Chasing the Light - Chapter 4

Sitting in Yu Mingxiu’s car, Liang Xincheng was very sensible and didn’t ask any further questions. Although he didn’t understand why they would make such a fuss and disturb their big boss to personally take him to apologize when it was just about two actors from the two companies competing for resources, but it was him who caused the problem. So, when Yu Mingxiu said he had to apologize, he had to bow his head.

Yu Mingxiu took Liang Xincheng to a very high-end private club restaurant. Immediately after entering the door, a welcome lady came to lead them upstairs, saying that their guests had already arrived first.

This was not the first time that Liang Xincheng had met Du Shen, the President of Shengxing. Apart from meeting at two public fashion dinner parties, Yu Mingxiu also took him to the gatherings of rich young masters and sons that he attended privately. Du Shen was also present, but Liang Xincheng had always thought that this President Du had no relationship with his boss.

Du Shen was very young; a typical young talent. His appearance was not inferior to that of most male artists in this circle that Liang Xincheng had seen. The handsome little boy sitting beside him who was smiling and talking with him looked mediocre as a foil to him.

When Yu Mingxiu and Du Shen exchanged greetings without embarrassment, Liang Xincheng noticed that the person sitting next to Du Shen was Ding Yao. He was no different from the one in the photo, with clean eyes, looking very much like the kind of naive and unworldly rich young master. Maybe those things that Liu Fan gossiped about were indeed rumors.

Ding Yao took the initiative to greet Liang Xincheng, smiling sincerely, as if he didn’t hold any grudges against him because of the unpleasant things on the Internet.

After sitting down, Yu Mingxiu looked at Du Shen and said straight to the point: “This time, the people in my company did something wrong. I brought him here to apologize to you. You have the final say on what to do.”

The big boss had opened his mouth so Liang Xincheng could only stand up consciously, and went to pour wine for Du Shen and Ding Yao.

Du Shen’s expression was cold and indifferent as he watched Liang Xincheng’s courteousness. Only when it was Ding Yao’s did he remind him in a cold voice, “He doesn’t drink.”

Liang Xincheng immediately switched to fruit juice, helping Ding Yao to fill it up and then raised his own glass to apologize to them: “I was a mean person before. I have eyes but fail to see Taishan Mountain1 so I’m sorry for the offense. Please forgive me, President Du and Teacher Ding.”

Regardless of whether Ding Yao was older or younger than him, it was always correct to call ‘Teacher’ among colleagues.

After the words were said, he drained his glass of wine in one breath very quickly.

Ding Yao quickly stood up with a blushing face, seemingly embarrassed: “No, no, you just call me by my name. It was all a misunderstanding. I didn’t know that you were about to sign a contract with them before. I mean it, I really feel sorry… ”

“All right Yao Yao,” Du Shen interrupted Ding Yao, “Sit down.”

Ding Yao wrinkled his nose and hesitantly sat back down, pulling on Du Shen’s clothes and persuading him in a whisper, “Uncle, forget it, it’s so embarrassing.”

Liang Xincheng thought so it was like this. It turned out that this Ding Yao was actually Shengxing’s prince. He and Liu Fan had indeed found the wrong target for the battle.

Du Shen ignored Ding Yao. He glanced at Liang Xincheng who was standing there holding a cup and said to Yu Mingxiu, “The apology is fine but you can’t just say it like this. Let him post on Weibo and mention Yao Yao to formally apologize for this.”

Liang Xincheng pursed the corners of his lips lightly. Ding Yao said, “Don’t bother about it so much, let’s forget it”, but Yu Mingxiu had already agreed straightforwardly: “Okay.”

Liang Xincheng could only nod his head and toast with Du Shen again, who finally accepted it reluctantly.

The atmosphere at the table after that had been very delicate. Yu Mingxiu and Du Shen chatted about their recent projects, with mostly Yu Mingxiu talking and Du Shen listening. Ding Yao occasionally interjected a few words. Liang Xincheng could not say anything, and only seriously read the situation. He was responsible for pouring wine and juice for several of them. The service was thoughtful but he himself did not eat even a few mouthfuls of food.

