Chapter 125

  The world's painting style suddenly underwent a strange change, and Jianran felt that this was probably related to the fact that the water bottle in the sea king's position had gradually fallen into the fifth golden way... Life is full of creativity, for example, his ex-boyfriend who broke up nearly a century ago suddenly appeared out of nowhere, took out what looked like an expensive wedding ring, proposed to him, and invited him to register their marriage in Las Vegas the next day.

  I really think this world has gone crazy.

  His face was blank for a moment, then he thought and thought again, finally putting the water cup in his hand on the table lightly, and asked very seriously: "What do you think?"

  As soon as the words left his mouth, he felt that he had probably said something wrong - because he clearly saw a flash of defeat on Jiang Luocheng's face, which was always invincible. The ring placed between them suddenly became an extremely embarrassing existence, and the shining metal light and Jiang Luocheng's loss reflected each other, almost dazzling Jianran's dog eyes... He thought that if there was no Xu Qianqian, if he was still with Jiang Luocheng, if he hadn't become a vegetable and turned into Cangmou Ah Fei to meet Jiang Chuan and wake up with him, then at this time, his reaction should not be feeling embarrassed like now, but rather ecstatic?

  But in just a year and a half, it's as if everything around has changed beyond recognition.

  His expression softened slightly, and he waved his hand at Jiang Luocheng: "I'm not mocking you, I just want to ask what's going on with this sudden move."

  "It wasn't sudden," Jiang Luocheng said. "I also thought about it for a long time before making this decision, you might think it's a bit abrupt—"

  "I really feel particularly abrupt." Jian Ran said sincerely, "Jiang Luocheng, haven't you realized yet? We've broken up, and it's been a long time - long enough for us to be independent of each other and have new lives. You really don't need to suddenly come back..."

  "Is it 'I don't need' or 'you don't want'?"

  Key words, Jiang Luocheng emphasized the tone of his voice, his deep eyes staring at the black-haired young man sitting across from him, until he looked away in embarrassment, a restless expression faintly visible on his face. Jiang Luocheng's gaze suddenly softened: "Xiao Ran, are you still blaming me?"

  He thought for a moment and shook his head: "No."

  "Cheater."

  "There really isn't."

  "You don't know how many moves Xu Qianqian made behind your back. From the song 'Who's Listening', she has been secretly competing with you. I found out about these things later, but due to the circumstances, it was impossible to say everything, so I could only help you suppress them quietly - many things are not as you imagined, I also have my own difficulties, and I thought about just letting it go, but thinking about it still makes me feel resentful... Now that Xu Qianqian is gone, I don't understand what reason I have to continue persuading myself not to come find you again..."

  He moved his lips slightly, wanting to say something, but the words couldn't be spoken - Jiang Luocheng knew all about these things when he was still a mouse in Xu Qianqian's villa, so from that time on, he no longer held any negative emotions towards this person.

  Infidelity is a fact when dating.

  After breaking up, silently doing maintenance for him and even sacrificing one's own interests is also an indisputable fact.

  I am deeply grateful for everything Jiang Luocheng has done.

  But that's all there is to it.

  "Jiang Luocheng, I actually know what you've been up to, so in my opinion, we're even now - I don't hold any grudges or misunderstandings against you. Now, I just see you as an ordinary friend, and if you need help with anything in the future, I'll be there for you right away. However, I have to apologize and tell you that all this doesn't mean we can get back together again. Humans are emotional creatures, after all this time, I've already..."

  Just as he was about to finish speaking, he suddenly felt a familiar aura rapidly approaching from behind him. His words trailed off and he didn't even have time to turn around before a sun-kissed arm with a thin layer of sweat stretched out from behind his shoulder, swiftly picking up the ring on the table. The exquisite ring was reflected in those azure eyes that showed no emotional fluctuations.

  "Why say so much? If Director Jiang insists on a reason that can't be continued, then just tell him you don't like him anymore."

  The delicate ring box was flipped and played with in the man's large hands, making it look even more exquisite. At the edge of the table, the two people were stunned by each other's gaze. The man, wearing a pair of sweatpants and a sports vest that clashed with the upscale restaurant, looked lazy and carefree despite being drenched in sweat. By this time, some people had already started staring at them, clearly not everyone knew what the young master of the Reins family looked like, and these people were puzzled as to whether the security personnel of this restaurant had eaten too much and let such a person with an absolutely mismatched dress sense in.

