Rivals In Love extra 2

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Z: First, I would like to apologize, this chapter might be a bit hard to understand since it was too long. I don’t know how long I was translating it. I did my best lol. Second, I might start updating next week for the other novel, but for now, I'll be resting. I'm still thinking of my update schedule on it.

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Extra 2: Must love secretly
 
Once XX Entertainment’s exclusive interview video was released, it really gained a lot of attention.
 
To be fair, they really worked hard to cut the explosive points. However, the final film still came out as a five good family.* Any hint of catching the wind is not as firm as Cheng Zhengyan opening a thermos cup in front of the camera while being interviewed.

*advocates a civilized atmosphere of respecting the old and loving the young, equality between men and women, harmony between husband and wife, diligence and thrift, and unity of neighbors. Still, I’m not quite sure. Here’s the raw: 然而最后出来的成片仍然五好家庭
 
The sensitive subject matter of 《Clearwater Lake》 has sparked discussions among some audience groups in the early stages of filming. Now, the two lead actors have shown extraordinary intimacy which naturally leads to a heated discussion.
 
Xiang Ke and Cheng Zhengyan themselves are the focal points of their own heat. Once they collide with each other, the range of twists and turns increases almost geometrically.
 
However, whenever passers-by yoyoyoyo* were eager to speak, the fans of the two families show their contempt at the rapidly rising hot topic.

*It’s written in English in the raw and I’m not quite sure what it implies but I think they’re having fun/joking around?
 
“Sure enough, it’s starting.” Someone in Cheng Zhengyan’s largest fan forum in the country has posted a complaint. “After so many years, as long as you quickly finish,* regardless of the protagonists’ gender, you will certainly speculate in CP. When can the domestic film and television circle not be a little retarded?”
 

*to put the last hand to (a book, a film, etc); to finalize; to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves). I’m not sure if I phrased it correctly.

Xiang Ke’s fan forum also cannot be outdone: “Hahaha! This is nonsense! I don’t even bother to look at it!”
 
The fans of the two are more interested in the promotion of the new movie to be released than the current hot topic of their CP. When various media feeds promote the film, there was always a sequence in which the names of the two leading actors were mentioned. Cheng Zhengyan’s fans feel that their own family has won awards to be so high so how can he be ranked second, and Xiang Ke’s fans think that; your mother,(curse) you dare mention ranking second of my family?* My baby has debuted for almost twenty years and some villains don’t know how to respect their seniors at all!

(*The italicized part is where I’m not too sure about the translation. I think I missed some points. Here’s the raw: 程征宴的粉丝们觉得自家拿奖拿到手软逼格那么高怎么可以屈居第二，项可家的粉丝心想去你妈的第二个提到我家？ Help me out please~)
 
This is exactly the pinch.*

*fight

Busy pinching their position that they simply didn’t have time to participate in the CP topic. Having no end of these two cockfighting groups, passers-by who were interested in talking about whether Xiang Ke and Cheng Zhengyan’s love were born by the drama gradually felt that it was no longer interesting. What the hell ah? The reality of this place in the entertainment industry is inherently unpredictable. Not to mention that their own fans are not even concerned about the main protagonists if they are gay or not. They run to make a fuss about nothing and always feel quite ignorant.
 
******
 
When Guo Jiaqi saw the exclusive interview, she remembered since the last time she urged Xiang Ke to take more chances to get along with Gao Tang, it seems that she has not got in touch with him again.
 
Aiya, I wonder if the baby has successfully chased the goddess and whether he is well-fed and well-dressed in the crew!
 
Guo Jiaqi felt extremely guilty so she immediately picked up her phone to open the small group in WeChat.
 
As a result, Xiang Ke did not speak, but Lin Mi came out with a group of people. After the group chatted for a long time, Guo Jiaqi decided to give Xiang Ke a call; but after several calls, no one answered.
 
Fuck! Can’t be something wrong, right? This time Guo Jiaqi could not sit still at all. As soon as she spoke in the group, the group of ex-girlfriends also followed with fear.
 
