The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 446 The Last Supper (Part 5) Tang Youyou, winner of the Golden Hippo Award!

Inside the restroom, as Tang Youyou's voice faded, Hu Yifei couldn't help but raise her hand to her forehead, but she still couldn't stop Tang Youyou from going crazy.

She finally understood; the aunt and nephew hadn't given up on their plans after all.

But she never expected that Tang Youyou would be so... well, to put it nicely, "dedicated".

Meanwhile, Wen Sheng, who was standing next to him, felt a little numb. He had suspected that Tang Youyou was up to something, but he never expected her to do something this big.

Before the dinner party started tonight, he was already quite surprised when he saw Tang Youyou bring Neo to pretend to be Yu Mo's boyfriend.

It's obvious that they came up with this method because they didn't know where they and Yu Mo were at.

After a brief moment of surprise, Wen Sheng guessed what Tang Youyou's purpose was.

However, Wen Sheng could only chuckle at her attempt to fool Nuolan with this method.

Just a few days ago, she told Nuolan about that incident in the bathroom, and today she suddenly grabbed a man and said he was Yu Mo's boyfriend. With all these changes, Nuolan couldn't possibly believe it.

However, just when everyone thought that this was the biggest surprise Tang Youyou had brought tonight, they never expected that she would pull off an even bigger stunt!
What do you mean by liking me and even kissing me?

How could you so blatantly slander someone's innocence?!
But in that split second, Wen Sheng suddenly grasped something, and then looked at Tang Youyou with even more disbelief in his eyes.

Nolan, who had intended to overwhelm her opponent with her imposing presence, suddenly caught her breath and clenched her fists tightly.

So brave!

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wen Sheng quickly grabbed Nuolan's hand and frowned at Tang Youyou, saying, "Youyou, what nonsense are you talking about? You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want."

Nuolan instinctively tried to pull her hand away when it was being held, but she gave up after just one attempt and instead held Wensheng's hand in return.

Dignity! Dignity!
Nuolan kept repeating those two words in her mind as her fingernails dug into Wen Sheng's palm. Then, as if she had thought of something, she took a deep breath and said, "And then? Although Awen didn't do it voluntarily, I've already made Awen rinse his mouth."

As soon as Nuolan finished speaking, the first person to react was not Tang Youyou or Hu Yifei, but Wen Sheng, who was enduring the pain in his palm.

Now he understood completely, and all his previous doubts were resolved.

No wonder Tang Youyou suddenly hugged him and wanted to drink "cross-cupped wine" at the dinner table just now, as if she had gone crazy.

No wonder that when Nuolan spoke to Yumo in the private room, although there was a hint of probing, the overall atmosphere was still harmonious and friendly.

No wonder Nuolan hasn't paid much attention to Qin Yumo next door these past two days, even though she knows about the kissing incident.

Turns out they mistook someone for someone else!

And then there's Tang Youyou, who finds Yu Mo a fake boyfriend and acts crazy, it seems she's taking all the blame for Yu Mo.

What a deep sisterly bond!

As Wen Sheng carefully recalled the scene of Nuolan eavesdropping on Tang Youyou and Qin Yumo's conversation outside the bathroom door during dinner on Thursday, he became increasingly convinced that this was the case.

How did Tang Youyou know that Nuolan had mistaken someone for someone else?
The answer to this question flashed through Wen Sheng's mind in an instant: it turned out that this was a gang crime.

Yu Mo's cronies have already jumped out on their own, Tang Youyou is one, and Zeng Xiaoxian is another!
Just as Wen Sheng was thinking of Zeng Xiaoxian, Nuolan, after speaking, also recalled Zeng Xiaoxian's words on the radio on Thursday night, swearing that Tang Youyou didn't like Wen Sheng.

And last night...

"Zeng Xiaoxian, don't forget what I told you when we have dinner tomorrow night."

In the radio studio, after the program ended, Nuolan packed her things to leave. When she saw Zeng Xiaoxian slowly packing his things, she reminded him of the task at the Saturday night banquet.

Zeng Xiaoxian paused, looked up at Nuolan's calm gaze, felt a slight tightness in his heart, and then nodded.

"Do you think this is betraying your friends?" Nuolan asked with a smile after seeing the expression on Zeng Xiaoxian's face.

"No, no."

"I'm just putting things back to how they were supposed to be," Nuolan said calmly, then looked at Zeng Xiaoxian and said, "If you were in her shoes, and another man started pursuing Yifei while you were evaluating her, would you have done nothing?"

"I..." Zeng Xiaoxian opened his mouth, but when he thought of how Hu Yifei and Shen Linfeng had fallen in love so quickly, and he could only remain silent like a turtle hiding its head, he immediately said, "Of course not, I hate third parties the most!"

"That's good." Although Nolan didn't quite believe it, she didn't question him at this moment. She just nodded and smiled, "So you can understand me, right? I believe you don't want your friend to go further and further down the path of being a third party."

