Rivals In Love c12

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Chapter 12: End of Text
 
Xiang Ke woke up the next day and what awaited him was the violent temper of mother Wang Pang.
 
The entertainment world is a big dye tank. There are no simple characters floating and sinking in it, but Xiang Ke is different. He knows nothing; since childhood, Wang Pang and the entire Starlight Entertainment have a tacit understanding to create a carefree world for him. There’s no malice in his life, and the consequences of growing up in such an environment would be unimaginable if Xiang Ke meets a person with evil intentions.
 
Wang Pang had a lot of random thoughts yesterday. If there was still no news of Xiang Ke at eight o’clock, he might directly report the matter to Starlight.
 
Fortunately, Cheng Zhengyan is not a bad guy which is honestly quite surprising to Wang Pang.
 
But! Wang Pang does not intend to expose it lightly——Xiang Ke, this child had learned to turn off his phone! If you don’t teach a lesson, you can still do it?!
 
For the first time, Xiang Ke was scolded so fiercely; clutching his knocked head and tearfully admitted his mistake. Wang Pang refused to forgive him. Not only did he keep rolling his eyes, he deliberately picked the breakfast milk of his least favorite, blueberry flavor.

(this translation is only here on ztranslations.blogspot.com otherwise, stolen)
 
Then, Wang Pang pretended to be angry and slammed the door, but the Xiang Ke he left in the room was not as upset as he thought. The memory of yesterday was so deep that the first thing Xiang Ke did was to dilly-dally back into bed with a straw in his mouth, grumbling, and sent a WeChat to Cheng Zhengyan to complain.
 
Cheng Zhengyan almost replied back in seconds with a light laughing voice that is a bit hoarse in the morning: “You deserved it, he was right to scold.”
 
Wow, what’s wrong with this guy!
 
Xiang Ke kicked happily in the quilt, grumbling angrily under his breath while a sweet smile spread across his face.
 
Ah~ really strange ah. He turned back to the bed hugging the pillow, listening to the voice again. Then sheepishly burying his face on the pillow——he is also being scolded. Why is it after the person changed to Cheng Zhengyan, he is not afraid but feels shy?
 
Ahhhhhh so annoying!
 
******
 
Xiang Ke arrived on the set still thinking about this problem. During the break, he huddled beside Xu Liang with his blanket and secretly watch Cheng Zhengyan filming. He watched attentively without turning his eyes.
 
He suddenly realized that Cheng Zhengyan is really handsome, he could easily squeeze into the first echelon in the beautiful entertainment industry. His foolish fans on Weibo are absolutely right. Why did his previous self sneer before?
 
Sure enough, prejudice can make people less objective.
 
Xiang Ke reflected so deeply until the WeChat group packed with ex-girlfriends popped up.

Guo Jiaqi: “Baby, how’s the chasing going?”
 
Only then did Xiang Ke dig out the crushed and crumpled plan from the corner of his memory, he had almost forgotten all about chasing after Gao Tang.
 
But his ex-girlfriends all remembered, with Guo Jiaqi starting it, the small group immediately heated up again.
 
Xiang Ke thought about that steak meal but was a bit disinterested. “We already had dinner once.”
 
“Good sign!” The ex-girlfriends looked happy. “A good beginning is already half the battle! Hurry up and get her while the iron is hot, and you’ll be off the hook (not being single anymore) from now on!”
"The stinky brat is also lucky. Gao Tang is more than thirty and want to settle down. As long as you catch up, you two will definitely be able to get married.”
 
“Maybe in three years, you can hold both! Haha!”
 
“Your future children must be especially good-looking.”
 
It’s obviously a joyful topic but Xiang Ke looks at it and didn’t know why but he felt confused. As if accompanied by these blessings is not joy but a heavy burden.
 
But love, marriage, children, weren’t they all what he had envisioned?
 
Realizing that something was wrong, he no longer looked at the WeChat group and threw away his phone tiredly; putting his spirit back into reality.
 
