Chapter 307: Fair as Hell

*Click. *

The spring lock clicked shut again.

The room was dark.

Darkness shrouded the small space like a heavy fog.

The man was wearing short-sleeved pajamas, his eyes bleary with sleep.

Tong Liya was wearing a light blue dress.

She had specifically changed into it before coming up.

Because the lights weren't on, only the light from the streetlamp outside filtered in, vaguely casting a glow over her.

The dress was form-fitting; her slender waist, which could be held in one hand, and her slightly rounded, graceful hips were perfectly accentuated. Her back was bare, and in the dim light, it looked like moonlight spilled over mutton-fat jade, glowing with a soft luster.

Chen Nuo was rubbing his eyes as he spoke, missing this beautiful sight.

At this moment, Tong Liya smelled a scent in the room.

It was faint, a bit like musk.

If the smell of disinfectant in a hair salon reminded her of the dark, murky silt in a pond, making her want to vomit,

then this scent reminded her of that night, making her feel flustered.

It must be because the man had been sleeping, the door closed, and the air conditioning on.

So the scent had slowly permeated the room, and plus he had lifted the quilt when he got up, making the smell even stronger.

... That must be it.

She had smelled this scent on him that night.

At that time, he had pinned her down, his hands exploring every inch of her trembling body, and wherever he touched, a raging fire was ignited. She felt like a wooden house being burned to ashes in the flames.

Tong Liya's mind wandered, her cheeks growing hotter and hotter.

Hearing the man's question, she tried to make her voice calm: "No, I acted just like I usually do. The director and the others saying that was probably just out of respect for you."

"Oh, is that so?"

"Yes."

"Alright then."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Alright, time to go.

Tong Liya told herself.

Coming over in the middle of the night, she didn't have any other purpose, did she?

She just felt that she couldn't explain things clearly via text or phone, and wanted to come over and thank him in person.

Coming so late was just to avoid being seen and to prevent misunderstandings.

There was no other reason.

She didn't mean to cling to him, and she didn't have the mindset of wanting him to take responsibility.

So him treating her this way wasn't a problem either.

Hadn't she figured it out long ago?

He wasn't a good match for her.

Could this man stay with her forever, could he marry her, could he have children with her and build a warm, beautiful family?

Impossible.

Even if he was only pretending with Liu Yifei, it was still impossible.

His friends were Angelina Jolie and Leonardo DiCaprio, Jiang Wen, Gong Li, and Han Sanping.

And her? The biggest star she knew was her classmate, Yang Mi.

She, a song and dance performer from Xinjiang, a country girl who grew up in Yili,

regardless of age, status, or any other aspect,

the distance between her and him,

was like a fish in the water and an eagle in the sky,

even if there was an occasional intersection, they were ultimately out of reach.

So don't be delusional and make the same mistake again.

What happened that day was the result of a terrible mood, a chaotic mind, and a moment of impulse.

Just like he said, "This doesn't seem right."

She had been so confused at the time.

Those deep, heavy thrusts had knocked her soul out of her body; besides moaning, she could barely say anything.

So she hadn't been able to answer.

Later, when she woke up from that ecstatic pleasure and wiped away the tears of excitement, she realized very clearly that

it indeed wasn't right.

It was all Sister Yuan's fault, and Brother Zhou's fault too.

If Brother Zhou hadn't always said that closing the door meant a man had that kind of intention, she wouldn't have been corrupted by Sister Yuan.

And then she wouldn't have been bewitched into doing something like that.

"Well, I've said what I needed to say. I'm leaving, goodnight." Tong Liya said very slowly, word by word.

She was very glad he hadn't turned on the lights.

That way, he wouldn't see the emotions on her face, and wouldn't know that the smile she was usually good at was powerless to be displayed at this moment.

The man in the dark didn't try to persuade her otherwise, just saying one word: "Good."

Tong Liya's heart felt like it had fallen into an ice cellar.

She pulled at the corners of her mouth, turned around, and opened the door.

"Wait."

Tong Liya froze.

"Since you didn't act well, you need to practice harder when you go back. Although you've secured the role for now, if you don't act well when the time comes, you could still be replaced."

"You still have some time before you go to Guangdong to join the crew. When you go back, ask your agent to go to Shunyi and find someone named Zhang Songwen. He used to be a teacher at the Beijing Film Academy, later played bit parts in *The Message*, and now it seems he has no roles and is still teaching students."

"Someone from my company studied there before, and I've been there too; I think it's pretty good. Go sign up and learn from him properly; he should teach better than I do."

