Chapter 151: Could What Made Him Do It Be Love?

Yang Mi never imagined that the connections she'd just made through Bai Liang would actually come in handy the moment she turned around!

Still, if it were up to her personally, she'd probably rather never have to use them!

A well-known domestic paparazzo dropped a bombshell: at a certain film crew, a certain married male actor and a single female actress went into a room and stayed for four hours.

Faced with the paparazzo's exposé, the parties at the center of the storm naturally responded swiftly: claiming it was merely a private meeting he had to hold at night with the actress to discuss the script's plot, a complete oversight, with no immoral behavior whatsoever.

But that explanation was utterly useless, and netizens immediately dubbed it the "Glow-in-the-Dark Script" incident!

This whole thing is really just the kind of tabloid gossip.

Who knows how much of it is even true, but it's perfect for munching on while you eat.

When Bai Liang is bored, he'll also browse this kind of news to munch on, chatting it over with the Misses — after all, they're all in the same circle, so there's more to talk about.

But this time, it's not quite appropriate.

The online hot search has already exploded — because that married man happens to be Yang Mi's husband.

Although he himself isn't all that famous, Yang Mi is way too popular — a genuine A-list top-tier actress.

The Yang Mi who used to always be smiling cheerfully on set almost overnight became frost-faced, her complexion so scary that people didn't dare approach her.

The artists over at Jiaxing were all trembling, walking on eggshells, terrified of touching any bad luck at a time like this.

Even Dilireba kept her head down, keeping her distance from Bai Liang on set — unlike before, when she'd rush over to him the moment the cameras stopped rolling, and hop into his trailer like it was her own home.

This gave Bai Liang a strange illusion: why does it feel like he's the only person on the whole crew still relaxed and at ease?

Suddenly it was as if everyone else had come under pressure~

Which made him seem rather out of place instead.

Mm. He really does prefer that lighter, more cheerful kind of filming atmosphere.

Luckily, Sister Yanzi came back at this point — she'd finalized the specific plan with Bai Liang and Wu Jing's side on converting the pay into a revenue share, and had also gone to handle some commercial business.

The moment she got back and bit into such a huge piece of gossip, Sister Yanzi got pretty fired up, her weariness swept clean away.

"Dou Xiao Bai-ge, you see it, right? How serious this is!"

"What's it got to do with me?" Bai Liang said, sitting at his computer with a puzzled look.

"The thing itself definitely has nothing to do with us, but we can still draw some lessons from it — like being careful around paparazzi, and being extra cautious when dealing with female artists."

Mm~ Sister Yanzi makes a very good point!

But Bai Liang honestly hasn't felt much pressure from paparazzi yet — maybe the ones tailing him are pretty gentle.

At the very least, no one has snuck into a hotel and installed a fixed camera to secretly film him, the way they did with Yang Mi's husband.

A camera pointed right at the hotel room door!

Way too brutal!

Speaking of which, isn't doing something like that illegal?

Bai Liang rifled through the legal knowledge in his head and felt pretty sure he could get the secretly-filming paparazzo sent away.

But for entertainment-circle artists, the thing about privacy rights... whether they actually have any is hard to say.

The default assumption is that they don't.

Entertainment stars — they're supposed to entertain the public.

"Don't worry~ it won't happen! I've never been caught on camera doing anything weird."

Sister Yanzi nodded, but gave a special reminder: "These next two days the set definitely won't be peaceful — a lot of media will be coming over. Pay special attention, Dou Xiao Bai-ge, your relationship with Yang Mi... seems to be pretty good, right?"

She put it quite tactfully.

How could it not be!

There's no relationship a hot pot can't bring closer~

Honestly, although Bai Liang and Yang Mi are completely clean, if someone really filmed the two of them interacting, just the trailer-climbing alone would be enough to spin a whole bunch of little stories.

Before, people on set had already spread rumors that Bai Liang and Yang Mi had a thing going on.

He's takeout, after all~

Sister Yanzi took this matter very seriously — she specifically went and had a row with the Jiaxing people, and only after a fierce crackdown on this kind of unhealthy trend and rumor did things settle down.

Thinking back now, it really is scary!

If that rumor had gotten out, and then combined with Yang Mi's husband's glow-in-the-dark script incident this time, both sides would be done for.

If that really happened, what would trend on the hot search would be "each doing their own thing."

The entertainment circle — it's just that "treacherous."

Bai Liang: Oh~

"Dou Xiao Bai-ge, you're not still thinking of going to comfort Yang Mi, are you?"

"Huh? Where would you even get that idea?"

Sister Yanzi scratched her head a little sheepishly: "Just a wild guess."

After all, her own Dou Xiao Bai-ge is a good person — right now the big sister might be in a "heartbroken" state, facing pressure from outside and upheaval at home, she must be overwhelmed and worn to the bone.

A beautiful woman, in that kind of state, easily stirs up some chivalrous-paternal instinct in men.

Let alone a "fox" like Yang Mi~

A heartbroken little fox — that's ninety-nine percent pure, a rare treasure.

At a moment like this, if a calm and gentle capybara were to appear...

Putting herself in that scenario, she just felt she definitely wouldn't be able to resist — she'd have to grab it and squeeze it tight in her arms.

