Chapter 29

Shen Tang went downstairs and found that everyone was looking at her meaningfully.

She guessed they must have seen the hot search.

Shen Tang didn't know whether they believed it or not. Anyway, the innocent will prove themselves.

In this circle, there were all sorts of truths, half-truths, and rumors about everyone.

The director came over, "We've been waiting for you, let's rehearse first."

"Sorry, sorry."

Shen Tang was very professional and got into character quickly, and the actors acting with her also immersed themselves in their roles.

After a few scenes, everyone's impression of her also changed.

During this time, something happened - Yuan Yuan's mother was hospitalized with a sudden illness. She was an only child, so she had to leave the crew.

"I'm sorry, Sister Tang Tang..."

Yuan Yuan felt very guilty, but her mother's surgery had some risks, so she couldn't rest assured.

"It’s okay, go ahead. I can handle it alone," said Shen Tang, who also transferred money to Yuan Yuan, "Take good care of Auntie."

Yuan Yuan was deeply moved, and her eyes instantly turned red: "Sister Tang Tang, I'll be back as soon as possible."

"No rush, come back after your aunt gets better."

Shen Tang didn't have an assistant in her previous life either. She could also handle things alone.

In the next few days, she acted seriously and completely threw the hot search matter out of her mind.

She believed Gu Huaian would handle it properly.

The only thing that made her a little irritable was that Shen Xiuran had been a little strange recently, being nice to her in overt and covert ways.

For example, helping to bring breakfast, giving her a small fan, chatting with her when free. The meaning was very obvious.

But wasn't he the female lead’s attendant?

Why was he coming to her?

Shen Xiuran's status was much higher than Shen Tang's. He had won the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards. Shen Tang didn’t understand why he had set his sights on her, a small-time celebrity.

It couldn’t be because of her looks, haha.

Because the two had a lot of scenes together, and Shen Xiuran seemed to deliberately pretend not to understand her overt and covert refusals, Shen Tang was very annoyed.

This also led to her running back to her room as soon as she was done with the scenes, not even daring to stay on set to study other people's performances.

Today after finishing shooting, Shen Tang was packing up to run when she was unexpectedly stopped by the third female lead.

The girl was a little embarrassed. "Sister Tang Tang, sorry to bother you, could you help me rehearse?"

"Oh, of course."

Shen Tang never declined girls' reasonable requests. The third female lead was called Li Xing. She was not a newcomer.

Because her face was not very recognizable, she was almost considered a faceless extra in the drama. This also led to the audience not recognizing who she was.

Li Xing asked Shen Tang to come to her hotel room to rehearse lines, and it was almost midnight when they finished.

Li Xing’s room was not far from Shen Tang’s room, just around the corner.

Shen Tang had just turned the corner when she saw an uninvited guest standing at her door.

Shen Xiuran had one hand in his pocket, leaning against the wall with one leg bent, head slightly lowered.

The corner of Shen Tang's mouth twitched. Did he think he looked handsome?

She suddenly remembered a line - That year I stood with one hand in my pocket, not knowing what an opponent was.

Thinking of this, Shen Tang almost laughed out loud.

Shen Xiuran looked up: "What a coincidence."

Shen Tang looked at the room number expressionlessly: "You're standing outside my room."

Shen Xiuran suddenly smiled and asked bluntly: "Have you been avoiding me recently?"

"Yes."

Since no one else was around, Shen Tang didn't hide anything. "To be honest, I don't know why you are approaching me, but your recent behavior has indeed caused me distress."

Shen Xiuran laughed softly.

To be fair, he looked pretty good, after all he was one of the male leads.

It was a pity that Shen Tang was used to looking at Gu Huaian. Otherwise, she might really have been charmed by his looks.

"How heartbreaking. Haven't you noticed that I'm pursuing you?"

"I'm flattered, but I don't plan to date at the moment."

Shen Tang smiled slightly. "Excuse me, I want to go back to my room."

Shen Tang took out her room card and opened the door. Just as she was about to close it after entering, Shen Xiuran reached out to stop her.

He looked a little aggrieved, "Shen Tang, can't you give me a chance?"

Apart from the fact that Shen Tang was already married, just the fact that Shen Xiuran was the canon male lead for the female lead was enough to make Shen Tang keep away from him.

"I'm sorry."

Shen Xiuran sighed. "Alright, I was disturbing you."

He let go and Shen Tang immediately closed the door swiftly.

She thought the matter had ended there, but there was still follow up.

When Shen Tang went downstairs the next day, she found everyone looking at her strangely, with mocking, gossiping, incredulous and jealous looks.

Wait, what’s with the jealous looks?!

Li Xing came over and asked quietly, "Sister Tang Tang, are you and Shen Xiuran together?"

"Huh? No, why do you ask?"

"I saw photos online last night of you two talking..."

"Ah?"

The crew couldn't have phones on set, so Shen Tang couldn't check now.

Always worrying about it in her heart led her to NG twice while filming.

Shen Tang realized this wouldn't work, so she quickly changed her state and acted seriously. As soon as she finished her scenes, she ran back to her room.

As soon as she picked up her phone, she received a video call from Gu Huaian.

"Mr. Gu?"

"Mm."

"Do...you have something to discuss?"

This was the first video call between them. Shen Tang felt a little awkward.

However, after not seeing him for a few days, she did miss Gu Huaian's good looks.

"Have you seen the hot search?"

"Haven't had a chance."

"Okay, take a look first then."

Shen Tang switched the video to the background, opened Weibo, and the third and sixth hot searches were about her and Shen Xiuran.

#Award-winning Actor Has Late Night Private Meeting With Actress#

#Shen Xiuran and Shen Tang’s Relationship Seemingly Exposed#

The photo was of her and Shen Xiuran chatting in the hallway. Shen Xiuran had his head lowered while she had hers slightly raised. The photo did indeed look quite picturesque.

If she wasn’t a party involved, she might have believed it too.

Shen Tang: "......"

What nonsense - nonsense to the extreme.

Wait, the angle of this photo...

Shen Tang's face sank. She couldn't believe that person had taken it.

As expected when she opened the comments section, they were all scolding her.

【Here it comes, the clout chaser is late but has arrived】

【Taking our brother without asking, can the clout chaser die further away】

【I give up, can Shen Tang die without a man?】

【No comment without full context】

【There are photos now, real proof. Shen Tang must have climbed onto Movie Star Shen’s thighs, otherwise how could she play the second female lead in Director Huo’s movie. Not just anyone can get cast. 】

【Did you guys forget about the sugar daddy incident? Shen Tang may not have been a mistress but must have connections. You guys still dare to gossip randomly, aren’t you afraid of being sued?】

Regarding the previous old man sugar daddy incident, most people deleted their Weibo posts and apologized with a pinned post. A tiny minority clung onto false hopes in the end and got reported.

It's worth mentioning some were students who cried and begged for forgiveness.

That incident had a huge impact. Some of Shen Tang's antis began to pipe down.

As for today's hot search, the public mostly remained neutral, not daring to make random comments.

Only Shen Xiuran's fans were jumping up and down, extremely angry.

What was scary was that some even shipped them as a couple.

Even scarier was the ship name called Auntie.

Shen Tang made a black guy question mark face. Was that ship name for real???

Were they sure it wasn't antis?