Extra: Star and assistant 1

The stars were dim in the dark night sky, and the light from the distant lighthouse was the only illumination for this small pier.

All was quiet.

Apart from the “woosh” sound of waves hitting the small fishing boats, the only sound was the sad “ho ho” that came from the throat of the man lying on the ground covered in blood, like an old bellows that was about to break down and was working hard.

The flickering light of the lighthouse revealed the numb and cold faces of the dozen or so men in black surrounding the man. Among them was a young man wearing a long windbreaker, the sea breeze blowing through his messy hair and fluttering clothes. His handsome face, as if carved by a knife, did not show much expression, and his eyes were affectionate and helpless, looking past the man lying on the ground and onto the small boat that was rocking up and down in the waves.

After a while, he retracted his gaze and looked at the man again. His voice sounded particularly cold in the night that was as cold and humid as the sea water, “Old Eight, we have known each other for many years. We have been through life and death together and have a friendship that is worth life. Now, you treat me like this?” His speech was neither fast nor slow, and his voice was not loud, even a little low, but in this silent night, there was a kind of oppression that made people breathless.

The man, covered in blood, curled up weakly, his hands and feet still trembling slightly. The voice that came out of his throat seemed to be as hoarse as torn cloth, and he uttered it word by word with difficulty, “Old Fifth… I’m sorry. For the sake of our sharing of life and death, please let me go…”

The young man closed his eyes slightly, as if he was extremely tired. He sighed slightly, “If you knew this would happen, you should not have done it in the first place. If I let you go today, how can I gain a foothold in the gang in the future and how can I serve the people? Considering that we once lived and died together, I will take care of your old mother for you. I will tell her that you are enjoying your life abroad.”

The man lying on the ground closed his eyes in despair.

The young man turned around and someone immediately handed him a hat. He took it, put it on his head, and started to leave.

Another person came up and bowed and asked, “Fifth brother, what should we do?”

The young man glanced at him sideways, not too light or too heavy, but the coldness was enough to freeze a person. His voice was still unhurried, and he whispered, “Is this your first day with me? Do you need me to teach you what to do?”

The man shuddered all over, lowered his head immediately and retreated.

The young man pulled a cigar out of his coat pocket and held it between his fingers. The man who followed him immediately took out a lighter and approached, but he waved him away lightly.

There was a rustling sound and low curses coming from behind. After a while, there was a “thump” sound, like a heavy object falling into the water.

The young man lowered his head slightly, holding the cigar between his fingers but still not lighting it. His eyes were fixed on the dark night in the distance, with a sense of loneliness and determination.

With a “click” sound, like a spell, the gloomy and cold atmosphere was instantly broken. On one side, someone turned on the lights, and on the other side, someone shouted loudly to pull the actor who had just been pushed into the sea.

Lu Yan also turned around and tried to lend a hand. The person had been pulled up swiftly and then quickly wrapped in a thick blanket that had been prepared long ago.

It was late autumn, and although they were in the south, the temperature difference between day and night was already very large. He also dipped in such cold sea water, although not for long, but it was unbearable.

Just at this moment, the always attentive Song Hui handed over a cup of hot tea that he had prepared long ago. After Lu Yan took it, he passed it to the actor who had just come out of the sea. His own fingers were also a little cold from the sea breeze.

The actor took the hot tea, blew on it a little, and took a big sip. He felt more alive and smiled gratefully at Lu Yan, “Thank you, Brother Lu.”

Lu Yan smiled faintly and said, “Don’t be polite, these are all prepared by Song Hui.”

The actor smiled at Song Hui who was standing behind Lu Yan and said, “Thank you, Xiao Song.”

Song Hui waved his hands and made a thank you gesture.

At this time, the director also came over and said, “Okay, let’s stop shooting here tonight. Everyone go back and rest early.”

When everyone cheered and prepared to leave, he patted Lu Yan on the shoulder and said, “Lu Yan, you’ve worked hard. Thank you very much this time.”

Lu Yan smiled and said jokingly, “Why thank me? I still got paid.”

The director also laughed and said, “Don’t worry, you won’t lose a cent.”

The two were talking and laughing when Song Hui came over and whispered, “Brother Lu, that Young Master Wei is here again.”

Although Song Hui’s voice was low, it was not completely inaudible. Moreover, the director was standing relatively close to him. Hearing this, he felt awkward and embarrassed. “Lu Yan, I’m so sorry. This matter…”

Lu Yan smiled and stopped him from talking, “This is not your fault, you don’t need to apologize.”

The director still felt a little guilty, “If I hadn’t asked you to be a guest in this play, you wouldn’t have…”

Lu Yan patted his shoulder and consoled him, “This is not the first time I’ve encountered this kind of thing. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it.”

At this time, Lu Yan had just finished filming “Homeland”, and the focus of his work was to plan and prepare for the post-production and promotion of the play with the core members of the studio.

At first, he had no plans to take on new roles, and after reading several scripts, he had no particular interest in any. But a director who had once known him for a while was filming a period drama about the turbulent foreign concessions during the Republic of China period. Knowing that Lu Yan had no schedule recently, he invited him to play an important role.

Lu Yan read the script and found it quite interesting. Although it was an important role, the number of lines was not too large and the cameo appearance would only last for two weeks to half a month, so he agreed.

Originally, this incident was just a minor episode in Lu Yan’s acting career. When he had time, he didn’t mind playing cameo roles in some good movies. However, this minor episode created some discord.

