Chapter 101

  "It was quite dangerous, at that time sitting on the tree to pursue the best effect without any safety measures, just putting a cushion under the tree - do you know how tall that tree is? If I fell down, it would be a disaster...". As for the people around him suddenly falling into silence, he continued to mutter to himself, "Later, the director said that they made a promotional poster with my back and the silhouette of the sunset. I thought about it, if I had fallen down, wouldn't that poster become my memorial photo? The worst thing is that I still haven't seen where that so-called poster is..."

  "Don't you think it's ridiculous for an investor to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a movie without considering the return, and in the end can't even afford to waste a small poster?"

  "But why did the investor want to get rid of my poster?"

  In the gaze of the young black-haired man, who looked slightly wide-eyed and very innocent with a hint of hurt, the man couldn't bear to look directly at him, let out a long sigh, stretched out his hand to mess up his own hair, then slightly furrowed his brow, paused for a moment before slowly saying: "Probably because he felt it was against the wind and customs?"

  "What the hell, isn't it said that foreigners are very open-minded? " Jian Ran expressed absolute disagreement with this statement, and suddenly felt like something was wrong after saying it, "Why do you have such a resentful look on your face? Didn't you say you had desires for me? But in the end, you also think my back is unbearable to look at and hurts public morals? Are you human?"

  "...Do you think that the people around us now can't understand Chinese, so we can speak freely?" The man turned his head back, looking at Jian Ran and said, "I didn't say anything, can you not..."

  "No, I'm concerned about that poster."

  "The scale is too big."

  "I wore underwear."

  "Boxer shorts are not called underwear."

  "No matter what, it's got a 'pants' character," the black-haired young man said stubbornly. "Damn, my back view is so beautiful, it should be released to mesmerize all three realms—"

  Jiang Chuan gave him a "you should take your medicine" expression, turned his head and continued to watch the movie. At this time, the movie was already nearing its end. The ending of the first part of "Mysterious Seed: Origin" is that the male protagonist, after going through great difficulties, ignored the female lead's strong opposition and warnings, and insisted on coming alone to the beautiful lake and forest in his dreams. In his eyes, the last scene he saw was "God's Redemption" splashing out of the lake, turning his head and staring at him with a pair of wet black pupils without any expression.

  This is also the final scene of the entire movie.

  If there wasn't a second part, this would be a story of "Prince Charming defeats the evil dragon and ignores the villainous female partner's obstruction to find his true love princess in the forest alone" - I really don't know what director Chris was thinking when he suddenly gave the heroine an inconsequential role that could have been omitted in the second part - wouldn't the actress playing the heroine go crazy when she saw the script?!

  But unexpectedly...

  It was clear that the electrifying ending had driven almost everyone who attended the premiere crazy. After watching the full movie and dispersing, Sarah, as the female lead, grabbed Tom, the male lead, from the first row and ran to the second row, pushing them together: "Stand together, I want to take a photo of you two for Twitter! I believe many fans will need to see this after watching the movie——"

  Jinran was still in a daze about the situation, when Tom walked over with a grin and gave Jinran a high-five that didn't quite match his formal attire. Sarah excitedly took their photo, then rushed over to pat Jinran on the shoulder: "I'm counting on you two for the sequel! I'm waiting for 'Mysterious Seeds' to become a legendary series in history..."

  "What does it mean?" Jian Ran asked with a bewildered expression.

  Sara giggled and pulled open the sable coat draped over her evening gown, casually rubbing her belly as she did so. Only then did she notice that it was slightly rounded, and her look of confusion immediately gave way to surprise. Then she heard Sara whispering in his ear: "Actually, my husband and I had already decided to take a break for the next two years and have a baby. I only took on 'Mysterious Seeds' because director Chris is an old friend and I couldn't think of a way to turn him down... The script ended up like that because I was originally only going to act in the first part anyway... Then, unexpectedly, this little surprise happened during filming, so this really is a very lucky movie!"

  She saw the happiness shining in Sarah's eyes - this woman who had already won the international film queen title, although she was over 30 years old, but she was indeed very beautiful, and it seemed that when she smiled, her whole person was like a light filled with soft breath... At this time, she looked at Jian Ran and said sincerely: "So maybe this lucky movie can also make you enter Hollywood from now on, and even win the great award -"

  As she said that, she seemed to have already seen the scene in her mind, and she covered her lips with both hands, bent down and let out a pleasant laugh, her golden hair scattered down - at this time, behind her, a man who looked extraordinary walked up with a tense face, helped her cover the mink coat that had been lifted on her shoulder, and wrapped his arms around her waist, whispering a few words of blame, Sarah turned her head to make a face at him, then waved goodbye to them, and left with the man's embrace.

