Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Gu Wuji was immersed in practicing painting at home, which was able to push back a lot of work… Although it didn’t seem to be of much use afterwards, at least it cultivated his sentiments.
After the dungeon ended, Gu Wuji of course resumed his usual life and dealt with some relatively simple tasks. After all, he still had the dream of being famous in the entertainment industry.
As Gu Wuji’s assistant, Cheng Jia, of course, came with him every time he worked. He was afraid that Master Gu would be tricked by others or humiliated by some indifferent rich second generation, just like him back then.
Cheng Jia’s previous mockery of Master Gu had been regarded as the dark history of his life. Every time he thought about it, he wanted to kill himself with a piece of tofu[1].
After arriving at a filming location, Gu Wuji discovered that in addition to the staff there, Ning Yang was also among the people waiting for him, and he immediately became vigilant.
It was definitely impossible for Ning Yang to know that the woman from last time was him in disguise, so it should have nothing to do with that incident last time.
But the reason why he appeared here was definitely not a coincidence, but to investigate the situation. After all, Gu Wuji also knew what happened to Master Ning before… It would be better to say that he ruined Master Ning’s plan.
However, Gu Wuji thought that there was nothing wrong with him, so he could investigate as he pleased. If Ning Yang could find out, he would be able to admire this person’s ability.
During the filming process, everyone else couldn’t help but marvel at Gu Wuji’s strong business ability. Even the photographer felt that he was in extremely good condition. When faced with no plan, various inspirations kept popping up in his mind.
Originally, others thought that Gu Wuji had come through the back door. After all, although he looked good in appearance, who knew what his temperament was like. Now these people realized that they really thought too much before. If people like Gu Wuji were all using the back door, then no one could come in through formal channels.
In the middle of the filming, Gu Wuji sat down to rest, and Cheng Jia immediately poured him some water. The people around him couldn’t help but look at him, thinking that Mr. Cheng was almost like a younger brother, and he didn’t act like the playboy from before at all.
In fact, Gu Wuji’s physical strength didn’t need to rest at all. He mainly wanted to allow other staff members to take a rest.
Ning Yang looked on with a very casual attitude. He didn’t think much of people in the entertainment industry. In fact, he didn’t think that people in the entertainment industry like Gu Wuji could be so powerful before. How could a truly powerful person come to the entertainment industry? You could already earn an astonishing amount of money just from an ordinary job.
As for all the things that happened to Gu Wuji, Ning Yang believed that there must be a master behind him, and Gu Wuji was just a puppet in front of the stage. This was indeed what most people in the Ning family thought.
Now he saw that after filming for a while, Gu Wuji actually had to take a break. This was simply hypocritical. Someone who was more diligent would definitely be able to finish the filming in one go.
And Cheng Jia, who had long been found to be a playboy, was still so attentive to Gu Wuji. Ning Yang naturally came up with some theories and looked down on the two of them more and more.
“Maybe I made the wrong decision to come here.” Ning Yang thought, “The people behind the scenes may even communicate with them through special channels. It is impossible to personally come forward for such people. There is definitely no way to find out about them. What happened?”
But now that he was here, Ning Yang took off his sunglasses, put on an attitude that looked enthusiastic but not too rude, walked up to Gu Wuji, and pretended to be his fan, asking for a signature.
Gu Wuji followed him and pretended to be stupid. He nodded immediately, took the book handed over by the other party and signed it casually.
Ning Yang carefully observed Gu Wuji’s every move and could not see anything strange. He was thus surer of his thoughts, but he did not give up on continuing to test. He continued to chat with Gu Wuji and seemed to accidentally mention the few things he was involved in before.
However, Gu Wuji continued to pretend to be stupid. When he mentioned the previous incident with Master Ning, there was still a hint of fear in his eyes, indicating that he did not want to recall it.
When Ning Yang saw this, he was convinced that Gu Wuji was just a passer-by in this matter. It was estimated that all the strange things before were disguised by the real people behind the scenes, just to make Gu Wuji understand them. It had all been a waste of time.
After all, people like Ning Yang were actually very arrogant. They were very sure that their vision of people would never be wrong, and he already had the idea of leaving in his heart.
Cheng Jia, who was standing next to him, could no longer stand it. He felt that this seemingly frivolous man was probably trying to seduce Master Gu. How could such a pure and refined worldly master like Master Gu be approached by such a vulgar person?