Today’s filming was a pretty special content and even many crew members took the time to come and watch. Gao Tang came out of the dressing room and immediately triggered a series of exclamation——she was wearing a white wedding dress, looking grand and elegant.
 
This is a wedding scene, putting it in the movie is just a fleeting fantasy of female two, but in reality, the crew has to shoot the whole thing in detail.
 
Gao Tang tilted her face to allow the person to fix her makeup, she pulled a long hair, revealing her slender neck and shoulders. Because of her entry in the scene, her whole body exudes a completely different gentleness from the usual.
 
Just like a bride who is really ready for her wedding.
 
Just talking about marriage and seeing this scene, it feels like Gao Tang is really going to become his wife. Xiang Ke couldn’t help but look at her twice. Yet, he found that apart from pure appreciation and admiration, he didn’t give birth to emotions of enchantment or expectation.
 
He was lost in thought until Xu Liang who was passing by, teasingly touched his head, “Is she that good-looking? Keep your eyes straight.”
 
Before Xiang Ke could explain, he turned his gaze away, turning his line of sight on the eyes of Cheng Zhengyan; whom he didn’t know when he had arrived. He was slightly stunned by the complex emotions in those eyes, then he saw the other party’s formal clothes with flowers in his pockets, and his heart suddenly pulled up.
 
The two looked at each other for a while and Cheng Zhengyan left with a smile that he could not see at all.
 
Xiang Ke watched him step by step approaching Gao Tang wearing a wedding dress, in his suit and leather shoes; his pace was steady.
 
Gao Tang smiled and didn’t know what she was saying, sometimes she squatted down to cooperate with the dresser not to put on the veil. Cheng Zhengyan was taciturn, he seems to be in a daze but sometimes will speak a few words.
 
Xiang Ke watched dumbfounded, they look like a pair of perfect couple.
 
The moment this knowledge appeared, the unspeakable emotion enveloped him, and Xiang Ke’s whole physical strength was emptied.
 
He was aware that Gao Tang was probably fond of Cheng Zhengyan. At this moment, the sourness surged through him as he stared at the two——feeling a strange, malicious needle gushing out of his body.
 
Xiang Ke was in a low mood all morning and huddled in Xu Liang’s chair. The latter anxiously probe his forehead twice, and finally gave up all his director’s chair to him.

 
Wang Pang, who still wanted to stay angry for a while, is no longer angry and sat next to him to peel oranges to eat.
 
Xiang Ke shook his head and said he did not have an appetite. Wang Pang was so anxious that he kept pampering him. He blamed himself for having to lose his temper and scared him in the morning.
 
Xiang Ke was coaxed to the point that his eyes were sore and the grievances in his heart gurgled out and he could not stop it.
 
The long shooting is finally over, and the wedding march which has been playing continuously stopped. Xiang Ke finally came back a bit. Just as he raised his head, he saw the picture of Cheng Zhengyan and Gao Tang walking next to each other.
 
At this moment, even he could not distinguish to whom his anger was directed at.
 
Guo Jiaqi sent a WeChat message to urge him to seize the opportunity to get along with Gao Tang. Xieng Ke felt weak and didn’t want to follow suit. However, Gao Tang took the initiative to come over with her wedding dress after a while: “Xiang Ke, thanks for inviting me to dinner last time. Let me change my clothes, I’ll buy you a meal this time.”
 
Xiang Ke looked at her without expression, this time he was not pretending to be a cold and beautiful youth; but he really couldn’t smile.
 
Gao tang, who has accustomed to his silent image, did not notice that something was wrong and went to change her clothes on her own.
 
Xiang Ke sat in the same place and Cheng Zhengyan came over after a while. After the two silently stared at each other for a moment, Cheng Zhengyan bitterly smiled and reached out to pat his head.

(this translation is only here on ztranslations.blogspot.com otherwise, stolen)
 
“All right, are you happy now ba?”
 
Xiang Ke didn’t understand why Cheng Zhengyan asked that, he wasn’t happy at all. He was so angry that he was about to explode.
 
However, Cheng Zhengyan didn’t have much energy. After asking this question, he stayed for a while and left exhausted.
 
