Chapter 245: If We Keep Going, It Won't Be Polite Anymore

"Tian Tian, are you going to Japan or not? I'll take you to Kabukicho to hang out~ I have friends over there."

Before setting off for Japan, Bai Liang extended an invitation to Miss Jing Tian.

This trip was more about having fun than seriously attending an awards event. It just so happened that Miss Jing Tian was free with nothing to do, and she had even come to help Sister Yanzi coordinate. Out of gratitude, taking her along to have some fun was perfectly reasonable.

In the end, no one knew which word Bai Liang said hit her sensitive nerves, and the familiar back-step retreat made its reappearance.

"I don't want to, I'm not going, don't even think about it!"

Watching Miss Jing Tian's expression — slightly tempted yet more guarded — Bai Liang thought for a moment:

"Sister~"

"Aiya, no, calling me 'sister' won't work this time either."

The back-step retreat evolved — into a headlong flight.

She really did take to her heels and run, leaving Bai Liang staring wide-eyed. That little splayed-foot running posture — it looks so silly!

"Brother Dou Xiao Bai, you're moving too fast." Sister Yanzi said with a teasing laugh.

"Moving too fast about what?"

"You're asking a girl to go on a trip together — that kind of thing usually only happens once the relationship has developed quite far along, right?"

While saying this, Sister Yanzi kept poking with two fingers~ as if hinting at something.

"That's for trips alone, right? There are so many of us." Bai Liang raised his objection.

Sister Yanzi scratched her head. In any case, she figured she and Miss Jing Tian must have understood it the same way.

With an invitation like this, who cares whether other people are coming along or not?

It feels more like: want to go on a trip together? The two of us sharing a room.

Sister Yanzi didn't keep overthinking it; instead she felt a bit pleased. Hehe, this time around her own Brother Dou Xiao Bai, at last no girl has popped up out of nowhere.

A very simple, clean-cut itinerary~

Go attend the event, pick up an award, stroll around Tokyo for a bit, relax, then come back and continue filming.

A perfectly reasonable arrangement — relaxed and well-paced.

Bullshit!

From the moment they boarded the plane, Sister Yanzi was dumbfounded.

Bai Liang had just settled into his seat, and before Sister Yanzi could go sit beside him, a stunning figure suddenly appeared, saying with pleasant surprise: "What a coincidence!"

"Huh?"

Before Bai Liang could turn around to see who it was, Unlike Ni Ni had already sat down right beside him, a smile blooming on her face. "I didn't expect to run into you on the plane. Are you going to the Tokyo Film Festival too?"

"Yeah."

Bai Liang was a bit baffled, but he did remember one thing — this Unlike Ni Ni was his good buddy Jing Boran's girlfriend.

The two of them had only met once before — that time at the Bazaar Charity Night.

They had chatted for a bit back then, but Bai Liang was so self-aware that, although the conversation went well, he didn't even add her on WeChat.

"Why didn't I run into you guys in the waiting room just now?"

Hearing this question, Unlike Ni Ni's smile faltered for a moment, and she said helplessly: "There was a little hiccup, so I just boarded the plane directly."

At this moment, Sister Yanzi, still standing, was still wondering what exactly this "little hiccup" could be.

The next second — Shuangzi arrived!

Sister Yanzi:!!!

Without the slightest hesitation, she immediately deduced that she was probably that "little hiccup."

This judgment had no reasoning behind it whatsoever — pure intuition.

What does "crazy little white flower" even mean?

This year, Shuangzi is still racking up points in the entertainment circle. At the press conference for "Wukong Zhuan," the lead actors were all politely deferring to one another, no one volunteering to take the center spot.

While everyone was busy squabbling over it, Shuangzi charged straight into the middle and started swaying her head around.

The female lead Unlike Ni Ni stood at the far left, resting her chin on her hand and watching Shuangzi with a puzzled look, while Yu Feihong could only force a smile and try her best to maintain a shred of dignity.

There's also the latest variety show "The Birth of an Actor." Shuangzi joined in the very first episode, and during the waiting period, when her scene partner Ren Jialun came in, she immediately sprang up from the long sofa and sat primly alone in a single armchair.

Later, in the rehearsal room, Shuangzi faced the wall and completely refused to cooperate with him.

Even when Ren Jialun tried to run lines with her, she ignored him.

In the subsequent performance, neither of them delivered well, and during the added improvisational segment, Shuangzi kept breaking into laughter, so angry that mentor Zhang Zhang Ziyi turned dark-faced on the spot.

And on another show, "Comedy General Mobilization," during the backstage rehearsal process, Shuangzi repeatedly and arbitrarily changed the script on a whim, causing the director and writers to completely lose it, thoroughly throwing off the other actors' performance rhythm. Shuangzi's response to this was: "If it's not good-looking, that's not my fault."

Whenever the director disagreed with Shuangzi, she would either make funny faces to muddle through, or drop harsh words declaring that she was the one performing, and bend over to tell the director: "Are you trying to challenge me?"