Ten minutes later, Old Liu who was worried to directly call Starlight Entertainment, came back to comfort the crowd. “It’s alright, it’s alright. Wang Pang said that in recent days, the crew’s filming tasks are too heavy, and the lead actor is too busy that he didn’t even have time to sleep. In addition, the fans online are a bit noisy, he was afraid that Xiang Ke would see it and feel upset so he temporarily turned off his phone to let him focus on filming.”

(this translation is only here on ztranslations.blogspot.com otherwise, stolen)
 
Too busy to even have time to sleep!
 
The girlfriends were heartbroken when they found out.
 
*******
 
The golden glow of the rising run sprinkled in City A’s Film and Television City.
 
Early in the morning, it was a time when people were rarely seen. On the other side of the street that should have been quiet as usual, four cars that weren’t low-key at all drove up with great momentum.
 
The car was parked outside the filming studio, and the car door was either slowly opened or the wings were spread out, and the security guards looked over vigilantly. The next second, they were blinded by the dazzling halo——several slender legs stepped out.
 
“Aiyaya.” Guo Jiaqi sensed the lively atmosphere in the studio and pushed her sunglasses on the bridge of her nose with some displeasure. “I can’t believe they’re starting so early, using actors as scalpers ah?”
 
The other ex-girlfriends who came down from other cars gathered around her, and the aura of several top beauties drew whispers from some of the visitors who had woke up early. Lin Mi asked cautiously, “We didn’t say anything and suddenly came over like this, wouldn’t it be bad?”
 
“It’s okay.” Old Liu took a bag of snacks from the trunk of the car; taking out his pass, and handed it to the security guard while explaining, “The crew has passed the confidentiality period since last week and began to open to the public for the media and fans to visit the set.”
 
The security guards did not make things difficult. After carefully examining the documents, they let them go. After they left for a long time, the visitors could still hear uncertain speculation——“So good-looking, are they stars ba? The woman with the hat really looks like the supermodel Lin Mi ah!”
 
“And the one wearing glasses, isn’t she the recently popular flower, Guo Jiaqi?”
 
“It must be them! Hey ya, I would’ve asked for an autograph if I had known! I was too scared to move just now!”
 
Amidst the buzzing discussion, a few more cars slid down at the other end of the road and the regretful crowd immediately looked up. But unfortunately, the ones who got off this time were just ordinary young people.
 
They were carrying different colored paper bags; after they got out of the car, they were immediately clearly divided into two sides. One girl in the group was frightened by the onlookers. “What’s going on? We’re just visiting the set, aren’t we?”
 
The two sides seem to have a bad relationship with each other and someone in the other group immediately snickered. “At first glance, an artist appeared just now, okay.”
 
Once the voice fell, the scene was fiercely quiet, and the two sides looked at each other with sword light* for a moment before grunting in unison.

*idiom which means that the flash of the sword and the shadow of the sword appear vaguely, describing the environment as full of dangerous atmosphere.
 
The security guard saw their visitor’s pass which turned out to be fans of Xiang Ke and Cheng Zhengyan’s. He waved his hand and let them in. As the young people walked inside, they stretched out their fingers to the parking lot. “Someone actually arrived earlier than us, who’s the fan of this car ah? It’s too luxurious.”
 
******
 
Guo Jiaqi and the others failed to find the person they were looking for the first time. Xiang Ke and Cheng Zhengyan went to the filming location with Group B and they won’t be back for at least an hour.
 
The sudden appearance of large groups of prominent figures in the circle made the crew very nervous. Old Liu called Wang Pang and Xu Liang respectively then took Guo Jiaqi and the girls to start the tour. Soon, they ran into Gao Tang who didn’t have location shots to film with Group A.
 
Xiang Ke’s group of friends and relatives, Guo Jiaqi and Old Liu were familiar with Gao Tang, and everyone immediately got excited.
 
Lin Mi sneakily pulled Guo Jiaqi squatting in the corner. “Qiqi, can Keke be with her ah?”
 
Guo Jiaqi shook her head. "I don't know."
 