She paused, then added, "Of course, if what you swore last night is true, things shouldn't have gotten any worse."

"Hehe, of course... of course it's true." Zeng Xiaoxian chuckled dryly.

So Nuolan nodded and turned to leave, but Zeng Xiaoxian hesitated for a moment before saying, "Um... Nuolan, Director Nuo, I have something to report, no, I have to remind you."

Hearing this, Nuolan stopped and turned to Zeng Xiaoxian, asking with a smile, "What's going on?"

"Although Tang Youyou doesn't really have those kinds of feelings for Wen Sheng, at tomorrow's banquet... she might... pretend that she really likes Wen Sheng."

"Pretend?" Nolan frowned slightly. "Why?"

"This one……"

Zeng Xiaoxian's words caught in his throat. What should he say? He couldn't very well say that Youyou was covering for Yumo, could he?

"She meant no harm, but there might be something wrong here." Under Nuolan's gaze, Zeng Xiaoxian pointed to his head, forcibly finding an excuse.

"Do you think I would believe that?" Nolan said coldly.

"I'm telling the truth, Director Nuo. Believe me, I can swear it again, please believe me..."

……

Thinking of what Zeng Xiaoxian said last night and Tang Youyou's words and actions just now, Nuolan suppressed her anger a little, but not much.

If the other party has already made a big move right in front of you, were they just pretending?
Either Tang Youyou has really lost her mind, or Zeng Xiaoxian really wants to go to Alashan to eat sand!

Previously, Nuolan believed that Zeng Xiaoxian wouldn't be so desperate, especially since Tang Youyou bowed down immediately before the dinner started because of the seat she recommended, and she couldn't tell at all that Zeng Xiaoxian was a rival in love.

But now, she thinks it's more likely that Zeng Xiaoxian has lost his mind and really wants to go to Alashan.

Just as the silence fell over the sink, with Nuolan and Wensheng lost in their own thoughts, Tang Youyou, who was trying to maintain her composure, felt a sudden unease.

Wait a minute, why is Nuolan's behavior different from what I expected? Shouldn't women who catch their husbands cheating in movies be furious and yell at the mistresses?

Now that Nolan is like this... did she actually believe what she said?
And then there was Teacher Wen's reaction just now. Sure enough, it's hard to cooperate without prior notice. But since things have come to this, there's a plan for cooperation, and if she doesn't cooperate, she has her own way of acting it out!

That's what happens when you're a professional!

In those few seconds, the minds of the people at the sink raced, each analyzing the situation and making their own judgments. "And then..." Tang Youyou gritted her teeth and said, "Then I'll have to compete with you for Teacher Wen!"

"Competition? Didn't you hear what Awen just said..."

"I know! I know everything!" Tang Youyou interrupted Nuolan again before she could finish speaking.

It's the same old trick, the first rule of Tang's acting: Don't give the right to speak to your opponent; the show is something you have to fight for!

And the next move...

"Twenty-four years ago, one winter, my mother came to Shanghai alone to make a living. However, as a country girl from out of town, she was not very knowledgeable and soon she was deceived by a man and became pregnant. At first, the man said sweet words, but soon his true colors were revealed. He only drank alcohol and played mahjong every day. My poor mother was pregnant and could only work as a nanny during the day and knit sweaters at night. She had to work two jobs a day to make a living."

"But that's not the worst part. The worst part is that the man ran off with all my mother's money while she was about to give birth!"

“My mother didn’t have money to be hospitalized to give birth. Even after I was born, there was no milk powder to feed her and the baby, which is me. But just when my mother was in despair, Teacher Wen, your father appeared. Your father is a very kind person. After learning about my mother’s situation, he not only paid for my mother to be hospitalized to give birth to me, but also raised funds to help my mother and me get through that darkest period.”

"It's a pity that your father was indifferent to fame and fortune and did not seek anything in return. After doing these good deeds, he disappeared."

"But your father didn't ask for anything in return, which doesn't mean that my mother and I would forget this kindness. After we returned to Sichuan, as soon as I was old enough to understand, my mother told me about these things and told me that when I grew up, I must find the benefactor to repay him or his descendants, even if it meant repaying him with my own body!"

"The reason I became an actor is that I hope that one day when I become a big star and appear on television, my benefactor will see me and know that it was his good deed that made me a big star on screen!"

"It's a shame I'm so useless. After so many years in the industry, I can only play minor roles and can't even survive five minutes in a movie! But even so, it can't stop me from wanting to repay my debt of gratitude, which is why I've come to Shanghai again!"

"Now, I have finally found you—the descendant of Wen'en Gong!"

The third rule of Tang's acting is to create a rich background for the story, preferably involving the grudges between two generations!
Tang Youyou, winner of the Best Performance Award at the Golden Hippo Awards, looked at Wen Sheng, who was in a daze, with deep emotion and tears in her eyes. She recounted the secrets of twenty-four years ago to the descendant of her benefactor in a heavy, reminiscent, and affectionate tone.