  Although he is handsome, putting him on the beach would absolutely make all the girls in the audience excited.

  But this is a high-end restaurant.

  Among the gazes of strangers sizing him up, the man seemed completely oblivious. He intently stared at the ring in the box, studying it for a moment before slightly adjusting his angle as if he had suddenly become aware of something. His gaze swept over the several high-purity diamonds set inside the ring's inner circle, which were obviously very valuable. He smiled faintly, but his azure eyes became even more somber than before. He casually put the ring back on the table and praised, "The style is not bad."

  But the voice didn't sound sincere.

  "How did you get here?" Jian Ran asked.

  Jiang Chuan heard this, raised his eyelids and silently looked back at him - the pupils were flashing with an inexplicable light, after a long time, when he was alive and well, he saw that the man's calm gaze had made his whole body covered in goosebumps, only then did the man respond briefly: "Exercising, passing by... what, can't come?"

  " Warm welcome."

  Clearly and unmistakably saw Jiang Chuan's eyes clearly indicating that if he dared to answer "can't", the consequences would be absolutely unimaginable and unbearable for him.

  At this time, when the two were busy exchanging silent glances and interacting, Jiang Luocheng was feeling very puzzled by Jiang Chuan's sudden appearance... The man's attitude from the moment he appeared to now seemed extremely unclear. Thinking about how recent online hot topics had tied Jiang Chuan and Yuan Jianyan together, for a moment, Jiang Luocheng's gaze towards Jiang Chuan became subtle. He smiled and interrupted their conversation: "Jiang Chuan, what did you mean by what you just said? I'm in the middle of discussing something serious with Xiao Ran, if possible, please don't..."

  "No."

  Jiang Luocheng: "......"

  Felt embarrassed once again.

  Jiang Luocheng stiffened and smiled: "What do you mean by this, could it be that the recent hot topic on the internet has gotten to you so much that you're really..."

  "That has nothing to do with it, recently our company is not planning to take the domestic route, there's no need to hype it up, do I need to make it clearer? He doesn't like you anymore," Jiang Chuan said expressionlessly, "He likes me now."

  Jiang Luocheng: "......"

  Jian Ran: "......"

  It really feels like the air around is going to explode.

  ……

  On the way back at night, he had a big argument with Jiang Chuan. The meaning was that there were some things that couldn't be said nicely and both sides had to lose face. What if Jiang Luo became angry and framed him in the future? Jiang Chuan was very dissatisfied with Jian Ran's ambiguous attitude, and no matter what he said, he would always suspect that he wanted to rekindle old flames.

  "Why can't you just tell him that you like me? What's there to be angry about?" The man, who was sprawled out on the sofa with his long legs folded up and his chin resting on his knees, looking like a large dog curled up, had an unhappy expression on his face. "Or are you planning on accepting that ring and flying off to Las Vegas with him tomorrow?"

  He was so angry that he almost flipped the tea table onto Jiang Chuan's face, grabbing him wildly and saying: "How did you know I wouldn't speak?! I just wanted to put it nicely, after all, Jiang Luocheng still has some weight in the country, knows some leaders, and even if we had a falling out, I don't know how to play along... And I was just about to say something when you suddenly appeared with a 'caught-in-the-act' expression... ...And how did you know about Las Vegas?"

  The man's face was slightly stiff.

  He stared at Jiang Chuan for a while, then suddenly seemed to react and took a step forward, grabbing the man's collar. "I said that person next door was strange, not ordering food but fiddling with his tie! Are you bored or not? Are you childish or not?"

  Jiang Chuan pushed away his hands: "I'm worried."

  "I'm such a big person now, what's there to worry about!"

  Jiang Chuan pinched his face: "Afraid you won't refuse decisively enough."

  She pinched the man's chin, forcibly turning his face back to hers. The two glared at each other for a moment before Jian Ran squeezed out two powerful words from between her teeth - "Immature."

  Jiang Chuan slapped his hand away and rolled his eyes lazily.

  After some thought, I recalled Jiang Luocheng's pale face as he left today, and my heart felt somewhat uneasy. For some reason, I had a feeling that this matter might not be so easily settled.

