I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 225: You’re Really Useless
Shu Ran: Is this the difference between damn good acting and regular acting?
Just one look, one unchanging expression, a movement that’s even a bit slow, makes you feel... this man is definitely not good news!
Cheng Zhirang’s fingers brushed away imaginary bloodstains from her face, then, as he tilted his head to look down at her, slowly moved downward to her neck.
At this relentless pace, next would be the collar of her cheongsam.
Shu Ran withdrew her hands pretending to be bound, blocking Cheng Zhirang’s descending fingers, "Brother Cheng, that... uh!"
The fingers that had been moving slowly just now suddenly clutched her neck!
Shu Ran was so shocked that she lost control over her expressions, promptly grabbing his wrist with both hands, "Brother Cheng!"
Cheng Zhirang’s hand merely rested on her neck, not actually applying pressure, but the move was so sudden that not only Shu Ran, but even the staff watching them closely, jumped in surprise.
"Shh."
Cheng Zhirang "held" her neck with one hand, raised the index finger of the other hand to his lips, making a gesture for silence.
Shu Ran immediately shut her mouth.
People around them quickly covered their own mouths.
"You’ve been by my side for three years, right?" He switched hands, the back of his hand lightly brushed from her forehead to her shoulder, then along her entire arm, the slow and deliberate movement was unsettling,
"Three years, and besides developing feelings for me, you haven’t been useful for anything else. What use are you?"
Shu Ran: "..." Mom, this man is terrifying!
He didn’t need an answer, he continued talking to himself: "Completely useless. You’re useless, did you hear? Tell me, you’re of no use to me at all, why should I save you?"
Shu Ran: ...Saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda, pagoda?
Cheng Zhirang’s hand was still slowly moving, finally both hands rested on her neck.
"You’re useless, got caught and had to make me spend effort to save you... too useless, such a useless person, might as well just die at my hands."
Just as he finished speaking, veins popped out on the back of his hands. Although he didn’t exert force, the sight of the pulsing veins made one feel — this man really intends to strangle this woman.
The cameraman quickly zoomed in for a close-up.
"Faint." Cheng Zhirang whispered a word.
Shu Ran was perceptive, immediately portraying an expression of unbearable pain, finally rolling her eyes and collapsing to the side.
Cheng Zhirang stood up, leisurely flicked his hands, his long fingers swaying in the air, as if shaking off something dirty.
Then his expression returned to the sinister coldness it had when he first entered the courtyard.
The comments section was silent for a while, then burst into activity after they finished performing.
["Variety Show: My Husband is a Villain"]
["Flower of Evil: My Husband is Two-Faced"]
["My Man is a Pervert"]
["Even Though My Man is a Pervert, I Still Love Him"]
["Although He is a Pervert, He Started to Reform After Meeting Me"]
["A Pervert’s Journey to Reform For Me"]
["Sexy Pervert Avenges Me Online"]
[Everyone should publish books, I’ll buy them all, keep one set at home, give my husband one set]
[I just love this kind of man, one thing to your face, another behind your back, multiple roles in the same person]
[Those hands felt like they were touching me, I got goosebumps]
[What kind of fantasy are you having, they were grabbing you, more like]
[This man is absolute, so he’s given the identity of a pervert, right?]
[Betrayed Female Knight Mu Qiu, now betraying Cheongsam Shu Ran, what kind of pervert is this with a time machine?]
[Mom, I fell in love with a pervert]
[Brother, my neck is thick, come strangle me]
[Brother, I’m not wearing makeup, come touch me]
[Cheng Zhirang! Strangle me! (Old hen screeches)]
[...Ladies, you don’t need to be like this]
[Mu Qiu: Brother Cheng is so handsome, I’d love to act with him]
[Shu Ran: Brother Cheng is so dedicated, giving me a chance to act, I must seize it!]
[Mu Qiu & Shu Ran: I trust Brother Cheng!]
[Brother Cheng: What are you afraid of?]
[Brother Cheng: You’re really useless.]
[Meanwhile, sympathy for Mu Qiu and Shu Ran for two seconds]
[I have a feeling he’ll go and betray Guan Yu next]
[So is Brother Mei Yan... set to perform as a pervert for all three female guests?]
[Looks like the Cheng Zhi fans have a taste for heavier content...]
[Kneeling and begging for Brother to play a pervert! Next show!]
[Praying for Guan Yu]
...
After acting out a scene with Cheng Zhirang, Shu Ran felt she was overwhelmed.
Indeed, it was the right decision for her to attend acting classes.
The Crown Prince is walking the acting route, so Changhui Entertainment definitely won’t promote too many artists without acting skills. Only those with solid acting skills won’t produce a bunch of nonsense, the work speaks for itself then.
No wonder her new manager was always sending her edited videos of film emperor acting clips.
Cheng Zhirang didn’t know what she was thinking, he resumed his usual gentle expression and apologized for the offense.
Shu Ran couldn’t possibly mind this bit of contact, she was even waiting for Cheng Zhirang to extend his hand for a handshake.
Because she had heard that Cheng Zhirang had a habit in the industry—after filming scenes like this where he mistreated others, he would always bend down to pull others up and apologize with a handshake.
Many female entertainers in the industry had a crush on him because of this habit. He was too gentle.
But even after two minutes had passed since he said ’offended,’ Shu Ran still hadn’t been offered a handshake.
Nor did he seem inclined to perform this habitual action at all.
Shu Ran: Industry rumors are probably false, bad ratings for those spreading rumors.
While pondering this, the two of them had already left the courtyard.
"Then I’ll go look around other places, since there’s a storyline here, you stay here." Cheng Zhirang said.
Shu Ran came back to her senses, "Oh, okay Brother Cheng."
She watched Cheng Zhirang walk out of the alley, his figure disappearing, only then did she make a relieved expression to the camera.
"Brother Cheng really acted like a pervert, just now it scared me."
The cameraman following her was already used to her perceptiveness.
Among the six-person team, she was the only one with any experience in variety shows, most adept at talking to the camera while walking.
"Now, I’ll take a look at my identity card," she didn’t forget the main storyline, taking out her identity card and unfolding it, thanking Cheng Zhirang in passing, "Really, thanks to Brother Cheng, otherwise I wouldn’t know when I’d find this."
Once unfolded, there were only a few lines. Compared to Mu Qiu’s long and dense narrative, this was very straightforward.
Shu Ran cleared her throat and read it once: "Republican Era Socialite—You are a qipao-wearing rose, navigating social events among various officials and warlords. You have been involved in espionage activities for the largest warlord of the time, the Gu Family, for six years, until captured by the enemy and used as leverage against the Gu Family. You await rescue, but that man doesn’t love you. When you’ve lost your value, he intends to deal with you personally..."
Bridge beans sack, this storyline is so familiar.
