Before and After Divorce - Chapter 5

At the meeting, Xia Tingwan was very uncomfortable.

When the reporter of U Weekly asked about acting skills, he first praised him for his interpretation of Little Xia as a victim of domestic violence, and then asked him if he had experienced similar things in his life or had contact with people like Little Xia. 

Xia Tingwan felt as if his throat was suddenly clenched by someone.

In the spotlight, even if it was only three or four seconds of aphasia, it was very embarrassing. He felt that his palm was sweating, wanted to smoke a cigarette and wanted to drink a few shots. When his eyes wandered, he saw Su Yan sitting in the first row.

Su Yan folded his hands and looked at him steadily. His focused gaze suddenly made him feel more at ease.

He finally managed to come up with a fairly reasonable response: “I have no personal experience or contact. In fact, director Xu Zhe really gave me a lot of inspiration and help on how to interpret little Xia.” 

In entering the entertainment industry, he has always been in a state of unconsciousness and self-knowledge.

To become a star, he is most satisfied that someone likes it.

Later, of course, it was too naive, but for him at that time, that was his real idea.

He wants the love of many people, the free love that doesn’t pursue the real him and doesn’t need any responsibility and response.

He was like a vain peacock, just wanting to open the screen at the moment of illusory brilliance.

As for the real self, he doesn’t want to be seen, approached, answered or remembered.

After the meeting, the scene formed a small-scale chat and the social situation was in twos and threes.

Of course, Xia Tingwan should have been the protagonist, but he felt that his performance during the interview was really bad and he also was in a bad mood, so he wished to be ignored and soon slipped into the corner alone. 

It was agent Zhou Yang who first found him, “There’s a problem.”

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“Not going.” Xia Tingwan refused without thinking. Since he became famous, there have been many such things. There are rich businessmen and directors, but first, there were no great characters. Second, Xia Tingwan’s personality is capricious to the extreme. He enjoys admiration, but hates the approach of people with intentions. Once the liking for him is forced, it will step on his bottom line. 

“I’m afraid Mr. Su’s face must need to be given.” Zhou Yang shook his head. He leaned over and pointed to Su Yan, who was standing in the distance and talking to Xu Zhe: “Xia Tingwan, I know you. It’s not annoying and we can’t afford to provoke him. I definitely won’t mention it to you.”

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Instead of paying attention to Zhou Yang, he clenched the champagne glass and strode directly in the direction of Su Yan.

“Mr. Su,” 

He suddenly stood next to Xu Zhe and Su Yan, who had a pleasant conversation. Although he smiled with shallow dimples, his eyes stared at Su Yan provocatively: “By your capability, you don’t have to be troublesome if you want to eat with me. Do you need to tease me by making up a fan identity?”

Xia Tingwan’s words were blunt and rude, which made Xu Zhe turn his head in astonishment.

But Xia Tingwan was really angry.

He thought he was an elegant fan due to his demeanor, but he was actually a powerful man playing old-fashioned tricks. 

If Su Su Yan came, he wouldn’t be so angry, but Su Yan lied to him like playing a prank. He was complacent and then condescended to force him to promise. It was really stupid.

Su Yan is not as cool as he thought, which makes him angry.

“In fact, it’s easy to ask me for dinner. The last time someone offered 300,000, I refused, so Mr. Su… Why don’t you make an offer?”

As soon as Xia Tingwan’s words were spoken, he immediately regretted it. 

The 300,000 story was made up in vain. Although there are such things in the circle, the price tag is too vulgar. No one will say it openly. He just wants to choke Su Yan.

But in fact, of course, this not only loses his own face, but also makes Xu Zhe look bad.

What’s more, he hasn’t figured out the origin of Su Yan, but Zhou Yang said that, of course, he couldn’t be offended.

Xia Tingwan’s hair was fried this evening, but in fact, he counseled quickly, but he didn’t want to be soft immediately, so he had to stand there stiff. 

Su Yan looked down at Xia Tingwan and looked a little surprised.

“Apologies.”

Su Yan apologized first, which surprised Xia Tingwan. He looks like the kind of person who doesn’t need to say sorry in his life.

“Seeing you in low spirits today, I wanted to invite you to dinner. In fact, I should have told you directly, but I didn’t see you at the end of the meeting, so I entrusted Mr. Zhou. I think there must be some misunderstanding during the report.” 

“As for the identity of a fan…”

Su Yan turns around and Xia Tingwan noticed a bodyguard wearing a black suit and nearly two meters high behind him. Su Yan took a thin CD from the bodyguard and handed it to Xia Tingwan.

“The Blu-ray disc of “Jing Yu” bought by my trustee some time ago is brought today to look for Mr. Xia’s signature.”

Su Yan looked at Xia Tingwan, sighed softly and said, “I’m really a fan and didn’t lie to you. Just now, is it a little embarrassing to make this request now?” 

“No, not embarrassing.”

Xia Tingwan felt his face hot in an instant. He didn’t dare to look at Su Yan’s expression. He only glanced at Xu Zhe secretly. The latter rubbed his fingers on the center of his eyebrows and didn’t talk. It was obviously bothersome.

Su Yan built a hundred steps for him just to let him down. Xia Tingwan was relieved, but he felt even more ashamed. He had to find a pen and write his name on the CD.

“Mr. Xia.” 

When Xia Tingwan was writing, Su Yan’s low voice rang again beside him: “if someone asks you for dinner again, no matter how much money – tell them to roll.”

Xia Tingwan couldn’t help looking up at Su Yan.

Even if it was just such a hasty encounter, Su Yan was almost firmly labeled as elegant and decent. The word “roll” came out of his mouth, which really surprised Xia Tingwan.

“So, if you get into trouble, Mr. Xia can come to me at any time.” 

Su Yan didn’t explain any more. He took over the CD signed by Xia Tingwan. A gentle smile appeared in his light grey eyes, “Thank you.”

He left these two words and turned away.

Author’s Note:

Thank you all =v=