The crowd went silent and a moment later——
 
"What shade of lipstick did she have?"
 
Gao Tang turned around and almost jumped in fright at the sight of the scene.
 
A group of beauties gathered together in the corner and stared at her with beautiful green eyes.* After their eyes collided, they all displayed a benevolent smile.

*Probably like looking at her as if she’s some rare species? Lol
 
Gao Tang: ".................."
 
I’m really too tired recently, it seems that I can’t see things properly ne.
 
*******
 
Guo Jiaqi heard from Gao Tang the crew’s daily routine of hating the iron for not becoming steel.* “Why do you say that there is such a big difference between people? Gao Tang said that when Keke had nothing to do, he would grab Director Xu Liang’s chair to sleep. What about, Cheng Zhengyan? His hobby is fitness! Just listen to the hormones and he will come out!”

*lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel; to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom)
 
“Why do I feel a little unconvinced?” Lin Mi was a little skeptical about this information. “Gao Tang said that Cheng Zhengyan has a passion for fitness recently, so he will go without worry. His body is not fat, so why ma?  The filming is so busy, it would be exaggerated if it’s true.”
 
“What’s exaggerating, didn’t you used to soak in the gym all day?”
 
Recalling the painful past, Lin Mi immediately felt chills all over her body. “Can this be the same? At that time I broke up with Keke, okay. I gained eight kilograms in three months with him. Eight kilograms!”
 
When Guo Jiaqi heard this, her knees went weak. She had gained twelve kilograms……
 
So today, let her analyze again, it’s difficult for her to tell whether she didn’t want to continue to grow a third chin, among the reasons that made her determined to break up with Xiang Ke.
 
******
 
They thought they would see a poor little man overwhelmed with his work.
 
Unexpectedly, after pushing open the door of the lounge, it was still the stinky brat who was wearing the smell of milk.
 
As soon as the worrying elder sister Guo Jiaqi saw his appearance, the heart hanging before her arrival immediately settled——neatly dressed, fluffy hair, rosy and lustrous cheeks, and there was no sign of bluish-black marks under his eyes at the moment. Xiang Ke was not thin at all, in this period of time, he was well taken care of.
 
Old Liu gave thumbs up towards Wang Pang. “Old Wang, you’ve been troubled.”
 
Wang Pang: “……I don’t dare, don’t dare.”
 
There’s really nothing wrong with him.
 
Xiang Ke saw that they were very happy and took out all of the milk candy in his pocket. This is immediately replaced by a pile of hands touching the head and pinching the face, as well as the snacks brought by Old Liu.
 
He quickly squatted and rummaged in place, picking a bag of honey-butter flavored potato chip, eating happily.
 
Seeing that the black down jacket on him was big, Guo Jiaqi casually asked if he had no clothes to wear. Xiang Ke said, “This is Cheng Zhengyan’s coat. Today’s shooting location is a bit cold, so he brought it for me to wear.”
 
Cheng Zhengyan’s cleanliness is very famous in the circle, Guo Jiaqi smiled and was immediately moved. “He takes care of you so much!”
 
Xiang Ke nodded with a red face, and the crowd immediately had a good feeling towards Cheng Zhengyan. Wang Pang just quietly look out the window and did not speak.
 
Guo Jiaqi also took the thermos on the table to pour water for Xiang Ke while praising, “The thermos is good ah, it looks good and big enough. Where did you buy it?”
 
Xiang Ke showed a proud expression. “Cheng Zhengyan bought this for me, he can buy things!”
 
Guo Jiaqi used to worry that Xiang Ke would have a conflict with Cheng Zhengyan. After all, the other party’s current capital is not a joke. Now when she heard that the two of them did not fall out, Cheng Zhengyan seemed to take good care of Xiang Ke, and she became happier. “Really! He’s really good!”
 
Xiang Ke’s face became even redder. Silent Wang Pang……
 
Guo Jiaqi sighed after being happy and patted Xiang Ke’s head heartily. “I heard that the crew have been very busy lately, getting up early and going to bed late. You didn’t have enough time to sleep, is it exhausting ba?”
 
