After an unknown amount of time, Qiao Yu sighed, putting aside these messy thoughts, preparing to check the time to see if Jian Ning was about to get off work and he needed to prepare dinner.
His legs were a bit numb from squatting, and he struggled to get up, stumbling and almost falling.
Qiao Yu frowned, standing for a while before slowly going downstairs, returning to the washbasin.
After washing his face again, he thought about how Jian Ning seemed to like fish during their previous meals. Before resolving the dissociative identity disorder, this couldn’t be known by others, so he needed to go buy groceries now.
He pondered further what else Jian Ning liked to eat. Maybe he’d buy some pork ribs to make soup? Filming was so exhausting, Jian Ning was too thin. To prevent his alternate personality from feeling heartache, he might as well make soup for every meal from now on.
Qiao Yu was thinking while taking the car keys and sitting in the passenger seat. He thought that just stewing soup wasn’t enough, he needed to find some milk without other additives that was nutritious and tasty, and have it sent to the main residence while he drove to pick it up.
As he thought about it, Qiao Yu’s mood inexplicably lifted again.
His heart was full, sweet and tingling.
Wasn’t this mood swing too bizarre?
Qiao Yu’s face suddenly darkened, unwilling to acknowledge his good mood. He thought to himself that the secondary personality was truly useless, thinking about Jian Ning all morning and even causing him to drive out to buy groceries and cook.
Tsk…
So annoying.
In the unnoticed rearview mirror, Qiao Yu tried to maintain a stern expression, but the corners of his mouth quietly curved into an arc, exuding a sweet and sickly smell of being infatuated with love…
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On set.
Jian Ning was usually fine, but today wasn’t as smooth as yesterday.
The problem was with the young girl playing Ling Lin.
Her brother had come to visit the set and happened to see Ling Lin crying and returning home to seek help from her mother, sobbing uncontrollably. Her mother angrily pushed her outside, telling her to come back only when she stopped crying and reflected on whether she had done something wrong that made all her classmates exclude and dislike her.
This would have been fine. The young girl’s acting wasn’t exceptional, but definitely passable. The problem was with her brother.
The young girl was called Sun Ling, and her brother was Sun Nan.
Sun Nan had once confessed to the original protagonist during university, was publicly rejected, and called an “ugly monster”…
Afterward, Sun Nan turned from love to hate and became enemies with the original protagonist.
Sun Nan originally came to see his sister, but when he entered and saw Jian Ning’s fierce appearance and his sister crying from being “bullied”, he instantly recalled the scene from his student days when he was “bullied” and brought to tears, and he immediately exploded!
Just as Jian Ning was turning around, she was suddenly grabbed by the collar and lifted up aggressively: “Jian Ning! Even after all these years, you still hold a grudge! Can’t bully me, so you’re bullying my sister instead?!”
“Cough cough…” This sudden grab almost choked her.
Sun Nan subconsciously loosened his grip, but his face still looked embarrassed, and he fiercely shouted again: “Stop pretending, Jian Ning! I warn you, I’m not the same person I was before. Don’t think I’m still afraid of you!”
Jian Ning: “……”
Everyone was shocked by this sudden turn of events, and immediately rushed forward – some grabbing arms, some hugging waists, trying to calm Sun Nan down. The entire scene became chaotic.
Sun Ling, with tears still in her eyes, immediately squeezed in and hugged her brother’s waist, shouting: “Brother! Calm down!”
Jian Ning struggled to save her neck, her wig now askew, clothes disheveled, and her face feeling hot.
Inexplicably grabbed and made such a mess, Jian Ning was furious, glaring at Sun Nan: “Are you crazy?”
Sun Nan, who had almost calmed down, was provoked by her words and became like a cat with its tail stepped on, his face turning red: “You’re the crazy one! You’re a vengeful neurotic!”
Sun Nan, in his anger, became incoherent: “That incident happened so long ago, and you’re still seeking revenge. Fine, seek revenge on me, but you actually found me at my sister’s film set. What does this have to do with my sister?!”
Onlookers: “???”
Jian Ning: “……”
This person must be brain-damaged.
She didn’t even know him. What grudge could she possibly hold?
Sun Ling awkwardly tugged at her brother’s sleeve: “Brother, Jian Ning didn’t bully me. We were acting.”
“Acting requires locking you outside?” Sun Nan frowned. “What stupid script is this? We’re not filming anymore!”
Sun Ling’s agent quickly pulled him back a few steps, bowing apologetically: “So sorry. My brother just came out of the hospital and his mind isn’t quite clear. We’ve caused everyone trouble. I’ll take him away now.”
She then dragged Sun Nan away.
The screenwriter/director, whose face had turned bad from being called a “stupid script”, was about to get angry: “……”
As he was being pulled away, Sun Nan was still unwilling: “Jian Ning, you wait! I won’t let you continue to be so arrogant!”
Jian Ning rolled her eyes. Idiot.
Director Wang withdrew his gaze and clapped his hands: “Let’s continue!”
Everyone returned to their positions, and the chaos subsided, returning to normal work.
Sun Ling didn’t leave. After her brother had gone some distance, she apologetically said to Jian Ning: “I’m sorry, Jian Ning.”
Jian Ning waved her hand: “It’s fine. We’ll talk about this after shooting.”
Sun Ling could only suppress her embarrassment and try to adjust her state, ready to start shooting again.
Perhaps influenced by her brother, Sun Ling’s subsequent performance wasn’t good. What should have been a suppressed, sad, and heartbreaking crying scene became a cry mixed with a hint of anger.
Director Wang frowned and called cut: “Both of you take a break. Sun Ling, find your state.”
Sun Ling apologetically apologized to Director Wang and Jian Ning, and bowed to the surrounding staff.
Is a very polite child.
Jian Ning sighed, seeing her dejected walking towards Sun Nan’s makeup room, and followed her.
Sun Ling heard footsteps and turned back, her eyes slightly red: “Sister Jian Ning.”
Jian Ning asked directly: “Xiao Ling, do you know about the conflict between me and your brother?”
Sun Ling was somewhat surprised.
Jian Ning casually found an excuse: “I accidentally hit my head a year ago and can’t remember some things.”
“Is that so.” Sun Ling looked around, seeing no one was paying attention, then said: “My brother went to the same university as you. At that time, he fell in love with you at first sight and planned a romantic scene with his friends’ help to confess to you, but…”
Sun Ling hesitated, her brow slightly furrowed, seeming to be unsure whether to continue, and also seeming to blame Jian Ning for not handling the matter well.
Jian Ning didn’t expect such a story, raising an eyebrow: “But what?”
Sun Ling lowered her eyes: “You not only rejected him at the time but also severely humiliated him, seriously hurting his self-esteem. Later, he went abroad and only recently returned after hearing that you were discharged from the hospital.”
Jian Ning: “……” Not knowing what expression to make.
The incident was done by the original owner, and Jian Ning was unclear about the exact circumstances. She didn’t know if Sun Nan had used friends and the crowd to pressure the original owner into agreeing, or if there were any aspects that might have offended the original owner, or perhaps the original owner had indeed gone too far and hurt the young man’s fragile self-esteem.
