The film and television city starts from the courtyard

That day, Qian, who hadn't been heard from in a long time, suddenly came to find Zhao Shucheng.

Zhao Shucheng looked at A Qian and asked curiously, "A Qian, what have you been up to lately?"

A-Qian glanced at Zhao Shucheng somewhat embarrassedly and briefly recounted her experiences over the past few days.

As an actor who often struggles to get roles, Zhao Shucheng finally recommended him to a film crew. However, halfway through filming, he realized he didn't want to be an actor at all. The work was tough and tiring, and he also had to deal with the unspoken rules of a fat, pig-like director. He felt he couldn't see a way out, so he simply took his paycheck and prepared to contemplate life.

In reality, Qian intended to spend all the money and then disappear without a trace. However, after getting out of the taxi, she realized she had left her wallet in the car, and because she didn't ask for a receipt, she didn't even know which company the taxi belonged to.

She made countless phone calls, only to be scolded each time. Finally, someone called her, saying they had found her wallet. Qian fell in love with this person at first sight, feeling that he was her soulmate.

Aqian came to find Zhao Shucheng to tell him that she was in love.

Zhao Shucheng asked curiously, "Then why did you look up to find me? Did you specifically want to let me know?"

"Of course not, today is his wedding anniversary with his wife, he doesn't have time to spend with me."

Luo Shuquan was at Zhao Shucheng's house when he heard this and was immediately dumbfounded.

Although he was used to Zhao Shucheng dating several girls at the same time, he still found it hard to understand why A Qian was with a married woman.

"If you think he lied to me, no, he told me before we even started, just like Xiaobai did."

Luo Shuquan asked in surprise, "So you two continued to be together?"

“I didn’t want to marry him, nor did I ask him to leave his wife. All I wanted was for him to love me, that’s enough. Besides, he said that his wife doesn’t understand him at all.”

"Don't you think you're the other woman?"

Aqian retorted, "Does that matter? He loves me. Haven't you heard the saying, 'The one who isn't loved is the third party'?"

Zhao Shucheng laughed upon hearing this, thinking that Qian had truly been brainwashed. Although he wasn't exactly a good person himself, dating several people at the same time, he would never say anything like "I don't love you" or "I don't understand you."

If Zhao Shucheng didn't love her, he would simply walk away and wouldn't pester her. Instead, he would pursue his true love. Besides, that statement itself is a fallacy; love inherently includes responsibility, respect, and commitment, and it doesn't come at the cost of hurting others.

Besides, love also has a first-come-first-served order. No matter how sweet the words are or how deep the love is later, being a latecomer is still a latecomer and cannot be used as a reason for excuse.

After all, the woman who was no longer loved, and even misunderstood by her husband, was once loved; otherwise, how could she have gotten married? But as time passed, the love gradually faded, and she became an eyesore, a stumbling block to other people's happiness.

Ah Qian, however, was already deeply in love. Her love was the most important thing in the world, so those who slandered, opposed, and resisted her were all trying to prove the greatness of this love and that the world simply didn't understand her.

Zhao Shucheng didn't know what to say, after all, he himself was not upright and had no face to tell A Qian to stay away from that man.

When Aqian saw that Zhao Shucheng and Luo Shuquan were not saying anything, she breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that they supported her.

"Alright, I'll treat you to dinner!"

Zhao Shucheng and Luo Shuquan exchanged a glance and agreed.

But after the three of them arrived at the restaurant, Qian suddenly said mysteriously, "Let me tell you, this restaurant is actually the one where he first took me on our date..."

"So, you've brought us here to reminisce about your sweet moments? How do you feel right now?"

Ah Qian said, "There's a kind of cruel pleasure to it, it should be happiness!"

As she spoke, Qian picked up her phone, preparing to call her boyfriend and bother him a little.

To A-Qian's surprise, after she dialed the number, she felt like the other person was right next to her. At first, she didn't quite believe it, but when she held the phone a little further away, she could still hear the voice, and that's when she confirmed it.

A-Qian stood up abruptly, made a phone call, and walked outside. She then saw a man holding a phone, talking anxiously.