“No ah.” Xiang Ke said, “Cheng Zhengyan will carry me to set every morning. I usually wake up around eight o’clock and have a good sleep.”
 
Guo Jiaqi: "Huh?"
 
She felt like something wasn’t quite right, but unconsciously said, “Really, that’s truly nice of him.”
 
Then the feeling of something was wrong before became more and more obvious as shown in the conversation that followed——
 
"Remember to eat on time!"
 
Xiang Ke: "Cheng Zhengyan keeps an eye on every meal!"
 
“Have you encountered any problems in the script?”
 
Xiang Ke: “Cheng Zhengyan will help me get it right!”
 
Cheng Zhengyan balabalabalabala*

*talking a lot/blah blah blah.
 
Cheng Zhengyan balabalabalabala
 
“That’s……that’s good……” Guo Jiaqi stammered and gave a look at her husband for the first time; is Cheng Zhengyan actually such a helpful person ma?
 
Old Liu felt that he probably knew another person: "............"
 
Wang Pang looked out the window and said nothing.
 
Guo Jiaqi looked at Xiang Ke go bala after Cheng Zhengyan with an extremely proud expression. She always felt that something was wrong and couldn’t say it. After worrying for half a day, Gup Jiaqi could only change the topic. “Forget it, don’t talk about it. I haven’t seen you for a such long time, I’m asking you, how is your pursuit of life?”*

*major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)
 
At first glance, Gao Tang is not an easy role to win. She thought this question will more or less let Xiang Ke fret but did not expect that as soon as the words fell, the other party went ka cha and ate potato chips as the child’s face went from slightly red to deep red.
 
This obviously shy, first awakening of love look……
 
The audience was shocked instantly. Guo Jiaqi directly jumped up. “Really? It’s done!?”
 
Xiang Ke nodded his head slightly with potato chips in his mouth.
 
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
 
Guo Jiaqi, Lin Mi, and the others screamed and hugged each other, jumping excitedly. They were so surprised by the sudden good news and did not know what to do. It took them a while to stop. Guo Jiaqi looked relieved, “Stinky brat, count your luck, and live a good life with Gao Tang in the future ah!”
 
Xiang Ke received the phone handed to him by Wang Pang when they were jumping. He was looking through it when he looked up and asked, “Gao Tang? What does it have to do with her?”
 
……………… ah?
 
It took Guo Jiaqi a few seconds to react, “With her……you’re not with her?”
 
“No ah!” Xiang Ke looked puzzled, “Why should I be with her?”
 
Guo Jiaqi was asked by Xiang Ke a reasonable question. After looking at Old Liu several times, she asked confused, “Not with Gao Tang…….then with who?”
 
As soon as she saw Xiang Ke, she immediately stared at him with a wary look. “I can’t tell you! Keep it a secret! No one knows about this matter now!”
 
Guo Jiaqi: ".................."
 
The strangeness in her heart became more and more obvious. Guo Jiaqi was silent for about half a minute and caught hold of the answer that emerged earlier in her heart. “……Cheng Zhengyan?”
 
After seeing Xiang Ke sluggish for a moment, his face showed an “Oh my god, it’s impossible” expression. “How did you know!”
 
Guo Jiaqi: ".................."
 
I always felt that someone has been repeating in my ears just now……she then began to believe two things at the same time. One thing, Xiang Ke was actually together with Cheng Zhengyan and the other is Xiang Ke’s shocked face is now serious?
 
Xiang Ke was serious and he had a face that the sky was falling. “Who told you that! Say it! Was it Wang Pang!”
 
Wang Pang was completely desperate at this moment. He didn’t want to look at Xiang Ke at all and directly turned his back on him completely.
 
The room was still ringing with Xiang Ke’s bewildering self-confidence. “How could you possibly know!” This question made Guo Jiaqi warily covered her forehead and sighed. When she first guessed, it was a little difficult for her to accept that Xiang Ke and Cheng Zhengyan are together. In less than ten minutes, her worries have completely turned to another side. She always felt that this problem is even more difficult.
 
