Chapter 49 Shes not going to argue with you

The media didnt expect Chu Ying to appear. At first, there was silence, then the Ka-ka-ka sound of the cameras inundated the silent night. The sky was dark, the lights along the red carpet not bright enough; the flashes were very much visible. Afraid that the man wouldnt be used to it, Su Yi smiled for barely a minute before tugging on his sleeve and taking him in on his arm.

Why didnt you tell me youre coming over? she asked only when theyre inside.

It was a last-minute decision. I finished a deal and saw that I had enough time to come over. Chu Yings frown was tight as he stared at her legs. Do you know what the temperature outside is?

More than ten degrees? Su Yi said softly. In the past, when its only a couple degrees you only wore a short-sleeved shirt.

Chu Ying paused and side-eyed her. When did you see me in a short-sleeved shirt?

Su Yi then realised that she had accidentally let slip. She hurriedly turned her head and smiled, making a motion of zipping her lips. Then, holding his arm, she brought him to the centre of the back row to sit down. Since those in charge of this event werent too sure how many celebrities would be willing to show up, there was no requirement for the seating arrangement, it had all been left up to the guests.

Chu Ying didnt say anything, allowing her to pull him along. In the past, when they had to go on a mission during winter, they would usually put on a jacket. They wouldnt wear short sleeves unless it was one that involved tons of physical work, the kind that would make them sweat. Only then, because they found the jacket troublesome, most would choose to take it off.

When had Su Yi seen him in short sleeves?

He had carried out too many missions to recall it at once. Because they had arrived a little late, most people had already found their seats. Although it wasnt a large-scale event, the organisers had a huge network and there were still plenty of big names in attendance. Among the guests, the ones who were a bit more well known sat nearer to the front, while those who had just entered the industry or those who werent that well known and knew that they wouldnt need to go receive awards had obediently sat in the last row.

Once there were people filling up the front and the back, the centre row nearer the back became mostly empty; between people there tended to be a few seats, and it was why Su Yi chose this seat.

After sitting down, she was about to sneakily hold hands with Chu Ying when the sound boxes around them sounded.

Ke-Ke* . A worker tested out the mike before saying, Good evening everyone, its like this, in the centre rows the seating is a little more spread out and theres a portion in the centre thats a bit too empty. Itd look strange on the camera, so could we have people change their seats? The ones sitting at the back could move forward, the ones in the front neednt sit so close to each other too thank you for your cooperation.

[T/L: Ke-ke: Coughing sound]

Once the person finished speaking, those at the back didnt react, but those in front started moving. Not too long after, the seats around Su Yi were filled.

The person sitting beside her was an actress she once worked with. She said with a smile, Yi Yi, if you had said earlier that youre coming I wouldve waited for you to walk the red carpet.

The two were fine when they were filming, and had privately practised their lines together before, but after filming they hadnt been in much contact.

Su Yi tilted her head and smiled. I decided to come last minute too.

Youre filming Undercurrent, right? The actress held her elbow very easily as if they were really close. At the Shanghai Film Park? Im going to Shanghai in a few days, Ill go visit you.

Su Yi said politely, Theres no need to go to all that trouble, Im going to finish filming soon anyways.

Oh right, I heard that yesterday Tu Jinglan poured water on you? Shes too much.

Although she said so quite angrily, it was very clear she was trying to get Su Yi to say something.

It might have been an accident. Su Yi mumbled.

Seeing that she couldnt get anything out of her, the other didnt keep on this topic. Your lips are really pretty today, what colour is your lipstick?

Su Yi smiled. My make-up artist chose it for me, Im not too sure either.

Ah your make-up artist, is it that The actress voice suddenly dropped a few notches as she continued, ending with her near Su Yis ears. That effeminate boy?

Su Yis smile faded a little and she said nothing.

Ive seen him a few times, doesnt he really like to stick his pinky up*? When I hear him speak I always get goosebumps.

[T/L: Pinky up (lan hua zhi): an action like when someone holds a teacup and sticks their pinky out, but when used as a gesture without actually holding a teacup, usually ends up as a derogotary description of a guy since its associated with gay/feminine men like someone would say: Hey, that guy likes to do that to hint that that person is really gay/feminine.]

Hes a brilliant make-up artist. Su Yi looked away from her and said, Hes very dedicated.

The actresss words were rebuked before she could say it, and she could only nod hastily. Ah thats pretty good.

Su Yi leant forward to take a look, beside Chu Ying was a male celebrity.

Chu Ying reached out and held her hand, turning his head to ask, Whats your award?

Su Yi took out her phone and looked at Wu Xues message. The best debut supporting actress.

It didnt sound like a very important award, nor was it a noted, it was chosen internally with no other competitors.

The gala soon began. The organisers had hired some old-time hosts, so once they stood on the stage, with just a few lines of conversation between the two hosts it felt like they were in a very important award ceremony. As it was a live-stream, if they spoke too much they wouldnt be able to complete this show on time, so after only a few lines, the hosts went on to the actual award distribution.

The ones at the onset were mostly consolation prizes, with the important awards given out towards the end, so in the first half there wasnt too much excitement.

The camera went around a lot, and the ones given the most screen-time were a few very important guests and some currently trending celebrities. Then it was Su Yi.

On the nth time the camera focused on Su Yi and the guy beside her, she tugged on her lips and forced a smile. Chu Ying, however, was completely expressionless there wasnt a single shot of him smiling.