Bai Liang didn't see it that way: "You're underestimating her~"

"Something this big happened — any woman's composure would crack, right?"

"She's not just any woman."

As far as inner strength goes, Bai Liang even felt Yang Mi might be above Little Zhao-jie — she's formidable.

"Want to bet that tomorrow she'll be standing in front of everyone with a bright smile on her face?"

"No way, right? It can't be that dramatic!" The facts proved it was far more dramatic than that.

Once she realized that her cold-faced state was affecting the entire crew, she didn't need to wait until the next day — that very day Yang Mi was already beaming with a brilliant smile.

As if a block of ice had melted in an instant.

Everyone collectively breathed a sigh of relief; some of the more confused ones even thought the matter online had already been clarified and reversed.

But this kind of thing is basically a muddled mess at best, and at most it rings another warning bell for all the celebrities out there: be careful with your words and conduct.

At the same time, she contacted Xiao Shui, and the very next day an exclusive interview was arranged.

All to ensure her response could drown out the trending topic of the Night-Glow Script in the first wave.

After finishing the interview, she didn't even pause for breath before letting the swarming media all in.

While Yang Mi was over there holding her "press conference," Bai Liang was squatting nearby watching the show.

In his hand he even had some little snacks he'd snagged from Reba.

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This was his most "unnoticed" moment, because the woman surrounded by microphones was the focal point where everyone's gaze converged.

At this point the media were going crazy, each microphone thrust forward more than the last, as if they wanted to shove it right into Yang Mi's face.

Every camera crew also locked dead onto her face, not wanting to miss a single crack in her expression.

But how could she possibly show any crack?

The smile on her face was exceptionally natural, and with a beaming expression she stated: she believed in her husband, and the rumors online were untrue.

Don't ask — if you do, the answer is: she doesn't believe it, it's fake, she supports her husband in suing the paparazzi.

Ask again and the answer is: a harmonious family, a loving couple.

They're clearly a talented man and a beautiful woman, a match made by heaven — how could they allow you demons and monsters to point fingers~

"Impressive~"

Bai Liang, squatting nearby, sighed in admiration. Reba, who had secretly come to join the fun, nodded vigorously: "Sister Mi really is amazing!"

If it were just her, she definitely wouldn't dare to join in on this kind of fun, but seeing Bai Liang squatting there, she just couldn't help herself.

There seemed to be a hint of longing in her eyes, as if she too wanted to become someone with such a strong inner core.

But she probably still didn't quite understand that sometimes people aren't born strong — they're made strong by external pressure.

For example, that three-hundred-million KPI, or even the commercial tie-ins that came with marriage.

The romances and even marriages of people in the entertainment circle are sometimes not just a matter between two people.

You have to know — in the future, when his wife got a new hairstyle, Nai Liang, whose heart had been wounded by "The Rap of China," after that kind of thing happened, the whole internet knew he'd been cuckolded, yet he still had to bite the bullet and hold her hand as they went on stage together to sing.

Was what made him do it love?

Wrong — it was the breach-of-contract penalty!

But Dilireba clearly couldn't think that far at this moment; she hadn't even realized that after "Love O2O" aired, the CP between the two of them would develop in what direction.

Of course, Bai Liang wasn't thinking that much either.

The next second he held out a bag of snacks: "Want some preserved plums?"

"Huh? That's what I bought."

"Doesn't matter — want some or not?"

"Yes!"

"With such a greedy mouth, how are you going to be the second Yang Mi?" Bai Liang casually threw in a jab.

Dilireba was a little helpless, her expression especially vivid: "All girls love snacking on little treats, and besides, what can I do about it?"

"Then you be the first Dilireba, how about that."

She stuffed the preserved plum into her mouth, blinked her eyes looking at Bai Liang, and a touch of sweet-and-sour welled up in her heart — the flavor was exceptionally rich.

Her big eyes curved into crescent moons, and she nodded hard: "Okay~"

"Stop filming Yang Mi — push the camera that way. See those two over there? Yes, film them!"

Xiao Shui originally didn't need to join this kind of commotion, but her style was clearly not quite like that of an ordinary editor-in-chief.

Because they had done exclusive interviews before, she didn't let the Sina Entertainment people rush forward either, but stayed in the back to shoot a panoramic view.

She felt that Yang Mi at this moment had a real general's bearing, and might even produce some god-tier photos later.

Besides directing her own media outlet's filming, Xiao Shui also looked around — and what a coincidence! She "caught" two interesting onlookers.

Although she wasn't a CP fan of Bai Liang and Reba, a media professional's instinct still made her feel... this scene seemed pretty interesting!

The theme over at Yang Mi, swarmed by media, was cheating and defending against it, while those two... clearly gave off the sour stench of romance.

The contrast was especially stark~

Back then, Yang Mi seemed to be exactly what Dilireba was now — her expression brimming with joy, her eyes full of light.

Snap the photos first!

"Love O2O" was about to air soon, and since Yang Mi had chosen to defend him, this topic wouldn't stay hot for long.

At the same time, Jiaxing must also really want to suppress this matter!

Xiao Shui let out a sneaky laugh: a trending topic that can be bought is about to appear~ to spend the money or not?

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Two updates, seven thousand words. Didn't stay up late to update last night — adjusted my body clock.

But there will be more updates later, they won't be short.

(End of chapter)