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Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing, this name was still fresh in Rong Xu’s memory.

The last time he noticed this name was because the other party had posted a sleeping photo of himself and caused a sensation within the fan circle. Because of that photo, Rong Xu came to believe that fan should be a member of the Black Clouds crew. Additionally, after that, the other party also posted one hundred more movie tickets for Black Clouds, causing Rong Xu to be even more certain: the other party is not an ordinary crew member.

The cost of one hundred movie tickets was still within 10,000 yuan.

However, this time, Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing directly donated 1 million!

It was absolutely impossible for someone who could donate one million without blinking to only have one million dollars. Only someone with tens of millions or even hundreds of millions in assets could donate one million so boldly. One must consider that even many big entrepreneurs who donated money wanted to be well-known and have this spread their reputation.

This low-key donation of one million, it was absolutely impossible for this individual to be an unknown person within the circle.

In that instance, several names appeared in Rong Xu’s heart. Judging from Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing’s past posts, the other party was unlikely to be a foreigner. After all, this fan spoke Chinese too fluently, even using popular Internet slang and ‘Jiu Mi’ (“Kiss, Kiss”)! How could they be a foreigner?

Then, are they one of Huaxia’s first-tier actresses or first-tier female singers?

Wen Xuan, Xia Muyan, Yan Lianqiu, Guan Ningqin…

All of them had guest appearances in Black Clouds, and so were able to take photos. They also had sufficient funds to donate.

However, this was all still a bit unrealistic.

“No matter how you look at it, they don’t seem like the type who would say…… “Jiu Mi” (“Kiss, Kiss”), that kind of person…”

The youth furrowed his brows slightly and muttered to himself in a low voice.

Soon, Luo Qian called Rong Xu to determine their next public relations measures. This charity event spontaneously organized by the fans was a good thing and had also gained the support and praise of netizens. That a fan was willing to donate one million was the personal kindness of the other party. Although it could potentially cause some trouble, on the other hand, it will help more even people in need.

In order to prevent small minded people from framing Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing as someone prepared by Rong Xu himself, Luo Zhentao decided to contact the fan privately in the name of the fan support club to send the other party a pennant thanking her for her support of the event. Then, he will post an announcement about this situation, categorizing it as a fan’s personal decision so that no one could slander Rong Xu with this incident.

This plan was well thought out, and Rong Xu immediately agreed. He was even willing to sign eleven “Lost Wings” CD singles, giving one directly to Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing, while the other ten were given for free to randomly selected fans among those who donated.

Without delay, Luo Qian immediately set out to contact Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing. She also contacted Rong Xu’s leader fans, having them pay close attention to and control the fans’ comments to prevent sunspots from leading the rhythm.

During this time, this Fair and Beautiful Local Tyrant’s Weibo fans had already exceeded 30,000!

Clicking on the Fair and Beautiful Local Tyrant’s Weibo, this Dada’s posts had no special features nor outgoing meng brief messages. On their Weibo, they solely confessed to Rong Xu for three meals a day. Their latest Weibo post was the Weibo crowdfunding message automatically forwarded by the system.

If there had been no sleeping photo or the million dollar donation, such an ordinary fan would definitely not have attracted anyone’s attention.

But now, the number of fans on this Weibo was increasing at a rate of one hundred per minute. There were constantly notifications of comments on Weibo, as well as notifications of reposts and likes. The phone was buzzing and vibrating non-stop. 

Looking at the fans’ jokingly remarking “hugging a big thigh” and “spectating gods at work”, said fan silently placed his phone upside down on the table, completely turning a blind eye.

En, nothing happened, nothing…… happened at all.

…… How could nothing happen!

Ten minutes later, probably feeling a little annoyed with the constant vibrations from his phone, Qin Cheng picked up his phone and turned off all the notifications on Weibo. However, just as he was about to power off his phone and play dead, a message suddenly came into view.

[QianQian’s Big Adventure: Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing, Hello, I am Rong Xu’s assistant, Luo Qian. Thank you very much for your support of the “Lost Wings” donation event. We will be sending your donation to the rural mountain regions as soon as possible. Please rest assured. At the same time, we have a few small gifts for you as a show of gratitude. Can you send me an address? [Smiley face]]^[1]

A trace of surprise flashed through the man’s dark eyes, and he did not immediately answer.

On the other side, Luo Qian saw that her message had already been read, but she didn’t receive a reply. She thought for a little while before sending a message to Rong Xu: [Xiao Xu, that Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing may not believe that I am your assistant, how about you send them a message to verify my identity? 】

One minute later——

[Rong Xu: Hello^[1], Qian Qian’s Big Adventure is my assistant ^_^ ]

Qin Cheng: “!!!”

Only after a while later did this fan give a reply ——

[Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: Hello.]

Originally, this message was just to verify Luo Qian’s identity. Suddenly seeing this message, Rong Xu was a bit stunned before the corner of his lips curled upwards. He replied: [Thank you for your donation, I’m very happy you like me [Heart][Heart][Heart]]

When this line was just typed, Rong Xu squinted his eyes and stared at the two words^[2] “hello”.

…… Based on what they saw on Weibo, this person should be his diehard fan, confessing to him everyday. But, why did it seem like when the real person spoke, they were somewhat cold?

This train of thought hadn’t let Rong Xu’s mind yet before he saw the person’s second reply.

[Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: En, no need for thanks.]

Rong Xu: “……”

Logically speaking, this shouldn’t be the attitude a diehard fan has, right?! ! !

The chat was unlikely to be continued, so Rong Xu casually found an excuse to end the conversation and let Luo Qian take over. Examining the cold and stiff dialogue between himself and this “Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing”, a sense of familiarity flashed through Rong Xu’s mind. However, before he could get a grasp on that familiar feeling, it suddenly disappeared.

This kind of dialogue exchange, where did he see it before? Where was it…

In the next room over, Rong Xu absolutely wouldn’t have known that this Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing was currently looking at his cell phone screen in agony. In view of the fact that this fan had always suffered from facial paralysis and rarely showed his inner emotions except during filming, his distressed response was to squeeze the phone tightly and input a large amount of words in chat box over and over again, but when it was sent, it had become —— 

“En, no need for thanks.”