The main investor of this movie was the Wei family of Huayi Group. Wei Zeyang, the youngest son of the Wei family, was sent abroad by the Wei family for some reasons in his early years. He just returned to China recently and learned that his company had invested in a movie. He went to the set to watch it on a whim. Wei Zeyang was born to love men rather than women. In his early years, he was sent abroad by his family because of this sexual orientation. It was said that he had cultivated himself a lot in the past two years, and his family had lifted the ban on him and let him return to China.

As a result, he fell in love with Lu Yan, who was making a guest appearance, at the first sight when he arrived at the set, and immediately launched a passionate pursuit offensive, which soon became known to everyone in the crew. However, this second-generation rich man had learned his lesson during the years of being exiled abroad by his family, and did not dare to use any tough means. In addition, Lu Yan’s current status and position in the entertainment industry was very high, and he could not force it. So he reported to the crew every day, pretending to be crazy, hoping that this would impress the heart of his beloved.

Wei Zeyang’s methods and thoughts were less than one-tenth of Su Jue’s. Anyone with a little experience would not be fooled, let alone in the entertainment industry where people are more cunning than others. Moreover, Lu Yan never fell for this.

But Wei Zeyang still had the Wei family behind him, and he didn’t do anything too excessive. He just gave various gifts and invitations every day. Lu Yan returned all the gifts, and those that couldn’t be returned, such as food, were all given to the crew members in person. As for invitations, just reject them directly.

Anyway, he only needed to stay in the crew for two more weeks. If he was not bothered by it anymore, they could just leave after the filming was finished. There was no need to make it too embarrassing. Therefore, Lu Yan’s attitude had always been neither cold nor indifferent, with a clear rejection, but not too harsh.

Who would have thought that this rich kid, not knowing whether he really didn’t understand or was just pretending to be stupid, became more and more courageous as he faced more and more setbacks. He took rejection as fun and became more and more attentive.

The crew had just changed the location for filming, and he followed right after.

After getting rid of Wei Zeyang and returning to the hotel, Lu Yan immediately rushed to the bathroom and took a hot shower. He felt his body, which had been soaking in the damp and cold air outside for a long time, immediately relax.

As Lu Yan was wiping his hair and walking out of the bathroom, he heard the bedside phone ring. It was the hotel room phone. Lu Yan walked over and answered it, feeling somewhat puzzled. Today was the day the crew had just moved to this location for filming, and it was his first day staying at this hotel. It didn’t make sense for someone to call him. But when he heard the sweet voice on the other end of the phone, he immediately understood.

“Sir, do you need any special services?”

Lu Yan was a little upset. He had heard before that some hotels would receive such harassing phone calls, and today he actually encountered one. Before the other party could continue speaking, he replied coldly, “No need.” and hung up the phone directly.

After he hung up the phone, he didn’t have time to turn around before the phone rang again. Lu Yan picked up the phone helplessly, still with that coquettish voice, “Sir, don’t be in a hurry to hang up the phone. My skills are very good and the price is very fair. I guarantee you will be satisfied.”

Lu Yan was about to refuse, but after thinking for a while, he said, “I don’t like women.” and hung up the phone again.

This time the phone didn’t ring again.

Lu Yan smiled slightly and praised himself for his cleverness.

But soon, he couldn’t laugh anymore, because ten minutes later, the phone rang again. This time it was a man’s voice, which was quite pleasant. “Sir, what type do you like? Delicate or strong? Number one or Number zero?…”

Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, Lu Yan hung up the phone in silence, and then silently unplugged the phone line.

It was finally quiet.

Half an hour later, when Lu Yan was about to turn off the lights and go to sleep, the doorbell rang.

Lu Yan jumped up in surprise. No way, he actually came directly to his house? Did these kinds of people nowadays have to be so dedicated?

Lu Yan tried to ignore it, but the other party was more patient than him and the doorbell continued to ring.

Lu Yan hesitated for ten seconds between calling 110 or the hotel customer service. In the end, he decided to get rid of the person himself first, and then consider these two options if it really didn’t work.

Lu Yan stood up and opened the door with a bit of anger, but was dumbfounded when he saw the person standing at the door. His anger instantly turned into tenderness, and his expression and movements softened.

Lu Yan propped his right elbow on the door frame, one foot standing, the other foot on tiptoe, body slightly tilted, posing a particularly unrestrained posture, and said frivolously, “Sir, what is the business of visiting me so late at night?”

The person at the door smiled when Lu Yan opened the door. When he heard his question, he whispered, “Sir, do you need an assistant?” The voice was still so soft and melodious, which was very touching.

Lu Yan deliberately tilted his head to think for a moment, then replied, “I already have an assistant who does everything very well. So tell me, what can you do?”

The man lowered his head and thought for a while. When he raised his head again, he blinked slightly, and his long eyelashes fluttered up and down like a pair of fluttering butterflies. He looked at Lu Yan with a smile in his eyes, and his plump lips moved slightly. The words he uttered were like a seductive goblin, “I can warm the bed. Please take me in. Please support me.”

Lu Yan’s breath was choked, and he felt as if he was gently touched by a furry, warm little paw, and the tingling sensation instantly spread throughout his body. He suppressed the urge to immediately overwhelm the person, took a deep breath, and whispered in a hoarse voice, “Then what are you waiting for?”

After he finished speaking, he pulled the person in and slammed the door shut.