The man said a lot, and every word sounded so sincere, so earnest.

However, after hearing the first sentence, Tong Liya didn't hear a single word of the rest.

After he finished speaking, she didn't look back, didn't even say a thank you, just nodded slightly and walked out of the room.

She followed her original path, walking quickly downstairs.

She walked fast when she came because she was afraid of being seen. She walked fast now because her eyes were already filled with tears, and she was afraid she would lose control at any second.

She didn't want to cry in front of him.

Absolutely not.

Tong Liya left.

Having been woken up from sleep, Chen Nuo also lost all sleepiness.

In the dark, he lay on the bed, pillowing his head with his hands, also thinking about how to handle this.

If he could go back to that time, he would absolutely just push her away and sternly educate her that she must respect the teacher and not be frivolous.

However, you only get one rebirth.

He could only say that this was the consequence of not touching a woman for too long in this mountain ditch.

Those soft, warm lips pressing against his

felt like a lit match falling into the mountain forests of Los Angeles in winter.

The resulting wildfire was absolutely not something that could be extinguished by human power; it wouldn't stop until it burned down a district or two.

Although Chen Nuo didn't expect it and didn't want to shirk responsibility, what Tong Liya wanted was truly difficult, and he really couldn't give it to her.

Right at the moment when the clouds dispersed and the rain stopped, the woman asked a question in her daze, like water suddenly coming from a Los Angeles fire hydrant, completely extinguishing the lingering fire in his heart.

Tong Liya actually asked him if he would marry her!?

Fortunately, Tong Liya was already too tired and confused at that time; she probably didn't even know what she was saying, and as soon as the words left her mouth, she fell into a deep sleep.

Otherwise, Chen Nuo really wouldn't have known how to answer.

The heartfelt words revealed by a woman half-asleep and half-awake truly left him speechless.

Likewise, it also made him suddenly realize that this seemed to be a problem he had to face.

Are there any women who don't yearn for marriage?

Let's count the women he currently has interactions with.

Fan Fan Binbing is 29, Gao Yuanyuan is 30.

He is actually at ease with Fan Fan Binbing; this woman has already proven in her previous life that she is just like Charlize Theron, not marrying or having children, just focusing on making money.

And Gao Yuanyuan? What will she be like in a few years?

Similarly, although Wen Yongshan is young and can talk about Liu Yifei in the phone without caring, and can break up with him on a whim.

However, in a few years, will her thoughts change?

He learned many things from those women in his previous life, one of which is a truth he keeps in mind at all times.

That is, no matter how generous a woman is, it is impossible for her to be generous in love.

No matter how generous Xia Yehe is, she will still say she wants a child.

The words Wen Yongshan said on the phone that day, although they sounded nice, but thinking about it, those words were also extremely abnormal.

Even thinking deeply, it could be said to be a bit sarcastic.

He doesn't think Wen Yongshan is a simple, silly, sweet woman, especially after the Yang Ying incident.

Before, he thought that between these two sisters, Yang Ying was the one with more schemes.

But looking back now, and thinking about the situations of the two ten years later in his previous life, there is clearly another way to interpret it.

Some fools think fast is fast, but perhaps, some smart people think slow is fast.

Back to Tong Liya.

Chen Nuo knows that he is likely having a paranoid episode in the middle of the night, suspecting everyone. Even Wen Yongshan has been thought of as a scheming woman.

However...

Isn't this really a bit inexplicable?

Originally, they were having a good class, he had just finished listening to Tong Liya's insights and was about to express an opinion, but the woman directly...

In short, it felt like she just rolled into bed with him without a word, and after it was over, she said something about getting married!

What man with a net worth of over 1 billion, and possibly continuing to snowball to tens of billions or more in the next few years, wouldn't overthink when encountering this situation?

Moreover, he and Tong Liya are far from familiar, let alone understanding each other.

They have known each other for less than a month in this life.

The impression this Xinjiang girl gives him is that she likes to fake smile, and her smile is quite sweet.

Being a tour guide isn't very competent, but as a companion, the emotional value she provides is top-notch.

That's all.

What kind of personality this woman has, what she is thinking, he knows nothing.

What about the previous life?

His understanding of her was about the same.

The Tong Liya he occasionally saw on Weibo or magazines was always that perfect smiling appearance.

The rumors about her were pitifully few. He estimates that even her fans aren't necessarily clear about what kind of person she is in private.

What "it's good to be home."

This sentence itself is not credible.

The final facts also proved that being home wasn't that good.

The fault is definitely not hers.

