After all, everyone only had one life. It was only normal for Jiujiu to reject him because she was afraid of death.
However, even though he knew that Jiujiu's reason was right, Gu Qingzhou still felt extremely upset.
The fact that Jiujiu and Gu Qingzhou arrived together did not attract much attention.
After all, Gu Qingzhou was a popular A-list celebrity while Jiujiu was just a staff member of the crew.
Due to the fact that Jiujiu and Gu Qingzhou arrived rather late, Director Li chased everyone away with the reason that they still had to film the next day.
Although Jiujiu had a lot of work to do in the crew and interacted with a lot of people, she was not a member of the entertainment industry. Secondly, she was just a newly established studio. Hence, apart from some male celebrities who had ulterior motives and would talk to Jiujiu, the rest of the crew did not bother to talk to her at all.
In fact, Jiujiu was only close to Director Li and Gu Qingzhou in the crew.
However, Director Li was now surrounded by many actors who wanted to befriend him. Gu Qingzhou was also surrounded by a group of people because of his high status. Jiujiu had no choice but to walk alone at the back of the line, looking particularly lonely.
Gu Qingzhou inadvertently turned around and saw Jiujiu's lonely and dejected expression. He immediately felt a little upset.
In the following scenes, because Jiujiu had already corrected most of her clothes and mannerisms, Director Li could sometimes see it himself. Therefore, Jiujiu's work became easier.
With Director Li's connections, Jiujiu took on two more jobs. Her studio had also expanded from five people to a large team of ten, and there were more than fifty staff members in charge of embroidery.
Jiujiu was eager to expand her studio. Hence, she discussed with Director Li and decided to leave Bai Xiao behind while she took charge of the studio.
On the first day that Jiujiu left, Gu Qingzhou suddenly felt a little insomnia. For some reason, he was reminded of Jiujiu's rejection that day. Jiujiu said that she was afraid of his fans and that she could not stand being scolded by others. She was afraid that she would choose to die because of the scolding. Hence, she would not accept him even if she liked him.
Because of Jiujiu's words, Gu Qingzhou took out his mobile phone and began searching. He then saw the few female celebrities who had been involved in scandals with him.
She casually clicked on the Weibo of a female celebrity who had once used her to create hype. Sure enough, there were a few familiar IDs under each Weibo post. The words of those IDs were also very similar. They were basically scolding that female celebrity for being shameless and using her to create hype.
Gu Qingzhou searched on Baidu and found that it had been two years since the female celebrity had tried to create a scandal with him.
Even if the female celebrity was in the wrong for trying to create hype with him, two years had already passed. Yet, his fans were still bombarding the female celebrity's Weibo. Hence, it was the fans' fault for doing so.
Just like what Jiujiu had said, his fans were all behind the female celebrities' Weibo accounts.
When Jiujiu first said those words, Gu Qingzhou did not have a deep impression of it. However, after reading the comments on the female celebrities' Weibo accounts, he could clearly feel the malice that his fans had towards the women who might be involved with him.
Just like what Jiujiu had said, those female celebrities were just trying to create hype with him. His fans had already been pressuring him and had been scolding him on Weibo for two years. If she were to get together with him, his fans would probably continue to scold him until the end of time. In fact, they might even do something worse.
Gu Qingzhou felt that he had already understood why Jiujiu had rejected him.
It was not because of him. It was because of his fans.
However, at the thought of this, Gu Qingzhou could not help but feel indignant.
He was an actor and his job was to act. However, he belonged to himself. Why should he lose a girl whom he fancied because of the actions of his fans?
Early the next morning, as soon as Jiujiu arrived at the office, the receptionist handed her a bouquet of roses.
While stuffing the flowers into Jiujiu's hands, the receptionist asked with a gossipy expression, "I counted 99 roses just now. Did your boyfriend give them to you?"
Jiujiu grabbed the flowers and opened the note that was attached to the bouquet. After seeing the apology written on the note, she knew that the flowers were from Gu Qingzhou.
Faced with her gossipy assistant's gaze, Jiujiu smiled and said that she had no idea. She then carried the bouquet into her office.
In the following days, Jiujiu did not go to the set and Gu Qingzhou did not come to look for her either. The two of them had a tacit understanding and thus remained silent.
On Jiujiu's birthday, their studio happened to accept another huge project. If they could complete the project, they would definitely receive a luxurious year-end bonus. Regardless of whether it was Jiujiu or Jiujiu's employees, it was something worth celebrating.
Since it happened to be her birthday today, Jiujiu decided to go along with her employees' wishes and brought them to a hotpot restaurant nearby. After eating and drinking to their fill, the receptionist suggested that they go for a karaoke session. Jiujiu thought about the fact that they had not gathered for a meal in the company for a long time. Hence, she nodded in agreement.
Due to the fact that the other private rooms in the karaoke session were already full, Jiujiu thought that there were more than ten of them. Hence, she discussed with the receptionist and asked for the largest presidential room.
Jiujiu instructed the employees to head to the private room for a karaoke session while she stayed behind to order food.
After calculating the number of people in the room, Jiujiu ordered two bottles of beer and two bottles of champagne. Lastly, she ordered some fruit juice, snacks, and fruit platters that girls liked. She then followed the waiter into the private room.
When she was outside the private room, Jiujiu already felt that something was amiss. When she entered the private room, the first thing she saw was Gu Qingzhou, who was standing right in the middle of the room, instead of the employees.
She had not seen Gu Qingzhou for several months and he had lost a lot of weight. His originally plump cheeks had also become a little dry and flat. Although the lighting in the room was very dim, Jiujiu could still see the dark circles under his eyes.
Jiujiu stood at the door while Gu Qingzhou stood right in the middle of the room. The two of them watched from afar until Jiujiu turned around and walked out.
"Ziyou, don't go. I have something to say."
Gu Qingzhou quickly caught up with Jiujiu and grabbed Jiujiu's arm. Staring at the back of Jiujiu's head, he said, "I have something to say."
"I thought I'd already made myself very clear the last time." Jiujiu did not turn around and instead said, "You're very good, but there's a limit to my tolerance. I'm the one who's not good enough for you."
"You're not the one who's not good enough for me. I'm the one who's not good enough for you." Gu Qingzhou held onto Jiujiu's shoulder and slowly turned Jiujiu around. He looked down at Jiujiu's eyes and said, "It's all my fault. I didn't manage my fans well and caused them to end up like this. I know that if I were to say that I like you and that it has nothing to do with my fans, it would be very hypocritical of me. So, I'd like to say that I like you and I'll protect you. No matter what happens, I'll stand in front of you and protect you, even if the people who hurt you are my fans.
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation
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