chu Yinlong paused for a while, then added slowly, “I don’t want to owe my stepfather a favor.”

After hanging up the call, Chu Yinlong busied himself until the sky outside the window turned yellow, and everything finally came to an end. Maybe it was because he was tense for so long, but he didn’t feel sleepy. After taking a shower and changing clothes, he circled the coffee table blankly, before finally walking out the room and down the hotel corridor.

He stood outside the closed door of Jiang Dao’s room for a long time, but in the end, Chu Yinlong smiled bitterly and left without a sound.

 

——–

 

Jiang Dao slept well that night. When he woke up, the sky was full of sunshine outside the window.

Although he has a supporting role and doesn’t have many scenes, he still arrives early every day to help. Today is the first day everyone has off since filming started. Finally able to relax, he decided to stay in bed for a while before, and go downstairs to exercise later.

After listening to a popular science article in bed, Jiang Dao put away his earbuds and opened the screen of his mobile phone, only to see dozens of unread messages on his WeChat.

Jiang Dao yawned lazily, and clicked on WeChat to see the messages.

The first few were from Jing Yu and Zhou Wei and comforting him with words such as no one cares about a hero’s background… Jing Yu was also very indignant, cursing the person who broke the news and scolding those behind the scenes, and even dared say anything messy, completely unafraid of Jiang Dao exposing his words.

Based on the timestamp of the  messages, Jing Yu obviously didn’t sleep at all last night. The last message he sent was at 4:00 in the morning. Exclamation marks filled half his screen, followed by a series of short sentences:

“Holy, sh*t! What’s going on today!”

“Have you seen the new hot search? Director Li Cheng took advantage of his position and used auditioning as an excuse to sleep with several young artists! [Fear][Fear]”

“It’s terrible, he even recorded videos and threatened the artists not to speak out…”

Jing Yu retracted a message.

Jing Yu retracted a message.

“I’m sorry!!! My sleepy brain isn’t functioning. You shouldn’t be in the mood to read these [loud cry] Some of them can’t be recalled [loud cry][loud cry]”

“However, your hot search has fallen. That’s a relief!”

After checking the news for a while, Jiang Dao smiled helplessly.

When he opened Weibo, he found that three of the top ten hot searches were related to Li Cheng, and because of his bad behaviors such as intimidation and threats, it even attracted the attention of the official media. The previous hot searches related to Jiang Dao all fell out of the top 30.

Scanning it randomly, the corner of Jiang Dao’s mouth inadvertently raised up.

This plan of diverting attention and fighting in the dark is quite good. He even seemed to have avenged a small personal grievance.

Unexpectedly, Chu Yinlong is quite protective of the calf.3calf = him/Jiang Dao

 

Lol – JD doesn’t care, while CY is a wreck and doing all the heavy work.

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1luck/fortune/fate changing/taking turns – i.e., someone who’s lucky becomes unlucky or vice versa2border as in industry sectors. The entertainment industry shouldn’t interfere with the financial world, and vice versa3calf = him/Jiang Dao