  Until they were far away, the black-haired young man standing in place hadn't even had time to react.

  Tom shook hands with him and expressed his enthusiasm for continuing to work together this year, patted him on the shoulder, and was about to leave due to the urging of the agent - at this time, it was the time for celebrities and actors to take photos and high-end media interviews. Jian Yan originally thought that he didn't have much fame and had nothing to do in this situation, so he stood up and prepared to leave. As a result, he hadn't taken two steps before being stopped by a little girl who asked for a photo. He guessed that she was probably the daughter of some investor, and happily agreed. After sending away the little girl,

  He looked up and found a crowd of people waiting around him, as if he were some kind of international superstar.

  Rather surprised.

  However, he was originally a person who welcomed everyone in this regard, so it took some effort to suppress his surprise and patiently take photos with the waiting crowd. By the time they finally dispersed, his face was almost stiff from smiling. After the surrounding people left, he looked around and found that Jiang Chuan had gone somewhere. He bent down to pick up his coat on the back of the chair, sent a text message asking Jiang Chuan "where are you", and then received Fang Yu's text message saying that she was already waiting outside the cinema. Jian Ran casually replied with a text message saying he would be out soon. Just as he was about to leave, a hand suddenly reached out from behind him and grabbed his wrist. The cold touch made Jian Ran shudder unconsciously, and he turned around with a frown, using a somewhat unpleasant tone to ask: "What are you doing?"

  "I couldn't help but come over and take a look at you, seeing the way you were looking at Sarah just now." Andre's voice was low and husky, "You have no idea how good you looked just then—"

  His furrowed brow deepened: "Please don't talk nonsense."

  "I know you used to be a normal boy, ah, maybe if you hadn't met me, you would have normally fallen in love with a girl, gotten married, had kids, and not had to hide like this now. Oh right, I just heard that the environment in your country might not be very tolerant of people like you..."

  He suddenly struggled free from the other's grasp and said in a fairly polite tone, "Mr. Mond, is there anything else?"

  "What's wrong with that expression," Andrei said with a smile, "your guardian angel is not around you for once, and I can finally get close to you—"

  "He's not a guardian angel, and I'm no flower," Jian Yan said expressionlessly, exposing his hypocrisy. "Besides, you talk as if you'd be afraid of anyone."

  But to his surprise, the blonde lunatic heard this sentence and instead seemed to have heard some praise, emitting a happy laugh - that laughter was a bit loud, attracting many people's sideways glances. Jin Yan felt embarrassed because of this, and his hand tightened slightly on the hem of his windbreaker. At this time, it seemed that Andrei had noticed his small resistant mood, stopped laughing, turned his head to face those who were looking at him, and soon, those people quickly turned their faces back.

  And it seems like even if another shooting happens here, they won't turn their heads around again.

  A familiar scene in front of him made his stomach twitch slightly.

  He furrowed his brow, revealing a look of disgust, and attempted to turn around and leave, but at this moment Andrei quickly took a misstep and blocked his path - the tall man's body cast a shadow that completely enveloped the young black-haired man. He lowered his head, and for once, his amber-colored eyes looked at Jian Ran with seriousness: "I really didn't think you'd come back."

  Andrei always appears to be frivolous or overbearing, and it's rare for him to speak seriously - yet when he puts on this expression, somehow he gives off a harmless and innocent vibe that makes the person talking to him feel like "if I say something bad, this guy will get hurt because of it"...

  Of course, it's an illusion.

  Jin Yan had been deceived countless times in the past and was more aware of this than anyone else: there would never be a more despicable and vicious existence in the world than Andrei Mond.

  "I've come back because I have a business to develop on this side, Mr. Mond. " Jin Ran straightened his waist slightly, took a deep breath, and then said expressionlessly, "Believe me, it has nothing to do with you - whether it's fear or any other emotion, when I can stand in front of you calmly, it means that these things no longer exist."

  His words were extremely ruthless, and for a moment, he really saw an unbelievable, stunned, and even hurt expression flashing through those beautiful amber eyes. However, this emotion was quickly concealed perfectly. Andrei slightly hooked the corner of his lips and said: "When I saw you in the banquet hall earlier, your performance wasn't like that - what made you suddenly become so confident? Let me think, ah, I know, is it because of that guy Lelouch?"

