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Song Zhi felt that ever since Jiang Yanzhou broke up with her, he had become exceptionally understanding.

She told Song Luo to learn from him.

Sleepiness struck again. She covered her mouth and yawned: “It’s so late. Why don’t you just stay here for the night?”

Song Luo frowned: “There are only two rooms. Is he sleeping in the living room?”

Song Zhi said as a matter of course: “Isn’t your bed quite big? There’s still room if you squeeze in.”

After saying that, she returned to her room, tired, leaving the bed allocation problem for them to handle.

The living room was once again left with just the two of them.

After a long silence, Song Luo stepped forward again and grabbed Jiang Yanzhou’s collar: “You’re disgusting, damn it!”

Jiang Yanzhou’s expression remained unchanged, repeating Song Zhi’s earlier words: “Learn more from me.”

“I’ll learn from your mom!”

A warning cough came from the room. Song Luo had no choice but to lower his voice.

He cursed again: “I’ll learn from your mom.”

Jiang Yanzhou ultimately didn’t stay the night. He didn’t have the habit of sleeping with men.

Even less so with Song Luo; they’d probably end up fighting in the middle of the night.

He had arrived at ten o’clock, originally planning to bring dinner to Song Zhi, but he waited until three in the morning, and the porridge in the thermos was probably cold by then.

He opened the car door and looked at the time on the dashboard: it was already 4:30 AM.

Song Zhi seemed to have been working late recently.

Jiang Yanzhou thought of the tiredness on her face when she came home, to the point where she could fall asleep standing up.

He suddenly felt a pang of heartache.

When they were together before, he couldn’t bear to let her suffer even a little bit. When they went shopping, there was even someone specially assigned to carry her bags.

But now she had to go out and “seek hardship” herself.

The little girl had grown up and no longer needed him.

Tsk, annoying.

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Song Zhi didn’t sleep well. She was woken up by her alarm at six o’clock. The press conference was scheduled for Qing City. The flight took three hours, which she used to catch up on sleep.

Director Luo had been building momentum for this film for a long time, planning to promote a CP between her and Ji Song.

Xia Wanyue was initially against it, as her reality show with He Hanyang had just concluded, and it was a hot time for CP fans.

If she started promoting a CP with Ji Song again, it might backfire.

However, Director Luo was an old hand in the industry and knew what he was doing.

He wouldn’t promote a real-life CP, only an in-drama CP. During the promotion period, they just needed to play along with their characters.

Xia Wanyue thought it was feasible, so she went to ask Song Zhi for her opinion.

Song Zhi had just managed to fall asleep and was woken up again by her. With sleepy eyes, she agreed without thinking.

“Just let me sleep first. Everything else is negotiable.”

After getting off the plane, Song Zhi deliberately put on sunglasses to cover her very obvious dark circles.

There were many fans waiting to pick her up, and also some proxy photographers.

Proxy photographers aren’t fans; they purely earn money by taking photos.

Seeing her wearing sunglasses, that group of proxy photographers wasn’t pleased and told her to take them off.

Song Zhi politely declined: “I’m not feeling very well today, I’m sorry.”

“So we waited here for you for so long, and you’re just sending us away with ‘not feeling well’? What kind of behavior is that? Are you acting like a big shot just because you’ve gained a little fame?”

Xiao Xu tried to explain: “Song Zhi stayed up late for a long shoot yesterday and only slept a few hours in total. Plus, she didn’t have time to put on makeup, so she’s a bit tired. Next time, when she’s feeling better, we’ll definitely let you take plenty of photos.”

The proxy photographer who was at the front had a bad temper. Seeing Xiao Xu, he unhappily pushed him away: “What business is it of yours? You sissy.”

Xiao Xu had a good temper, but that didn’t mean Song Zhi did.

She took off her sunglasses: “What’s your problem?”

The proxy photographer got what he wanted and snapped a flurry of photos of her with his camera.

Xiao Xu naturally moved to block the lens: “Please don’t take photos now. We’ll have a return trip after the press conference, and then we’ll naturally let you take all the photos you want.”

Song Zhi was fuming inside. Xiao Xu had been pushed for no reason and called a sissy. He might tolerate it, but she couldn’t.

“Please apologize to my assistant.”

“Why should I apologize?”

Song Zhi laughed in anger: “Do you think what you did makes sense?”

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Xia Wanyue had just gone to the restroom. When she came out, she saw a crowd of people ahead.

There were also occasional sounds of arguments.

She walked over in confusion and discovered that one of the arguer was none other than Song Zhi herself.

Her heart clenched. She hadn’t been with her for just a moment, and how did it escalate to this?

She asked Xiao Xu: “What happened?”

Xiao Xu wanted to stop her but couldn’t. Song Zhi wasn’t originally someone with a good temper.

She used to be spoiled by her parents and brother, and later by Jiang Yanzhou. She had never been offended in her life.

Her personality had been indulged to be delicate and overbearing.

Just now, she had tolerated it repeatedly. Even when the camera was shoved in her face, she didn’t utter a sound.

But that person, on the other hand, suddenly flared up and even started cursing.

Facing Song Zhi’s somewhat polite request, she was surprisingly aggressive: “Did you just push me? Are big stars so great? Pushing fans at the airport, and even trying to hit me!”

Song Zhi was simply speechless. Her hand had never even been raised.

Xia Wanyue, being a veteran agent, quickly stepped forward to negotiate a few words before the situation escalated, finally having security escort Song Zhi away first.