Ah Qian never expected that she would run into him here, especially since he and his wife had come to the restaurant together.

Instead of making a scene, Qian smiled awkwardly and ran downstairs without looking back.

Zhao Shucheng and Luo Shuquan exchanged a glance and said, "Alright, it seems we can't have this meal. Let's go!"

"It's such a pity. This was the first time Qian had ever treated us to a meal. I didn't expect it to end before we even got a taste."

A-Qian was taken home by Zhao Shucheng and Uncle Luo. She went through a heart-wrenching ordeal and cried for a long time. After her breakdown, it took her a long time to calm down.

"Xiaobai, you don't understand at all. You don't even realize how good he is to me."

Zhao Shucheng said, "Really? How good is it? Does it mean buying you a house, a car, or giving you expensive jewelry, designer clothes, and bags?"

Aqian fell silent. After all, while there were times when she paid for things when she was with him, she paid for things herself most of the time.

His reason for this was that he was married, his wife controlled the family finances, he had no savings, and he couldn't provide Qian with a better material life.

Back then, Qian was completely immersed in love and naturally didn't consider so much. She also felt that as long as there was love between them, it didn't matter whose money they spent.

But now that I've calmed down, I feel like something's not right. Why do I feel like I'm keeping a gigolo?

Aqian had initially thought that even if the other person didn't spend money on her, as long as they still loved her, it would all be worth it. So she waited in the living room for them to call and explain, but after waiting all night, not a single call came, not even a text message.

Ah Qian finally understood that she wasn't that important to him, or that it had all been wishful thinking on her part all along.

"Xiaobai, I've thought it through. I'll talk to him and make things clear. I won't bother him anymore, and I hope he won't bother me either."

Zhao Shucheng said, "How do you plan to explain this to him? Will you go to his company or his home?"

Ah Qian shook her head and said, "No, I'm afraid that if I talk to him on the phone, I won't be able to say it, and I'm also afraid that he won't let go."

To Aqian's surprise, the other person didn't care about the breakup at all and accepted it calmly. This made Aqian feel a little sad. After all, she had thought of so many things he would say to try and win her back, but he didn't say a word and chose to break up so calmly. Did she have no weight at all?
Just as A-Qian was about to go to the other party, she received another call from an unknown number. It turned out that the other party's wife wanted to talk to A-Qian.

But after arriving and chatting for a while, A-Qian realized that the other party was not the man's wife either, and even mistakenly thought that A-Qian was his wife, and had come to make A-Qian give up on her own initiative.

Aqian originally thought that although the other party was married, he was still honest with her. Now it seems that the other party was just pretending to be affectionate and was actually deceiving her.

The woman, Zhou Mi, never expected things to turn out this way. She thought that as long as she could get Qian to leave, she could live happily with him. But now she realized that the opponents she had to deal with might not be just one or two, and it was even unknown whether he really had a wife.

Zhou Mi called the man and asked him to come over so they could make things clear, but A Qian had already let it go and directly pulled Zhao Shucheng and Uncle Luo, who were eavesdropping, away.

On the way, Qian skipped and jumped ahead, cheerful and not at all like someone who had just broken up with her boyfriend.

Coincidentally, they encountered a man on the road. When the man saw A-Qian, as well as Zhao Shucheng and Luo Shuquan following behind her, he was terrified, but he still had to bite the bullet and greet A-Qian.

"Hello!"

Ah Qian called out to the man, "Hey!"

Aqian slowly walked over, and Luo Shuquan nervously tried to stop her, but Zhao Shucheng grabbed him and said, "Just watch!"

Aqian walked up to the man, smiled, and said, "I have something to tell you."

The man asked nervously, "Wh-what?"

Ah Qian raised her hand and slapped him across the face.

The man instinctively tried to dodge, but seeing Zhao Shucheng and Luo Shuquan behind him, he could only stand there, hoping that after A Qian finished hitting him, the matter would be over.

Unfortunately, Qian didn't actually slap him. Instead, she slowly lifted the man's ear and whispered, "Thank you!"

The man was stunned when he heard this and asked, "What are you thanking me for?"

"Thank you for returning my ID card!"

