The Best Actor Insists On Living With Me!-Chapter 1736 - 1728: Experiences (1)

The rumors about Xia Siyu and Bo Yan have always been the most talked-about gossip.

When the rumors initially started, a lot of people felt Bo Yan deserved better. Not just because Xia Siyu frequently changed boyfriends, but also due to her various reputations of being domineering, unreasonable, and uncultured. Although some of these issues were cleared up, these traits had always followed her. After ten years in the industry, she’s already at the top, but aside from winning Best Supporting Actress at Cannes last year, awards have eluded her.

A person like her is like a delinquent in middle school. Bo Yan, on the other hand, is like the perfect student with excellent grades and conduct.

Apart from looks and family background, there’s really not much that seems to match between these two. Mainly, can Bo Yan, a university lecturer, have a common language with Xia Siyu, a university dropout?

However, after watching the movie, indeed, no matter what gossip there is about her, or how infuriating her brainless remarks might be, witnessing her performance in films instantly gets you hooked on her allure.

When Bo Yan’s presence was announced, there was immediate uproar on site, and a reporter outright asked, "Is he here?"

Xia Siyu smiled and gave a resolute answer, "Guess."

This phrase evidently signified that he was indeed here. This is the largest cinema in Hong Kong, the massive theater can accommodate five hundred people. Apart from the media and staff sitting at the front row, there were real audience members at the back. Upon hearing that Bo Yan was also present, people immediately started glancing around, wondering if he was mingling among the crowd.

But Xia Siyu quickly redirected the topic, "I’m not bringing in non-movie personnel, lest people think I’m advertising for the upcoming ’Sunrise’. If you want to see him, wait until ’Sunrise’ is screened, we’ll have a chance to come back and let everyone interview to their heart’s content. Let’s keep the focus on ’Divine Catcher’ for now."

She’s learned how to handle this, after all, being in the entertainment circle for ten years. She’s not really stupid or headstrong, not thinking things through. Rather, she just doesn’t bother to speak in circles. If you’re good to her, she’s good to you. If you’re not nice, or if you’re sarcastic, or gossiping behind her back, she can’t be bothered with idle talk; she’ll just confront you head-on.

She debuted at the top, and although she fell twice, once relying on Qin Baizhou, and once on herself, she successfully overcame those times. She’s also learned not to rely on others, to speak the truth, and not to beat around the bush. But this time, ’Sunrise’ is Bo Yan’s directorial debut, and she really hopes this film can succeed. Secondly, both she and Bo Yan were financially strained by now, if the box office for ’Sunrise’ was a huge flop and they couldn’t rotate the funds, they might actually have to sell their house.

Also, with ’Divine Catcher’ still in theaters, it would be awkward to overly promote ’Sunrise’. They were just seizing every opportunity for a promotional boost.

Anyway, Bo Yan was also negotiating the Nanyang release of ’Sunrise’, if the negotiations go well, it’d be nice to come again next time, sort of as a heads-up for that.

Xia Siyu’s words indeed shifted the reporters’ focus, but she never expected Director Ji to bring it back up.

When Xia Siyu flew over yesterday, she brought Bo Yan to meet Director Ji, discussing the distribution rights. The reporters had originally started asking her about the filming, inquiring about her martial arts actions, and details about the cliff-jumping scene. Director Ji suddenly interjected, "Speaking of the cliff-jumping, when Xia Siyu fell, we were all shocked. Including Bo Yan."

Tracing it back, during the filming of ’Divine Catcher’, Xia Siyu hadn’t participated in the dating variety show that led to the mountain incident, it was around the time ’Storm’ was about to be released. At the premiere of ’Storm’, she and Bo Yan were still bantering with each other.

So, when did these two actually start getting along?

This question was soon brought up by some well-prepared reporters: "Could you please tell us, Siyu, when did you and Bo Yan start dating?"

Xia Siyu hated being pressed with questions, especially when people kept hounding about her private affairs. For many past matters, she was simply too lazy to clarify, which is why there were so many rumors outside. For some things, if she felt like talking about them, she might chat a little. But if she didn’t want to say anything, no matter how much you asked, you couldn’t pry her mouth open.

After her and Bo Yan’s official announcement, Bo Yan had explained a couple of things, but Xia Siyu never went into their dating process.

Xia Siyu’s expression slightly stiffened. However, in the interest of promotions, she briefly explained, "Not long after that, I guess."

When exactly was "not long," she wouldn’t say. Perhaps after the mountain incident, maybe later.

But the reporters wouldn’t let her off: "But during the ’Storm’ premiere, you and Bo Yan had a fallout, and during the ’Sunrise’ stage play rehearsal, you denied being in a relationship with him, so you’re saying all you’re saying now is a lie?"

This question was sharp, directly accusing her and Bo Yan of concealing their relationship.

Xia Siyu said nothing, slightly frowning. Those familiar with her knew she was actually a bit annoyed now.

The reporter saw her not answering and added, "Before, you two joined a dating variety show, and you participated under the label of ’dating reserves’. Reserves meant not yet officially a couple. But to my knowledge, your first episode of the dating variety aired a year and a half after ’Divine Catcher’ was shot. You just said you started dating soon after, which one is true and which is false?"

Xia Siyu indeed wasn’t good at lying. She hadn’t learned the skill of deceit. But on the mainland, no one dared to press her this hard, and the mainland entertainment reporters got used to her not answering.

But this is Hong Kong, where reporters are notoriously difficult to please.

They don’t care about your status on the mainland, they have to treat you with their "courtesy" here. The earlier speech clearly implied that Xia Siyu concealed her relationship, and fabricated lies, questioning her character. Especially since the cinema meet-and-greet was live broadcasted. If she made one improper remark, a lot of viewers could notice it instantly.

No one can calm an angry Xia Siyu. At least, there was no one on the ’Divine Catcher’ crew on stage who could. She remained silent and didn’t explain, letting the scene freeze directly.

In the midst of this standoff, another person raised his hand, seemingly wanting to continue questioning.

Although a staff member handed him the microphone, another staff member stopped him, asking Xia Siyu to finish her answer first and wait to ask questions later.

But this person stood up directly: