Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 267 - 268 I Am Getting Married (Fake)

Chapter 267: Chapter 268 I Am Getting Married (Fake)

"He Jinxia’s romance" didn’t ferment as long as Gu Runfei and Luo Sifang’s incident; her team handled it swiftly, releasing a statement by one o’clock in the afternoon, clarifying that she and Luo Dingxin were just friends and had no feelings beyond that.

Not long after, Luo Dingxin also released a statement, which was much the same as He Jinxia’s, clarifying the nature of their relationship.

Although the team had already put out a statement, netizens were still gleefully shipping them, and a group of ’CP fans’ even gathered secretly.

The ’Zhang You X He Jinxia’ CP had the most fans, all because Zhang You, unfortunately, liked that Weibo post!

Even though the like was removed after an hour, that one hour was enough to pique many fans’ curiosity, not to mention that there was no peep from Zhang You’s side, and no news was good news.

Usually, if a celebrity likes a certain topic that causes a big stir, they would soon release an explanation, either stating it was an accidental slip of the hand or it was liked by someone from their staff, etc.

Zhang You didn’t issue any statement this time, which gave off an impression of tacit approval, causing his fans to let their imaginations run wild—could their idol really like He Jinxia?

So Zhang You’s fans started arguing among themselves first, adding more heat to the topic.

Love gossip is always a topic that the public loves to discuss, and He Jinxia’s unfounded romance trending was unexpected yet perfectly logical.

After releasing the clarification statement, He Jinxia finally had the courage to open the WeChat message sent by Sheng Yan.

Why did she feel guilty when she clearly hadn’t done anything?

She didn’t know how other celebrities felt about seeing their rumors online, but He Jinxia found it absurd and laughable. If she hadn’t been sure she’d never done those things, she would have almost believed the content written by marketing accounts.

It was odd; she couldn’t help feeling a bit sorry for Sheng Yan -_-||

She didn’t like scandals, but as a public figure, she almost had no private space, and everything had to be discussed in public.

If you’re not prepared to dedicate yourself to entertaining the public, then it’s better to quit this industry early—this was a piece of advice Luo You had given her when he first took her on.

He Jinxia took that advice to heart.

Opening WeChat, the last message Sheng Yan had sent was—

Sheng Yan: "Should I just hide you away where no one can see you?"

He Jinxia’s eyelid twitched, and she quickly sent back an emoticon—

He Jinxia: [Master, calm down.jpg]

Sheng Yan replied quickly: "Not avoiding me anymore?"

He Jinxia swallowed and felt a little panic but soon got a hold of herself. She scolded herself for her lack of backbone and pretended not to notice the full measure of resentment in Sheng Yan’s words.

He Jinxia: "No, I’ve been filming all along, just finished."

Sheng Yan: "Have you eaten yet?"

He Jinxia: "There wasn’t time to eat, I rushed over to explain to you as soon as I saw your message. I have nothing to do with Luo Dingxin [Well-behaved][Earnest][Pitiful]."

Sheng Yan: "Don’t mention other men’s names in front of me, nor women."

He Jinxia stuck out her tongue, muttered ’petty’, and quickly retracted the message.

Sheng Yan: "Go and eat [Behave], I’ll feel bad if you’re hungry."

He Jinxia’s eyes brightened. Did this mean Sheng Yan wasn’t angry anymore?

He casually browsed through the messages he’d sent before, which were nothing more than asking her what the deal was with Luo Dingxin and then saying that the crew was maliciously hyping up their scandal.

Later, he sent a few screenshots of fans saying that Luo Dingxin and her are a good match, as well as various indescribable emojis.

The moment He Jinxia saw them, she knew he was pissed, but it seemed like he didn’t know who to direct his anger towards—was it the crew, the fans, or was he directly mad at her?

She guessed he was still trying to figure out whom to be mad at.

He Jinxia’s eyes curved into a smile, and she was about to reply with a casual "okay" when in the next second, Sheng Yan sent a message: "Wait until you’ve eaten and regained your strength, then we can settle this slowly."

He Jinxia: "..."

Great, it looked like he was taking his anger out on her.

On one hand, Jinxia was racking her brains on how to coax this petty man later, on the other, Zhang Ming had gone to the company to look for Sheng Yan.

"Who did you go out to dinner with last night?" As soon as Zhang Ming entered the door, he didn’t beat around the bush and directly asked.

Sheng Yan’s expression paused; he placed his phone on the table, looked up at him, and asked indifferently, "What’s up?"

Zhang Ming clicked his tongue; his serious demeanor suddenly switched to a cheap, gossipy tone as he leaned in and said:

"You met with He Jinxia’s agent, right? But who’s the other woman? You seemed so respectful towards her! Let me guess, she’s either a relative of yours or He Jinxia’s. She looks a bit like He Jinxia. Brother Yan, come clean to me, did you secretly slip out to meet your future mother-in-law?"

Sheng Yan gave him a look but didn’t speak.

Zhang Ming curiously said, "Look at you, you’ve only been dating for a short while and you’re already at the stage of meeting parents. If you tell me next that you’re going to marry He Jinxia, I wouldn’t be surprised."

Sheng Yan spoke slowly and deliberately, "I’m getting married."

Zhang Ming: "Oh, you’re getting married, huh... What! Wait a minute, you’re really getting married? Wait, wait, you’re not kidding me, right? This is so sudden!?"

Hearing Zhang Ming’s suddenly high-pitched shriek, Sheng Yan glanced at him with disdain, recalling who had just claimed they would not be surprised.

Zhang Ming’s heart thumped wildly, and forgetting the main issue, he kept pestering Sheng Yan about whether the marriage was real. Sheng Yan, annoyed by the questioning, unceremoniously spat out two words: "Fake."

Zhang Ming let out a heavy sigh of relief, and with lingering fear said, "I thought so, how could you possibly get married this year? Even if you were willing, the girl’s side wouldn’t agree, unless it was out of wedlock—" He caught himself mid-sentence, "Oh, spit, I didn’t say anything!"

Zhang Ming quickly clammed up, avoiding any further discussion on "marriage", for fear that Sheng Yan would take him seriously and actually go through with it.

Both he and He Jinxia were in the rising phase of their careers, and getting married and having children now seemed a bit loss-making.

Seeing that he couldn’t dig up any information from Sheng Yan, Zhang Ming finally stated his purpose for coming.

He took out several photos from his bag, placed them on the broad rosewood table, and said:

"I received these in my email this morning. You weren’t exactly discreet yesterday, two media outlets caught you having dinner with He Jinxia’s agent and an unknown lady."

"We haven’t figured out the lady’s identity yet, but Luo You’s identity is well-known within the circle. If this gets out now, your relationship with He Jinxia will definitely be under suspicion."

"To avoid impacting your girlfriend’s career, I took the liberty of buying all the photos. My only word of advice is, I don’t oppose you dating someone or getting married, even having a secret wedding, and wanting kids now is fine.

You’re of a certain age, and it’s normal to settle down and start a family, after all, your star power is strong enough that even announcing a marriage wouldn’t hurt your career, it might even help take it to the next level, but for the woman in question, it’s kind of harmful."

Zhang Ming said with emphasized concern.

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