  But to get back on track, if two people break up and the best way to get revenge on a scumbag ex is to find someone who's tall, rich, and handsome and show off in front of the ex, then Jian Yan has achieved a perfect counterattack at the level of the Milky Way galaxy... Although things seem to have gotten out of hand in the end, from a macro perspective, this is indeed the ending that Jian Yan needs.

  He originally intended to tell Jiang Luocheng that he had someone else he liked.

  It's just that I didn't plan to clearly say that the person is Jiang Chuan - after all, Jiang Chuan is still a newcomer, and his main market is currently domestic. In the future, he may face many people who have a close relationship with Jiang Luo Cheng, so I don't want to affect his career because of this matter. Moreover... it seems not very good to say such things without getting Jiang Chuan's consent first.

  I didn't expect Jiang Chuan himself would come out and say something so earth-shattering. Young people are just too impulsive.

  At this moment, looking at Jiang Chuan's face with a twisted expression, wanting to eat vinegar but not wanting to show his dissatisfaction, she stared at him for a moment, and then felt that the man's expression was really a bit cute, couldn't help but look at his face again, finally being completely softened by that face, and weakly hummed: "Next time, speak properly, don't be like a Chihuahua, opening your mouth to bite people randomly."

  Jiang Chuan seems to be quite dismissive of being described as a "giant baby".

  He gently patted his head, and the other man brushed his hand away with a look of impatience. Jin Yan leaned in and sat on the armrest of the sofa where Jiang Chuan was sitting, slightly bending down to get close to the man's face. The latter let the young black-haired man intentionally spray warm breath onto his cheek, and after a few seconds, he hesitated before finally lifting his arm to pull the person sitting on the armrest into his own embrace. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly said out of nowhere: "That ring is worth tens of thousands, would refusing it be especially heartbreaking?"

  "Are you done yet?" He bit the tip of the man's high nose, "I'm not someone who can't afford it, do you want me to buy ten for you to wear on both hands?"

  The result of this sentence is that after Mr. Yuan's promise of a hundred million yuan, he finally got a reluctant smile from his wife who had been sulking for a day.

  Additionally, she added a proud and arrogant sentence: "I don't want anything he's ever bought."

  "...Don't be polite, save money."

  Jiang Chuan: “......”

  ……

  After Jiang Luocheng's chaotic and tumultuous time, life seemed to have returned to its original rhythm. He calmly followed the crew of "Leviathan" to finish filming the MV, then returned to Berlin and entered the recording studio, feeling reborn, and finished recording the song.

  People couldn't help but wonder what medicine he had taken wrong, and his agent Mr. said with a subtle smile: "Perhaps he took some spring medicine?"

  After the recording was finished, countless problems that needed to be solved were instantly resolved. He expressed his refreshed spirit and arranged a tight schedule to return home immediately to start filming a patriotic movie. His entire schedule was packed, leaving him barely any time to attend to other matters. During this period, he only vaguely heard from someone else's ears that Jiang Luocheng had quickly hooked up with the daughter of a high-ranking official in the industry after returning from Spain and fell deeply in love. People expressed praise and blessings towards Jiang Luocheng for "turning over a new leaf" and "not being blind again".

  At first, Jian Ran didn't take these things to heart.

  Until that October, National Day, he was squatting in front of the computer considering where to take a long holiday with Jiang Chuan, when he received a call from his agent, Mr. The phone informed him of some not-so-good news, such as the theme song MV of "Leviathan" which was originally planned to be released and promoted in the form of a movie soundtrack, but everything was ready, the records were delivered to the doorstep and the global synchronized release date was scheduled, but the personnel responsible for related matters on the crew side suddenly received a notice that this record about to be released globally could not pass the audit due to the guiding problem of the MV content in mainland China.

  "How is it possible? Usually not although some difficulties but if know can sell well even hit a ball also——"

  "This time it's not going to work, if we continue like this, although your fans and the like can climb over the wall on the internet, but things won't be able to get into the country. Even if we move to a portal website, it will be deleted immediately. The publicity is absolutely incomparable to an official release. The publicity of 'Leviathan' in the country did not reach expectations, and when the time comes, the box office won't sell well. Your main audience group, who are still in the country, will really be very embarrassed... In short, we'll continue to try our best to negotiate with them again, you should also consider whether you've offended someone recently?"

  Fang Yu finished speaking and hung up the phone.

  Staring blankly at the ceiling in a daze.