Afraid that he would be impatient, she took a look at the time and said softly, My award is very small, looking at the time it should be my turn soon, how about we leave after I get my award?

Chu Ying tilted his head and smiled. All right.

Finally, they got to the announcement of the best debut supporting actress. The person giving out the rewards looked at the card and said with a smile, The best debut supporting actress is

Su Yi let go of her guy and arranged her dress carefully, getting ready to stand up.

Chen Yang! Congratulations!

Su Yi paused.

Chen Yang was almost fifty and specialised in acting as the mother, or the aunt. Sometimes shes good sometimes shes evil, and her roles are pretty deep shes pretty well known. Shed been around for almost ten years and received plenty of awards, for this best debut supporting actress award to fall onto her was unusual.

The camera quickly focused on Chen Yang. She looked a little surprised too, but it was very quickly and quite perfectly covered up. She got up easily and waved at the camera.

Su Yi leant back on the seat as if nothing had happened, expressionless. It wasnt the first time her award was given to someone else. Once, there was a pretty high-class award-giving ceremony where the organisers had informed her beforehand to prepare her acceptance speech for the debut supporting actress award, but on the D-day, it was changed to someone else. Even then she could calmly clap with a smile, never mind such a small event as today.

But the person beside was clearly not very satisfied. Su Yi notices his dissatisfaction and, holding back her laughter, hurriedly took his hand and said, Want to go home with me in a while?

He pursed his lips. Yeah.

Wanting to blow up but still keeping it down to appease her he really was too cute.

Slowly, the ceremony neared its end. She planned to leave early, but no one around her left so if she got up itd be too obvious.

The award for the best supporting actress goes to

The entrance and the exit wasnt the same. Su Yi looked to the side, wanting to see which exit was nearest to their seat.

Su Yi! Congratulations!

She was still looking for an exit, so when she heard her name she was caught off guard and only reacted when the light shone on her.

Stop looking around, its you. The host joked.

The audience laughed, Su Yi frowned slightly. Only after going on stage and seeing that trophy without a name did she understand: the organisers switched hers and Chen Yangs awards last minute!

She had never expected to someday snatch someone elses trophy and was a little taken aback.

Come on, Su Yi, tell us what you feel. The host reminded her in a jolly manner.

Her expression was a little unnatural, her smile strangely stiff. Thanks to You Qi Various Artists for giving me this award. Here, she paused, and only after a moment did she continue. Ill continue working hard and seriously film, thank you.

Here everyone fell silent for a while.

The host said uncertainly, Thats it?

Su Yi nodded, her lips curving unnaturally.

After going off-stage, everyone around her was congratulating her. She thanked them sparsely and hurried back to her seat.

She didnt quite hear what was happening afterwards and only after the gala was over did Chu Ying asked in a low voice, What is it?

She said, I think I took someone elses award. Its certain that the organisers changed the awards list because of Chu Yings appearance.

Chu Ying was silent for a while before raising his hand to ruffle her hair. Its not your fault, dont be upset.

Su Yi hummed once in agreement and was about to get onto the car when someone called out from behind her

Su Yi.

Its Chen Yang. The other was still holding the trophy and smiling gently. Do you have time for a chat?

Su Yis face felt strangely hot. Yes. After that, she looked at Chu Ying and said, Go first and wait for me.

Chu Ying didnt move.

Its fine, Ill only be gone for a while.

There was a river near the venue, and beside that was a small trail really suitable for a walk.

Su Yi didnt go far before saying first, Yang-jie, I didnt know what was happening tonight, Im sorry.

If you didnt know what was happening, why apologise to me? Its not a big deal, I didnt care so much about it. Chen Yang smiled. And Im not looking for you about this.

Su Yi said, Then you

Its just that I havent spoken to young people in a long time and happened to see you, so I thought about chatting you. I didnt disturb you, did I? Chen Yang didnt wait for her to reply before continuing. A while ago I was watching Spring Onion Times, and you did pretty well in that.

[Qing Chun is the word for youth, while Qing Cong (where the second character is changed) becomes spring onion; Sui Yue () is years]

Su Yi was a little shocked. Thank you, I really liked your character too.

Im afraid your boyfriend would get worried. Ill say this straight out, I plan to go behind the scenes and am planning to film a tv show, currently Im looking for actors. Chen Yang smiled. A while ago I gave you that script, did you read it? Are you interested?

Su Yi paused. What character?

Its a female lead in a high school show, a different character from everything else youve acted as before. How is it, do you want to challenge yourself?

She got it in a moment the nave pure and cute female lead for a high school show Wu Xue had mentioned before

And in the car, Chu Ying received a call from his elder.

Mother Chu started with a series of questions. Whats up with you? Youve only been together for how long and everyone knows! We Chu family members always are very low-key, you, you just dating and youre on the headlines every day! Someday when you get married, is it that your dad and I have to find out from the news as well?

Chu Ying glanced outside the window. Not really.

Mother Chu put her hand on her forehead, trying her best to calm down. Do you know her, how long have you been dating, her family, her education, her values how much do you know? Little Ying, its not that Ma doesnt agree all right, I dont agree.

As she spoke, there was more anger in her voice. Shes awful and evil in every TV show shes in, I cant win when talking to her. If you marry her well have a very tense in-law relationship!

Chu Ying was amused by the words in-law relationship. He laughed lightly, then said, Ma, shes not going to argue with you. And were not going to stay in the old family house after were married, relax.

Mother Chu: ???

edited by larkspur~~ hope you enjoy the second update in a row : )