After Hou Lei cursed Luo Yize on one side, Joey Nuo began to persuade him on the other: "Calm down first."
Hearing words like "despicable", Joey Nuo couldn't accept someone speaking ill of her idol, who she had admired for years.
Joey Nuo paused for a moment and said, "I don't want to see him again."
As she said this, tears welled up in her eyes.
"I've come to terms with everything. If I can do something within my reach for his fans like I used to, that'll be enough."
This was the last thing Joey Nuo wanted to say, but she still said it, albeit euphemistically.
Now, all she could think about was Luo Yize.
At first, they had agreed to get married before he went to shoot the movie. But then he broke up with her without even giving a reason.
Even though the video had spread, Joey Nuo didn't even know how it came about. Although there was a high possibility that Ah Hai and He Jing were behind it, only Joey Nuo knew that it was she who had deliberately set a stumbling - block for Ah Hai on the steps, causing him to trip and roll down.
As always, Ah Hai had been trying to break them up and was constantly pressing Joey Nuo and Luo Yize. From the moment He Jing invited Luo Yize to the bar, Ah Hai had been watching them closely. Then Joey Nuo's involvement had brought new developments to the situation.
Even if Joey Nuo really liked Luo Yize, she wouldn't have pre - meditated anything. Although she was also a former journalist, Joey Nuo would never do anything excessive to her idol. At most, as a fan, she would just stop those whom her idol disliked from approaching him.
But this inevitably led to misunderstandings.
It was hard for her to explain things clearly in a short time.
In the evening, at the KFC restaurant, Joey Nuo was boredly eating a non - spicy hamburger and drinking a non - iced Pepsi, with headphones on. Her phone was playing JJ Lin's "I Still Miss Her" on loop.
"When tears clog my chest, let silence be the answer; I don't love, I don't hurt, I don't understand. My heart has already been emptied."
After all, she still missed him.
Suddenly, a shadow appeared at her quiet table.
She looked up and saw Hou Lei buying a hamburger set and sitting in front of her.
He was carrying a backpack, which seemed to be filled with something. He put the bag in front of his chest, took out his laptop, and placed it beside the table. He looked at Joey Nuo's haggard face and dull, listless eyes.
"Yinuo, how are you? Do you feel better being out?"
Joey Nuo turned off the music, took off the headphones, and glanced at him. She pretended to be strong: "Why are you here?"
"I got off work late because of overtime today and didn't have time to eat. I just ordered something casually.没想到 I'd run into you."
As he spoke, Hou Lei started to eat: "Let's eat first. After that, I have something to tell you."
It took about a quarter of an hour for them to finish their hamburgers. Hou Lei poured his fries onto Joey Nuo's plate and took his own plate to the waiter to throw away.
Then he placed the computer in front of himself and turned it on.
"I really want to know why Luo Yize broke up with you?"
"Because... because I've already fulfilled my dream... so he doesn't need me anymore. Our cooperation is over."
Joey Nuo said sadly: "You've been with me since childhood. Tell me, do I still have a chance? Because now, I can't help but..."
"You've fallen in love with him, haven't you?"
After hearing Hou Lei's words, Joey Nuo was immediately stunned.
After a while, Joey Nuo nodded and then burst into tears: "If that's really the case, then... what should I do now? I know that for his sake, I've decided to give up my job as a screenwriter and go back to being a journalist. But now, I'm so conflicted and scared..."
Although all this had happened in just the past two days, it seemed like two centuries to Joey Nuo.
She was even willing to give up her job as a screenwriter. At first, she had no intention of falling in love with Luo Yize. She just wanted to fulfill her dream of having Luo Yize star in the script she wrote. But she never expected that the subsequent events would make her fall into Luo Yize's love net.
From the time they joined Director Li's movie to when Joey Nuo got sick and was hospitalized, and Luo Yize took care of her at all costs, even giving up their roles in Director Li's movie, Joey Nuo had been deeply in love and couldn't get out.
Hou Lei looked worried: "What are you going to do now? Give up your job as a screenwriter and go back to your old job?"
Joey Nuo wiped away her tears while clenching her teeth. Her voice rose an octave: "Then tell me, what should I do?"
"In the process of you climbing this hundred - foot high tower, every step forward means cutting off one foot of your way back. When you reach the top and pick the star you want, it's too late to think about going back. Moreover, if you can't hold on to the top of the tower and fall, it means you'll be disabled and never have the chance to climb up again."
"So, what you mean is..."
"Since you've reached the top, why don't you hold on to it tightly? Why don't you hold the star you've picked tightly in your hand?"
As he said this, Hou Lei started to operate the laptop.
"I've found out the inside story that you haven't."
What? He actually knew the inside story of the matter?
Joey Nuo immediately sat next to Hou Lei.
"If you don't believe it, let's review the video again."
Hou Lei plugged in the headphones and asked Joey Nuo to put them on to listen to the sound from the video.
In the video, although Luo Yize was sitting with He Jing, they weren't hugging each other. Instead, someone handed something to Luo Yize, including a pen.
It was obvious that Luo Yize had had a long negotiation before slowly picking up the pen to write.
If there was no mistake, he had been forced by He Jing's parents to sign a contract.
Then, Hou Lei showed Joey Nuo something else.
"This is the content of the contract that I asked Luo Yize to send. I've consulted a lawyer. The other party used coercion and inducement, and the terms in the contract violate laws and regulations. This is clearly an invalid contract."
After a while, Hou Lei turned off the computer: "Don't worry. I've already asked my assistant to send a lawyer's letter to He Jing and Ah Hai. I'll solve all this for you!"