Chapter 184 - Are You Just Going to Meet Your Love Rival Like This?
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Though it was already very late at night, Vera was still wide awake in her own apartment as she was waiting for news from Ku Jie about the identity of Yao Fan’s opponent.
The actress was known as Lin Mei and she was using her gentle and pleasing appearance to gain recognition in the entertainment industry. This was because Lin Mei’s appearance was very demure and this would not provide her many routes to take on her road to stardom.
However, Lin Mei’s team was very powerful and they knew how to play their cards very well. This was proven by the numerous roles that Lin Mei had successfully played in several popular domestic dramas. Lin Mei team would always take the first step to deal with whoever that was standing in Lin Mei’s way to securing a role.
Therefore, this was not the first time that Lin Mei’s team had tried to bring another actress down by using all sorts of underhanded means.
There were also rumors circulating around the entertainment circle that Lin Mei had somehow managed to intercept the role of the first female lead from another actress, even after the actress had been officially casted.
Lin Mei’s encounter with Yao Fan this time could be regarded as a competition between two major factions.
After calling Yao Fan silly, Song Chenxing then continued focusing on the script in his hand.
As for the reason why he had changed so much over the past few months, he had thought about it a lot. He finally understood why Lu Jingzhi would come all the way to Shuofeng Film City just to let him know that Jiang Yuning was his woman. He was also starting to understand the relationship between a man and a woman. He finally knew the answer to the question that his assistant had previously asked him.
In the beginning, Jiang Yuning had misunderstood him although he never had any other intentions. However, he had to admit that he had not been sensible at that time and he only now noticed how he had overstepped his boundaries through some of his actions. After several warnings and advice by different people, he finally recognized the importance of acting within his boundaries. He also realized that he had never once rejected the idea of starting a romantic relationship with Yao Fan. Even though they were lucky enough to be casted in the last two dramas together, he had always taken her for granted.
He was not a romantic person and although he discovered his own feelings a little too late, he finally understood who he had in his heart all along when Yao Fan fell into the well.
This was what it felt like to be worried about someone.
He did not know what the future held for the both of them. However, he thought that it was not a bad idea to try to get along and fall in love, since it had not been easy for him to find someone that he truly liked and admired.
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Later that day, Vera picked Jiang Yuning up from the villa to send her to press conference for <Desert Island Rescue>.
When Vera saw that Jiang Yuning was merely wearing a black A-line dress without even putting on any jewelry or accessories, she was a little taken aback. “Are you just going to meet your love rival like this?”
When Jiang Yuning heard Vera’s words, she took a red lipstick out of her purse and started applying it on her lips. “Hm. Do you really think I need to dress up for her?”
Vera was shocked and she quickly replied, “Fine…just pretend that I did not say anything at all.”
There was absolutely no need to overdress or apply extremely thick makeup. Wouldn’t that make her looked less confident?
There was really no need to compare how they dressed up. The important thing was how they were going to face each other.
Jiang Yuning was already facing less judgment and criticism because of the incident involving Yao Fan. Therefore, when she arrived at the location where the press conference was to be held, the reporters and fans gathering at the entrance were also gentle and kind towards her.
The Ginger Candies had even printed out a banner to support her.
Before things changed, Jiang Yuning would never have received this kind of treatment from the public. In the past, when she was still with Emperor Entertainment, it would have been considered her lucky day if no one had thrown a rotten egg at her.
“Little Ningning, you are so skinny! Please eat more,” one of the fans waiting at the entrance shouted.
“Okay,” Jiang Yuning subconsciously replied.
When the fans heard Jiang Yuning replying, they immediately screamed in excitement.
Jiang Yuning did not have any fans in the past and she was already used to people scolding her and hating on her. She also never had anyone who cared about her in the past. However, now that she had the Ginger Candies, it was the first time that she actually had fans who cared about her and even prepared a banner to welcome her as she attended an event.
This was because Jiang Yuning was worth it.
“Miss Jiang, please enter,” the head of the production team said as she brought Jiang Yuning and Vera to the designated dressing room.
“Both the expert group and the celebrity group will be participating in the press conference today. I have heard that the amateurs will not show up until the official recording date of the program. I guess the production team still has some hidden tricks up their sleeves,” Vera informed Jiang Yuning.
“That would be quite interesting,” Jiang Yuning smiled as she walked towards the door of the dressing room.
“Your love rival is in the other dressing room,” Vera said as she pointed at the dressing room right next to Jiang Yuning’s designated dressing room. “I am also very curious to find out what she looks like. I cannot seem to figure out why she would have the courage to challenge you.”
Jiang Yuning listened to Vera’s words as she set her eyes on the door of the other dressing room with the words ‘expert team dressing room’ emblazoned…