Fortunately, it seems that someone sent a text message to Xiang Ke to arrange things so that he had to leave the scene temporarily while in shock. Xiang Ke really didn’t understand how exactly was this secret known, but things have come to this point and he can only accept the reality. Therefore, he quickly calmed down and sorted out his emotions. Before going out, he earnestly requested everyone, “This matter is important, please don’t reveal it.”

(this translation is only here on ztranslations.blogspot.com otherwise, stolen)
 
After saying this, Xiang Ke felt that everyone was looking at him strangely. It was only after a long time that Old Liu sighed. “Don’t worry, we won’t say anything.”
 
There’s no need for this.
 
Xiang Ke unconditionally trusted every word his friend told him, and the moment he got Old Liu’s promise, the worries that had just filled his head completely disappeared.
 
He immediately ran out happily to find the fans who came to visit the set to play and then continued while sitting in a pile and chatting with the fans——
 
Cheng Zhengyan balabalabalabala
 
Cheng Zhengyan balabalabalabala
 
Halfway through the conversation, he happened to be met by Cheng Zhengyan, and then he was ordered to zip up his jacket and wear the hat that Cheng Zhengyan took off from his head.
 
The fans of the two families suddenly began to work together for this reason. Everyone was confused, so in the end, the content of the set visit became eating together according to Xiang Ke’s proposal.
 
Far away, Guo Jiaqi saw an astonishing number of fried chicken take-out boxes spread out on the side, and every one of them exploded with calories. The group of fans who at first seemed to have been indifferent to the idea of eating up, under the excellent leadership of Xiang Ke it did not take long to follow.
 
Cheng Zhengyan refused with a decent smile and unwittingly opened his mouth.
 
Guo Jiaqi was silent. In fact, when she just learned of the affair, in addition to grief and indignation to Xiang Ke’s IQ, she was still very angry at Cheng Zhengyan. She always felt that the other party had committed an unforgivable sin.
 
But at this moment, she was confused as she watched the empty takeout boxes piled higher and higher.
 
I always feel that to some extent, Cheng Zhengyan seems to have been too pitiful.
 
******
 
When the visiting time was over, all the idle people were sent away from the set. Not long after, Guo Jiaqi and her entourage left in despair, and dozens of young people also walked out with a face of vicissitudes.
 
In the spring season, it’s clear that there’s no snow, but they seemed to have suffered a great blow; walking deep and shallow, and their footsteps were frivolous.
 
It took a while to get to the parking lot. Neither team opened the door, only looking down at their phones in silence.
 
The two teams of fans are from different actors, but the photos they get were strikingly similar. Because the objects standing in the middle of the photo were exactly the same, both were two people.
 
After a while, the leading fan in Cheng Zhengyan’s visiting team let out a long sigh, and put away her phone, raising her hand, and pushing them aside.
 
Xiang Ke’s fan visiting team have not yet come out of the blow, she looked at her gloomily, “What?”
 
“Don’t rush back yet.” Cheng fan accepted her fate and said, “Let’s walk together. I know there’s a barbecue place in the Film and Television City.”
 
*******
 
That night, the two fan forums were as lively as before, and a fan indignantly denounced on the homepage of Xiang Ke’s forum: “Holy shit! XX Entertainment what does this mean! When promoting 《Clearwater Lake》 on Weibo, they actually @ChengZhengyan first, and the second one was @ourbaby. Unexpectedly placing our family in the back of the line which is too unruly! Our family is at least a senior!”
 
Cheng Zhengyan’s fan forum is also a bloodbath:* “Oh yo, powerful. What does the face of Brother Cheng in this group of photos on XXX Entertainment mean? Is the focus all on that guy ba? Our family at least has a line of trophies in our house. What else does your family have besides his face? It’s too contemptuous, isn’t it?”