Song Zhi was bewildered: “She was the one who cursed first, and she pushed someone.”

Xia Wanyue pleaded softly: “My dear aunt, less trouble is better than more. So many people are watching right now.”

Song Zhi was still fuming, but she had no choice but to obediently follow her instructions and leave with the security guard first.

After leaving the airport, she asked Xiao Xu: “Was her push hard? Did she hurt you?”

“How could I be that weak? A girl pushing me couldn’t hurt me.”

Xiao Xu had been with her for so many years and had been verbally abused quite a bit.

Because of his good temper and delicate appearance, those anti-fans would call him “sissy.”

Song Zhi had only lost her temper and argued with the woman because she heard that derogatory term just now.

“Don’t take what she said to heart. That person just has no manners.”

Xiao Xu never thought he would be comforted by Song Zhi in his lifetime; he was simply overwhelmed.

He was actually fine, not too bothered.

Anyway, he was used to being cursed at.

He was just a little worried that Song Zhi’s outburst earlier would likely land her on the hot search list by afternoon.

Those people were very good at twisting facts.

Her reputation had only just started to improve. If she were to be dragged down again because of this incident, it would be too much of a loss.

Song Zhi, however, was unfazed: “She’s the one who made the mistake, not me. Why should I be afraid?”

Quite optimistic.

Xia Wanyue, however, was clearly not as optimistic.

She was so angry her makeup was almost completely gone: “Song Zhi, do you think I don’t have enough work already? I don’t even have time to sleep every day because of your trivial matters. Look at the wrinkles around my eyes! I’m twenty-six but look sixty-two! Just when things were finally getting on track, and I thought I could relax a bit, I even bought tickets to the Maldives! But now, thanks to your big scene at the airport today, I have to cancel them!”

After the situation had calmed down, Song Zhi also felt that she had indeed been a bit too impulsive at the time.

After all, so many cameras were pointed at her.

However, she also couldn’t hold back at that moment; that person was truly going too far.

At this point, she could only quietly listen to Xia Wanyue’s lecture.

The latter was so angry that her breathing was a little ragged. She picked up her phone to contact public relations, preparing to deal with the hot searches that were about to drop.

Song Zhi was currently in her rising period. Her resources and popularity were already enough to make many rivals envious.

They would certainly take full advantage of this opportunity they had finally seized.

“Don’t go on Weibo these next few days, and don’t give any response. Just focus on preparing for the press conference and roadshows.”

Song Zhi nodded obediently: “Okay.”

She was delayed by half an hour due to the airport incident. By the time she arrived at the cinema, the other main actors had already arrived.

Ji Song, like her, flew from Beicheng to Qing City.

He also knew a bit about the airport incident.

Seeing Song Zhi, he asked caringly: “Are you okay?”

Song Zhi was extremely tired. After sitting down in a chair, she felt like half her life had been drained: “I’m okay, I guess.”

It was merely a greeting between colleagues; the concern was kept to a minimum.

Song Zhi fell asleep halfway through her makeup. Her dark circles were quite pronounced, and the makeup artist used a lot of concealer to completely cover them.

The press conference that day went fairly smoothly. Song Zhi and Ji Song looked very much like a CP together, and any casual interaction on stage would cause the audience to scream.

“I’m dying from this ship, I’m dying from this ship.” “Wuwuwuwu, they’re so perfect for each other.” “I suspect this pair is the real publicly-funded relationship.” “...I still think He Hanyang and Song Zhi are a better match.” “Can you stop being a KY (killjoy), please? This is a movie press conference, not some super-low reality show.”

While they were busy shipping the CP here, the internet had already erupted in a war of words.

A post titled [Regarding a certain third-tier actress who rose to fame by shipping CPs, a word of advice: moral character before artistic career.] went viral.

Below was the entire story, described in extreme detail, even with accompanying pictures.

“Fans went to the airport at 8 AM, waiting to pick up the actress, to give some exposure to a certain obscure third-tier actress so she wouldn’t be laughed at by outsiders. They waited until 10 AM, excitedly holding cameras to take photos. Considering the artist’s tiresome journey, the humble little fans were afraid of disturbing her and only dared to take a few silent photos from the outer perimeter. But then, the certain third-tier actress acted like a big shot, wearing sunglasses and having a sour face the whole time. Because of a very minor dispute between a fan and her assistant, she chose to unconditionally side with her assistant without asking for the full story, even demanding the fan apologize and attempting to hit them. It’s a travesty if this person doesn’t fade into obscurity!”

Song Zhi only saw this after the press conference when she got her phone.

Xia Wanyue had forbidden her from logging onto Weibo. This content was forwarded to her by Tang Xiaoyan after she saw it.

[Tang Xiaoyan: No way, have you become this cool recently?] [Song Zhi: ......] [Tang Xiaoyan: What exactly happened? Did you really hit a fan?] [Song Zhi: Not a fan, just a few very ill-tempered proxy photographers.]

Even after the press conference ended, she couldn’t get a proper rest. She was now in the VIP lounge at the airport, waiting for her flight to Beicheng.

Today was another day she would be busy until the early hours of the morning.

Xia Wanyue said she would handle it and told Song Zhi not to worry.

Song Zhi didn’t have the energy to deal with it anyway. She had been too busy lately, and any spare time she had, she only wanted to use for sleeping.

She slept all the way back to Beicheng.

She didn’t even need to imagine how terrible the curses on Weibo were.