2001 Media Godfather

Chapter 55 Inside and outside the play
Chu An and Xu Shu were holding their laptops, looking every bit like a pair of internet addicts.

We played from 2 PM to 2 AM.

Finally, Xu Shu's phone rang.

The once cheerful celebrity Xu's expression immediately changed. She showed Chu An the caller ID, "What should we do? What should we do? Sister Yuan is calling!"

Chu An didn't take it seriously. "Just answer it, be quick-witted."

"Oh." Xu Shu adjusted her breathing, entering "Geng Geng mode," and subconsciously leaned towards Chu An so he could hear her. The two were separated only by a phone; she could almost feel the warmth of his ear.

Zhang Yuan, on the other end of the line, was clearly breathing heavily. "Xiao Shu, has the company contacted you?"

The two of them didn't even need to look to know that Zhang Yuan on the other side must be extremely flustered. Xu Shu's schedule had already been delayed by more than a month due to filming "With You." And the Sichuan drama was produced by Tiandu itself, which also caused it to exceed the time and budget, incurring the wrath of the management.

If Zhang Yuan's drinking caused a delay in the trip, the people in Tiandu would be ready to kill her.

At this moment, Zhang Yuan was still trying to make amends, saying, "I haven't been feeling well these past two days, and then I drank too much yesterday."

"You didn't tell the company that I was drunk, did you?"

Xu Shu didn't answer, and there was a moment of silence on the phone, which made Zhang Yuan even more nervous.

But in reality, the big star Xu was glancing at Chu An, as if to say: What should we do?
Chu An then typed something in the game's private chat for her to see.

Xu Shu leaned closer and read aloud, "I didn't answer any of the company's calls."

"You can't exactly say you were drunk and never left, can you?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuan on the other end was overjoyed. It was great that he hadn't answered! If he hadn't, she still had hope of making an excuse.

Zhang Yuan, on the other end, exclaimed, "Yes, yes! Don't take it! Xiao Shu, you did the right thing!"

Before she could even catch her breath, Xu Shu changed the subject, "However, the Sichuan film crew did call, asking if filming could proceed as scheduled tomorrow."

Before Zhang Yuan could leave with a single sentence, her heart leaped into her throat again.

Her voice trembled slightly, "What did you say back?"

Xu Shu was now completely leaning against Chu An while looking at the screen, as if she were lying in Chu An's arms. "I...of course I said I can't arrive tomorrow!"

Zhang Yuan on the opposite side: !!!
"Huh!? How come you..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xu Shu interrupted, "I said I'm in the hospital."

"Call the company back and tell them I have a bad cold and am getting an injection at the hospital."

Zhang Yuan: "..."

In just a few words, my emotions went up and down, and I felt completely numb.

After a long pause, she managed to stammer, "Xiao Shu, thank you."

Xu Shu pouted, her inner monologue being: Chu An is so mean, look how scared Yuan Jie is.

She continued reading Chu An's "lines": "Anyway, I'm sick, so I'll leave tomorrow afternoon! Tell the company and the crew that I'll arrive the day after tomorrow, and they'll arrange my scenes the day after that."

Overwhelmed with mixed emotions of sorrow and joy, Zhang Yuan instinctively replied, "Okay! I'll arrange it."

Xu Shu: "Okay! I'll hang up."

Only after she finished speaking did she realize that Chu An had told her to hang up the phone, not to read it aloud.

She quickly turned off her phone, jumped out of Chu An's arms, and sat up straight.

"Are you alright? She probably can't tell from your voice, right?"

Chu An chuckled, "I can't tell."

Xu Shu: "That's good, that's good."

Chu An said with a serious expression, "Remember this feeling. You need to learn how to give orders to Zhang Yuan in the future."

"Let her gradually understand that you are the boss."

Xu Shu seemed to be lost in thought, as if recalling the feeling she had just experienced.

After a moment, he said, "Hmm! I've got it."

"It smells of sweat, it doesn't smell good."

Chu An: "..."

After playing for a while, Chu An couldn't stay awake any longer and suggested going back to sleep.

Xu Shu was full of energy, "Stay online, I'll help you level up!"

Chu An said, "Then I'll take a nap first."

When I opened my eyes again, it was already broad daylight.

I only realized in a daze that I had slept curled up all night, taking up the entire sofa. Xu Shu, perhaps because she was afraid of not being able to play games for a long time after leaving Ningyuan, was still playing games while sitting on the edge of the sofa, leaning against her legs.

Chu An was speechless. "Where did this addiction come from?" He tried to get up, but his thigh wouldn't obey him. "Mama, mama, mama!"

Xu Shu kept her eyes glued to the screen, freeing one hand to give Chu An a couple of light taps before continuing her work.

Chu An sat up after a while, and when he looked at the time, it was already past ten o'clock.

"Big sister, aren't you leaving yet?"

Xu Shu: "Let's go right away."

As she spoke, she freed her left hand and stretched it out in front of Chu An, her snow-white wrist wrapped with a rubber band.

Chu An knew immediately and skillfully removed the rubber band, while Xu Shu also peeked over.

In no time at all, a brand new bun hairstyle was completed.

This is a little unspoken understanding that Chu An designed for Geng Geng and Yu Huai in the play; Yu Huai often braids Geng Geng's hair.

After finishing, Xu Shu solemnly turned off the game and left the internet cafe with Chu An.

Throughout the process, Xu Shu was clearly in low spirits, keeping her head down and silently following behind Chu An.

"Would you like to have breakfast?"

"Ok!"

The two went to Aunt Chen's noodle shop again and ordered two bowls of noodles.

Xu Shu ate very slowly, and there was no further communication between them.

Just as Chu An was about to say something to lighten the mood, she suddenly stood up, "I'm leaving..." and quickly disappeared outside the noodle shop.

In Xu Shu's view, Chu An in the play is Geng Geng's Yu Huai, the male lead she needs to pretend to fall in love with.

Sister Yuan had told her long ago that the end of a work is like the end of a dream...

She needed to wake up from the dream immediately and extricate herself from the world of pretense, and she couldn't let the emotions from the play take her off-screen.

However, she only realized today how difficult it was to extricate herself from the situation that Sister Yuan had advised her to do.

Because off-screen:
Chu An was still the same old, nagging father.

They are great teammates who fight together in the game.

He's a big boy who can do her hair.

yes.
It is Xu Shu's Yu Huai.

Perhaps, no male protagonist will ever treat her as well as Chu An did.

This made Xu Shu somewhat sad, but she had to pretend to be nonchalant and leave.

As for Chu An, he watched Xu Shu's resolute departure and pursed his lips tightly, muttering, "Damn it!"

After leaving the noodle shop, I found a phone booth and thought to myself, I really need to get a cell phone soon, this is so inconvenient.

I inserted the IC card and skillfully dialed a number. It rang only once before the other end answered.

Chu An took a deep breath. "The acting was a bit over the top, making it sound like a final farewell."

"I gave the story we agreed on before to someone else."

The person on the other end was clearly stunned for a moment. "No! Goodbye!!"

beep...

A busy signal.

Chu An clenched his fist. Well done!

We've won back a point!
He turned up his collar and stepped out of the phone booth.

Chu An subconsciously walked to the banks of the Ma Yan'er River again, wandering aimlessly.

For some reason, he really liked this river, and even more so, this small northern town.

However, this is destined to be a small stop on life's journey, a place where one will not linger for long.

At this moment, Chu An was like a fledgling eagle with newly grown wings, yearning for the outside world and determined to venture out.

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(End of this chapter)