Watching Rong Xu deliberately end the conversation with wide open eyes, Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing lifted his hands to cover his cheeks as he pursed his lips, not wanting to speak.

However, there are some things that can’t be solved by playing dead. Luo Qian pressed harder and continued to ask Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing for ‘her’ address. Even if Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing said that they didn’t need to be so polite, Luo Qian still didn’t give up. In the end, Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing looked at Luo Qian’s words, and then looked at his own crazily exploding Weibo fans. After hesitating for a bit, this fan made a phone call.

“En? What are you calling me at this time? But, perfect timing. Qin Cheng, the outfit you will be wearing to participate in the Golden Phoenix Award in two days time has arrived. This time’s formal wear was ordered from Company A. Take a trip to the company tomorrow and let’s try on the look. This time, “The Disciple” was nominated for a lot of awards, and you were also nominated for Best Male Lead. Although you had just won the Golden Phoenix Actor Award last year, there are several strong opponents this year. Though the possibility of winning is not very high, we still have to anticipate and prepare for it.”

Only after speaking a whole bunch did Xu Jin suddenly recall: “Oh, right. What are you calling me for?”

A low, magnetic male voice steadily passed into Xu Jin’s ears through the receiver: “Give me an address and phone number. I need something mailed over. I need an address and number that will not expose any of my information.”

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Hearing this, he was taken aback for a long time before Xu Jin said in bewilderment: “What are you sending, so mysterious?”

Qin Cheng said lightly: “Important documents.”

Xu Jin: “……Do you think I will believe that?”

“Fine, then give me your wife’s name and phone number.”

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Memory Refresh: “Xiao” (Name): using the word “xiao” (“Little”) before a name is a form of endearment to show a degree of closeness, compared to a simple acquaintance or a stranger.

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【How can this be? Wasn’t it still four hundred and nineteen million just then? The current upper limit goal is 5.2 million, and there was still 1.01 million needed. How did it suddenly end like this? Is there a bug in the crowdfunding system? ! 】

Because of fans’ enthusiasm, the boss fan in charge of the fundraising event had readjusted the upper limit of the donations from 1 million to 2 million, followed by 3 million, and 4 million. The current upper limit was 5.2 million.

Before the launching of this event, no one could have imagined that Rong Xu, who only had only 8 million Weibo followers, could actually raise more than one million in donations.

However, the reality was just this. For instance, while raising the first million, one tyrant fan directly donated 300,000. She posted the donation figure on her Weibo which attracted countless fans to spectate and take photos.

Although there are not many of these tyrant fans, as long as there is one, they could be equivalent to 10,000 ordinary fans!

Many passers-by collectively sighed: [Rong Xu has so many local tyrant fans……]

The crowdfunding project on Weibo didn’t show the specific details of each fan’s donation, only generally stating that “xxx has contributed their love to the xx charity project”. If the amount wasn’t stated by the person themselves, no one would know exactly how much someone donated.

This crowdfunding did indeed show a ranking list, but this ranking list wasn’t ranked according to how much money one donated. It was ranked in chronological order. The netizen at the very top gave the latest donation, while further down is the second-to-last donation, third-to-last donation…… in that order.

Thus, when the fans discovered that they had already collected 5.2 million in an instant, everyone thought it was a bug in Weibo. The boss fan quickly contacted the crowdfunding service officials and asked them to resolve this bug. But unexpectedly, after a round of thorough investigation, the official staff told the fan: [The data is normal and there is no bug.】

The boss fan immediately went to provide evidence, saying: [But, we have fans who can prove that in the last second, there was still 1.01 million left before the upper limit. However, in the next second, it suddenly capped at the upper limit of 5.2 million. This must be a bug, did it forget to count an extra 1 million for us?]

The official staff replied again coldly: [There is no bug. 】

No matter how the fans asked, the official staff only had one answer: There’s no bug.

Well, okay then, since you said there is no bug, does that mean they received a donation of 1.01 million in a flash? What a joke! Are you trying to say that someone directly donated more than one million?

Just when the fans decided to collectively go ask Weibo’s crowdfunding site for an official statement, the second-to-last girl who made a donation suddenly spoke out: [Huh? What happened? I remember that after my donation, the total amount was only 4,182,421. How did it suddenly become full? 】

At this moment, Rong Xu’s fans had even more solid evidence ——

[Weibo Crowdfunding, look, see? The other person already said that after she finished donating, there was still more than 1.01 million left^[1] Can you explain why there was a sudden addition of more than 1 million? This must be a bug! Quick, fix this bug!]

Perhaps some people were wondering why Rong Xu’s fans insisted on fixing the bug and refused to just increase the upper limit? The reason was, though the event was so lively it seemed that all passersby and netizens strongly supported them, Rong Xu’s fans knew that there must also be a bunch of sunspots hiding on the side, just waiting for them to make a mistake so that they could take the opportunity to smear Rong Xu.

How could this kind of bug appear! If they pretended to have found nothing wrong and didn’t ask to fix the bug, the sunspots would immediately say: [Rong fans are faking this! Clearly, there was only around four million, but with a bug, they got more than five million! They can even fake this, they must have mastered some kind of shady technology. Maybe even the more than four million was diluted with water^[2]! 】

Therefore, the bug must be fixed, and they must not let the sunspots catch a flaw.

The fans hurriedly tagged (@) “Weibo Crowdfunding”, leaving messages under the official account’s Weibo to ask them to fix the bug. This incident grew bigger and bigger, such that many other projects also currently engaged in crowdfunding had paused, worried that they would also encounter a bug. 

At this point, the crowdfunding officials finally couldn’t sit still and directly issued an announcement indicating that all given data was normal. There was really no bug. At the same time, customer service was also secretly arranged to search for a leader fan and, instead of arrogantly relying “there is no bug”, they politely and generously answered: [There truly was no bug that appeared. Your^[3] data is all normal.]