*****
 
The dinner with Gao Tang was very silent. Xiang Ke barely ate anything and was intermittently in a daze while drinking water.
 
The ex-girlfriends in the group came out again to ask about the progress. Xiang Ke told them a little annoyed: “We’re eating.”
 
Guo Jiaqi looked very happy: “Baby, you’re too efficient! That’s the way it should be, way to go!”*

*就该这样说上就上(way to go): I’m not quite sure about this translation….feel free to help.
 
Lin Mi also sighed: “I never thought Xiang Ke would have such an active side. When we were together, I had to take the lead on every date.”
 
As soon as this remark came out, it immediately struck a chord; and the topic turned into denouncing Xiang Ke’s various behavior during his previous relationship. However, despite this denunciation, everyone still hopes that Xiang Ke may be happy. After complaining, Lin Mi said happily: “But I am so happy that I might find the partner I like. I used to worry that his heart won’t beat fast for anyone.”
 
Xiang Ke sipped his water, seeing the line, he slightly froze.
 
Nonetheless, the chat continued, Guo Jiaqi also said: “Yes, he has finally grown up. He should be able to appreciate this kind of nervousness and happiness we had when we were with the person we like, right? I really liked him a lot in the beginning.”
 
“Yes ah, I couldn’t stop smiling when I saw him and I kept giggling all the time when I was texting.”
 
“I felt happy doing anything together, even if it was just walking. I never said it, but in fact, I actually enjoyed watching him eat cake next to me.”
 
“Now that I think about it, I felt shy even looking at him at first, and he didn’t react at all every time.”
 
"What a little bastard!"
 
******
 
Gao Tang had no choice but to drink coffee. She didn’t understand at all why Cheng Zhengyan asked her to invite Xiang Ke to dinner just now. Looking at Xiang Ke’s state of wondering beyond the sky, he didn’t look like he wanted to eat with her at all ba!
 
Of the two most handsome faces in the crew, one can’t get a date and the other one is sitting across in a daze.
 
Gao Tang is bemoaning that there is no one in the crew who had any mercy.³ With a brushing sound, the cold and beautiful youth who sat across her and kept silent throughout the meal suddenly stood up and walked out.
 
After walking a few steps, he snapped back to his senses, turning around with a very ashamed expression and bowed slightly towards the stunned Gao Tang——
 
“Sister Gao……I’m sorry to have wasted your time recently.”
 
For the first time, Gao Tang saw him showing an expression other than a cold beautiful youth in front of her. She was flattered and could not understand the meaning of his words, she can only nod in a daze: “No……it’s okay……”
 
Xiang Ke turned around with a relieved face and walked away without a moment’s hesitation.
 
When he got to the gate, he looked at the sky above his head for a while and directly took out his phone to dial a number.
 
In the general manager’s office on the top floor of Starlight Entertainment, Zheng Fengchun who was still working overtime, picked up his phone and switch from an instructing tone in the conference call to a spring-like gentle tone in a second: “Hello, Xiang Ke?”
 
“General Zheng!” Xiang Ke’s voice sounded full of fighting spirit.
 
Zheng Fengchun shook his head and smiled: “I’m here, what’s wrong?”
 
Xiang Ke took two deep breaths and with a burst of energy, “I like Cheng Zhengyan! I want to chase him! Can I chase him?!”
 
Zheng Fengchun: "........................??? "
 
Cheng……Cheng Zhengyan.
 
Zheng Fengchun pulled away the phone pressed against his ear to look at the screen of the caller ID while racing against time to recover his brain as if he had been knocked with a stick. “…………Keke……”
 
He hadn’t had time to express his soothing words when Xiang Ke’s sweet voice like a voice wrapped in cream and honey, came again: “General Zheng! Uncle Zheng! I like him so much! I like Cheng Zhengyan so much! Ah! How did I only find out ne! I’m so happy now!”
 
Zheng Fengchun’s left hand which was holding the pen shook. He could almost make up Xiang Ke’s happy and jumping appearance from his tone of voice.
 
