ATLAS TRANSLATES

The next day, during a break in our filming, Shuang still disappointedly said to Sister Ruofan, “What are you so happy about? It will be cut! It will be cut! Didn’t you see that Ji Jie’er’s manager later followed the director? You don’t need to think to know what he’s going to do. Those bad parts will all be cut.” In the end, she even made a nasty sigh next to Ruofan’s ear.

Sister Ruofan took a step back, turned around, and looked Shuang up and down, directly mocking, “You’re just too serious, aren’t you?” As she spoke, she waved her hand indifferently and said, “What does it have to do with me whether it’s broadcast or not? As long as I know it myself! The point is that I had a great time yesterday. I saw her face turn as pale as a dead person’s yesterday, and I felt a little bit of revenge in my heart!”

Then Sister Ruofan turned her head to look at me, her eyes sincere. She said, “Xiao’ai, I originally wanted to be the lead actress. Who doesn’t want to become very popular? At first, I thought you were just lucky to be beautiful and win over the audience, so you took advantage of that. But after seeing you play Bai Yan, I truly admire you.”

I never thought she would say this to me, so I could only shake my head to indicate that I didn’t mind and called out to her, “Sister Ruofan.”

Hearing this, she smiled and patted my shoulder.

It had been a long time since I had contacted Jay, and news about him had become scarce. Managers are very important to artists, and the entanglement between him and Xu Mei had somewhat affected him. So I didn’t expect Jay to suddenly call me that day. At that time, his voice had a hint of anxiety. He said, “Xiao’ai, where are you?”

“At the filming site. What’s wrong, Jay?”

I asked him, and he paused for a moment before saying, “Xiao’ai, I’m at the parking lot of your filming site. Can you come over for a bit?”

I was surprised that he suddenly came to our filming site, so I blinked and asked him over the phone, “Jay, what’s wrong?”

After hearing my words, his voice sounded almost powerless. He just repeated again, “Xiao’ai, just come out for a bit, okay?”

For some reason, his voice reminded me of my previous life. On that day in my previous life, he also used such a dispirited tone to tell me that he was going to marry Xu Mei. That tone was dazed and helpless, as if a man had lost his backbone in an instant. I put away my phone, my palm inexplicably gripping a handful of cold sweat, but I still hardened my resolve and went.

When I saw Jay, I was startled. He was standing alone in the corner of the parking lot, leaning against a pillar in exhaustion. That desolate aura was completely unlike him. He was wearing a hat and glasses, trying to cover himself as much as possible. But I didn’t miss his haggard eyes, unshaven beard, and the undisguisable wretched and down-and-out state surrounding him.

I thought for a moment before walking over and asking him, “Jay, what happened to you?”

He shook his head and only raised his eyes to look at me after a while. He stared at me for a long time before saying, “Xiao’ai…” As he spoke, he forced a smile at me with one corner of his lips.

I really couldn’t bear to see a grown man in this state, so I simply pulled him out of that dark corner before talking to him. At that time, I was a bit angry and my tone was a bit impatient. I said, “Jay, what’s going on with you? Why are you like this?”

Hearing my words, Jay actually started laughing. This time, he laughed very happily, but that laughter was filled with strangeness. He said, “Xiao’ai, I came to tell you, please, please believe me. No matter what, you have to believe me!”

I nodded and said without hesitation, “I believe you! What’s wrong with you?”

He slowly took off his sunglasses and looked at me. Only then did I see that the dark circles under his eyes were very heavy, exuding fatigue everywhere. He lowered his eyelashes and began to speak with a bit of a tremble, “Xiao’ai, you don’t know how happy I was when I first saw you. How joyful I was when I heard you being called Xiao’ai. Ever since I was little, I’ve had a dream. There was a girl, standing right in front of me, tenderly and affectionately reaching out her hand to me, listening to me call her Xiao’ai. When I saw you, I knew it was you. It was you who had come! Xiao’ai! Xiao’ai is the name of my love. You don’t know, I fell in love with you at first sight! Hopelessly in love with you…”

His words startled me. My heart trembled, and I subconsciously took a small step back before dazedly raising my eyes to look at him.

As he spoke, he started shedding tears. Seeing me step back, he reached out his hand and nearly frantically grabbed me. He said, “Xiao’ai, I thought I had time, but now I’m afraid it’s too late. Too late to tell you that I love you, I really love you. Please, you must believe me. I don’t need you to do anything for me, and I don’t know what I can do for you now. But no matter what they say, please, you must believe me!”