The boss fan immediately tossed out evidence: [Then you tell me, why did this fan say that after her donation, it was still more than one million short of the limit?】

The customer service representative was almost to the verge of crying without tears: [After her, wasn’t there still one more person?】

The boss fan asked in reply: [Correct, there is only one person, so how is it possible it reached the upper limit all at once? Don’t tell me that this person directly donated more than one million yuan】

The customer service representative replied aggrievedly: [……Is it not possible?]

Big fan: 【……】

And so, there was this scene.

The boss fan very tactfully posted an announcement about this matter on Rong Xu’s Fan Group Page. Previously, all the fans had been angrily asking Weibo Crowdfunding to fix the bug and not to play dead. But, after seeing this announcement, they all fell silent.

A minute later, the Weibo of this terrible tyrant was identified!

Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing, one person donated 1.01 million!

One person, 1.01 million!

 [One million……in my old hometown, I could buy a house _(:3」∠)_】

[I can buy two houses in my hometown! 】

[Holds myself shivering. Unexpectedly, there’s also a wealthy fair maiden who likes Rong Rong as much as I do. Who similarly mengs the ChengRong CP]

Very quickly, someone recalled one particular thing: [Yi? If I remember correctly, is this Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing the one who previously took a photo of Rong Rong’s sleeping face?]

As soon as this sentence was dropped, the fan circle once again boiled over!

Not only were they a wealthy fair maiden, but they also had a photo of Rong Rong’s sleeping face!

The number of Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing’s fans began increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Clearly, during the morning, the number of her fans had fallen to around 800 real fans and 2,000 Water Army fans. However, in just one hour, the number of total fans had exceeded 10,000 and was even rising rapidly!

By the time the said wealthy fair maiden on every fan’s mouth picked up their phone, it was already one in the afternoon.

Tens of thousands of messages prompted this brand new Apple cell phone to immediately crash, and it took a few minutes before it slowly returned to normal.

Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing opened their Weibo in bewilderment. When he found that countless fans were yelling in unison “DaDa, are you still lacking a leg pendant”, the said fan’s mouth twitched: “……”

Entering the bedroom with his cell phone, Qin Cheng carefully checked through Weibo again and finally understood the whole story. Meanwhile, in the room next to him, Rong Xu received a call from Luo Qian just as he returned to his bedroom and didn’t even have time to rest.

Luo Qian seldom called Rong Xu because her main task was to manage fans and take care of Rong Xu. As long as Rong Xu is on vacation, she basically wouldn’t contact Rong Xu at all. But right now, she actually made a phone call during his break.

Rong Xu quirked an eyebrow and answered the phone. He had just smiled and said, “Xiao Qian, what’s the matter?” before hearing on the other side of the phone Luo Qian gasping for breath and saying in a rush: “Xiao …… Xiao Xu! Just now, a fan directly donated one million to your charity event! Um, actually, more than 1.01 million to be precise! Now, the fan circle’s exploded, and it’s influence is huge. Presently, many passerby netizens and fans of other fan circles are discussing it. I’m worried that some will say this person was arranged by ourselves to gain hype. I’ve already contacted Brother Luo. Do you want to take a look and see if we need to pay attention to it?”

A pair of eyes widened slowly, and after a while, Rong Xu steadily asked: “Sis’ Xiao Qian, are you sure it’s one million and not one hundred dollars?”

Luo Qian froze for a second, and after a bit, she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry as she said: “How could I be mistaken about this sort of thing. Xiao Xu, I’ve even contacted the crowdfunding official staff, and they gave me a definite reply. It’s true, it’s true, it’s true, it’s true……your fans really donated one million to support your cause!”

Rong Xu: “……”

Shortly after, Rong Xu asked calmly: “What is she called?”

With so many things compacted together, Luo Qian’s brain was already spun dizzy, so she suddenly forgot the other party’s name for a brief period. She faltered for a duration before she said, as if waking from a dream: “She’s called Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing…… Yes! It’s Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing.”

His expression suddenly froze, his straight eyebrows furrowing slightly as the youth repeated the name. In the next moment, he opened his eyes wide and said in a low voice: “It’s her?!”

In the room next door, Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: “AHCHOO……”

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TL Corner: Ohhoho. So, it seems RX doesn’t know who Lotus seed paste and orange stuffing is yet. He has his suspicions, but he doesn’t have enough evidence.

Thanks, IzoRen for beta edits!

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It’s been 10 days since the release of “Lost Wings”, and its total cumulative number of sales had reached 1.19 million.

In this world’s Huaxia, copyright presence was quite strong. So, for the full ten days, although there’d been an outflow of more than 1 million CDs, there wasn’t a single MV for “Lost Wings” on the internet. It wasn’t until the officials took the initiative to make the MV public that this MV finally appeared before everyone. 

As said before, Yang Jiyao was a director who is very good at manipulating colors. As a female, she was more considerate of delicate touches and was better able to grasp the subtle differences between different color hues and saturations compared to male directors. This was her defining characteristic and strength.

The advertisements produced by Yang Jiyao were all rich and dense in color. Under her directing, any two strong colors that usually conflicted would always spark a beautiful image, giving off a fashionable atmosphere.   

This time, after the MV for “Lost Wings” was announced on the media website, it immediately attracted the eyes of countless fans.

As soon as the MV was opened, a field of mysterious lights would appear on screen. The blurred colors and complex sense of rotations made the whole city seem as if it was separated by a thin layer of frosted glass, making it appear beautiful and illusory, as if removed from reality.

It was under this fascinating light and shadow contrasting effect that a handsome young man slowly approached from a distance. He was wearing a red jacket. His legs were thin and straight, and his posture was straight. His slightly wavy hair was fixed to one side with an invisible clip to reveal a good half of his beautiful face. As he walked towards the camera step by step, the ‘da da’ sound of his footsteps was the only melody in the moment.

When he abruptly stops, the sound of faint breathing would come from the speakers. 