*lit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom); fig. reign of terror; carnage
 
In the past, this kind of topic will at least be at the top of the list for a week, the unlucky media are lucky not to be scolded to close their comments. But today, fans who are gearing up for a big fight to click on this post saw a completely unexpected scene——
 
Two of the most reputable and established fans in the forum who can even organize set visits, each appeared on their own first floor of their home, and replied loudly——
 
“Stop fucking around! Shut up!”
 
********
 
A few years later, the paparazzi reported by OO Entertainment accidentally took a photo of Xiang Ke and Cheng Zhengyan being intimate outside and became immediately excited and ferocious.
 
They first warmed-up by calling the agencies of both parties involved to try and extort a deal, but who knew that both companies showed varying degrees of negativity after hearing the content clearly.
 
Cheng Zhengyan Studio: "Goodbye."
 
Starlight Entertainment: "......feel free to send it."
 
The entertainment report was unknown and was greatly humiliated so they decided to do something big to teach them a lesson. Thus, they spent a lot of money to hire online celebrities to promote it, and for a time, the news hotspots were everywhere full of headlines related to Xiang Ke and Cheng Zhengyan suspected as a homosexual couple.
 
When a passerby saw this, he was so surprised that he urinated frequently and had to comment when he jumped up the bed and rolled up his sleeves. Who knew that after opening a Weibo comment with the highest reviews, he saw dry content.
 
“Wow, what a surprise.”
 
“Ugh, I thought it was something big ne.”
 
“What a surprise ah [smile].”
 
“……………………are there really no melons to eat in the entertainment industry these days?”
 
“Is it too much to reason with this kind of news to fool us.”
 
“XXX, you’re at least a fashion blogger. I understand that you take advertisements, but you can turn this kind of outdated things and pretend to be surprised. Don’t you feel ashamed?”
 
Balabalabalbalabala
 
Passerby: ? ? ? ? ?
 
Wait a minute. They are at least two big stars ah, isn’t everyone’s reaction a little too bland! Do they look so old-fashioned if they acted surprise ah!

(this translation is only here on ztranslations.blogspot.com otherwise, stolen)
 
Forget it. Forget it. Don’t comment. Have to save face.
 
In the fan forum with a long history of Xiang Ke and Cheng Zhengyan, everyone gossiped dully——
 
“I’m the first one in the hot comment oh. How is my tone, is it very realistic? [proud].”
 
“………………why don’t you feel as hot as the xx actress announcing her relationship? There are at least two movie stars in our family, this is too humiliating.”
 
“Otherwise, one of our own people organize a trip to brush up on comments and reposts. I’ll go first.”
 
“[Screenshot] Someone actually expressed genuine surprise ai, is ta* serious?”

*ta: it was written like this in raws, and as far as I know, ta is the pinyin for either he/she. That’s why most of the time it’s hard to distinguish whether they’re man or woman, but it would be fine to distinguish in text.
 
“Forget it, forget it. Let’s talk about what’s everyone eating tonight ba.”
 
*****
 
Late at night, in a villa in City A, Cheng Zhengyan took out a cup of milk from the microwave, pulled on his slippers, and walked towards the living room.
 
A certain guy in pajamas was huddled on the sofa, resting on a Bonnie rabbit while hugging a furry blanket, and fiddling with his phone with a nervous face.
 
“Cheng Zhengyan!” He suddenly put down his phone and announced with a gloomy face, “Our relationship has been exposed!”
 
Cheng Zhengyan: “……en.”
 
Xiang Ke looked up and opened his pair of shiny and transparent eyes filled with the mountain rain of sadness. “Don’t be afraid! We have made so many investments over the years, I have thought about the worst consequences of this matter. I will not let anything happen to you! We’re going to get through this together!”
 
“……” Cheng Zhengyan sighed, went to sit beside him, and handed the cup in his hand. “Baby.”
 
Xiang Ke habitually took the cup and pour it down, and after drinking it, he wiped his mouth in a manly way. “En?”
 
Cheng Zhengyan looked at him filled with a hot blood gaze. A moment later, he smiled and said, “It’s almost twelve o’clock, go back to sleep ba.”
 
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