My Wife Is a Superstar
Chapter 56

"We'll talk about this later.” The only strategy Ning Ran could think of was to delay the inevitable.“Nope, no “later’ and no discussions. You must spend the night with me!,” demanded Zhen Lunlun.No one, not even the person standing closest to the duo — Cheng Xiangyun, was able to hear whatthey were talking about.

Cheng Xiangyun could not contain her curiosity so she leaned in to eavesdrop on the duo.

In the end, she could only make out that last sentence — "you must spend the night with me’.Cheng Xiangyun was so stunned that her jaw dropped, forming a huge and permanent “O’ on herface.

She firmly believed that she heard right. Zhen Lunlun wanted Ning Ran to spend the night with him!Holy shit! Those two knew each other? And they're close! So close that Zhen Lunlun was demandingNing Ran to spend the night with him!

Ning Ran didn't want to talk to Zhen Lunlun, and she especially didn’t want anyone to know thatshe and Zhen Lunlun were old friends.

She didn't want to be known as the woman who was only successful because she knew anothercelebrity personally.

That was why, in a lowered voice, she said, “Quit fooling around! Everyone's watching. We'll talklater.”

Zhen Lunlun extended his hand to Ning Ran and said loudly, “Hello, my name is Zhen Lunlun. It'snice to meet you.”

Everyone was surprised while Luo Fei was so furious that she bit her own lips.

Zhen Lunlun ignored a celebrity like Luo Fei who was welcoming him with her arms opened. Yet, hewas warm and sweet when dealing with a nameless actress like Ning Ran? What the hell?

Ning Ran reached out to shake his hand in response, but she realized that her hands were dustyfrom the fall so she quickly clapped her hands clean then shook his hand. “Hello,” said Ning Ran, “Iam Ding Mi."

“Ms. Ding, you look just like an old friend of mine,” said Zhen Lunlun with a smile.

This idiot was charming when he smiled, and he exudes a feminine aura that created a sense ofwarmth and familiarity.

There were times when his smile was so dazzling that it confused the person looking at his smile.Yet, as dazzling as his smile was, it wasn't so overwhelming that it would make anyoneuncomfortable.

“Do I?" said Ning Ran calmly.

“You do, except my friend isn’t as stunning as you, Ms. Ding,” replied Zhen Lunlun.

Upon hearing this, the women standing around them instantly became jealous because it soundedlike Zhen Lunlun was flirting with Ning Ran.

Many devoted fans were willing to die just to be on the receiving end of Zhen Lunlun’s flirting.However, that was not the case with Ning Ran. She knew that the nicer Zhen Lunlun was to her, themore jealous the women on set would be, and she was not interested in being hated by them.

If anyone decided to post rumors on the internet, Ning Ran would be attacked by an army of ZhenLunlun’s fans.

Ning Ran did not want to enrage those deranged fans as the whirlwind caused by those fans coulddestroy her career.

That was why she didn't respond to Zhen Lunlun’s words. Instead, she turned around and walkedaway.

Cheng Xiangyun followed behind and cornered Ning Ran before firing a series of questions. “Behonest,” asked Cheng Xiangyun, “How did you and Zhen Lunlun meet?” “How long have you knownhim and what is the relationship between the two of you? “How close are the two of you? Have youbeen on a date? Did you sleep together? How many times did you two sleep together?”

Ning Ran was stunned. She never realized just how “creative’ Cheng Xiangyun was. What kind ofplot was she cooking up in that head of hers?

“Calm down, old woman. How am I supposed to answer all those questions when you fire them outlike that?” asked Ning Ran.

“You're the old woman with two kids!” “How am I old when I'm not even married? I am a young ladywith a tough exterior and beautiful soul!” replied Cheng Xiangyun angrily.

"Fine, fine, I'm the old woman, satisfied?” said Ning Ran, admitting defeat.

"Answer my question!”

“Which one?”

“All of them!”

“Alright, calm down, woman. I told you about him. I knew him because I owe him some money andhe would use that to annoy me every once in a while to get me to play with him, that's all,” saidNing Ran innocently.

“When have you ever told me about him?” “And what do you mean by “play’? Does he play withyour body? Or do you play with his body? Or is it something mutual?”

“I have told you. He's Tony, the friend who just came back from overseas. I went to the airport topick him up the other day.”

“Tony is Zhen Lunlun? I thought Tony's a hairstylist?”

"Okay, let's go through this again. Tony is a great name, but a lot of hairstylists adopt that name soit became almost synonymous with being a hairstylist. However, that particular Tony, my friend, isZhen Lunlun. Got it?"

“As for “play’, we're not playing with our bodies, we're just playing video games.”

"Video games? Which video games?” demanded Cheng Xiangyun who was determined to get to thebottom of it all.

However, the assistant director interrupted the conversation to get Ning Ran to go put on hercostume to begin shooting.

“I have to go, we'll talk later,” said Ning Ran.

Ning Ran’s costume for the day was not the tight cheongsam. Instead, she was to put on a ratherloose outfit and she had worn a singlet underneath the costume so she was not pricked by theneedles hidden in the costume.

The mirror showed a sweet, Ming Dynasty woman standing there.

Ning Ran was happy with her outfit and style. That is how she imagined a Ming Dynasty womanwould look like.

On the other side, Luo Fei was also changing her outfit until the assistant came in and said, "Ms. Fei,the director said that you don’t have any scenes to shoot today so you don't need to change.”"What? I'm the first female lead actress while Zhen Lunlun is the first male lead actor. Today is hisfirst day on set. Shouldn't he and I share a scene? Why wasn't I included?” screamed Luo Fei.

“I don't know. That's what the director ordered. They're only shooting the scene between Ding Miand Zhen Lunlun today,” explained the troubled assistant.

“I'll go ask Wang Yan. There must be some sort of mistake!”

That was Zhen Lunlun’s first day, and Luo Fei was planning to get close to him when shooting theirfirst scene together so that she could raise some eyebrows. That way, she'd be able to use his fameto give her own name a nice boost.

But the woman shooting the first scene with Zhen Lunlun had become Ning Ran. She refused toaccept that!

Hence, Luo Fei walked up to the director, all mad, and demanded, “Director! There must be somemistakes. Why am I not shooting today?”

“No mistakes, Ms. Fei, we've already sent out the notice. We're not shooting your scenes today,”clarified the director with a grin.

“I never received any notice! And I never received the script either. In any case, I am the first leadactress! Now that the first lead actor is here, I should be doing a scene with him, not that b****, DingMit”

Luo Fei had always been good at hiding her distaste for Ning Ran and had always been polite toNing Ran when others were present. However, she was too furious that day, and all the curse wordscame flying.

Wang Yan was stumped.

He'd been in the entertainment industry for quite some time so he understood that Luo Fei wastrying to use Zhen Lunlun to boost her fame, but he didn’t have a choice, because that was theorder of the boss — Nan Chen.

Although Luo Fei was still the first female lead actress on paper, the revised script had turned NingRan into the actual first female lead actress.

But Luo Fei was unaware of the change in the script because she would have caused a scene if shedid.

Nan Chen wanted Zhen Lunlun and Ning Ran to shoot their scenes together first so that the duocould get to know each other and develop some on-screen chemistry.

That was why Zhen Lunlun’s first scene on set was the one between him and Ning Ran.

Luo Fei standing there and demanding an explanation had made things rather difficult for him, thedirector.

After all, he couldn't afford to offend someone like Luo Fei.