The camera would then change again to reveal the youth’s delicate and perfect right side. In the corner of his highly curved eye, the brilliant cinnabar color was similar to a flame, dazzling you. The starry sky seemed to be reflected in those clear and bright eyes, shimmering as he stared at you quietly. Then he…… slowly closed his eyes.

In that instance, a spark of flame blazes out from the edge of the cinnabar pattern at the corner of his eye!

BOOM!

A pair of flame wings gradually appeared on the left side of the screen, the colors magnificent and gorgeous and seemed to overshadow all the flames in the real world.

Then, everything returned to darkness.

And the opening for “Lost Wings” slowly rang out.

The main part of the MV told a story. Two playmates who grew up together supported each other and came to strive hard in the big city. They succeeded together, but one of them became enticed by the materialistic world.

Disagreements, conflicts, and quarrels bred, and then a cold war ensued.

One was drunk on luxury, while the other silently guarded their original aspirations.

However, ten years later, the former friend died unexpectedly, and suddenly, the picture shattered, returning everything to its purest time.

In the first half of the story, Rong Xu wore a red jacket, occasionally appearing in the middle of the story narrative. He didn’t have many shots, but in all the scenes where he appeared, every scene was exquisite and gorgeous. Whether it was the scene composition or the young man within the composition, they are both impeccable and could only be admired by others.

But after the picture suddenly shattered, he wore a clean white shirt and no longer sported that flamboyant appearance.

Human regrets, grievances, and extravagant desires were all purely displayed within this song.

After all the lyrics had been sung, the Rong Xu in the white shirt appeared from the right side of the screen, while the Rong Xu in the red jacket appeared from the left side. They walked towards each other, and then, at the midpoint, suddenly burst into flames and vanished.

In the center of the screen was a youth wearing a long, black outfit.

His eyes were tightly closed with his head hanging down, tightly embracing himself.

Behind him, a pair of flame wings lit up.

The sound of the music stopped abruptly, and the pair of wings also burned into thousands of sparks, disappearing from sight.

Here, the MV ended.

—

B City, a high-end apartment.

The noise in the kitchen was extremely loud, and Rong Xu was concentrating on cooking, so he didn’t hear the faint sounds of singing coming from the balcony. Of course, the sound was also deliberately lowered by the man, and with the space of the living room between them, it was impossible for the sound to reach Rong Xu’s ears.

The brilliant sunlight shone on half of the man’s handsome and profound face as he lowered his eyes to stare fixedly at his cell phone screen.

There were only two options on the phone screen: replay and exit. 

Qin Cheng stared at the completely dark screen. Only after a long time did he move. First, he exited the video. Next, he opened up Weibo and clicked open Rong Xu’s Weibo homepage, quickly locating the purchase link for “Lost Wings”. Then, without hesitation, he clicked to buy directly, and finally chose the quantity…

[520]  ^[1]

He looked at this number very seriously, and only after examining it for a while did the man contentedly press the purchase button and pay for it straightforwardly. After doing all this, he once again opened the video website from before, stared at the video calmly, and then silently pressed the “replay” button.

The MV returned to the beginning and started playing again.

When Qin Cheng saw the two actors, he was expressionless. However, when he saw the young man, his face still appeared paralyzed, but his fingers squeezed the phone tightly. Once the boy disappeared, he immediately switched to his expression that reflected a heart void of fluctuations.

In this manner, Qin Cheng watched the MV calmly, watching it again…… and again!

And again, and again!

…… Why must those two actors exist!

Not long afterwards, Qin Cheng exited the video and sent a text message to his agent: [Find someone to help me edit this video. Cut out all the scenes in “Lost Wings” that he’s not in, and then send it to me tonight.]

Xu Jin: […… My several million annual salary is earned by helping you do this kind of thing? 】

Qin Cheng: [Waiting for your email. 】

Xu Jin: [……] Damn, I can’t stand this kind of life anymore! ! !

After sending the text messages, Qin Cheng looked earnestly at the MV another two to three times. Soon, he received a notification that his CDs have been shipped. Seeing this notification, he was slightly stunned. He then clicked on Ali Ma Ma, selecting the CD purchase link, direct purchase, and in the purchase quantity option, he entered —

[1314] ^[1]

En, buy it again~

After that, Qin Cheng watched the MV three more times before reluctantly closing the video and putting down his phone.

Rong Xu turned off the noise coming from the range hood and went to place all the dishes onto the dining table. Before he could say anything, the man entered the kitchen very conscientiously to help him place the rice bowls. Upon seeing this, Rong Xu was stunned, and then he subsequently smiled, and said: “I thought you were resting in your room. You just returned to Huaxia. Don’t you need to fix jet lag and get some sleep?”

Qin Cheng raised his line of sight to look at Rong Xu. His eyes were deep as he calmly said: “It’s okay. It’s not very serious.”

The two sat at the dining table and began to eat.

Rong Xu made a very simple 2 dishes and 1 soup, directly using only the ingredients they had on hand. It couldn’t be considered perfect in color or flavor, but when ingested, the taste seemed to have improved, maybe…… it tastes better than before?

Rong Xu scooped himself a bowl of soup, still maintaining the good habit of not talking while eating. He didn’t speak, and Qin Cheng was also silently not speaking. Like this, the two of them ate in silence. The man’s gaze flicked across the youth’s face from time to time, wanting to speak. But, looking at Rong Xu’s face which sported an expression of not wanting to speak……

Qin Cheng: “……”

At this time, neither Qin Cheng nor Rong Xu noticed that the phone, which was muted and flipped upside down on the tatami, was shining continuously. Before, Qin Cheng was watching the MV with his other cell phone, so he never noticed that this cell phone was constantly flashing message notifications.

Since an hour ago, the Weibo account for “Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing” had received thousands of comments!

[Holy crap, Tyrant! Divinely rich! Front row, take a photo with this wealthy tyrant as a souvenir!]