And although Master Gu was a powerful person, he was actually quite easy to deceive. Otherwise, why would he have dated someone online before… Cheng Jia felt anxious and angry when he thought about it, fearing that Gu Wuji would be deceived. Now even more so, no matter how Ning Yang looked, it made him feel displeased.
Cheng Jia immediately said coldly: “He needs to rest now.”
Ning Yang almost laughed angrily, thinking that Cheng Jia thought he was going to steal this from him, but what did he have to lose? His sexual orientation was very normal. Besides, he already had someone he liked. Even if he jumped from here, he would not be interested in Wuji at all!
“I’m really sorry. I got too excited all of a sudden… Then I’ll leave first.” Ning Yang immediately apologized politely.
“Since you know this, it’s the best thing to do.” Cheng Jia sneered. He didn’t like Ning Yang now.
Ning Yang was almost pissed to death by his attitude, but he didn’t want to expose anything here, so he could only express that he was bothering him and turned around to leave.
When leaving, Ning Yang could still hear Cheng Jia talking to Gu Wuji over there, “Don’t be deceived by this kind of man. This guy looks very frivolous at first glance. He is definitely not a good person. Seeing through the glamorous veneer, he might be a liar after all.”
Ning Yang couldn’t hold on to his smile. He felt that he never wanted to be near these two people again. As a highly regarded genius of the Ning family, even members of the family could not hold him back. They didn’t even dare to care about him, but now he was still being ridiculed as a liar by such a waste outside? What a joke.
If he didn’t have other tasks, he would definitely teach Cheng Jia a lesson.
But just when he was about to leave completely, he heard the words Master Gu coming from Cheng Jia’s mouth, and he couldn’t help but tremble.
After all, in that bar before, the woman he fell in love with at first sight was also called Master Gu by Xia Yangshuo. Apart from that, he didn’t know any information about the other party. Only these three words were deeply engraved on his mind.
Even in the circle, he had never heard of such a person. If he didn’t know that he would see him at the Xia family banquet later, Ning Yang would have been extremely anxious. Unexpectedly, he could hear it from Cheng Jia’s mouth now. Could it be that Cheng Jia actually knew…
Ning Yang turned his head and saw that Cheng Jia was still talking to Gu Wuji over there, talking back to Master Gu.
When Gu Wuji saw Ning Yang’s footsteps pause, his heart trembled. He was afraid that the other party would find out something from Cheng Jia’s call. He actually forgot to remind Cheng Jia of this…
But then he calmed down, feeling that he had done nothing. There was nothing to be afraid of when it came to such shameful things, not to mention that it would be impossible for Ning Yang to see through the disguise of the props.
But there seemed to be something wrong with Ning Yang, and he seemed to have had other intentions when he disguised himself. This was very troublesome. If he really found out his identity, he may be hit hard and want to take revenge. According to society’s ideas, Gu Wuji didn’t want to see anything happen when the time came.
“It’s really troublesome.” Gu Wuji couldn’t help but sigh. He thought it would be better not to expose his identity in front of Ning Yang rashly.
….
While Ning Yang over there, suddenly realized that Gu Wuji’s surname was also Gu. No wonder Cheng Jia would call him that. But why was Gu Wuji called that? Was he as powerful as Master Gu?
Or was there any connection between the two?
Ning Yang suddenly remembered that Xia Yangshuo and Gu Wuji had interacted in the past, and it seemed that Xia Yangshuo’s attitude toward Gu Wuji was quite friendly after that… Could it be that… Ning Yang felt that his thoughts had already changed and were getting closer to the truth!
“Yes, Master Gu must have met this Gu Wuji, so when he reported his name, he used this surname!” Ning Yang couldn’t help but think, “So her real name may have nothing to do with Gu, but since he subconsciously chose this, Gu Wuji’s last name means that she may have met Gu Wuji before in the bar, or the two of them had a good relationship before.”
He was really becoming more and more curious about Master Gu’s true identity.
As for whether the two people could be the same person, Ning Yang had never thought about it. After all, how could a man and a woman be the same person? He was not so lame as to be blind.
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[1] It’s an Asian equivalent of ‘go take a long walk off a short plank’. Or one of the ruder versions, if you use those.