After Hua Wuque returned to Yihua Palace smoothly, Palace Mistress Yao Yue was displeased that the martial arts convention did not invite Yihua Palace. She ordered Hua Wuque to go and contend for the position of alliance leader.
Meanwhile, Xiao Yu’er was also heading towards Huangshan. Along the way, he befriended Tie Xinlan, who was disguised as a man and played by Jiang Yushuang.
The two bickered and bantered, filling the journey to Huangshan with laughter.
In one episode, the characters and story framework were clearly presented.
Xiao Yu’er’s mischievousness and wit, Hua Wuque’s cold handsomeness and refined demeanor, Tie Xinlan’s courage to love and hate, E’tian’s outwardly fierce but inwardly kind nature…
Especially the character of Xiao Yu’er, his comedic talent was truly immense.
Whenever the audience saw him playing pranks on others, they would burst into uncontrollable laughter, their sides splitting.
Unbeknownst to them, they had forgotten that their initial reason for watching this drama was because of Jiang Ling.
Seeing the audience laughing so heartily, Jiang Ling silently thought, “Huang Jing’s dramas are characterized by extreme shifts between joy and sorrow. The more hilariously they laugh in the early stages, the more bitterly they will cry later!”
Back in Modu, Jiang Ling pushed the door open and found the house empty.
When she had performed the death scene of Hua Fei, Jiang Ling, fearing that An Qiuyan might play tricks behind her back, had sent Jian Zhou to Modu in advance to collect rent and asked him to find someone to clean her house.
A celebrity’s personal assistant practically lived and ate with the celebrity 24 hours a day.
Jiang Ling was attracted to Jian Zhou’s looks and had also reserved a room for him, asking him to wait for her there.
“Where did this guy go?”
Jiang Ling looked around but couldn’t find Jian Zhou, and a doubt began to form in her mind.
Damn it!
Could he have gone to find An Qiuyan, planning some wicked scheme to trap her?
Jiang Ling’s thought process was unconventional, and she misjudged Jian Zhou’s motives for getting close to her.
However, this time her guess was correct. Jian Zhou was indeed with An Qiuyan at this moment, but not in the way she imagined.
Although Jiang Ling liked Jian Zhou’s boyish face and wolf-like physique, her mind was exceptionally clear. She would never lose her composure for a man and become blinded by lust.
While waiting for Jian Zhou’s return, Jiang Ling took out a mini handheld detector she had bought earlier from her bag.
This detector was the latest in high technology and could accurately locate any device with camera or recording functions hidden in the room.
Celebrities were under the spotlight, drawing everyone’s attention, and their greatest fear was being secretly photographed.
When it came to guarding against paparazzi tracking and secret photography, Sister Sa’s professional capabilities were outstanding. Apart from that one accidental outing with Shen Mingjue and An Qiuyan, no one else could breach her defenses.
But as the old saying goes, it’s easier to dodge an open spear than a hidden arrow.
An Qiuyan’s arrangement for Jian Zhou to intentionally approach her was surely meant to expose her dark secrets.
For the past six months, she had been constantly vigilant, handling everything with utmost discretion, leaving no room for anyone to find fault with her. She figured An Qiuyan must be getting anxious.
If she couldn't find any dirt on her, she would create it herself.
In modern society, although it's said that men and women are equal, there's still inequality in terms of physicality.
Take online lending, for example. Women can get naked loans, but men cannot, because men don’t care.
Some even boldly claim that if men could get naked loans, they would bankrupt online lending companies in minutes.
Similarly, when male celebrities are secretly photographed, the audience would only comment on their good physique, and if they could show a bit more, it would be even better.
But if the same thing happened to a female celebrity, it would instantly lead to social ruin.
Wasn’t the “sex photo scandal” that caused a huge stir years ago a prime example of this?