Then he glanced behind me, heavily pulled me into his arms. This collision hurt me a lot, but his unusual state scared me. I could only dazedly let him hug me, not daring to move. Then, he slowly let go of me, quickly put on his glasses again, clenched his teeth and fists, turned around, and left without hesitation.

I watched his car drive away so quickly, not knowing if it was the dust stirred up that blurred my eyes or something else. Thinking of his nearly desperate back as he turned around, I suddenly had a sense of déjà vu, making my eyes blurry. I was dazed for a while before turning to leave, but at that time, there were actually many people standing behind me. Fu Junyan, Fang Dingyue, Shuang, and Ji Jie’er and the others were standing not far behind me.

But at this moment, my tears couldn’t be held back and fell uncontrollably. I quickly raised my hand to cover my eyes, but I knew it was in vain. Finally, I pressed my lips together, no longer caring to look at them. I helplessly put down my hand and looked at them through my tears, asking very foolishly and naively, “Can someone tell me what’s going on?”

The next day, Jay made the headlines. “Jay’s passionate affair with former manager Xu Mei, large-scale intimate photos leaked.” “Jay’s heavy taste for older women, passionate video leaked.” Shuang hesitantly handed me the newspaper. I looked at the newspaper, not knowing what expression I should make. I only dazedly recalled that man holding my hand and saying, “Please believe me, please trust me.” For some reason, there was a deep sense of helplessness and frustration in my heart. It even made me think that perhaps this was fate… No matter how many times I was reborn, it seemed that Jay could never escape Xu Mei. I had this deep misconception.

Fu Junyan didn’t say anything. He still made me milk, and when he saw the fatigue in my eyes, he would have me lie down on his lap and massage my temples over and over again. His fingers were gentle yet strong, making people feel drowsy.

Even when he saw me talking to Jay in the parking lot that day, Fu Junyan didn’t ask me anything.

I said, “Fu Junyan, aren’t you going to ask me anything?”

He slightly lowered his head to meet my eyes. I saw that the corners of his lips were always calm and composed, not domineering but elegant and confident. He said, “You’re in my arms. What else am I afraid of?” Just a few short words warmed my heart. I knew he meant that he believed in me. So certain…

Fu Junyan said that and kissed my eyes. His eyes were deep, and I heard him seriously whisper in my ear, word by word, “Silly Baobei, if you leave, I won’t send you off. If you come, no matter how heavy the wind or rain, I will pick you up.”

“If I go into someone else’s arms, you won’t send me off or keep me anymore?” I kissed him back and asked, pouting a little in a tantrum.

“Neither send off nor keep.” He shook his head and answered firmly, but sighed softly, “Going against your will, you would be unhappy…”

That sigh of his made my heart tremble. How could there be someone in this world who loves me so much? With my eyes slightly warm, I reached out to wrap my arms around his waist, fondly smelling the fresh and pleasant scent on his body. I asked, “Fu Junyan, I… count as your girlfriend, right?” You’ve kissed me and hugged me, but you haven’t given me a status yet!

Hearing this, Fu Junyan laughed, but he shook his head, pressed his forehead against mine, and looked at me. Under my anxious gaze, he slowly raised the corners of his lips. He spoke very slowly, each word clear. He said, “No, you are my lover.”

With just one short sentence, he suddenly made my nose feel a bit warm and sour. I buried my head in his embrace and called out, “Fu Junyan.”

“I’m here.”

“Fu Junyan…”

“I’m here.”

“Fu Junyan…” Later, I held him tightly and wouldn’t let go, calling his name over and over again.

“Mm.” But no matter how randomly I called him, he still responded to me with a good temper.

Finally, I said, “I feel like I’ve never said it before. Fu Junyan, it’s really good that you came… really…”

“Mm.” With that, he leaned close to me and deeply kissed my lips.

He didn’t know, I wanted to say it was him who walked into my world, it was him who reached out his hand when I was at a loss and helpless, like a guide leading me step by step, protecting me, giving me stability, giving An’an stability. If it weren’t for him slowly leading me away from that predetermined track. If I encountered such things now, encountered the matter of Jay and Xu Mei, what state would I be hurt into? How lost would I become? And how would I repeat or even worsen the sorry state?

