The Film Emperor Asks For Divorce Every Day 影帝每天都想离婚[穿书] Ch. 38

Translated by Neirith

Zhou Sihui: … You’re thinking too much. I never had any plans for you at all. Also, battle? You might as well present your head!

“I see. You go rest, you’ll be filming in the morning tomorrow.” Zhou Sihui urged.

“Yeah, I’m going back now, bye.”

“Bye.”

When Zhou Sihui saw him leave, he closed the door and thought to himself that he was childish as always.

Ling Qing, having sent Zhong Huan away, only then realized that Yu Chen had sent him multiple messages.

When he looked at the time, he noticed that they were sent not long after Zhong Huan had visited him.

He hurriedly replied: [I was just discussing the script with one of my fellow actors and didn’t see my phone until now.]

Yu Chen had been preparing to sleep when he heard the notification and glanced at it to see it was from Ling Qing.

Yet, before he had time to be glad, he became irritable when he noticed the content.

Yu Chen: [Just what time is it? It’s the middle of the night and you’re still discussing the script with other people? Is the script that extraordinary?]

Ling Qing laughed and called him.

“Why are you being so jealous?”

Yu Chen gave him a cold and dignified, “Hmph.”

“It was a man.” Ling Qing explained.

“Don’t you like men?” Yu Chen asked in response.

That was true.

“That seems to be the case.” He said deliberately, “And he was pretty good looking, and also younger than you.”

Yu Chen: …

Not having expected him to reply this way, he retorted angrily, “Then you can go be with him.”

Ling Qing laughed, “Are you mad?”

“Should I be?”

“I don’t think so, after all, you don’t like me and I don’t like you. Since we’re a fake couple we’re not like ordinary couples.”

Yu Chen: …

Yu Chen felt he should hang up.

Hearing that he’d stopped responding, Ling Qing laughed and said, “Isn’t that right?”

Once he finished saying this, he heard a “beep” from the phone as the other person hung up.

Ling Qing immediately burst into laughter. 

He loved teasing Yu Chen and never got tired of it. Even though he knew the other was thin-skinned and would needed to be coaxed afterwards, he couldn’t help himself.

Ling Qing called him again, but before Yu Chen had time to answer, he switched it to a video chat. 

Seeing his invite, Yu Chen coldly ignored it.

Seeing that the call had been automatically rejected, Ling Qing thought to himself for a few moments before he sent over a few emotes.

Ling Qing: [I was wrong.jpg]

Ling Qing: [Giving you a big smooch.jpg]

Ling Qing: [Hug.jpg]

Ling Qing: [Come, be happy.jpg]

Yu Chen looked at them but didn’t reply.

Ling Qing initiated a video chat again.

Yu Chen still didn’t pick up. 

Ling Qing couldn’t handle it anymore and decided to bend in order to win the war.

After a while, Yu Chen heard a knock on his bedroom door. “Young Master, it’s me.”

“What’s the matter?” Yu Chen asked.

Steward Wang pushed open the door and entered, handing his phone to Yu Chen. “The Madam wants to talk to you.”

Yu Chen: …

How could he go through Steward Wang!

Steward Wang looked at him with eyes full of clear disapproval. “The most important thing between a married couple is communication. Giving the silent treatment is still a type of abuse.”

“Yeah.” Ling Qing shouted over the phone. “Domestic abuse is illegal. Emotional abuse is still a kind of abuse.”

“Thus, Young Master, don’t let your emotions overtake you. Communicate properly with the Madam.” Steward Wang firmly instructed.

“That’s right, families that don’t communicate are the most prone to having problems.” Ling Qing echoed. 

Yu Chen: …

Yu Chen felt he was being wronged. “I’m emotionally abusive? If I’m emotionally abusive, he’s physically abusive!”

Steward Wang refused to believe him. “Young Master, we all know the Madam could never beat you.”

Ling Qing: ???

What do you guys all know??? Why don’t I know?!

Steward Wang, “Well, I’ll stop bothering you.”