As she recounted the story with great emotion, the group seemed to vividly witness a pregnant woman raising her child in the dead of winter on the streets of Shanghai in the 1990s.

"Crash!"

Just then, the sound of flushing water broke the dead silence in the men's restroom.

A man limped out of the men's restroom, wiped his eyes, and said, "It's so touching! My legs are numb from squatting so long. Dude, if you miss out on a girl like this who knows how to repay kindness, you'll be cursed by the heavens!"

After saying that, he shook his head, rubbing his legs as he left, leaning against the wall... without even bothering to wash his hands.

Wen Sheng's lips twitched, and he suddenly felt as if he had a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat.

Hu Yifei, who was equally stunned, couldn't help but shake her head and sigh, "Your mother must have accidentally bought you fake milk powder with the money."

Seeing that Ms. Nuo also looked bewildered, Wen Sheng cleared his throat and said, "Youyou, you..."

"I know you think I only like you and want to marry you to repay your kindness, right, Teacher Wen?" Tang Youyou interrupted Wen Sheng, still trying to steal the spotlight.

She looked up and sniffed, as if trying to hold back the hot tears in the corners of her eyes.

When she looked down at Wen Sheng again, the look in her eyes softened with tenderness and joy, and she continued speaking:

"Actually, Ms. Wen, you're wrong. I already liked you the first time we met."

"Do you remember the first time we met? It was in the bar next door. I couldn't find my benefactor for a long time, and I had been fired from the film crew. I was extremely depressed at the time, but when I pushed open the door of the bar, I saw him right there."

"Can you understand how I felt at that moment? It was like a scene from an old comic book, where a girl is playing in the water on the beach, sees a sailor on a big ship at sea, and then turns to her companion and says, 'Hey, do you see that sailor? One day, I'm going to—marry him!'"

Tang's Acting Rule No. 10: The romantic relationship between the male and female leads should not be designed to be simplistic; there should be both grudges and fate.

"Teacher Wen, I know that the person you like now is your ex-wife, and I also know that you may not like me, or even care about me."

Tang Youyou frowned and clutched her chest, her loving gaze mixed with pain and loss.

"But it's okay, that's not what I care about. I'm already happy to see you every day. I just wanted to watch you like this, silently harboring my feelings for you. They say unrequited love is a grand pantomime, and once it's spoken, it becomes a tragedy. My acting career has been full of tragedies, and I didn't want my unrequited love to become a tragedy too. But that day..."

"That unexpected kiss threw me off balance and made me have some inappropriate thoughts, which led to what's happened now... But it's okay, I'm used to tragedies. But I have a small request, a small wish: when you find happiness with other women, could you please leave a little space in your heart to remember that there was a girl who always liked you silently? Just a little space, just a tiny bit, that's enough."

Tang's eleventh acting rule: Whether it's a protagonist or a villain, the audience always sympathizes more with the weaker party, especially in matters of the heart. A humble yet sincere unrequited love is more likely to evoke sympathy and even resonance from the audience.

……

The atmosphere inside the private room remained somewhat quiet.

"Why haven't they come back yet after so long?" Zhang Wei said, frowning.

"Of course, my plan worked." Lu Ziqiao raised his eyebrows smugly.

"But Yifei and Wensheng are here too, won't they start fighting?" Zeng Xiaoxian asked worriedly.

“Well…” Lu Ziqiao thought for a moment and said, “Then they must be trying to break up the fight.”

Equally worried, Guan Gu Shenqi retorted angrily, "How dare you say that? What kind of lousy plan is this? What has become of a perfectly good dinner party?"

"Hey, how can you blame me? Didn't you see how urgent the situation was?" Lu Ziqiao said unhappily, then he looked at Qin Yumo, "Yumo, tell me, was Auntie's action timely enough? Otherwise, you and Nuolan would probably be in the bathroom right now."

"Oh, you've misunderstood. Nuolan was apologizing to me just now and even asked for my beauty secrets!"

Qin Yumo sighed and explained that she was also very worried that something bad might have happened in the restroom.

"Nuolan apologized to you?" Lu Ziqiao was taken aback, then sneered, "You've got it backwards, haven't you?"

"But that's how it is. She saw I wasn't saying much and assumed Wen Sheng had upset me." Then Qin Yumo looked at Neo, "You can ask Neo if you don't believe me!"

Seeing everyone looking over, Neo nodded: "That's true."

Lu Ziqiao's smile vanished, and his expression immediately changed.

"If Nuolan wasn't forcing you to drink and was friendly, then it means Auntie's plan worked?" Lu Ziqiao muttered to himself after briefly reviewing the situation.

"She didn't force me to drink; she was the one apologizing and offering me a toast," Qin Yumo corrected.

"broken!"

Lu Ziqiao suddenly stood up and pushed the chair away.

"Ziqiao, where are you going?" Guan Gu Shenqi asked, startled.

"I have to stop my aunt before things get any worse!"

After leaving those words, Lü Ziqiao pushed open the door and left the private room.

(End of this chapter)