ng Rin took a bite of her ice cream from her cup, staring at her co-actor and colleague Bai Caishen.
His brother...
She dazedly thought about Bai Yingtai.
They are so different.
She wondered if she should tell him about her appointnts with Bai Yingtai for her sleep problems. But...
"Rinrin, why are you together with Hou Tengqi?"
Chow y cut to the chase without wasting any ti. Her sharp eyes scrutinized her.
"It’s evident that his family doesn’t like you. Especially that mother. I hated her vibes. I must say she should also get into the acting line. Masking her dissatisfaction behind her harmless smile - seems like she is an expert."
She stiffened. "No, no, yy! Tengqi’s family likes . But you know about what happened with him...everybody is stressed..."
Dong Haoyu said after a mont, "I agree with yy. You...don’t look happy, Rinrin. You don’t look happy in this relationship. Even when he ca to visit you in Tianjin, you looked more terrified than pleasantly surprised."
Cold sweat broke on her forehead. "It wasn’t like that. With Director Wan’s death and all, it was just too stressful."
ng Rin tried her best to reassure her group but nobody was falling for her seemingly strong act.
Bai Caishen frowned and pinched her cheek. "You are my junior Rinrin. Who do you think gave you acting classes?"
"Hurtshhhh..." she said a little tearfully.
"Then tell what exactly happened last night. How did the entire situation occur in the first place?"
ng Rin’s heart dropped at that question. How could she reveal Hou Tengqi’s fury and violence? Chow y would try to eat the family alive if she learned it and she was worried about her.
Hou Tengqi didn’t co from an ordinary family that could be taken down. Hou Huan would never allow for that. She would instead deal with her friends and end every door of happiness for them. The thought alone gave her the shivers. There was no way ng Rin wanted to involve her friends in her problem and destroy their life and career.
yy has already gone through so much...
She shook her head. "There was just so misunderstanding between the stranger and Tengqi and th-things got heated..."
Chow y glanced at Dong Haoyu, who looked a little helpless himself. ng Rin wasn’t being honest.
"So you are saying that Mr. Hou really keeps you happy?"
"Yes!" She bead, her eyes sparkling.
Or at least, she tried to express that gleam with all her strength. Only she knew that her soul inside shivered.
Chow y’s equation with Bai Caishen was still at rocky terms so she coughed and excused herself with Dong Haoyu with whom she wanted to privately talk. It was exactly what Bai Caishen wanted too. A little privacy with ng Rin.
She felt his intent gaze as if he was figuring sothing out and every passing by quiet mont pricked her more and more.
"You were always so cheerful and bubbly whenever you asked to be your boyfriend."
She coughed. "That was just fooling around hehe~"
Bai Caishen stared at her. "I now wonder if it was really fooling around? Rinrin, tell honestly. Were you always asking out because...you didn’t want Hou Tengqi to ask you out?"
She froze.
"I keep thinking that if I had agreed to be your boyfriend, then you would be committed to . Sa from my side. So that would automatically close the door for Hou Tengqi to approach you, right? It wouldn’t look good for a man of his reputation and stature to chase after a committed woman. Did he lack won? No. I will go one step ahead and say that it would actually be humiliating for him."
ng Rin locked her hands together as anxiety swelled in her chest.
"So you wanted a boyfriend because you didn’t want Hou Tengqi to be your boyfriend. It’s for the sa reason you sotis had asked out Haoyu too, right? But he already liked Chow y.
Nobody took you seriously because you pretended not to be. But...since we all t him at Tianjin, I couldn’t help but feel if it wasn’t fooling around but your desperate attempts to escape from him."
"Haha, t-that’s too long of a jump in your assumptions, Caicai. Of course it wasn’t like that."
"Is it now really?" His eyes narrowed. "Because right now, you are not doing a very great job at acting."
She swallowed a nervous gulp.
"And I am even surer because I..." he cleared his throat, "know my brother. I was shocked to learn that he put Hou Tengqi in that state. I was shocked because my brother never starts any fight. He doesn’t like getting into trouble. But if the other person keeps pushing his buttons, then he doesn’t spare them either.
So once again I wondered. Did he really bang Hou Tengqi’s head only because he kicked the bed? Yes, that would make him very, very displeased for sure but not enough to make him land in an almost comatose state. Sothing more happened other than the violence towards the bed."
ng Rin shivered. She still rembered Bai Yingtai’s eyes filled with a cold glint of iciness.
"What other reason...could there be? H-He really seed possessive of the bed..."
"Rinrin."
His extrely serious expression made her sit straight.
"Did Hou Tengqi try to hit you?"
It was hard for her to gather her emotions but she was still quick to deny his claims. "No, no! What are you talking about? Tengqi would n-never even think of doing that...! He loves a lot," she nodded hard.
"But I never once heard from you that you love him a lot too."
It was like she forgot to breathe.
Bai Caishen took her hand in his and gently pressed it in between his large, firm and assuring hands.
"Rinrin," he looked straight in her eyes. "Break up with Hou Tengqi. That abuser should be in jail, not in a relationship with you. Or any woman for that matter. He and his whole family are toxic and we three have seen enough. You cannot fool us. Please. You are my dear friend and I won’t tolerate anybody hurting you."
She breathed hard. "I-It’s really not like-"
"My brother was able to save you this ti. But what about next ti? A crazy and possessive man like him could go to any lengths, including hurting you to keep you by his side. If you don’t take control of the situation right now, then it could be too late. Just get yourself out of this ssy family. And Chow y, Haoyu and I are there with you. You are not alone, okay?"
ng Rin’s eyes ached. Tears rolled down her cheeks before she knew it and she jumped into Bai Caishen’s hug. "...Mhm..."
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