[Local tyrant, are you still missing a leg pendant^[2]? The kind that’s graduated college with an English level 6 ~\(≧▽≦)/~]

[Terrifying! I saved a month’s rations to finally donate 600, but I didn’t expect this girly^[3] to directly donate 1.01 million……Huh, the girl is also part of the ChengRong party? Wow, I feel so close to this tyrant. We are all in the ChengRong Party 233333]

Correct,  just an hour ago, when many gals were going to donate, they suddenly realized: the donation event was already over!

TL Note: This Chapter was very difficult to translate D: The raws really, really liked implied subjects, indirect objects, and commas. I thus took creative liberties with defining the subjects, changing syntax to direct (vs. indirect), and adding some paragraph breaks to make it easier for reader consumption in English.

Thank You IzoRen for Beta edits for the last few chapters!

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Many of the fans who didn’t donate quickly enough posted comments on Weibo one by one, urging the event organizers to quickly raise the upper limit to 500,000.

Half an hour later! Met the goal again!

Following this, there was 1 million, then 2 million……

Within four hours, these fans actually raised more than 4.12 million in donations, and this value was still increasing!

In addition to the monetary donations, the organizer also provided an address, asking fans who wanted to donate items to directly send it to that location. She (the organizer) will work with other fans to personally deliver the items to rural mountain regions.

[This kind of positive-energy event is so much better than that whatever ‘Suppression’. That ‘Suppression’ is such a pollutant. Look at others, doing charity. So wonderful!]

The reactions of passer-bys are the most honest reactions. The actions of Rong Xu’s fans made them feel admiration. Saying something 10 thousand times is not as good as doing something 10 thousand times. The other is honestly and truly doing charity work and must be praised!

When Rong Xu’s fans saw that their family’s male god extoling them on Weibo, they immediately became even more energized. However, they didn’t realize that both of Rong Xu’s hands were freed up, posing with heart hands in front of his chest. So, …… who was taking pictures for him?

Wearing pajamas, he seemed to be at home, perhaps it’s his agent? !

After taking pictures and sending the Weibo post, the youth leaned back on the tatami mat and continued to scroll through his phone. Sunlight passed through the floor-to-ceiling windows and gently sprayed across his body. His semi-long hair covered half of his face and cheeks, and actually made him appear a few degrees gentler.

In the huge apartment, Rong Xu sat on the balcony and basked in the sun. After hanging up his coat, Qin Cheng also walked to the side of the balcony and sat down on the tatami mat, leaning against the back of the soft chair. His gaze was on the youth across from him.. 

“You donated all of the proceeds for “Lost Wings”?”

A low and elegant sounding male voice made Rong Xu raise his head. When he saw that this man was sitting directly in front of him, he froze briefly before following up with a smile and saying: “En, all donated out. This was the condition Sis Zhao requested of me. If I wanted to sing this song, then I must donate all the proceeds.”

Qin Cheng’s sharp and handsome brows furrowed together. His gaze lowered as he said lightly: “She’s a bit too much. There has been no such precedent within the circle.”

Hearing that, Rong Xu put the phone aside and replied to his side: “There must have been a first person to eat crabs in the past^[1]. This is quite good.”

Qin Cheng’s lips twitched. He watched the lightly smiling and calm youth in front of him. After a while, he let out a deep sigh and didn’t say anymore about it.

To anyone else, Rong Xu only experienced suffering in this event. However, Rong Xu himself didn’t have much concern in regards to this situation. Instead, he felt like he’d taken advantage of it.

Looking at Qin Cheng’s expression, Rong Xu subconsciously felt that Qin Cheng also thought he (Rong Xu) had suffered a loss and was feeling wronged for himself (RX). He smiled slightly and diverted the topic: “I thought you weren’t coming back till tomorrow, why did you come back so early?”

Qin Cheng said: “The award ceremony for the Golden Phoenix Awards is the day after tomorrow. Came back one day in advance to be prepared.”

Rong Xu nodded.

The Golden Phoenix Award is one of the world’s most prestigious film awards. Since Rong Xu’s debut, he had only acted in Black Clouds, this one single film, and it was a film that was newly released in April of this year. The films nominated for the Golden Phoenix Award are all films from the year prior. Thus, the cast for Black Clouds was not nominated, so Rong Xu naturally did not receive an invitation letter.

As if having seen through the youth’s thoughts, Qin Cheng’s thin lips hooked upwards and he said with a hidden smile: “Wanna go?”

Rong Xu was surprised: “How?”

The curve of his lips deepened a few degrees. The man’s eyes were deep and his appearance exuded a coldness that seemed to repel others and keep them from getting close^[2]. However, the smile that played on the corner of his lips could not be concealed.

Qin Cheng looked upwards slightly and said with a very serene tone: “You can walk the red carpet with me. Every invited celebrity can bring along a companion to walk down the red carpet with. There is no requirement for the companion to also have an invitation letter.”

Speaking up to here, seemingly afraid that the youth would misunderstand, Qin Cheng deliberately added another method: “Huaxia Entertainment has several admission spots, you can also grab one.”

Clear pupils slowly dilated and Rong Xu, wearing the simplest set of home clothes, stared widely at the man in front of him. His gaze stayed on Qin Cheng for a long time. It wasn’t until after a while that he retracted his sight, hiding his smile and saying: “No need. After two days, I’ll be heading to the crew of Maze City to film. It’s better for me to stay home and study the script.”

His smile suddenly froze and Qin Cheng sounded a soft “En.” On the surface, it still seemed normal, but when he spoke again, his tone sounded a little down.

The two chatted for a while longer, and the youth’s line of sight stayed steadily on the other party. Qin Cheng kept looking out the window, but his eyes secretly remained on Rong Xu. Whenever Rong Xu looked towards him, he would quickly shift his gaze. The fingers of his left hand lightly tapped the tatami, and his expression was indifferent, as if nothing had happened.

It wasn’t until Rong Xu got up to prepare lunch that Qin Cheng turned his sight around to face him: “What do you plan on making? Do you need help……” His voice came to an abrupt halt and Qin Cheng’s eyes slowly widened ——

He watched as the youth leaned forwards and reached his hands towards the side of his face!

Qin Cheng: “!!!”

