Chapter 841: Marriage Before Love (10)

Translator: Lordbluefire

At the moment when Chu Tianye’s lips touched hers, his whole body stiffened. He almost immediately pulled back his head.

That kiss was like a fleeting touch, leaving both of them feeling unsatisfied. Chu Tianye’s cheeks turned crimson, and Su Yan’s face grew even redder. She felt a bit awkward facing Chu Tianye and turned her head to the side.

“Cut!” The director’s voice rang out, “Great take! If one didn’t know better, they would think you two are a couple who just started dating!”

Su Yan, “…pretty much.”

She cleared her throat and pushed Chu Tianye away.

However, Chu Tianye was staring at her earlobe, his fingers touching his lips.

The soft touch from earlier lingered in his mind, leaving him wanting more.

He cleared his throat and suddenly turned to the director, “Aren’t there two more kissing scenes? Let’s finish them today.”

He paused and pondered, “This is a romance drama. Are we really only going to have three kissing scenes in the whole show? I think that’s too few. Modern audiences like these kinds of scenes. How about adding a few more…?”

The director,”??”

Lu Cheng,”?????”

Even Su Yan gave Chu Tianye a little shove. “Don’t be ridiculous. This is a scripted drama. If you’re so eager for kissing scenes, you can join another production as a stand-in.”

Chu Tianye twitched his mouth. How could he admit that he wanted to do a kissing scene with her? He wanted to kiss her! Of course, he couldn’t say that out loud, so he just snorted.

Three scenes were enough, anyway. He could hold her and nibble on her when they got home!

For the subsequent two kissing scenes, Chu Tianye changed his clothes again. After he stood in for the male lead and completed the scenes, he removed his makeup. He then walked over to the director and said, “If there are more kissing scenes for her, you can contact me.”

The director,

Chu Tianye spent a day here, wasting his time. He had a meeting to attend in the evening, so he left with Lu Cheng.

However, he never expected that this matter would have a follow-up.

The female lead, who was dismissed and had her role stolen, wasn’t willing to accept defeat. She took control of the situation and started a smear campaign against Su Yan on Weibo.

She claimed that Su Yan wasn’t a wealthy second generation or the heiress of the Su family at all. Instead, she was just Lu Cheng’s mistress!

When Su Yan debuted, someone had leaked her background, stating that she was the Su family’s young miss. Although Su Yan had never officially responded or denied it, many official statements from her assumed she agreed. As a result, many people believed it.

However, the Su family had never confirmed her identity, which led everyone to think she was riding on the family’s reputation for attention.

This rumor spread like wildfire on the internet.

Suddenly, Su Yan found herself targeted by waves of hate,

—”Mistress, get lost! Give our sister back her role!”

—”This is disgusting. She pretended to be a wealthy heiress, but she’s nothing more than a joke!”

—”I used to be a fan of Su Yan. I thought she was low-profile, but it seems I was wrong. She must have been well protected by some sugar daddy, right?” —”Refuse to watch this drama! Won’t watch anything with a mistress as the lead!”

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The online discourse had been manipulated to focus on Su Yan.

At the moment, Su Yan was still shooting on set, completely oblivious to these comments.

Her talent agency had never taken her seriously, so they hadn’t been paying attention either. Thus, the rumor quickly gained traction. Since her agency didn’t deny the rumor, people believed it even more.

Su Yan was suddenly thrust into the spotlight of controversy.

After attending a meeting, Chu Tianye and Lu Cheng were informed about this rumor. They fell silent immediately.

Lu Cheng turned to Chu Tianye, “Little Ye, you have to prove this for me!”

Chu Tianye asked, “How do we clarify this?”

Lu Cheng said, “I don’t care. You know how things stand between me and Aunt Ye. We haven’t even gotten married yet. How am I supposed to explain this to her?”

As he spoke, he took out his phone and dialed Ye Lu’s number.

Unfortunately, he heard the automated message, “Hello, the phone you are calling is turned off.”

Lu Cheng,”!!”

He had been blocked!

He was on the verge of tears.

He had been with Ye Lu for years. Unfortunately, Ye Lu was a strong woman with no intentions of getting married. So, Lu Cheng spent the years trying to win her father, Ye Wei, over to convince him to marry Ye Lu.

Looking at his friends who had all married and had children, he felt even lonelier.

He definitely didn’t want to be single forever!