Chapter 412: The Leading Actress
Gu Heng almost laughed out loud at his anger. Seriously? Romeo and Juliet? How did she come up with that analogy?
He didn’t expect that Qin Muxuan would call Gu Zijin without even communicating with him at all. However, what she did might look stupid, but it was quite effective. Gu Heng was completely caught off guard.
He wanted to grab Qin Muxuan’s phone from her, but he was too old to pull that off. Instead, all he did was to look at Qin Muxuan angrily and contemptuously.
On the other end of the phone, Gu Zijin was stunned by what Qin Muxuan said, and his face turned gloomy.
He still sounded quite gentle, but one could easily sense the coldness in it, “He went to see you?”
When Qin Muxuan heard him speak, she calmed down and softly replied yes.
She was a little angry. What Gu Heng was doing was exactly the same as that of Elderly Lady Gu from back then. He was really his mother’s son!
But when she calmed down, she felt that it was not good to call Gu Zijin like that. She thought so not because she felt sorry for Gu Heng, but because she felt that she shouldn’t have disturbed Gu Zijin for something trivial like this.
“Since he is willing to give you money, then accept it. A hundred million RMB is almost enough for you to shop for some high-end clothes,” Gu Zijin said humorlessly, and then he started to tease her in a low voice, “As for leaving me, Xiao Xuan, do you want to punish me or yourself? Huh? You know, when we’re in bed.”
Qin Muxuan’s ears were red when she heard it. She had turned the speakerphone on, and she didn’t expect Gu Zijin to say such obscene words. She also didn’t believe that Gu Zijin couldn’t tell that she had turned the speakerphone on.
“Gu Zijin!” Qin Muxuan shouted in embarrassment.
“Yeah, I’m here,” Gu Zijin said with a joyful voice.
Qin Muxuan said fiercely, “You can shut up now!” She hung up the phone and stopped Gu Zijin’s laughter from coming over from the other end.
After hanging up, Qin Muxuan took a few deep breaths to cool her face down. Then she looked at Gu Heng with a polite fake smile.
Gu Heng’s eyes widened in anger at what Gu Zijin just said. If he had a beard, it would have been raised high.
That disobedient son of his! What was he talking about?!
When he saw Qin Muxuan’s smile, he was even angrier. He said gruffly, “What are you laughing about? You think you can become a member of the Gu Family just with that punk’s support? Let me tell you, there is no way!”
“As long as I’m alive, I will not admit that you are the wife of my son.”
Qin Muxuan was really afraid that he would fail to catch his breath and that he would faint. Even though she wanted to refute it, she still held back.
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“Rest assured. I won’t take your money. As for my relationship with Gu Zijin, it’s none of your business, so I don’t need you to admit it,” she said softly. Then, she nodded politely and held Xiaoxin’s hand.
“It’s getting late. I gotta go. Goodbye.”
After hearing what she said, instead of feeling reassured, Gu Heng became even angrier. And besides anger, there was some appreciation in it.
The people standing next to him all lowered their heads and trembled with fear, not daring to speak. Gu Heng leaned against the chair and gasped for a while; then he calmed down and said in a low voice, “Let’s go.”
For the next few days, Qin Muxuan didn’t go out. She had received the new script, so she stayed at home every day to study the script and occasionally she went to the company to take a look.
After Xiaobai and Gu Zijin got back from work, they went directly home to have dinner, and the family of four had a great time together.
Her life was so great that Qin Muxuan almost forgot about all those irritations in her life. For example, the entertainment industry, Yan Yuxiao, and Gu Heng…
However, no matter how wonderful her life was, she had to start working again. Otherwise, Huang Qi would not stop bothering her with it and Xu Wei would not give her a rest either.
On the day of shooting, Qin Muxuan arrived at the filming location quite early.
In order to prepare for this series, the crew specifically rented a large modern Chinese building in a film city. They arranged it meticulously to ensure that every nook and cranny was in line with the original work.
Qin Muxuan couldn’t help but feel profound respect.
She arrived early, so she had her makeup done and the makeup photos taken.
Before she could have her makeup removed, Xu Wei came to talk with her.
While she was at home waiting for the filming to start, Xu Wei had called her several times to discuss with her about the plot and the character.
“Miss Qin,” Xu Wei greeted her with the script in his hand, “The script is finally done. Come and take a look.”
When Qin Muxuan heard that, she let out a sigh of relief. It was finally done. God knows how much effort she had spent just to get it done!
For this reason, she had studied the role of Qin Qingqing carefully and gotten into the character so that she would think, talk and behave the same as the character would do.
During that period, Gu Zijin thought she had fallen ill again.
Xu Wei was happy, and he immediately noticed her makeup and the costume after he greeted her.
“Miss Qin, you look really good in this outfit. I spent a lot of effort to get this piece of cloth and invited a famous tailor to make it.”
Qin Muxuan was stunned. When she was putting on the outfit, she noticed that her cheongsam was of high quality, well-proportioned and well-tailored. With just one look, she knew that it was an extraordinary work.
She hadn’t had the chance to see others’ costume yet and thought that the entire crew’s clothes were all of such high quality, but now it seemed that they were not.
Qin Muxuan was impressed by Xu Wei’s care for the role. On the other hand, she felt a little awkward. She couldn’t say why, but she felt that Xu Wei’s gaze was a bit unsettling.
However, the shooting hadn’t started yet. And they were going to work together a lot in the future. Qin Muxuan’s professional ethics made her hold back.
The two of them were reading the script when a commotion came from not too far away.
Xu Wei looked up and said in a flat tone, “The leading actress is here.”
Qin Muxuan also looked up.
A tall woman, who was surrounded by a few people, walked over.
The woman was very good-looking, not in an intimidating way, but in a delicate and beautiful way, just like cloud and mist.
Qin Muxuan believed that she had seen quite a few beautiful women. To name a few, Jian Xi and Jiang Xin were both beautiful and even Yan Yuxiao was extremely beautiful.
However, this woman’s beauty still impressed her. People said that those too beautiful women would make other women hostile to them, but looking at the leading actress’s face, Qin Muxuan couldn’t feel even the slightest hostility. Instead, she felt particularly comfortable.
“So she’s He Ying. She really looks gorgeous,” Qin Muxuan exclaimed.
Xu Wei glanced at the woman in an ambiguous manner. He couldn’t help but tighten his grip on the script. Then he lowered his head and pointed to the script, “Stop looking at her. Focus on the script…”
The leading actress He Ying probably saw Xu Wei and she walked straight towards them.