Beautiful, white fingers skimmed across his cheeks and gently stroked the man’s hair a few times. Qin Cheng watched Rong Xu without making a peep as Rong Xu actually grinned and said: “I’ve actually been bothered by this really early on. For a while now, your hair had been sticking up like…… a little horn. You also don’t need to help. You just came back from the U.S. Have a good rest.”

Qin Cheng: “……oh.”

Rong Xu smiled and got up to leave the balcony, walking towards the kitchen.

The man still sat on the tatami. Only after a few minutes, did he gradually close his eyes. Simultaneously, the speed at which his fingers were tapping the table quickened and the tips of his ears turned a bit red. However, his face was still a mask of indifference, not showing any signs of mood fluctuations.

In the kitchen, Rong Xu did not start cooking immediately. Instead, he looked at his fingers and smiled imperceptibly.

The heated lunch hour had just begun.

Inside the apartment, one person was cooking quietly in the kitchen, while the other person sat on the tatami. Only after a long time did he unhurriedly stand up.

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[Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: Has both heart and love! Rong Rong is the best! He is the best! Baby wants to donate, too! [shy]]

After last time’s sleeping picture incident, this meng female fan^[3], though gaining a few thousand more fans, was only left with around two thousand fans after the passage of time. Subtracting the 2000 water armys, there was really only less than 800 fans following her^[3].

After posting this Weibo, that fan clicked open the fundraising page for the charity event organized by Rong Xu’s fans. He entered a number and confirmed payment. Afterwards, said fan immediately left the page, completely ignoring the sensation that his action had just caused, and opened another webpage——.  

Taking advantage of the heat of the charity event, Huaxia’s biggest music video website finally announced the officially published MV for “Lost Wings”!

The author has something to say:

Orange Qin: RongRong did you tease Baby again today, did you?!

RongRong [Spreads hands]: I never said it like that, Orange Baby ^_^ ~

Orange Qin: ?(? ??? w??? ?)?

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[“Lost Wings” has a total sales of 1.02 Million, but you actually want to donate all of it?!]

[Too powerful, I have previously seen singers collaborate and put on concerts and then donate all the proceeds. But, to donate the proceeds from a record……okay, silently give a like!]

[The eight day total sales of “Lost Wings” broke one million. In the end, it will definitely break 1.5 million. One CD is 28 (yuan). Even if the average cost of production is 10 yuan per disc, the profit per CD is 18… amazing! 】

With the winds of Black Cloud’s popularity, more and more fans also came to know the name Zhao Chuyun. Zhao Chuyun was Ling Xiao’s agent. She posted this Weibo, therefore it certainly wouldn’t be fake.

This meant that the proceeds of “Lost Wings” was truly going to be donated to the Rongyun Foundation.

Rong Xu’s fans did not expect that their family’s Rong Rong would make such a decision. However, no matter what he decided to do, Rong Xu definitely surpassed most other stars in regards to charity.

Many celebrities today would also establish so-called charity organizations, but most of them only act as spokespersons and encourage fans to donate. Some celebrities would be more honest and act as a role model, also donating a significant amount of money. Conversely, some celebrities would simply let fans do all the work and benefit by obtaining a good reputation.

Of course, in any case, just thinking about doing good deeds could already present them as a kind individual. What the entertainment industry had much of were those who didn’t do an ounce of philanthropy, only focusing on earning money to enjoy by themselves.There were even those who built a foundation on the surface, but privately funneled away all the funds in reality, making guilty money. 

However, among so many celebrities, there was really none who would directly donate all the proceeds of one million sales worth of singles without even leaving a penny!

[Rong Rong has such a big heart QAQ didn’t tell us anything about this, doing this kind of thing silently.]

[Aaaaahhhhhh, I really want to support Rong Rong. Yesterday our company coincidentally wanted to donate books to the Hope Project. I was originally going to just randomly donate just one thing, but now I decided to go though my bookshelf as soon as I get home. Will also look for clothes, I will also donate clothes! 】

[Wuli Rong really is a warm-hearted little angel. Actually, I can probably understand the reason for donating. The song “Lost Wings” is Ling Xiao’s and Ling Xiao has already passed away. Now that Rong Rong is singing his song, the only thing he can do for Ling Xiao is to support the charity he left behind. I began liking RongRong because of Vie for Supremacy. YaoYao was a very kind person. Now, RongRong is also this kind. I really like him! I like him more and more! ]

In these past few days, discussions about the ‘Suppression’ incident were everywhere on the Internet. Although the majority of people all viewed the situation in condemnation, this sort of negative happening also made many passer-by netizens increasingly disappointed in the entertainment industry. They felt the industry was filled with murky waters.

But now, with the “Lost Wings” donation event, many passer-bys began to appreciate it again.

It was impossible for any industry to be pure white, without any black spots. Indeed, the entertainment industry’s waters were deep, but, just as it had villains, it also had saints.

[Take a look at the current Weibo trending list. First place is the other’s “Lost Wings”, while second place is that something Deng Yiwen. Tsk,Tsk,Tsk, how does this Deng ‘Suppression’ have the nerve, being listed alongside the other’s philanthropy of donating to a foundation. Too shameful, ba.]

[I went to see Black Clouds with my girlfriend. I personally have no interest in this inspirational biographical movie, and I only watched it once. But now, I have decided to buy a copy of “Lost Wings” to support charity. I hope Rong Xu becomes even greater!]

Every little thing you do will be observed by other people.

This event made passers-by netizens cultivate a certain amount of affection for Rong Xu, and Rong Xu’s fans were extremely proud of him.

As for the fans of newcomers who have some degree of competition with Rong Xu, though they may also occasionally secretly blacken Rong Xu, even secretly messing around when Rong Xu made the trending list, this time, there was nothing they could do. Even in their own family’s  (celebrity’s) forum, they couldn’t help but sigh: [When will our family’s young master Steam Cook  ^[1] do charity, I would be the first to give support……]

After a while, the entire Web was discussing the “Lost Wings” donation situation.