He has also actually experienced it this time; Tong Liya is absolutely fine, she is definitely wet when she should be, and very slippery when she should be.

However, like Wen Yongshan, whether this woman is really the way she appears, or... it gives people a feeling that cannot be deeply thought about.

So when Tong Liya said she wanted to leave, and her emotions were clearly not right, he didn't stop her.

It was too deep to speak shallowly; even if he said it later, he had too many concerns.

This is a woman!

One more woman really means one more trouble.

Chen Nuo sighed silently in the dark.

Qi Yuntian is happy every day, with no worries at all, but he is thinking until his head hurts all day long.

Thinking about it, among all his female friends, the one who makes him most at ease and most steady is actually Fan Fan Binbing, who evaded taxes for hundreds of millions and sent her partner to prison in his previous life.

Isn't that ridiculous?

Thinking of this, Chen Nuo suddenly feels Liu Yifei is not bad either.

He doesn't know what Liu Yifei was like in his previous life.

In this life, she should not have had any schemes against him.

To say that her stealing 20 million to give to him was a performance!?

Then Chen Nuo really can't accept it.

No, absolutely impossible.

If her silly appearance was a disguise, then the person who should have won the Grand Slam of the three major European awards shouldn't be him. Sigh, forget it. Why don't I let her have her way regarding the matter we argued about on the phone today.

This woman, although sometimes she does things that are very inexplicable, overall she is still...

Still what?

Chen Nuo didn't think it through, and he had already fallen asleep.

The next day, Tong Liya left with her agent.

Before leaving, she sent him a text message, very polite and courteous, saying thank you for his guidance, thank you for letting her have the opportunity to appear as the female lead in such an important movie, she will definitely work hard. She had also heard of the teacher he introduced. But forget it, because she also knows other good teachers, blah blah blah.

Only then did Chen Nuo come back to his senses from his unclear mind last night.

Asking a Central Academy of Drama student to take classes from a Beijing Film Academy teacher, it seems it was indeed inappropriate?

Forget it?

Then forget it.

Zhang Mo didn't expect that one day he would be haunted by a woman with the surname Tong again.

Three days after Tong Liya left, he couldn't help it anymore.

After thinking it over and discussing with his agent, he still made a call to his old man.

Because he felt that after Tong Liya secured the role of Hua Jie, it seemed difficult for him to do it alone.

Therefore, if there's a problem, find Dad.

He had been doing this since he was a child, and after overcoming the psychological discomfort, he naturally dialed that number.

First, he reported the filming situation, reported that he didn't cause trouble, the "leaves" were flying in the room, everything else was fine, and then, he talked about his dream lover.

After talking for a few minutes, his old man agreed to help him ask.

After all, he's his own father, the leaves weren't enough, it was all his relationship buying them, what's wrong with asking for a little actress's phone number?

After half an hour, a mobile phone number was sent to his phone.

On the phone, his father specifically told him. The greeting had already been made, but told him to pay attention to propriety.

Zhang Mo never quite understood what propriety was.

He only knew that for women, you have to be persistent.

And, there is no woman in the world who cannot be won over by persistence.

Even if there is, that's not him.

Although it seems now that it will take more effort, it's just a matter of time.

However, a friend of his who is also a second-generation star scoffed at this.

"Is it worth it?" Du Chun said while laughing, "For these little actresses in the circle, you still need to be persistent? If it gets out, are you embarrassing your father? Just call her over with a phone call, pour two bottles of wine, isn't that enough? Such a simple method, but you made it so complicated, are you stupid?"

Although the relationship between the two was not known to the outside world, they had always been very close in private, otherwise, Du Chun wouldn't have driven for two hours to Huairou to find him for a drink. This made him slightly moved.

And Zhang Mo also knew that Du Chun's attitude toward women was completely different from his.

Although his external image was much better than his, he had played with quite a few women in Hengdian.

And... he had even hit two in front of him.

So Du Chun said this, Zhang Mo wasn't angry, smiled faintly, and said: "You don't understand."

Du Chun laughed: "I don't understand? At least I wouldn't be..."

Zhang Mo's face was a bit dark, Du Chun also felt he had made a slip of the tongue, and changed the subject: "By the way, how do you feel after interacting with Chen Nuo?"

Zhang Mo didn't want to talk about this topic at all, and shook his head: "Don't know."

Du Chun was surprised: "Don't know? What does don't know mean? Such a good opportunity, you didn't go to socialize for a while and become buddies with him?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Mo was even more angry, but he didn't want Du Chun to see it, smiled, and said: "What buddies, he wants to be buddies with me, I don't even care. Don't you know he snatched my role?!"

