Chapter 918 - 917: Out of Tissue, If You Have a Story, Share It Now

Actually, Guan Yu’s story, if placed in a novel, would just be ordinary melodrama. It might not even be given to the main character, at most to a supporting one, and described in passing.

Based on her level of reading tragic stories, this kind of plot wouldn’t be enough to make her feel so uncomfortable.

But this story just happened to Guan Yu, to someone whom everyone assumed was naturally carefree, funny, and bold.

The deviation was so great that it was deeply impressive.

Mu Qiu wiped her tears again and asked with a nasal voice, "The discomfort came too unexpectedly. I really thought this was just a tea party to chat about life ideals. Does anyone else have such a story? If you do, please tell it too, or I’m afraid I won’t even need this last piece of tissue."

Then, crying on camera with tears and snot all over, it was truly terrifying.

Everyone else looked at each other.

Guan Yu: "No more, I guess?"

Shu Ran: "I can’t take it if there’s another one. The cotton pads and wet wipes are almost gone."

Li Yang: "Anyway, I don’t have any. I also thought everyone just wanted to chat about life ideals."

Since no one has any more, it’s time to move on to the next topic. Staying immersed in the remnants of the earlier emotions is quite painful too.

The night stars seemed a bit brighter, visibly clearer. Guan Yu leaned back against the sofa, looking at the night sky, but she spoke to the director.

"Director, hurry and change the topic."

The director’s voice was a bit lower, raising the megaphone, said: "Then let’s first go through some rumors about all of you. This will also involve analyses of your interactions with fans, careers, families, and relationships. We just talked about the more famous rumors about Brother Huai and Guan Yu, so let’s continue with Brother Cheng."

Cheng Zhirang looked at the camera.

Director: "Brother Cheng, when you were in love with Mu Qiu, did you consider your fans? Did you think that being in a relationship with someone you’ve only met a few times would affect your career?"

Answering poorly could offend his girlfriend and fans; this is not an easy question to explain.

He lowered his eyes to think for a while, then looked back at the camera and said: "Of course I considered the fans. I am an actor, and performing isn’t just about acting non-stop. I need to communicate with fans, need their feedback. A large part of my status and everything I have now comes from fans. Cheng Zhi gives me the confidence to choose good scripts, not to go on variety shows, and not to shoot too many ads.

When I officially confirmed the relationship with Qiuqiu, I had some sleepless nights, constantly going through fan messages, checking super topics, looking at the official blogs of several movies, and observing the reactions of fans who have supported us for a long time — I only did this in the first two years of my debut.

I worried about fans overreacting, worried that due to me, the success of several existing works would be impacted, worried that netizens who didn’t know the truth would misunderstand Qiuqiu. She’s not in the industry, so I hope she wouldn’t be adversely affected by being in love with me."

Unlike Shi Yuhuai and Guan Yu, his speech was gentle and polite, yet steady and forceful. It was obvious at a glance that every word he spoke was considered carefully before slowly saying it. It wasn’t very engaging, didn’t have much storytelling, but the details he mentioned were described truthfully and in depth, without any wavering.

The slow firmness was still firm.

"However, I am not worried that my career will be affected by my being in a relationship. Aside from being an actor, I am first a normal thirty-year-old man — isn’t it a normal thing to fall in love? As for who I fall in love with, I am not a naïve kid; I have my own judgment skills, this is not something everyone needs to worry about.

I considered the fans, just worried that they might have a verbal clash due to not being able to accept it all of a sudden, making things worse, worried that others might be negatively impacted because of me. If an actor at thirty still ties career success to being single or not, then I’ve truly failed. I will compete for scripts with my strength, not with the single status title. Moreover—"

"It’s my first time in love, and I’m very happy. Cheng Zhis can rest assured, I fully enjoy the joyful life brought by love."

Guan Yu contributed another round of teasing wolf howls: "Howl— the joyful life brought by love... Tsk tsk tsk, really showing off, taking every opportunity to flaunt, flaunting it all over my face."

The other protagonist of the joyful life, nose observing ears observing mind, remained silent.

The joyful love life and such is a bit embarrassing when delved into. Especially when said in front of a camera.

She didn’t speak, but many audience members in the live room had things to say, with comment barrages piled up.

[Really showing off, I hadn’t even wiped my tears dry, now I’m taken by surprise and shown off so much that bubbles of acidity are bubbling in my heart]

[I can tell, Brother Cheng is genuinely joyful, the expression looks like someone who just got out of bed (not gonna lie, don’t report me)]

[Brother has always been such a rational person, he doesn’t flirt with fans, nor does he get into relationships impulsively! The marketing accounts that randomly speculated back then, take responsibility and face the music!]

[Holy crap, so the rumor about Guan Yu was true! Tonight might just make me cry myself to death in this live room!]

[Can’t imagine that someone like Guan Yu would have been depressed]

[When the rumors came out, I didn’t believe them, but watching the show, I always felt her smiling expression was masking utter misery underneath]

[Damn it, stop it, the tears are coming again]

[To be a buzzkill, show producers, are you really so stingy not to provide a pack of tissues? They’re wiping tears with cotton pads...]

[So art comes from life, yet cannot beat life, even this melodramatic a plot can be encountered. I have a newfound expectation for domestic melodramatic dramas]

[Has that scumbag died?]

[Is the director really one of us? He really had a rough time back then]

[So that plagiarized variety show is confirmed, isn’t it? My god, the world really has all sorts of terrible people, you couldn’t see it at all before he got exposed]

[Scared of men regularly]

[The few people coming up next better not have such stories, it’s simply unbearable to cry so much]

[I used to laugh till I had cramps in front of the computer every weekend, today I’m crying till I feel dizzy in front of it]

[I really want to stuff a pack of tissue papers in my house into the computer to send to them]

[I just wanna say, when I joined Guan Yu’s fan club, it was already in a rundown, overgrown state, sob sob sob so sorry for my Yu Yu]

[They truly deserve it! They are Different, not the same as the ones we know]

[As expected of a tear-jerking segment in a comedy variety show, didn’t sound off but once it did, it was enough to make people cry to death]

[Bitterness in the heart, sourness in the throat, sourness in the nose, sour eyes]

[In fact, when an ordinary person dates a celebrity, the one most affected should be the ordinary person, right? Their usual life gets dug up entirely, and their family and friends are harassed]

[To the one in front, the private matter of someone breaking into Mu Qiu’s house back then was enough to be terrifying]