“Good night, Uncle Wang. Before you leave, can you make sure Xiao Yu picks up my call?”

After saying this, Ling Qing hung up and called Yu Chen once more.

Yu Chen: …

Steward Wang gave him a burning look. “Young Master, you just promised.”

Yu Chen: … Just now, I said nothing!

Yu Chen had no choice but to answer. “Alright Uncle Wang, you go to bed. If you think the air quality here isn’t good and it might affect your rest, you can go to the townhouse for a few days. I have a friend who is about to open one. For you, it’ll be free since there aren’t many visitors these days. Yes, it’s quite suitable.”

“Many thanks Young Master. My current health is impeccable and the quality of my sleep is superb, so I don’t think I need to go for now. But you and your wife might want to find the time to visit.” Having said this, Steward Wang left with a smile.

And thus, Yu Chen was left alone to face Ling Qing, who was very happily smiling at the camera. 

“What are you smiling about? What’s so funny, huh?”

“I think Steward Wang is right. Later, we can go out to play.”

Yu Chen snorted, “Us? What about us? We’re just a fake couple, so there’s no point in going. You might as well stay and discuss the script more with your fellow actors.”

“Why are you still mad?” Ling Qing had no other choice but to coax him, “I’m just teasing you, I don’t want to be with him.”

“Is that right? But isn’t he good looking and younger than me? What a good match for you.”

“Nonsense, how could I be a good match for him? It’s better for him to match with Peppa Pig and for me to match with you.”

Yu Chen gave a cold snort.

“Don’t snort, you’re not really Peppa Pig.”

Yu Chen: …

Ling Qing noticed he was about to be upset again and quickly remedied, “I missed you today. Really, if it wasn’t that he suddenly showed up to practice with me, I would have chatted with you.”

“Is that so? I don’t believe it.”

“It’s true,” Ling Qing sighed, “I miss you like the river flows, unending, like the Yellow River, overflowing uncontrollably.”

“So fake.”

“Really! These are my true thoughts, mirrored by the sun and the moon, let them bear witness!”

Yu Chen laughed aloud and got out of bed to open the window. He looked out and also let him look.

“Do you see this? The moon heard your words and was scared away. He was afraid to give a false testimony.”

“Then wait for the sun to come out tomorrow. You’ll know what I said is true.”

“Then you might as well ask the sun to rise from the west.”

“Just you wait, I’ll get up in the morning and show you.” 

Yu Chen chortled, “You think you’re so great, don’t you? Waking up early to let me take a look, do you think you’re the sun’s son?”

“Yeah, there’s nothing to be done about it. Who told me to be so nice to you? You want to see the sun rise from the west so this is the only way.” Ling Qing smiled.

Yu Chen remained silent, and eventually, a smile appeared in his eyes.

“Not mad anymore?” Ling Qing asked.

“Don’t talk like that anymore.” Yu Chen walked over to the bed without looking at the camera. “I don’t like it.”

When he heard this, Ling Qing blinked before understanding the reason Yu Chen had suddenly hung up.

He certainly knew that Yu Chen had already been tempted by him, but he didn’t expect the other person to dislike jokes about “being with other people.”

He didn’t try to hide his feelings at all. Although he’d never said the words “I like you,” his sentiments were certainly clear through other actions. 

Like a fish beneath the waves, even if you shined a light on it, you’d be able to see its silhouette. 

“Sure.” Ling Qing answered. “I won’t say those things anymore. It was my fault this time, I won’t do it anymore.”

Having received his assurance, Yu Chen released his worries.

“I’ll go visit you sometime.”

“When?” Ling Qing asked.

“When do you want me to go?”

When Ling Qing was willing to coax people, it was true coaxing. And now, he considered the words that had unintentionally caused Yu Chen to become uneasy.

Therefore, he replied enthusiastically, “Of course, the sooner the better. As I said before, I miss you so much~”

Yu Chen couldn’t help but laugh, “Then, I’ll visit as soon as possible.”

“Oh, then I’ll be waiting~” Ling Qing made a heart with his hands.