Zhao Chuyun seized this opportunity and contacted several media sources to publicize the announcement again. As a result, the online sales of “Lost Wings” suddenly multiplied by 20% that day, while the offline sales also increased slightly.

When Rong Xu learned of the circumstances, he immediately reposted Zhao Chuyun’s Weibo and simultaneously sent the other a thank-you message.

Zhao Chuyun very quickly replied: [There’s no need to thank me. Rather, I should thank you. After Ling Xiao passed, Rongyun’s investors decreased year after year. This time, not only did RongYun obtain funding, but also attention.]

Looking at this polite text message, Rong Xu could almost picture Zhao Chuyun on the other end of the phone sporting the same expression as a public official. With the corners of his lips curved upwards, Rong Xu still replied: [Regardless, thank you, Sis Zhao.]

If Zhao Chuyun hadn’t wanted to make this matter public, Rong Xu also wouldn’t have been able to do anything about it. Of course, he could have also found an opportunity to make it known to the public, but it would’ve seemed deliberately done and not as well executed as Zhao Chuyun’s method.

Zhao Chuyun helped shape him into a warm-hearted, benevolent persona, and increased his favorability amongst passer-bys. She also allocated funds to help promote this matter to the public. To Rong Xu, who was still in the development period, this was definitely a huge assistance.

Although Zhao Chuyun doing this was also to benefit the RongYun Foundation, the benefits Rong Xu gained from this was much greater than he would have obtained from the lost monetary profits.

That evening, Rong Xu’s fans wrote a post in his fan forum calling on all fans to begin donating.

Some charity events didn’t require celebrities to organize them themselves. Instead, their fans would autonomously organize such events in the name of the celebrity in order to help promote their favorite idols. 

[Rong Rong donated all of the proceeds for “Lost Wings”, I also wanna donate!]

[Liking RongRong truly is a wonderful thing. Today, when I was eating, I told my dad that my idol donated at least 10 Million to charity organizations. My dad even praised me, and for the first time, he didn’t object to me chasing a celebrity. Count me in for the charity event. I won’t buy clothing this month. I will donate to charity!]

[I will also donate!]

[Me, too!  I am a student, so I may not have much money, but I can donate books to rural mountain schools!]

In just two short hours, the number of replies to this post exceeded 10,000. Countless number of fans stated that they will join the event and learn from Rong Xu, giving to charity. Wealthy fans decided to donate money, fans who lacked money donated their own clothing and books. There were also many fans who proactively expressed: [I am an accountant/lawyer/HR…… I can help contribute to the planning of this event!]

Luo Qian got in touch with this event’s moderator as soon as she could in order to plan out the charity event with them. She reported the situation to Rong Xu, and Rong Xu wrote a post on Weibo the next morning.

[Rong Xu: Thank you everyone for spreading love, heart hands~ [Image]]

The picture showed the youth sporting a bright and gentle smile and wearing simple, beige pajamas. He was casually sitting cross-legged on the tatami on his balcony, making a heart gesture towards the camera. The golden sunlight shone on his soft hair, which reflected a soft light. Those beautiful eyes curved up with his smile, and under the sunlight, it appeared as clear and clean as a lake. 

[Aaaaaaahhhhhhh, gives Rong Rong heart hands, heart hands, heart hands, heart hands!!!]

The fans became even more excited to participate in the charity event. The name #RongXu# was raised to third place on the trending search list. Second place was #LostWings1.02MIllion# and first place was a hot political issue.

As for Deng Yiwen, his suppression issue had long been forgotten by the netizens. It had only been two days since his unreliable announcement had been published, but his name had already disappeared directly from the trending search list. 

But, did the netizens truly forget all about him? Not at all.

As soon as someone mentioned this person, netizens immediately expressed: [Deng ‘Suppression’! Disgusting!]

However, the majority of people were just too lazy to care about him anymore. Their attention was mainly on the “Lost Wings” donation matter and the charity events carried out by Rong Xu’s fans that resulted. No one expected that Rong Xu’s fans actually accomplished what they said, directly raising 100,000 in cash via an online fundraising platform. Within ten minutes! All 100,000 completely raised! 

Thank you, IzoRen for Beta editing the past few chapters!

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Much profanity in this chapter

On the trending list, #DengYiwen Suppression# already reached third place.

More and more passers-by netizens found out about the situation. Initially, they were utterly surprised, not quite believing that celebrities were allowed to just randomly submit announcements to tout themselves. Later, once they understood the situation, they suddenly realized: [Right, our company also often cooperates with the media to directly publish news announcements. Then, celebrities could also do this! This Deng Yiwen is too shameless, stepping on others to hype himself. His actions are too low! ]

Throughout the night, Deng Yiwen’s public relations teams unceasingly contacted people, hoping to delete the Weibo posts and withdraw from the trending list. However, what was inconceivable to them was that only one Publicity Account accepted their money and agreed to delete their Weibo post. None of the other Publicity Account Companies even answered their phone calls. They didn’t even take a glance at the emails sent to them.

The duration of one day and night was enough time for the situation to ferment and spread. The most ironic thing was that just the day before yesterday, Deng Yiwen’s team had issued three to four articles on major portals, touting themselves. Now, those articles had turned into hard evidence against them, being used by Netizens to smack them in the face with ridicule and condemnation.

Deng Yiwen stayed in the company all night, thinking up countermeasures with his agent. Later, he even called some of his close friends within the circle in hopes that the other party would help speak up for him. However, when these friends who displayed a good relationship with him on usual days answered the phone, they all smiled and said: “Deng Yiwen, it wasn’t I who hurt you this time. Don’t look for me.” 

Deng Yiwen was suddenly thrown off.

He looked for another few close friends until, in the end, there was one friend who directly hung up on him, only replying in a text message: [You are quite an interesting person. So, when you had also previously stepped on me, I just pretended I didn’t know of it. But, now that you’re in trouble, Deng Yiwen, where did you find the face to come ask me for help? Last year, didn’t you publish four articles consecutively saying that my acting skills were not on par with yours? That my crying scenes were the same as howling, whereas yours were true flowing tears? Do you still want face!]