Du Chun looked at him blankly for a while, shook his head slightly and said: "Mo, no need, really no need. Others are fine, but Chen Nuo... haha, forget it, come, let's have one."

The two drank a few more, chatted for a while, and Du Chun suddenly said out of the blue: "Seriously, Mo, do you have his phone number? Can you call him out so I can meet him?"

Zhang Mo didn't react for a while: "Who are you talking about?"

Du Chun said seriously: "Chen Nuo."

Zhang Mo saw the look in his eyes, a flash of light suddenly flashed in his heart, and he raised his finger at Du Chun: "Fuck, are you..."

Du Chun nodded generously: "Yes. Mo, introduce me, can you? Friends for so many years, I haven't asked you to do anything, help me make an appointment, okay? I know, you guys are going to Guangdong in a few days."

"You just came back from Hengdian and ran to find me because of this?"

"Yes..."

As soon as he heard "yes," Zhang Mo stood up and wanted to leave, but Du Chun seemed to have prepared, and grabbed his hand: "Listen to me first. Mo, I'm not looking for him to suck up to him, I, I really have something to find him for."

"You damn TV actor, what could you possibly have with him? What could you find him for?"

"Fuck, you're going too far... alright, alright, don't go, I'll tell you the truth. Two years ago, when I was filming in Hengdian, there was an actress in the same group, she looked good, I took a fancy to her, and when I asked her out, she didn't listen, so I hit her..."

"Haha, what does this have to do with Chen Nuo? Did you hit Wen Yongshan, or did you hit Liu Yifei?"

"Stop joking, I'm telling the truth. Listen to me. That woman is called Zhang Xinyu, she was really just a model at the time, just entered the circle, I really didn't expect that she could sign with 'Huanran Yixin' two years later. I just heard about it, she just finished filming a movie, and is preparing to go abroad to compete in the second half of the year. It really scared me. That's why I came to you for help, to let me meet Chen Nuo. I'm not afraid of him either. Just, explain a little, to avoid being provoked by that woman later and causing misunderstandings."

Zhang Mo shook his head: "I can't help you with this."

"Mo, you're being unreasonable..."

The two talked for a while, and it wasn't Zhang Mo who wanted to leave, Du Chun stood up with an ugly face, said nothing, and left, returning to Beijing.

Actually, Zhang Mo only needed to say he didn't have Chen Nuo's phone number, or didn't have a friendship, and it wouldn't have been so ugly.

But he didn't say it.

At this time, Zhang Mo was a bit drunk, thinking of Du Chun and Zhang Xinyu, and then thinking of the Tong Liya he was currently pursuing.

He couldn't help but take out his phone and call her.

After calling three times, the other side finally picked up.

"Hello?"

"Took you so long to answer?"

"Do you have something to say?"

"Ask you something."

"..."

"Hello?"

"Go ahead."

"Are you... still in contact with that Chen Nuo? Before, didn't he teach you acting for a few days, are you guys still in contact?"

After Zhang Mo finished asking, the other side was silent for several seconds before answering in a low voice: "No."

Zhang Mo's mouth curled into a smile: "Is that so, good, then see you on set."

"Beep beep beep."

The other side hung up without even saying hello, but Zhang Mo didn't care.

Women, they're all like this at first. And she's a minority woman, I guess... I heard that ethnic group is quite conservative, maybe I can win the jackpot!

Zhang Mo thought and couldn't help it, took out his phone, and called again.

Tong Liya was truly going crazy.

Looking at the number flashing on the screen, she really wanted to smash the phone.

She had been in a terrible mood for the past two days, and there was this big idiot calling her all day, and if she didn't pick up, he kept calling.

The company said to give him some face, after all, his father is in the circle, and there are really few people who can afford to offend him.

However, however...

Tong Liya remembered the man's cold words that night: "Go sign up, learn from him properly, he should teach better than I do."

Her tears welled up again.

She pressed the hang-up button directly, and then turned off the phone.

Whatever, don't care anymore.

Zhang Mo found the busy signal from the receiver, was stunned, a bit angry, and just wanted to keep calling, when suddenly his agent called.

The voice in the receiver was a bit panicked: "Mo, Mo, it's over, you hurry up and look online, look."

"What's wrong, why are you in such a hurry, did the sky fall?"

"No, you, you, you hurry up and look, the reporter you contacted before exposed your matter!"

On August 29, *Let the Bullets Fly* finally finished filming the scenes in the Huairou scenic area, and the whole crew moved to Guangdong, a full 15 days behind the original plan.