Watching this, Yu Chen didn’t want to hang up.

After chatting for a while, Ling Qing began to feel tired, so Yu Chen reluctantly hung up.

The next morning, Yu Chen had just sat down and was about to eat breakfast when he received a video chat from Ling Qing. 

He picked up to see Ling Qing smiling at him. “Good morning, I will now demonstrate the sun rising from the west.”

Yu Chen raised an eyebrow. “Let’s see.”

Ling Qing placed the phone down to show a laptop nearby. On it, there was a reversed image showing the sun rising from the east. When viewed from the phone, it appeared to rise from the west.”

“See, I’m not lying.” Ling Qing turned the camera back towards him.

Yu Chen was amused by his ploy. “How did you think of this?”

“Of course, I just have to exercise my little head~”

“Then you really did too much exercise.”

“But if I didn’t, how could I catch you? What about you, Xiao Yu?”

Yu Chen laughed and asked, “You woke up this early?”

“Yeah, are you eating right now? I should go get something to eat too, I’ll be filming soon.”

“Yeah, eat a little more.”

“Then I’m hanging up.”

“Wait.”

Ling Qing was confused, “Is there something else?”

Yu Chen looked at him and remained silent for a while before he asked, “Is everything alright? Nobody’s bullying you?”

Ling Qing immediately laughed. “Of course not, who could bully me?”

“That’s good.”

“Don’t worry, if something comes up I’ll contact you.”

“Okay.”

After Yu Chen responded, Ling Qing hung up. 

He and Xiao Liu at breakfast at the hotel before going to the dressing room for make up. 

Shortly after, Zhong Huan also arrived.

Ling Qing glanced at him through the mirror and noticed that he didn’t avoid his gaze this time, but instead, looked at Ling Qing angrily. This made Ling Qing feel amused.

The first scene of the day was to be filmed between the two of them. Because the two of them had rehearsed last night and Ling Qing had guided Zhong Huan’s actions, the scene was passed in one shot. This was considered a good start for the day.

It was just that the good start stopped abruptly after the scene with Qin Yanyu.

The scene involved Qin Yanyu and Ling Qing, in which the misunderstanding between Zhao Anning and He Chaoyang was resolved and the two were back in love.

Except, Qing Yanyu didn’t like Ling Qing, so showing love towards him was something she rejected from her heart. Because of this, working hard at acting, her emotions were very weak.

This wouldn’t have mattered, except that Ling Qing was in a good state and fully displayed the joy and love between the reconciliated lovers. Just by looking through his eyes, his love for Zhao Anning could be seen.

As a result, Qin Yanyu’s performance that could originally have scored a 6, became a fail.

The director called “cut” twice. Seeing that their emotions were not in tune, he had Qin Yanyu watch a play back. “Look at Ling Qing’s expressions, his eyes. He acts like he’s in love, but when you look at him again, don’t you feel that you don’t love him very much?”

He instructed Qin Yanyu, “Just pretend that Ling Qing is the person you like and try again.”

Qin Yanyu incredulously watched the recording and could hardly accept this. 

Once was fine, but why was it that every time, Ling Qing’s performance was more natural and convincing than hers?

He had obviously never filmed before!

What’s going on?

She looked at Ling Qing in confusion. Ling Qing returned a smile and said warmly, “Do you want to try again?”

The scene definitely needed to be taken again. Not only was the director dissatisfied, but Qin Yanyu herself was dissatisfied. 

Additionally, Ling Qing also wanted a retake. After all, this was his first work, and he hoped that the completed product would be good.

The two resumed filming, and Qin Yanyu remained by herself for a period of ten minutes before the shot. It was only then that she was in the mood to film with Ling Qing.

The director called “action.”

Qin Yanyu looked up at him with affection. Ling Qing looked down in response, and the gentleness in his eyes seemed to overflow.

Zhong Huan observed them from a distance, peering at them with his arms folded. He felt that this development was beyond his expectations.

“It’s so strange. My acting skills aren’t as good as his, and Qin Yanyu’s acting skills aren’t as good as his. He’s a newcomer, but he’s become the best actor among us. If I didn’t know better, I would think that we were the newcomers.”

