447: Chapter 446: Big Star, Don’t Get the Wrong Idea 447: Chapter 446: Big Star, Don’t Get the Wrong Idea Zheng Wenxiu watched Ning Fan and Bai Yunxi leaving, standing at the intersection in the cold wind, she couldn’t help but touch her reddened cheeks.
There was a light red mark on her fair, snow-like cheeks.
Zheng Wenxiu bit her pink lips and sighed, “How nice it would be to have someone to complain to…”
Letting Bai Yunxi and Ning Fan leave to be alone, Zheng Wenxiu’s heart was complicated because she had realized that both she and her subordinate artist, Bai Yunxi, had developed feelings for the same man…
What was this situation!
Zheng Wenxiu sighed, then turned and left the place somewhat forlornly.
Meanwhile, in the car, Bai Yunxi sat in the passenger seat, her delicate hands resting on her knees, her head bowed as she stealthily examined Ning Fan’s face.
Her gaze was shy and even seemed a bit introverted.
That had always been her nature, but after becoming a star and constantly being under the spotlight, everyone assumed she was the silent type, a cold beauty.
But very few truly understood her.
“Tell me, where do you want to go?” Ning Fan looked at Bai Yunxi with a grin, his meaningful gaze making her even more bashful.
Bai Yunxi turned her head, glaring at Ning Fan as she scolded playfully, “I just wanted to treat you to some late-night snacks, to thank you for your help tonight, don’t overthink it!”
“Yes, yes, but having deliberately sent the manager away, just the two of us alone, don’t you think we should do something?”
“Do something?”
Ning Fan was all bluster, but Bai Yunxi, surprisingly, did not show any anger; she looked at him with innocent confusion.
This reaction caught Ning Fan off guard; he stared at Bai Yunxi, speechless for a long moment.
“Uh, naturally it’s to do–things that are meant to be done!”
“Do–things that are meant to be done?”
Bai Yunxi hadn’t caught on yet, which made Ning Fan’s expression turn to one of amusement mixed with frustration.
Seeing her reaction, Ning Fan felt a twinge of guilt, but now he also dared not explain.
If Bai Yunxi didn’t know, perhaps it was better she remained unaware.
Ning Fan didn’t want to burst the bubble.
However, about half a minute later, Bai Yunxi’s expression suddenly changed dramatically; she glared at Ning Fan with anger and embarrassment in her voice, “What on earth are you talking about?!”
“So you did understand, huh!” Ning Fan let out a sigh of relief, it turned out Bai Yunxi could understand after all.
Seeing his unabashed demeanor, Bai Yunxi was irritated yet more embarrassed.
At that moment, Bai Yunxi couldn’t help but recall the first time they met.
“I thought so, you were so forward when we first met, nothing like how you just were!” Ning Fan joked, but he didn’t realize he had just stepped on a landmine.
Bai Yunxi’s pretty face turned bright red, she quickly reached out and pinched Ning Fan’s waist, then delivered a three hundred and sixty-degree twirl.
“Ouch!” Ning Fan winced, “It’s just a joke, look how serious you are!
Let go quickly, otherwise we might end up wrecking the car and becoming a pair of star-crossed lovers!”
Truly, to touch upon what should not have been mentioned, Bai Yunxi’s reaction was entirely Ning Fan bringing trouble upon himself.
Bai Yunxi puffed up her cheeks in anger but still retracted her hand.
“Alright, I admit my mistake, is that not enough, big star?
Where shall we go?”
“Anywhere!”
“Don’t be careless, hurry, hurry, hurry, otherwise this lord here will take you to spend a night under the bridge!”
“You!”
The two of them bantered in the car for a while, and finally, Bai Yunxi picked a spot.
After arriving at the place, Ning Fan looked at the neighboring storefronts and couldn’t help but exclaim, “Is it really okay for a star like you to come here?”
“Don’t worry, no one will recognize me.” Bai Yunxi put on her large sunglasses and then pulled a white hat out of her bag.
“Pfft, it seems our big star is really down-to-earth, huh!”
“What, can’t I come to a place like this?”
Bai Yunxi finally caught on to the implication in Ning Fan’s words—was it unseemly for a star like her to be in such a place?
No way!
After getting out of the car, the two walked side by side like a couple, finding a secluded spot in the food stall.
After ordering a bunch of barbecue and beers, Ning Fan also put a cigarette in his mouth.
“If your fans knew how bold you look while drinking, they’d be heartbroken!”
Ning Fan raised his beer glass, and after finishing his sentence, he gulped it down.
Bai Yunxi rolled her eyes, and this time she didn’t argue back but seemed a bit troubled.
“I do love the feeling of performing on stage, it makes me so happy, but having to wear a mask when I attend certain events, is it so bad to show my true self?”
Bai Yunxi suddenly started to vent her frustrations.
“Wenxiu says I’m an idol, a figure fans cling to, so I need to maintain a good public image, but…
it’s so exhausting!”
Ning Fan watched as Bai Yunxi’s face grew more troubled, and he thought to himself that every family had its own hard-to-read scripture while he tried to console her, “You can’t compare yourself with other idols; you’re a true talent, one who really belongs on stage!”
“Hehehe…” Bai Yunxi covered her mouth and laughed, her laughter sounding very delightful, “Getting on stage has always been my dream, but can you imagine the feeling when that dream is shattered after truly entering this industry?”
The glamorous side of the entertainment industry is dazzling, but how deep does the water run, and how many people know or are willing to understand?
When Bai Yunxi truly stepped into this circle and understood its unwritten rules, her dreams were shattered.
Those who manage to maintain their original intents are very few, and often many have no other choice but to compromise…
“Actually, now that I think about it, living an ordinary life isn’t so bad.
Looking back, I really like those simple days, finding a man I can entrust my life to, who loves me in return, to be with for a lifetime, and then I wouldn’t regret this journey at all!”
Ning Fan looked at Bai Yunxi somewhat surprised, feeling somewhat dazed.
After a while, Ning Fan suddenly burst into laughter.
Bai Yunxi, puzzled and somewhat displeased, looked at Ning Fan and asked, “Why are you laughing?
Is there something wrong with what I said?”
“No, no, there’s nothing wrong with your thoughts.
It’s just that humans are truly complicated creatures, always longing for what they don’t have, and then regretting once they have it.
But there’s nothing wrong with that, I guess.
After all, reality is often less than our expectations, and that’s just how it is.”
Ning Fan explained, not meaning to mock her but rather he was simply moved to laugh.
Bai Yunxi blinked her beautiful eyes, half-understanding and non-committal as she replied, “Maybe so, but then again, coming to places like this to eat once in a while is quite nice!”