This kind of behavior really numbs you from watching.

But because she's Shuangzi, always the center of controversy, these "little things" — just a drop in the bucket~

She's also a truly bizarre presence in the entertainment circle. A lot of her moves can't even be described as "abstract" — she's genuinely a bit unhinged.

But — her fans really are something else! That stickiness is terrifying.

All of this is thanks to that little-white-flower face of hers.

On this track, she really can fight — no matter how much she acts up, it doesn't seem to have much impact.

At this moment, Shuangzi was pouting, looking a bit displeased, and walked straight to her seat and sat down.

Bai Liang glanced at Unlike Ni Ni, who pressed her lips together and blinked at him.

Then Unlike Ni Ni turned to look at Sister Yanzi. Her eyes said it all: please, please~

Sister Yanzi, got it.

So the reason Unlike Ni Ni's eyes lit up when she saw Bai Liang after boarding wasn't because she had any weird ideas — it was because of Shuangzi.

Which lunatic bought these tickets? Why on earth seat these two together?

Still, seeing the pleading look on Unlike Ni Ni's face, Sister Yanzi softened a little.

Fine, fine, I'll give you the seat.

Speaking of which, Unlike Ni Ni and Shuangzi's assistant and all that seem to have gone to sit in economy class.

Even though it's Sister Yanzi coming along this time, if it were anyone else from the studio acting as Bai Liang's assistant, he'd still buy them a first-class ticket.

Even when many announcement-assistant tickets only get reimbursed at economy, he'd always put it through the studio's account and upgrade the cabin.

That's one of Bai Liang Studio's perks — in terms of treatment and benefits, it might be number one in the entire entertainment circle.

After Sister Yanzi enjoyed a small wave of superiority, she braced herself and sat down next to Shuangzi.

Luckily the other woman didn't even glance at her, which let Sister Yanzi breathe a sigh of relief inside.

And the one who breathed an even bigger sigh of relief, Unlike Ni Ni, was in a great mood right now, the smile on her face even more radiant.

After learning the situation, Bai Liang also breathed a sigh of relief.

Good, good — charm with the ladies isn't meant to be used at a time like this, or else the next meeting with Jing Bairan would be way too awkward.

It's just that what Unlike Ni Ni was wearing really was a bit... generous.

She was even leaning sideways chatting with Bai Liang, and even though Bai Liang didn't really want to look, his peripheral vision caught quite a bit.

Good buddy's eating well.

That was the only way Bai Liang could comment — Unlike Ni Ni really was the type of beauty with great atmosphere about her, even her casual little glances had a captivating quality.

That's about enough evaluation, continuing further wouldn't be polite.

Only, maybe because chatting with Bai Liang really was quite enjoyable, Unlike Ni Ni's volume wasn't very well controlled.

Shuangzi, sitting in the row in front, heard it and turned her head back — and once she turned, she couldn't turn back.

She just draped herself over the back of the airline seat, poked half her head out, and stared at the two people in the row behind like that.

To be precise, she wasn't looking at Unlike Ni Ni.

But she successfully gave Unlike Ni Ni a fright — her smile froze on her face. Wait, how come she's still coming after me?

That's not fair — she really didn't want to get involved with Shuangzi. It's not that she couldn't handle her, but getting involved really was too much trouble; Shuangzi's fans were notoriously difficult to deal with and had terrifyingly high combat power.

"Long time no see."

After his eyes met Shuangzi's, Bai Liang greeted her quite naturally.

Compared to a year or so ago, she seemed completely unchanged.

What made Unlike Ni Ni feel even more haunted was coming.

Shuangzi actually smiled at Bai Liang — quite gently — bit her lip and said: "Long time no see~"

Sister Yanzi: Dou Xiao Bai, oh Dou Xiao Bai, normally casting some charm to hook Misses is one thing, but you can't just go around indiscriminately! How did she end up like this?

Bai Liang: I have no idea — last time we met I even cursed her as a "human skin seeking blessing."

Could it be she likes this kind of thing?

And Bai Liang himself actually just purely hadn't taken Shuangzi's so-called unhinged attribute to heart at all.

Simply unafraid.

"You two didn't have a thing, did you?" Unlike Ni Ni really couldn't hold back, and while Shuangzi had finally turned her head back after the greeting, she leaned close to Bai Liang's ear and whispered.

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Bai Liang:???

"Of course not."

"I'm really curious — I feel like ants are crawling all over me, give me a hint, just a tiny bit."

Her desire for gossip reached its peak at this moment; Unlike Ni Ni was even ignoring the fact that she was almost draped over Bai Liang's shoulder.

Bai Liang silently shifted a little, giving a small hint.

But Unlike Ni Ni's eyes were wide open, seemingly not noticing at all, still only wanting the gossip.

Tell me, tell me~

"We do have a bit of a grudge, really not what you're thinking," Bai Liang said helplessly.

"Really? Doesn't seem like it — the way she looks at you is off."

"What does that have to do with me?"

That was clever!