While running fast in the direction of the hotel, Xiang Ke asked towards the phone, “General Zheng, General Zheng, can I chase him? Can I chase him?”
 
All of his artists’ love affairs must be reported to the company, which is inappropriate or something too out of line……
 
"Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I?!"
 
Xiang Ke is so happy like a little sparrow that was released from its cage to flutter around and its feathers that flew were almost drilled into Zheng Fengchun’s nose.
 
After a long time, Xiang Ke heard a long sigh in the receiver, followed by Zheng Fengchun’s helpless reply——
 
“If you really like it that much……can oh.”
 
******
 
Cheng Zhengyan lay in a daze in his room and entered into that realm of being so mysterious that no one knows what he’s thinking about. Before leaving the set, he asked Gao tang to invite Xiang Ke to dinner. Xiang Ke should be very happy, right?
 
He looked dumbfounded at the way Gao Tang was wearing her wedding dress.
 
Cheng Zhengyan lifted the script and absentmindedly flipped through it—— 《Clearwater Lake》 did not end well. The entangled love triangle refused to give way and eventually fell apart in a mess; no one was able to be with anyone.
 
Cheng Zhengyan snorted, feeling that he was really tired. He turned his head to stare at the cold moonlight outside the window for a while; raked his hair, and sat up.
 
The knock on the door suddenly sounded without a warning, like a series of softly jumping drums. Cheng Zhengyan froze before opening the door: “Who?”
 
The door opened to reveal a face flushed by running rapidly.
 
Xiang Ke’s hands were on his back, fingers entangled; panting heavily, and his bright eyes stared nervously at Cheng Zhengyan. “It’s me! Cheng Zhengyan, are you free!”

(this translation is only here on ztranslations.blogspot.com otherwise, stolen)
 
Cheng Zhengyan’s eyebrows jumped, his eyes subconsciously looked behind Xiang Ke, there is no shadow of Gao Tang.
 
“You’re not with Gao Tang……”
 
“Are you free? Cheng Zhengyan, are you free!” Xiang Ke stood there, obstinately interrupting his questioning.
 
“……” Cheng Zhengyan was very tired today, but there was really nothing he could do about it. He can only nod, “En, yes.”
 
“Then let’s play against each other ba!” Xieng Ke took out the script he’s carrying behind his back, “Let’s play it right ba!”
 
Cheng Zhengyan subconsciously took the script handed to him and looked down. There was a helpless expression on his face. He didn't know why Xiang Ke was in such high spirits, but his mental state today is obviously not suitable……
 
Wait a minute.
 
He paused and his gaze fell on the content opened by Xiang Ke——the fourth scene; the snowy night, embracing kiss.
 
An incredible guess bubbled up in his mind and he slowly raised his head to look into Xiang Ke’s eyes.
 
“This one, this scene, has already been shot……”
 
However, Xiang Ke shook his head: “Let’s be a couple ba!”
 
Cheng Zhengyan stood upright and asked a few seconds later, “Where is Gao Tang?”
 
“There is no her.” Xiang Ke stepped forward, sharply gasp for breath, and said, “There will be no more her in the future. Let’s be a couple, okay?”
 
The sound of the heart connected; tight, and powerful, with a sense of suffocation. Cheng Zhengyan saw his own reflection in that pair of clear pupils, and at this moment he was like being in a dream.
 
He heard his own voice ringing clearly in his ears——
 
“Okay.”
 
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The author has something to say:

This chapter has been revised a long time ago, but Keke still played the straight ball, he has always been a straight ball player.*

*I just think this means being straightforward.

So this is the end of the text. Thank you for reading. From tomorrow onwards, I will update a few extra articles of sweet dog abuse. (not really tomorrow for me, Z. Lol)

As an emotional drama sufferer, this is my first time writing a relationship-based article, 《Rivals in Love》 is a huge challenge. I’m glad to see many people like Keke, but the length is shorter, in order to avoid meng* stem being spoiled.

*cute/cuteness

But even so, there still seems to be a lot of shortcomings. Hey ya, forget it, forgive me, and tolerantly praise it.

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