  Suddenly mentioning Jiang Chuan made Jian Ran's heart skip a beat.

  If he could barely keep himself calm just now, then he really couldn't calm down at this moment. His mind was filled with all sorts of terrible images of what Andrei might do, which made him frown slightly and say anxiously: "It has nothing to do with him, I don't even know what kind of cooperative relationship you have or how you met, but our affairs are best settled by ourselves - although I don't know what else can be settled - but the whole thing has nothing to do with him. I know what kind of person you are, Mond, stay away from him and his family's business, don't hurt other people again because of your evil tricks..."

  "Me? Hurt him?" Andrei's eyebrows almost flew off his forehead. "Are you sure?"

  He asked back in this way, and suddenly he was stunned again.

  The black-haired young man had no idea he had completely misinterpreted what the blond-haired man meant.

  At this moment, he was completely absorbed in his own thoughts: thinking carefully, apart from the initial appearance of being a bit like forgetting to take medicine, the person in front of him seemed not to have done anything out of line again - and it seemed that Westerners often did things like hugging each other... So, had he been misunderstanding Andre's intentions all along?

  He slowly raised his hand to rub his stiff face, let out a long sigh, and suddenly felt that his social anxiety disorder was about to act up.

  His face turned white and red, subconsciously biting his lip and lowering his head to throw out a sentence "I was just joking, it's okay, goodbye", then turned around hastily wanting to leave. But just as he took two steps, he was suddenly grabbed from behind and pulled back, colliding with Andrei's chest, an unfamiliar breath enveloping him, making him open his eyes wide in alarm, feeling a strong sense of unease.

  "What's the hurry?" The man leaning against his ear fixed the restless person in his arms, raised his hand and flicked his ear, "You haven't answered my question yet."

  As soon as the man spoke, he suddenly felt that the person in his arms had become completely still.

  It was as if he had inadvertently pressed a switch on a time controller, and everything around him suddenly came to a standstill.

  And he obviously knew what that so-called "switch" was, so in a place where the black-haired young man couldn't see, his eyes flickered: "So you still remember this, in the past you liked it when I touched you like this..."

  He didn't know that at this moment, his whole body was covered in goosebumps - for a time, anger, despair, and anxiety burst out from the top of his head, rushing through every blood vessel. He suddenly turned around and pushed away the person behind him. The other stumbled back a few steps, steadied himself, but the smile at the corner of his mouth remained unchanged: "However, before you charge at me like an angry rabbit, baring your teeth, you'd better answer my question first. What makes you think I can do something to that person, ah, the guardian?"

  She pressed her lips together tightly and fiercely.

  He just subconsciously felt that Andre's questioning tone was a bit strange, but he didn't have time to think more about it because he now regretted mentioning Jiang Chuan earlier.

  Now it's too late to regret, he inadvertently aroused Andrei's curiosity about Jiang Chuan. At this time, facing his relentless pursuit of questioning, Jian Ran could only respond with silence. Just when he didn't know how to deal with it except leaving, he suddenly saw a faintly surprised expression on Andrei's face after a momentary blank: "You still don't know what the Lelouch family does?"

  She continued to remain silent, merely staring at him silently.

  Then he looked at Andrei and burst out laughing like a madman.

  He felt that the other party seemed to be mocking him, moved his lips, and stiffened his scalp, saying: "He told me that his family is just doing business honestly, and it's different from you guys who are mixed with the underworld."

  The word "běn fēn" was added casually by him.

  But unexpectedly Andrei was stunned again after hearing it, and didn't know where Jian Ran's sentence had hit his funny bone, anyway he laughed even louder afterwards.

  If he hadn't intimidated many people with his gaze before, by now many would have turned their heads to look at the suddenly ill madman - and at this moment, Andrei knew that although these people didn't dare look at Andrei, they dared to look at him - so now he could feel countless pairs of eyes on him, for which he had no choice but to stand stiffly in place, at least making a respectful appearance as an "actor" should have towards the "investor".

  This professional demeanor allowed him to patiently listen to Andrei's laughter, the latter straightened his waist, raised his hand to wipe away the tears of laughter from the corners of his eyes - he leaned against the wall of the projection room, revealing a lazy expression and said: "You're right, that's how it is."

