chapter 1

I don’t have time to play these sex scandal games with you

“Was it you who was photographed yesterday night in City B?”

“How long have you two been together?”

“All your fans say they don’t believe it, what does your lover think about your relationship being exposed?”

……

One minute before, countless news reporters carried their weapons of warfare1 and squatted in the airport of City A.

Once they saw Ren Qinming appear with a pair of black sunglasses, everyone began to flock forward, and the sound of their shutters could be heard in an endless stream.
They argued over each other to toss out the questions they prepared earlier, wanting to push their own microphone towards the center of the crowd.

“People have said your lover is your high school classmate, is that true?”

“Were you scared you were going to lose fans which is why you haven’t announced your relationship?”

“The photograph in the explosive allegation was a bit blurry, but some netizens have guessed based on the view from the back that your lover might be a man, is it convenient for you to reveal their gender?”

Regarding these questions, everyone has been continuously arguing since the photo of Ren Qinming kissing someone was exposed on Weibo2 last night.

Now that the party involved appeared for the first time, it was as if he was a drop of water that fell into a pot of hot oil, like a small stone that was able to create thousands of waves.
The reporters asked their questions one after another, blocking up the lounge of the airport like an impenetrable wall.

The assistant squeezed in between the microphones at the risk of his life, and helped Ren Qinming clear the way: “Trouble everyone to move aside.
This is a public area, please don’t affect the normal order of the airport……”

But he was merely a lowly worker, and his voice was quickly drowned out by the clamor of this group of people, and everyone kept squeezing in.

After all, as long as they were able to capture anything that came out of Ren Qinming’s mouth, then one quarter of their KPI3 would be complete, and it would even be possible to get promoted or have their salary raised.
So if it were you, would you get out of the way?

The reporters pushing, their collisions, and the flashing and clicking of the shutters of their cameras crazily swayed about in one’s retinas.

There were three layers of paparazzi inside, followed by three layers of bystanders on the outside, and the airport security guards quickly ran over to maintain order.

Ren Qinming, who found himself in the eye of the storm, unexpectedly seemed to find all this a matter of no concern to himself, and there was not even the slightest bit of expression on his frigid face.
The thin lips under his black sunglasses were sharp, and his height of 187cm was outstanding amongst the crowd.

He gazed fixedly, and was simply focused on walking forward with his long legs, not even giving the cameras a side eye.

The reporters had been hanging around for an entire afternoon, but even until the man was escorted by the last bodyguard into his car, they hadn’t heard even half a word from his mouth.

Meanwhile the entire process of him being surrounded, chased and intercepted, while he refrained from divulging anything, was recorded into short videos by passersby as well as the media, and posted onto Weibo.

Trending Search [Ren Qinming’s First Appearance at the Airport]

The hot search had responses criticizing the paparazzi for invading others’ privacy, as well as those who were just following the gossip.
But most responses were still the cries of fans.

For many actors, not to mention dating, but even getting married and having children was normal, but Ren Qinming was clearly not included in the ‘normal’ category.

At the age of only 26, the currently popular film emperor was not only the best performer amongst the currently trending stars, but also held the most sway amongst those in power.

From his obscure and unknown debut, to his sudden breakout success of single-handedly sweeping the awards at the film festival, it only took three years.

Relying on his superb acting skills as well as that heaven-sent face, he attracted countless fans, with an extensive public reputation for his professional skills.
His natural fit for flashbulb photography has long been a guarantee for the box office.

But turns out such a man at the peak of his career who was never the topic of any sex scandal, turned into one who ‘entered the mundane world’ overnight — the nation’s husband, Ren Qinming got drunk at a bar, was photographed on the streets of City B hugging and kissing someone, and was exposed to be suspected in a relationship.

The fans directly expressed their extreme heartbreak and sorrow on Weibo and their tears could fill the Pacific Ocean.
Not one person was willing to accept the fact that Ren Qinming was dating.

[Gege4 usually doesn’t even look at pretty girls, how could he be dating! 155515]

[A treasure with this level of attractiveness should be the public goods of all of mankind, this fan doesn’t believe there’s anyone who can match my ge, 5556]

[Just these few blurry photos, you can’t even tell where they kissed.
These marketing accounts should be careful of piggybacking on other’s success for a moment of fame.
You’ll face legal action and be sent to the crematorium.
My ge is never soft-hearted when filing a lawsuit against those who start rumors, QAQ]

[It doesn’t matter if it’s a girl/boy, just come out and clarify that it’s a misunderstanding, I’m begging you, we definitely won’t yell at you, wu wu wu]

After saying all this, it seems all of Weibo was on the hunt for the person that had been bear-hugged by the film emperor and kissed in his arms.

Chen Yan held his phone with both hands and watched the news with keen interest.
He turned around to lean against the vanity table in the bathroom of the office while facing the person next to him to ridicule: “Ren Qinming’s relationship is estimated to cause even my five year old niece to be heartbroken and devastated for a period of time.”

Ruan Song bent over to pick up a handful of cold water to splash against his red face, completely disregarding the conversation: “Did you bring the stomach medicine?”

Chen Yan: “Of course.”

In order to pick up a new project today, Ruan Song was bitterly called upon to accompany the filmmaker to drink alcohol.
He specifically ran over from his rental apartment to bring over the medicine: “Why don’t you find someone to ask around? It looks like Ren Qinming is also from B City’s Xiliu area.
I’m really curious as to what kind of person he’d date.”

Ruan Song remained unmoved, and splashed the other with cold water: “Did you finish writing your book yet? All day long you’re only concerned about the lives of those whose annual income is over 10 million.”

Chen Yan and Ruan Song had met each other half a year ago after agreeing to co-rent an apartment.
The two just happened to be in the same profession, and were both poor screenwriters who wrote scripts for other people’s grandsons.

They had many common interests, were also compatible with regards to work and rest, neither had any harmful habits and they could also share resources with each other from work.
Ruan Song genuinely