Hearing his words, Zhou Sihui glanced at him and said, “This is nothing out of the ordinary. There have been geniuses throughout the generations who have paved the way for centuries. There are some newcomers who are only considered newcomers because they haven’t formed any methods yet. Relatively speaking, this is only natural.”

“Maybe.” Zhong Huan said, “But that’s not all, he obviously did a lot of homework in order to be here.”

“Geniuses aren’t scary, but motivated geniuses are really scary.”

Zhou Sihui didn’t think that he would give Ling Qing such a generous evaluation and was surprised. “What happened yesterday? Did you turn into a fan overnight?”

“Fan???”

Zhong Huan felt his agent was thinking too much. “I’m just a reformed hater, okay?”

“Then why are you a reformed hater?”

Zhong Huan: …

Zhong Huan didn’t want to say.

He didn’t want to admit it!

He turned and walked away, avoiding the question, “I’m so hungry, I’m gonna find something to eat.”

As he said this, he raised his head and collided with someone. 

The man before him was tall and long-legged, with a distinguished air and an expressionless face. His facial features were exceptionally refined, and he looked like a red plum covered in snow. Cold and indifferent, yet pleasing to the eye. He made people want to approach, although they didn’t dare.

How could there be such a handsome guy in the crew?

Who does he play?

Was it that sickly yet beautiful villain?

As he observed him, he saw that the other person noticed. His phoenix eyes raised as if he were displeased.

Zhong Huan suddenly smiled but didn’t speak, and went around him.

Looks like it should be someone’s partner. Maybe a producer or an investor?

Try as he might, Zhong Huan couldn’t make any guesses and looked back at Ling Qing.

Ling Qing was still in the process of filming with Qin Yanyu. Just as Qin Yanyu was about to embrace him, he found that Qin Yanyu’s eyes really held a hint of surprise and anticipation. 

Nonetheless, in the next moment, she did something unexpected. She turned to the director and said, “I’m sorry, I need to take a break. Let’s film this scene in a bit.”

Ling Qing: …

Ling Qing felt that it might be necessary for Morning Rise to start looking for a new actress.

At the very least, they couldn’t have Qin Yanyu as their only paramount. If she was like this, then there would only be a ceiling.

As he was ruminating, he discovered that the anticipation in Qin Yanyu’s eyes had yet to fade.

‘That was strange’, Ling Qing thought. Filming had ceased, so what was she so excited about?

He followed Qin Yanyu’s gaze, and when he turned, he saw Yu Chen standing not far away.

‘No wonder’, Ling Qing thought. Can you not be so excited when you see your sweetheart?

It was already hard for her to be excited, and just now, there was also a touch of surprise in her eyes. Turned out to be this case.

This explained why Qin Yanyu suddenly asked for a break.

Who wants to hug another person in front of the one they like?

Ling Qing glanced at Qin Yanyu calmly. Looks like she really likes Yu Chen. He didn’t say anything and wordlessly left the set to walk towards Yu Chen.

Qin Yanyu approached Yu Chen first and went to his side with a smile, “Mr. Yu, why are you here?”

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The author has something to say: 

Ling Qing: Come, Xiao Yu. Let me see how you reply.

Xiao Yu: … I feel like I’m being tested every day!

[Small Theater]

Steward Wang: Young Master, the Madam has already been gone for two days.

Yu Chen: Then, Uncle Wang, don’t you think you should take two days of vacation?

Steward Wang: Young Master, your lines are wrong.

Yu Chen: … You just need to answer my question.

Steward Wang: Don’t worry Young Master, I love my job. Until this household no longer needs me, I’ll never take a vacation!

Yu Chen: …Duck*, that’s not necessary. ^{*yeah he said duck instead of fuck}

Steward Wang: After all, you’re not the one who has the final say in this household. The Madam said I’m doing well and wishes for me to turn up the heat at home.

Yu Chen: …

Yu Chen remained silent for the rest of the day.

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