The reason was that many shots had to be reshot.

Originally, this should have made several producers curse, but as a result, no one said a word. Emperor Group, Happiness Blue Sea, including Buyi Lehu, were all emotionally stable and very calm.

Among them, it is worth mentioning that in the last half month, Carina Lau returned to the crew.

She had a scene of riding a horse and talking with Chen Nuo and Jiang Wen.

Just a few sentences, mainly the dialogue between Carina Lau and Chen Nuo, Jiang Wen just inserted one sentence.

In this scene, Carina Lau NG'd a full 5 times,

Every time Chen Nuo said, "Mother, Little Six pays his respects."

The County Magistrate's wife, who should have been dignified and elegant and disdainful of this, couldn't help but laugh.

This shows Carina Lau's personality.

She was truly outgoing, lively, cheerful, and generous, not at all like a mother.

However, Chen Nuo didn't expect that after knowing her for only ten days, Carina Lau didn't even say hello in advance, and spoke out when facing reporter interviews.

"... It's fake. I'm filming in the crew, I think it's very good, I didn't feel anyone acting like a big shot, we are all very good."

"As for Chen Nuo, I heard Peter Chan and Wong Kar-wai say he was very good in Hong Kong before, and after interacting with him this time, I think the directors were not wrong."

"I don't know Zhang Mo, but I know Zhang Mo's father, Zhang Guoli. I only say what I saw with my own eyes, I don't know about the others."

"If there is a chance, of course, I think he and Mr. Leung can become good friends... hahahaha, yes, we are indeed neighbors, and it can be considered a coincidence. I like the city of Shanghai very much, I have always wanted to buy a house there, he should not have lived there, I haven't met him..."

Since Carina Lau had this heart, he was still willing to accept this favor.

Although he felt it was unnecessary.

What was the necessity?

Zhang Mo wasn't kicked out of the crew by him,

Just like the news exposed online, "Son of a famous actor, Central Academy of Drama dropout, Zhang surnamed actor exposes Chen Nuo for acting like a big shot on set, many dare to be angry but dare not speak," this news that has been a bit popular recently, was not a news draft he wrote himself.

He just suggested Qi Yuntian add the attribute "Central Academy of Drama dropout" in the middle.

To be honest, when Qi Yuntian returned to Beijing and investigated for a few days, and finally called to tell him,

saying the reporter was found, and under the pressure of NetEase's senior management, finally revealed that the source was Zhang Mo, Chen Nuo really didn't expect it.

Counting the time, he had only been in the crew for a few days, and when he saw this person on set, he was nothing but avoiding him and keeping his distance.

As a result, he stabbed him in the back.

This... why exactly?

But this person, he really didn't want to have any relationship with him, didn't even want to say a word.

So the next day, this news was exposed online.

On the day the news came out, Chen Nuo acted as if he didn't see it, doing what he should do, and when it was time to film, he didn't hesitate, and even smiled at Zhang Mo halfway through.

As a result, that night, Zhang Mo came to find him. But he didn't listen to two sentences, and Chen Nuo had something to do.

The matter wasn't a big deal, but he was truly strange. As the saying goes, the innocent are innocent, since you said you didn't do it, why come to me to explain so much?

After Zhang Mo left, Jiang Wen came over again, saying that after investigating clearly, he would give him an explanation.

He didn't say anything either, just laughed and said, alright, Brother Jiang, you handle it.

After Jiang Wen, Teacher Zhang Guoli also called, wanting to apologize to him on behalf of his son.

On the phone, the words Chen Nuo said to this father who apologized for his apprentice were much the same as what he said to Uncle Benshan.

"... No need... really nothing... haha, understand."

However, under the familiar enthusiasm of Zhang Guoli, a fellow townsman meeting a fellow townsman, saying goodbye to each other happily, saying he would invite him to dinner when he returned to Beijing, as if this matter had really passed.

Chen Nuo said a line from his role in the movie this time.

It is estimated that he entered the play in advance, his voice was like Little Six cutting jelly in his own stomach.

One bowl or two bowls? Was he really wronged?

You'll know once you cut it open.

However, his voice had no tragedy, only firmness.

Speaking of which, it didn't sound like Little Six, but rather like Zhang Mazi.

He said: "Teacher Zhang, no need for dinner. I probably can't eat this meal of yours. Because I have never fought, never snatched, never looked for trouble, and never bullied people."

"I care about very few things in my life. I only care about three things in my life."

"That is fairness, fairness, and still his mother's,"

"Fairness!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 308 =====