In the middle of it, Du Shen answered the phone and went outside the private room. There were only the three of them left and there was nothing to say. Ding Yao buried his head in his food. Yu Mingxiu looked at him with a sudden smile and asked him, “Did Yao Yao return from graduation last year?”

Ding Yao raised his head, looking at Yu Mingxiu in a daze, seemed to be a little puzzled before he nodded and asked him back at the same time: “Do you know me?”

The smile at the corner of Yu Mingxiu’s lips widened: “We met when you were a child, you don’t remember, ba.”

Ding Yao puffed up his steamed bun face, but still couldn’t remember. Yu Mingxiu smiled and sighed: “When you were a child, you would ask me for candy as soon as you saw me, you really don’t remember anything?”

Liang Xincheng made an excuse to go to the bathroom and closed the door before finally being able to catch his breath. Just now, he drank too much wine without eating anything to cushion his stomach. Actually, his stomach was very uncomfortable now. He was retching at the sink for a while but couldn’t vomit anything, so he had to smile bitterly.

The three people outside were either rich people or powerful big bosses. He couldn’t afford to offend anyone. He deserved to pretend to be a grandson.

After staying in the bathroom for more than ten minutes, Liang Xincheng opened the door and came out. Ding Yao had already left first. Yu Mingxiu and Du Shen were sitting at the end of the table; one was smoking a cigarette and looking at the other intently. The expression on his face could not be clearly seen behind the smoke, while the other one was eating gracefully without seemingly being affected at all.

Liang Xincheng calmly took this slightly weird scene into his eyes. He walked up to Yu Mingxiu and sat down again, wanting to continue pouring wine for him. Yu Mingxiu twisted out his cigarette to stop Liang Xincheng’s action. He took his bowl to help him serve a bowl of soup, while reminding him: “Don’t bother, eat something.”

Liang Xincheng took the bowl and said ‘thank you’ before obediently bowing his head to drink the soup. Du Shen on the opposite side seemed to glance at them, but Liang Xincheng didn’t care. No matter how stupid he was, he finally knew for whom Yu Mingxiu asked him to cooperate in acting for more than a year. Since the big boss was willing to act, then he just needs to accompany him. Anyway, acting was his job.

After the dinner, Du Shen was picked up by his driver, and Liang Xincheng followed Yu Mingxiu out of the restaurant in silence. While waiting for the driver to drive over, Yu Mingxiu reminded him in a cold voice: “Remember to post an apology on Weibo when you get back, and be sincere in your tone.”

Liang Xincheng nodded: “I know.”

No matter how unhappy he was in his heart, he could only choose to give in on this matter.

Yu Mingxiu glanced at him. Seeing him lowering eyebrows, his tone was no longer so blunt: “If the film is gone, it’ll be gone. I will ask someone to arrange a new one for you. If you obey the rules, the company will not treat you unfairly.”

Liang Xincheng nodded again: “Thank you, President.”

This time it was a little more sincere.

The driver stopped the car in front of them and Yu Mingxiu gestured to Liang Xincheng: “Get in, I’ll take you back.”

Someone in another group coming out after them whistled softly, bumping Xia Yuanhang’s shoulder beside him and teasing him: “Isn’t that your ‘lover’? Why don’t you go say hello, ah? The one next to him is their company’s president, ba?”

Another person laughed and answered: “You were not here at noon. We met him once in the mall. Obviously a bunch of us were together, but only the two of them were on the hot search. Those who aren’t popular really don’t have human rights, ah”

It was rare to bump into friends once, but he bumped into Liang Xincheng twice in one day. Xia Yuanhang, who was ridiculed by his friends, didn’t have much expression on his face. This time, he didn’t go to greet Liang Xincheng again, only watching the expensive luxury car go away.

When other people casually asked about their relationship, Xia Yuanhang twitched the corner of his mouth and said calmly, “It’s just a partner for cooperation. It’s nothing more.”

T/N: Tomorrow got an update too!

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