After a long time, Fu Junyan suddenly said, “But, I really don’t like him.”

“Ah!” I was stunned blankly.

“I don’t like him saying you are his dream lover. You should be my dream lover!” When Fu Junyan said these words, his tone was stubborn. I looked at his slightly annoyed eyes, they were full of childishness.

But when I asked again, he turned his face away and ignored me. He turned back into that noble and elegant Junyan gongzi, making me really conflicted and annoyed. But I really wanted to ask, how did I become your dream lover? What’s going on? Aowu…

Shuang was unusually not teasing me these past few days. One day, she suddenly squeezed over to sit beside me and asked, “You really believe him, right?”

Hearing this, I turned my head to look at her in surprise, not knowing who Shuang was talking about. But I only saw her bury her face on her knees, speaking slowly with a voice that only the two of us could hear, extremely seriously, “Gu Baobei, I know you and Jay have nothing. But, him coming to find you now is really inexplicable… He may really like you or love you, but coming to find you at this time, only asking for a sentence of your trust, isn’t this not only asking for trouble but also potentially implicating you?”

She shifted her sitting position and continued, “If you two were in a romantic relationship now, with him like this, it would make sense for him to say such things. It’s just that in this situation where you two have no relationship, Jay wanting to trap you in the name of loving you at this time, it can’t be helped but to say his love is a bit selfish and shameless. Although true love means sharing honor and disgrace, a man with a sense of responsibility will not drag a woman into the flames of war. You see, men are really not good things…” She turned her face to look into the distance and laughed mischievously. Then she said, “Gu Baobei, you are silly and dull, cry easily, softhearted, and easy to bully.”

I was stunned. Do I not have a single good point? Aowu…

She ignored my aggrieved gaze and stared at my face. She suddenly said seriously, “Gu Baobei, if you consider me a friend, then believe me this once. When a man and a woman have a relationship, regardless of any reason, there must be a reason on the man’s part. You don’t need to pity Jay for his matter, and you don’t need to do anything. This originally has nothing to do with you. So, don’t take a stance on this matter, don’t comment, don’t do anything. This Jay’s acting career is probably going to be cut short.” As she spoke, she took out a few newspapers and laughed coldly. That expression became more and more icy cold, and the newspapers were lightly handed to me.

Afterwards, Shuang lightly waved her hand and jumped up, her face still looking bright and clean. Then patting my shoulder, she picked up her DSLR camera and ran off, as if nothing had just happened.

Also because she ran off immediately after saying everything at once, even when I opened my mouth wanting to defend Jay, I couldn’t find the opportunity. I wanted to say, expressing the feelings of loving someone is not wrong, that requires too much courage and strength. No matter when, it can’t be looked down upon or trampled. Moreover, he didn’t ask anything of me. Jay is still the same as in my memory, pure and kind. It’s just that he is still too young and doesn’t know how to handle matters.

As for the **, there was none in the previous life… Could it be, there really was? Not fabricated by the media? Rumors spread by people with ill intentions?

The more I thought about it, the more wrong it felt. Only then did I remember the newspapers Shuang threw at me just now. I opened it and was stunned. The front page was a few unbearable scenes, men and women, frolicking. And with just one glance, I knew that naked man and woman were Jay and Xu Mei.

The newspapers from a few days ago only had headlines and sensational text about their scandal. At that time, I thought it was just Xu Mei’s new prank. But now there are even photos, it really exists! I suddenly remembered Jay telling me, Xu Mei is seven years older than him, how could he possibly fall in love with her. Even in confusion, I recalled bits and pieces of scenes from my previous life. It’s truly a karmic relationship!

But deep down, I also clearly knew that regardless of how these photos came about, they absolutely would not have been exposed by Jay himself. After guessing and guessing, the finger of blame points to Xu Mei. She’s actually so crazy that she doesn’t hesitate to destroy in order to have JAY?

Thinking of this, everything in my eyes became dirty and unbearable. I took another look at the obscene photos in the newspaper. Lowering my lashes, closing my eyes, I disgustedly turned my head and casually tossed the newspaper aside.

Whether in the previous life or this life, the relationship between Xu Mei and Jay is too complex and incomprehensible. I only feel sighs, only feel lingering fear…

Also fortunately, fortunately I have Fu Junyan…