Chapter 22: Jealousy

Mei Yanfang was silent. She was still waiting for this mystical young man to sell her a method of resolution, but she didn't expect this temporary driver to say nothing after finishing.

She turned her head and glanced at Seeing Lu Kuan's firm side profile, thinking that one really shouldn't judge a book by its cover. He was born with such a good skin, but it was a pity that she wasn't Boss Li of Emperor Group and didn't buy into that "Uncle Chen" act.

The destination was approaching. Seeing Lu Kuan saw her silence, obviously not taking it to heart, and could only increase the dosage.

"Sister Mei, you can believe it or not. I'll just ask you a few more questions."

"Hmm." Mei Yanfang's attitude was obviously cold. She regretted letting him see her off; another alarmist villain trying to climb the social ladder.

"Have you had any lumbosacral pain, weight loss, anorexia, or discomfort in the lower abdomen recently?"

"Of course not..."

Mei Yanfang sat up straight with a start, looking in surprise at Seeing Lu Kuan, who was like a ghost in the shadows.

A direct hit.

These were the external symptoms of early-stage cervical cancer. As for the more direct abnormal secretions and discharge symptoms, he found it hard to speak about them for a moment.

In 2003, Mei Yanfang held a press conference to announce that she had been diagnosed with cervical cancer, but she had never received active treatment.

The most reliable reason for this was that she wanted to have her own children in the future and couldn't bear to have it removed, so she adopted conservative treatment. By then, it was too late, and it couldn't be cured without removal.

If the lesion could have been cleared two years early today, I believe the situation would have been much better.

The car stopped in front of the revolving door of the star-rated hotel. The waiter came up to open the door. Seeing Lu Kuan quickly locked the car door, making a final effort.

"Sister Mei, we are strangers. I won't lie to you, and I'm not trying to sell you any medicine or holy water."

"You can go and have a comprehensive and in-depth check-up yourself. I suspect your lesion is here."

The little Daoist priest pressed his two fingers together against his lower abdomen, watching with a smile as this Hong Kong diva opened the car door and sped away in her still-astonished eyes.

"Madam? Madam?"

The concierge tried calling the dazed woman twice, watching her take a long time to come back to her senses.

I don't know if it was a strong psychological effect or the pressure caused by Seeing Lu Kuan's firm prophecy in the car, but her lower abdomen really felt a faint, pulling pain.

She thought of her sister Aifang, who had passed away from cervical cancer last year.

Forcing a smile to thank the hotel staff who helped open the door, Mei Yanfang silently dialed her private doctor's number.

January 2, 2002, Wuxi Water Margin City, *The Legend of the Condor Heroes* production crew.

"Qinqin, what did you two do last night? The gossip magazines have all reported it!"

Jiang Qinqin shot her a glance. Mu Nianci's scenes were about to wrap up, and at this moment, she let the makeup artist fiddle with her headwear without answering.

Zhou Xun saw that she couldn't get anything out of her, and shouted with her smoky voice: "Hey! That Yin Zhiping, come over and put on your makeup!"

Although Li Yapeng's leg injury hadn't fully healed, he could barely manage to film. The crew had to finish the remaining shots, and then it would wrap up.

Zhang Jizhong was still in Beiping contacting the subsequent dubbing, music, and editing matters. In Wuxi, Ju Jueliang was in charge.

"Healing in the secret room, scene one, take one, action!"

This was the plot of episode 28. Cheng Yaojia and Lu Guanying met in a tavern. When they were facing Hou Tonghai with swords, Yin Zhiping drew his sword to help.

This scene was very simple. Originally, the assistant director or martial arts director Zhao Jian could have handled it, but he was really interested in Seeing Lu Kuan and insisted on holding the director's chair himself to observe this Mount Mao Daoist priest's natural performance at close range.

On the monitor, the Yin Zhiping played by Seeing Lu Kuan and Lu Guanying got into a fight over a disagreement. The dialogue was very simple, just a few exchanges of words. The focus was on the quality of the martial arts scene.

Seeing Lu Kuan, in an old-fashioned blue Daoist robe, was parrying with his sword because Cheng Yaojia had joined the battle, but he still maintained the peerless style of a direct disciple of the Quanzhen Sect. It was indeed more outstanding than the original actor.

"Cut, that's a wrap! It's over!"

Jiang Qinqin's beautiful eyes looked at the little Daoist priest from afar. Even though she had already seen his acting skills before, she couldn't help but admire him greatly this time.

This was a natural male lead for costume dramas. The way he played with his sword—oh no, played with his sword—was simply as graceful as a startled swan and as elegant as a swimming dragon.

"Stop looking, Qinqin. Your eyeballs are about to fall on the ground. Do you really like this little Daoist priest?"

Zhou Xun had always been one to stir up trouble. Even if she were slow, she could still find the abnormalities between the two from clues.

She even began to suspect what the strange smell in the air was when she woke up in the hotel bed after sobering up that day!

A flash of gloom crossed Li Yapeng's eyes. He had been resting in bed for this period, and he had heard plenty of gossip from the crew.

A little immortal who accurately predicted his injury and the crew's shutdown;

A handsome young man who transformed into Yin Zhiping;

And a mysterious man who was very close to the two pretty actresses, Zhou Xun and Jiang Qinqin.

It was actually the same person!

Watching the two actresses covering their mouths and giggling as they looked at Seeing Lu Kuan, who was walking over after the scene, looking just like noble ladies waiting to catch a son-in-law under the list, he felt a surge of jealousy for no reason.

Don't tell me that I had just cuckolded Qu Ying, and after only a week in bed, I was cuckolded by this kid!

He was supported by his assistant, dragging his lame leg forward, his voice revealing the simple honesty of Guo Jing: "Hello, Little Lu. First time meeting today. The acting was good."

"Hello! Brother Yapeng, I still have a lot to learn from you!"

He responded in a disciplined manner like a harmless little white flower, but he knew exactly what was going on in his heart—this guy was no good bird.

This guy had countless black materials in the future and was directly beaten by netizens from Linghu Chong to Yue Buqun. Boss Lu had operated on quite a few of his cases.

"Yeah, Little Lu, you're very excellent among the newcomers. I say, Yapeng, if you two stand together, you'll be compared!"

Zhou Jie also wrapped up his scenes today. He was taking off his makeup and preparing to leave the set. He didn't know if it was intentional or unintentional, but he made a joke.

Seeing Lu Kuan thought to himself that neither of these two were easy to deal with. This one had a personality that was too straightforward. In 2004, he was blacklisted on a show by Ziwei Gege, and it was rumored that he was banned by Chen Daoming.

Added to other revelations, he should be the first male star in the entertainment circle to be labeled as a "discredited artist."

Seeing Lu Kuan was very popular with the two actresses in the crew and was very close to Zhang Jizhong. Generally, only Ju Jueliang and Seeing Lu Kuan could get on his RV.

The nature of male animals: I don't allow anyone more awesome than me around me.

In just this short while, the two big-name male stars in the crew were vaguely pointing their spears at Seeing Lu Kuan.

"Don't praise me to death. Next year's Magnolia Award will depend on you two."

The little Daoist priest was too lazy to deal with these two "has-beens," using a move of "four ounces to move a thousand pounds" to shift the conflict.

Li Yapeng was too shallow, or rather, he didn't bother to be hypocritical with a young nobody. Hearing Zhou Jie's trouble-making words, he responded: "Little Lu is still young and needs to settle down."

Seeing Lu Kuan sneered in his heart. A tadpole tattooing a frog—who are you pretending to be!

It was evening, and Zhang Jizhong hurried over from the airport to attend the wrap-up banquet in the evening.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 23 =====