The news that Shen Kui had come to Zheng Qi’s dressing room to fight for the opportunity to coach Han Tang on his scenes reached Su Li’s ears in no time.
It was only then that Su Li learned Zheng Qi was not only an artist signed under Han Tang’s company, but that there was also such a relationship between the two of them.
Should he say that this truly lived up to the reputation of being a wildly popular and wealthy sugar daddy known both inside and outside the entertainment circle!
Han Tang had been behaving so obediently and studying diligently on set recently that it had almost made him forget about Han Tang’s playboy nature!
If he had known, he never should have agreed to Han Gui’s recommendation so rashly!
Indeed.
After the third male lead ran into trouble, it was Han Gui who actively proposed letting Zheng Qi step in to take over the role.
Considering Han Tang’s status as the sugar daddy boss, coupled with the fact that Zheng Qi’s overall acting strength was quite decent, Su Li hadn’t refused. Yet he never expected Han Gui to be so completely unreliable!
Su Li might not have known about the relationship between Zheng Qi and Han Tang, but how could Han Gui possibly not know?!
Clearly, the man had done it on purpose!
If there is a next time, if he ever trusts Han Gui again, he will be a dog!
Fortunately, Zheng Qi had no intention of inserting himself between Han Tang and Shen Kui. Otherwise, if the leading actor’s state were affected, Su Li would truly want to cry his eyes out!
Therefore, that very same evening, Han Gui received a warm greeting from Su Li.
At the same time, there were two other messages.
Han Gui glanced at Su Li’s message first, which was full of complaints.
After reading it, Han Gui simply pushed it aside.
He knew that Su Li was worried Zheng Qi’s appearance would affect Shen Kui and subsequently disrupt the shooting schedule, but he knew that wouldn’t happen.
Su Li did not know that before Shen Kui entered the picture, Zheng Qi had rejected his script precisely because he misunderstood that the script was a resource specially skewed toward him by Tangtang for a sugar-daddy arrangement, and Zheng Qi only wanted to act in a down-to-earth manner, which was why he turned it down.
He knew Zheng Qi had no ulterior motives toward Tangtang, which was why he felt secure sending Zheng Qi in with the sole purpose of helping keep an eye on the film crew and Shen Kui.
It was only after arranging for both Tangtang and Shen Kui to enter the cast that Han Gui belatedly recalled why he found Shen Kui familiar.
He had once seen Shen Kui meeting with that old man from the Shen family at a hotel!
The Shen family and the Han family had overlapping business sectors in many areas, and overall, the two families were in a competitive relationship.
With that association, Han Gui felt that placing Shen Kui by his younger brother’s side had still been far too hasty.
Had he not been puzzled as to why Tangtang went directly to Su Li to secure a role for Shen Kui, he would have loved to kick Shen Kui out directly!
Alas, what was done was done.
Exiting the chat interface, Han Gui checked the remaining two messages.
They came from Zheng Qi and Shen Kui respectively.
Shen Kui mentioned the matters Zheng Qi had been observing in secret, and Han Gui glanced at it, replied with a simple “Understood,” and set it aside.
What truly captured Han Gui’s attention was Zheng Qi’s message.
Shen Kui was actually going to run scenes with Tangtang!
Run scenes! Recalling the industry slang he had frantically crammed into his memory some time ago, and connecting it with the recent online rumors circulating between Tangtang and Shen Kui, the alarm bells in Han Gui’s heart instantly surged to maximum volume.
He decided he would go straight to the film set tomorrow to take a proper look!
Han Gui’s arrival coincided precisely with Zheng Qi shooting his makeup portraits. The moment Shen Kui finally had a free moment, Han Tang hurried over to Shen Kui to run their scenes.
Upon learning where Tangtang had gone, Han Gui exchanged a brief greeting with Su Li and hurried off toward Shen Kui’s room without waiting for anyone to guide him.
Sure enough, he found his younger brother right there.
Seeing Han Gui appear on the film set, Han Tang was once again struck dumbfounded.
He almost thought his eyes were playing tricks on him, or perhaps what he was seeing was a mirage?
It wasn’t until he was solidly pinched on the cheek by Han Gui, who muttered that he had lost weight, that Han Tang finally realized the second male lead in the original novel—who only knew how to bury his head in work and keep his love buried deep in his heart—had actually come to visit the crew!
If he could still comfort himself back at home when Han Gui personally boiled porridge by assuming the man was just temporarily overflowing with brotherly affection, then this time…
“Brother, why are you here?” Inside Han Tang’s mind, a prairie hamster shrieked at the top of its lungs: Ah… Why does the second male lead never follow the script?!
Han Gui had long known that Tangtang still regarded him as a competitive rival. Though it stung a little in his heart, he didn’t let it dwell.
Shen Kui, however, felt differently.
Shen Kui had only ever witnessed the two brothers interacting during that incident at the club, and he remembered how peacefully the teenager had fallen asleep nestled in Han Gui’s arms that day. Later on, Han Gui had even sought him out specifically to protect the teenager.
Naturally, he had assumed the relationship between the two brothers was excellent.
From the looks of it now, however, he might have assumed too much.
The teenager didn’t seem to like Han Gui visiting at all.
Abandoning the idea of leaving space for the two brothers to interact, Shen Kui quietly began observing the dynamic between them instead.
Through his observations, Shen Kui confirmed that the relationship between the two brothers was not nearly as good as he had imagined.
Shen Kui narrowed his eyes slightly, a flicker of dark light passing through the depths of his gaze.
It seemed Han Gui’s original intention in seeking him out might not be as noble and upright as he claimed, or as he himself had originally thought.