Unlike Ni Ni paused, thinking it actually made a lot of sense.

But she quickly found the blind spot — if there's "a bit of a grudge," Bai Liang hadn't shown any attitude about it.

Thumbs up, Unlike Ni Ni said admiringly: "You're really magnanimous!"

"Not entirely."

Bai Liang figured, back then Shuangzi had tripped over her own feet in front of him, almost kowtowing on the spot, and took a nasty fall.

Let's call it even~

But he couldn't explain that to Unlike Ni Ni — she looked at him with admiration, handed him a "good guy" card, and casually asked if he wanted to hang out and walk around Tokyo together later.

"The two of us?" Bai Liang felt he had to remind this big sister — they couldn't just get on the plane and forget about Jing Bairan.

But his words seemed to make her misunderstand.

Biting her lip, frowning, seeming to be wrestling with it.

It's... not like it's out of the question.

However, just as Unlike Ni Ni had completely gotten the wrong idea and wrestled for a long time about agreeing, Shuangzi in the row ahead suddenly poked her head back over again. "Can we switch seats?"

This time, she was staring at Unlike Ni Ni as she said it.

Unlike Ni Ni:???

Who do you think you are?! Why should I have to switch just because you want to?

What "innocent little white flower of the domestic entertainment scene," I'm a Mou Girl! My rank is higher than yours!

Muttering a string of complaints in her heart, Unlike Ni Ni then said with a stiff expression, "Sure~"

Switch then switch!

Sister Yanzi: Your Mou Girl isn't much either, getting scared off this fast?

No, then what about our Little White-ge? You're personally pushing him into the "fire pit"!

Knowing she was in the wrong, Unlike Ni Ni switched seats, then flashed Sister Yanzi an ingratiating smile and put on a pitiful look.

Indicating she really didn't want to stoop to the crazy one's level. Can't afford to provoke her~

"How about when we go sightseeing around Tokyo later, I make it up to his wounded heart?"

Hearing this, Sister Yanzi immediately became alert.

The bad woman is right by my side!

She naturally didn't respond to that remark, but instead quietly peeked through the gap between the seats to observe the situation of the two behind her.

She found it wasn't nearly as scary as she'd imagined.

At this point Shuangzi really did seem to have turned into that soft, weak little white flower from the TV drama—her voice was thin and tiny, and she didn't have a single trace of her crazy side. She was so normal she couldn't possibly be more normal.

Not sure yet, let's keep watching a bit longer

Half an hour later, Sister Yanzi was silent, and Unlike Ni Ni felt the sun had risen from the west.

This flight from Shanghai to Tokyo was only a little over two hours in total.

Because he'd drunk quite a lot last night, Wu Jing, who'd fallen asleep the moment he got on the plane, was woken up by the flight attendant in the seat ahead, yawned, then called out to Bai Liang to get off the plane together.

The result was, after rubbing his eyes, he discovered that on either side of this kid, at some unknown point, two more beauties had appeared.

Oh wait, no—female celebrities!

What kind of efficiency is this?! Wu Jing said he was truly impressed, feeling like he'd never seen a time when Bai Liang didn't have pretty girls around him.

"Hello, Director Wu Jing."

Unlike Ni Ni greeted Wu Jing very properly and politely, keeping her posture very low.

Although the entertainment industry wasn't too fond of Wu Jing these days, standing in front of him you had to show full respect, especially for actresses like them.

Online, of course, you could ignore him, even secretly use an alt account to trash-talk him.

But stand in front of him, and you have to call out "Jing-ge"—some people don't even have the right to call him "ge."

Yet Shuangzi "didn't give a damn."

She turned around and walked off.

"Um, let's keep in touch by phone later~" Unlike Ni Ni made a phone-call gesture at Bai Liang, then winked at him, and followed them off the plane.

However, Bai Liang felt it was better not to do that. You can't just randomly keep in touch, you know.

Wu Jing couldn't be bothered to care about Bai Liang's luck with women, but Sister Yanzi absolutely had to ask.

"Little White-ge, what were you chatting with her about?"

Looking at Sister Yanzi's nervous appearance, Bai Liang waved his hand, "Just casually chatted about some stuff, don't worry too much."

"How can I not worry? She's not like other female artists."

"That's true!" Bai Liang said that he really wasn't interested in this type of girl either—the looks were fine, but that personality really wasn't within his aesthetic range.

"So."

"The one slightly special thing we chatted about was, she asked me if I could write her into her book."

"Huh?!" Sister Yanzi conceded, sure enough it was Shuangzi.

She looked at Bai Liang's helpless expression, and breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that her Little White-ge definitely wouldn't agree to such an absurd thing.

"No, I agreed, because I'm a little curious too." Bai Liang said with a sheepish grin.

Sister Yanzi: Pfft!

She nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood.

You really aren't afraid of Shuangzi freely running wild and manufacturing scandal material for you~

The last update of the Year of the Dragon—the next one to be posted should be in the Year of the Snake.

Happy New Year's Eve!

(End of chapter)