After saying that, A-Qian laughed, then let go of him amidst his astonished gaze, and skipped away as if she had let go of everything.

Zhao Shucheng looked at A Qian, then at the man, and felt that A Qian didn't like him as much as she seemed, and even her previous pain and sadness seemed like a carefully designed performance.

Aqian has returned to normal and is just like before, visiting Zhao Shucheng's house whenever she has time. Even when Mo Xiaomin and the others are home, she doesn't feel like a stranger at all, and they get along like best friends.

As the days went by, just when Zhao Shucheng thought everything was going smoothly, Zuo Yongbang came to complain.

Zuo Yongbang and Mi Qi saw each other all the time at the company, so he wanted to talk things out with Mi Qi. However, what Zuo Yongbang never expected was that when he wanted to have a proper talk, Mi Qi framed him for sexual harassment.

Upon hearing Zuo Yongbang's description, Zhao Shucheng was at a loss for words.

"How could she say that?"

"What can't she do? They've given you an ultimatum, but you don't believe it. What can you do?"

Zuo Yongbang sighed and said, "Alright, I admit I underestimated Miki."

Zhao Shucheng said, "You underestimated Miki. Do you still think Miki is the canary you keep in the cage? She's now on equal footing with you in the company. She's never been involved in business before, yet she's doing incredibly well. Do you think it's that simple?"

Zuo Yongbang said, "It's really not simple. I don't understand how Miki did it."

"Nonsense, she's been with you for a while now, so she's definitely familiar with your company's operations. Plus, she's frequently in contact with luxury goods, so it's no surprise she's doing well. But judging from Miki's attitude now, she looks like she's going to kick you out of the company. What are you going to do?"

Zuo Yongbang shook his head and said, "How should I know what to do?"

"You submitted your resignation letter voluntarily?"

Zuo Yongbang would certainly not do that. If he were someone who could be defeated so easily, he wouldn't have become the company's marketing director before meeting Zhao Shucheng.

"Am I that kind of person? It wasn't me who went to the boss on my own initiative."

Zuo Yongbang's boss didn't care about the truth of the matter at all; he just said that Zuo Yongbang could pursue Mi Qi, but he should do things with dignity and not demean himself.

"So you're here to tell me that you're now on a mission to pick up girls?"

"Of course not, I'm here to calm myself down. Especially since my boss told me some bad news: there's a boy from the advertising company downstairs from our office who's also pursuing Miki."

So you're now going to compete fairly with them?

"What are you thinking? Do I need to compete with him? I just don't know how to get Miki to forgive me so we can coexist peacefully."

Zhao Shucheng said, "What's so difficult about that? You just need to sincerely apologize to Miki and explain the previous misunderstanding or the matter of pretending to be her twin brother. Only then can you ask Miki for forgiveness."

"How could I do such a thing? Besides, Miki doesn't fall for that, otherwise we would have gotten back together long ago."

Seeing Zuo Yongbang's expression, Zhao Shucheng knew that he still couldn't distinguish between the current Mi Qi and the previous Mi Qi. Perhaps the previous Mi Qi was submissive because she needed Zuo Yongbang to support her, but now that Mi Qi was on equal footing with him, she still couldn't recognize her place, making it even more difficult for him to reconcile.

"Well, I can only wish you all the best."

Zuo Yongbang did not get a satisfactory answer from this place last time, but seeing Amy's obviously impatient eyes, he knew that it was not appropriate for him to stay any longer, so he could only say goodbye and leave in a hurry.

After Zuo Yongbang left, Amy came out and said, "Your friend is really something. He wants to pursue someone but can't let go of his pride. No wonder they broke up and he even got reported."

Zhao Shucheng said with a smile, "Teacher Zuo is not a bad person. He may just be a little unaccustomed to it for a while. After all, their relationship was like that before, but now they are on equal footing. Not everyone can adapt so quickly."

Amy looked at Zhao Shucheng and asked, "Xiaobai, if one day, Mo Xiaomin or I earn more money than you, or achieve more success than you, will you feel a little lost, or even unable to continue to treat me the way I do now?" (End of Chapter)