  He looked at him with some doubt, and before he could wait for a while, the other party smiled and said: "So if you don't want your little lover to get into trouble, it's best to listen to me obediently in the next - Ah, I heard Mandro mention that his next mysterious film wants to invite you to perform -"

  "Do you know?"

  "Dear baby, even if he is wearing a horse jacket and making things, he still needs investors."

  Disregarding that infuriating title that made one's hair stand on end, he said without hesitation: "If it were you, I would decline this invitation."

  "You won't." Andre glanced at Jian Ran, "If you really didn't care about my existence like you said, you would have taken on this movie directly. I know your personality, and you're the type of person who wouldn't forget that tomorrow is the final exam even if you were dating and had a brain full of mush. That movie is an opportunity for any newcomer. If Mandro is eventually exposed, it's just a harmless publicity stunt, and the movie will sell well because of it; if he isn't exposed, a new director leading some new actors to create a mature work... this movie will attract more attention than one that follows the usual route..."

  “……”

  "So you won't give up this opportunity."

  He slowly raised his hand and buttoned up the last button on his windbreaker.

  Although reluctantly, Andrei indeed knew him very well.

  He moved his lips, about to say something - when suddenly a large hand stretched out from behind him and covered his mouth. The young man with black hair was startled, and as he subconsciously inhaled a breath of cool air, he suddenly smelled a familiar scent on the big hand covering his nose. His stiff body immediately relaxed, and he raised his hand to remove Jiang Chuan's hand from his mouth and nose. Turning his head, the anger in his eyebrows and eyes dissipated, replaced by a slightly warm and somewhat complaining tone: "What's with suddenly popping out and scaring people? Where did you just go?"

  "Someone wants to talk to me," Jiang Chuan lowered his head and glanced at him, the hand that was originally on his shoulder slid down to his waist in a non-obtrusive manner, expressionless, "One minute you weren't paying attention, how did you get mixed up with this thing again? Didn't I tell you to stay away from him?"

  "His legs are his own," said Jian Ran, "and this is a public place, whatever he may be as an investor—"

  "What's wrong with investors?"

  "I'm an actor," Jianran said, "what did I offend?"

  Jiang Yan said with reason and evidence, Jiang Chuan looked very speechless and shut his mouth.

  At this time, the person who was put aside finally couldn't stay idle anymore.

  "Ah, look who's here." Andre said with a smile in English, his amber eyes fixed on the hand Jiang Chuan placed on Jin Yan's waist, but the smile didn't quite reach his eyes. "We were just talking about you, Leilied, and it seems like he was extremely worried that I would do something despicable to you..."

  Jiang Chuan first gave him a glance with the kind of eyes that hadn't bathed in eight hundred years, without saying a word, and instead lowered his head to seriously look at Jin Ran.

  I don't know why, but suddenly being said so solemnly, the things that were tangled up before made him feel a little embarrassed. His face, which was initially pale, had some blood color, and he awkwardly avoided Jiang Chuan's gaze, saying in a particularly unconvincing tone: "Don't listen to his nonsense..."

  Jiang Chuan stretched out a finger, gently lifting the young black-haired man's face from behind - as if intentionally exposing his slightly flushed face to both him and the blond man not far away. He looked at him calmly and continued to ask in a flat tone, "Worried about me?"

  He let out a soft "tsk".

  "Ask you something." Jiang Chuan continued to say calmly, "Hmph what hmph."

  "Ahh, this guy is a troublemaker! I'm worried that you'll get dragged into it. What's wrong with him? He keeps talking and talking, even saying that he invested in Mandero's new movie. I said what the heck if he invested, I'd give up on that opportunity, but the opportunity is right in front of me, how could I possibly really give it up?! I'm almost going crazy! You're still asking questions here and there - " Zhen Ran slapped away Jiang Chuan's hand, "What are you asking?!"

  Jin Ran's hand strength was quite large, and Jiang Chuan suddenly received a slap on the back of his hand, which made it red. However, unexpectedly, the man did not show much anger, but instead, due to Jin Ran's continuous nagging, he slightly narrowed his eyes, curled up the corners of his mouth, and looked like he was in a good mood.

  He was even more furious then.

  Haha, so funny!!!!!!!!!

  Under his angry gaze, he saw Jiang Chuan raise his head and look at Andrei, who was still leaning against the wall with a lazy expression.

  "Are you using my money to pose as an investor and bully me? Are you kidding me, Andrei? Is your brain sick?"