After this text message was sent, Deng Yiwen called them again, but the other party had already blocked him.

Deng Yiwen kicked the sofa irritably and scolded: “This idiot. He’s also previously published articles that undermined me in order to gain hype. Now, he dares draw a clear line in our relationship. Fuck, who does he think he is. He’s already washed up but still gives me attitude?!”

In reality, Deng Yiwen’s anger was through the roof, wishing he could tear apart all those small people who borrowed his wind to gain popularity. But, on the Internet, the netizens’ comments have already spread through the entire web, and they discussed crazily under Deng Yiwen’s Weibo.

[Even you have this day, Deng ‘Suppression’! People have their karmas. Two months ago, you suppressed my family’s bias, now you have received retribution. Peh]^[1]

[Roll out of the entertainment circle. Deng ‘Suppression’, you malicious tumor, roll roll roll roll!!!]

[Truly, whatever the celebrity is like is whatever the fans are like. Your mental fans actually can look straight at those articles and insist that you didn’t post them. They really take the media as charities that help you build hype for free?]

Very soon, there were Deng Yiwen’s fans who came out to retort——

[Fuck, are you blind? These articles/announcements are clearly published by the websites themselves, are you stupid, on what basis are you saying this was submitted by Ah Wen.]

[All of you bi*ches, daring to criticize Ah Wen, all of you ugly B—-$#$#%$#……]

[Dong Zheng just doesn’t have acting skills, Dong Zheng is just not as popular as Ah Wen. What is Ye Qiao worth, even a little, transparent second-tier dares to compete with Ah Wen. Then there’s Rong Xu. When Ah Wen became popular, he wasn’t even a fart. What did these news say wrong, they are all telling the truth! Roll out of the entertainment industry? You brainless fans are the ones who need to roll out of the entertainment industry!]

This scolding battle continued for a full day and night, and even Deng Yiwen didn’t expect his fans would act so desperately for himself.

His fans, for him, had declared war on all other netizens. They hardly slept and instead argued for 24 hours a day, making Deng Yiwen feel both moved and heartache.

“Ah Wen, your fans are all busybodies. What we need right now is to calm the circumstances down and handle things passively so that the situation can pass. But if they continue on like this, it will be very troublesome and things will never pass.”

It’s not like Deng Yiwen didn’t understand his agent’s words. He also felt that his fans had problems with their IQ’s. In this type of situation, why are you still engaging in fights with others? Shouldn’t they be playing dead and pretending that they didn’t know anything? Shouldn’t they be waiting for the spotlight to pass and then feign ignorance?

What kind of intellectually impaired fans are these? Truly is 1 fan to 10 sunspots.

Deng Yiwen was so angry and anxious. His head was so big^[2] and he couldn’t find a solution.

On the Internet, his reputation was growing worse. Originally, many passer-bys were already very dissatisfied with his press releases and announcements, but now his fans were so messy that they even ended up irritating these passer-bys, such that they also came to take hits at Deng Yiwen, asking him to roll out of the entertainment industry.

It wasn’t until the third day that Deng Yiwen and his team finally succumbed to desperation and released an official announcement/press release. 

The press release stated that letters from lawyers would be sent to those Publicity Accounts who slandered Deng Yiwen, asking them to delete their blogs and apologize. At the same time, it asked netizens to leave Deng Yiwen a fair path. He always filmed diligently. An honest person has nothing to hide. Future facts will prove everything, prove that he never released statements to suppress others.

The tone of the announcement seemed hard, but when it was released, netizens all reacted in the same way——

[Idiot.]

Deng Yiwen: “……”

Mother!!! What else do you want? Exactly who is the one hurting him this time, who is it!!!

Anyone would know that this kind of ‘lacking in principles’ issue would only damage Deng Yiwen’s reputation and diminish his popularity. But, it would be impossible to really drive him out of the entertainment industry.

However, it revealed the true face of this small person and allowed more investors and advertisers to see his true self to understand the reality that “Deng Yiwen has already been boycotted by the public”. Thus, netizens were satisfied. Moreover, it is assured that Deng Yiwen will not dare to publish another suppression announcement in the future.

[Relieved! Really relieved! I have been holding back for three years and can finally breathe a sigh of relief for my Da Qiao. Ye Qiao, you are the best!]

[[Hahahahaha, let you suppress, let you step on! You are more famous than Dong Zheng? You actually have the face to say that out loud!]

[Wuli Rong Rong’s acting skills aren’t as good as your? Popularity isn’t as high as yours? Isn’t as good looking at you? Why don’t you piss off and take a photo of yourself to see what you look like!]

The Suppression incident went on for a whole three days. During this period, whenever the interest in this situation was dying down, Deng Yiwen’s brainless fans would mysteriously jump out and wreak havoc inexplicably, once again igniting the netizens’ enthusiasm towards scolding Deng Yiwen. Now, with this announcement, things could be considered to be finally coming to an end.

#DengYiWen# this tag, was once again pushed into the number spot on the trending list. When you click into it, it’d show endless criticisms. 

From one perspective, at least this would also be considered a headline that allowed Deng Yiwen to accumulate some heat. However, this ‘number one in the trending list’ only lasted around an hour before it was bumped down by another tag.

[Zhao Chuyun: #LostWings1.02MIllion# Eight-day total sales of “Lost Wings” has exceeded 1 million! All proceeds generated from this single will be donated to RongYun Foundation. Thank You Rong Xu, Thank You Zhao Kun, Thank You Black Clouds crew. Without you, Ling Xiao’s dream would not have come true.] 

At four o’clock in the afternoon, #LostWings1.02MIllion# surpassed #DengYiWen# to become number one on the trending list.

The author has something to say: 

Orange Qin: Rong Rong is not better looking than you? Dream on ︵ (> ^ < ) ︵! 

Sis Fu (author): Can you please care about something other than the face!

Orange Qin: Then when will you let Rong Rong and I meet again? Baby wants Rong Rong to kiss kiss, hug hug, lift high, lift high!

Rong Rong: …… I want to change gongs…

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