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If Liang Tian raised his head at this moment, he would be able to see the expression on Jiang Xinyue’s face. It was a kind of doubt, puzzlement… In short, it was an expression that was hard to describe.

 

Jiang Xinyue didn’t like this very much. She’d alway felt that falling in love was a matter of two people, but now it had become a matter between two teams. Love should be very sacred, instead of being mixed with too many things, like it was now.

 

But the agent sent her a message and asked her to forward Liang Tian’s Weibo post.

 

Jiang Xinyue had no choice but to log in to Weibo and forward it.

 

Then she quit Weibo without hesitation and went back to her room to read her script. Forget it, she was an actress and she just needed to hand over a good role. She didn’t care about the rest.

 

At this time, Li Huairou also opened Weibo from her hospital bed, but Li Huairou was a little upset when she saw that Liang Tian’s name had remained high on the hot search list.

 

She put down her phone. In the plot, Liang Tian and Jiang Xinyue hadn’t made their relationship public so early. In the plot, Liang Tian successfully transformed with Ji Yingze’s help, and his fan base was relatively stable. Jiang Xinyue also won Best Actress of the Year through her role as a female lead in a palace-struggle drama, and the two of them announced their love. At that time, the media also called them a power couple.

 

Now, it had happened more than two years earlier than it had happened in the plot.

 

It seemed that Liang Tian couldn’t sit still.

 

Li Huairou opened the album, finally chose a fifteen-second audio clip, and posted it on Weibo. The content was very simple—it was just a simple melody, and, at the end of the audio, her voice sounded out: “Do you like it?”

 

There were only a few simple words: “How about this Christmas single?”

 

Soon, the entry of Li Huairou’s Christmas single became a hot search. Many fans shouted under Li Huairou’s Weibo, asking her to quickly release a new song, and the fans couldn’t wait.

 

Ji Yingze also reposted this Weibo post, adding a reply. “It sounds good. But you have to wait for your body to recover before you can record. Be good!”

 

Li Huairou reposted his reply. “I think I’m fine and can be discharged at any time.”

 

“Listen to the doctor. Be good! I’ll buy you milk tea tonight.”

 

“I want pizza.”

 

“No problem.”

 

These siblings treated Weibo as their WeChat. One person said one thing; the other replied with enthusiasm.

 

This was the first time that Ji Yingze had actively interacted with Li Huairou on Weibo. His fans and friends joined in the fun, and, together with Li Huairou’s fans, this entry was quickly pushed to the top of the hot search.

 

Liang Tian looked at the hot search that’d been squeezed out, frowned slightly, and immediately stood up and contacted his agent, asking him to find another navy and continue letting the topic ferment.

 

The agent nodded slightly, but after looking at Weibo, he felt that the matter was not that simple. Ji Yingze had been in the music world for so many years, and the contacts they’d accumulated were incomparable to the other side’s. As more and more celebrities heated up, the entry of Li Huairou’s Christmas single firmly occupied the top of the hot search list and kept boiling.

 

Besides, they’d already spent a lot of money to buy those sailors.

 

Liang Tian hung up the phone, his face gloomy.

 

Jiang Xinyue stood not far away, holding a plate of washed fruit. She lowered her head, then put the fruit on the table, put on her coat, and took her bag. “The company wants to see me for something. I’ll leave first.”

 

Liang Tian put away his phone. “I’ll send you!” The paparazzi might have already found this place.

 

“No need.” Jiang Xinyue shook her head and refused. She’d probably guessed Liang Tian’s intentions. When they were dating, in order to avoid being photographed by the paparazzi, they’d never gone out together, but now…

 

“I’ll send you. Anyway, we’ve made it public now. You don’t have to be sneaky anymore—we can fall in love in the open. Haven’t you always wanted to be like an ordinary couple, openly going shopping and watching movies? Now you can!” Liang Tian didn’t understand. With such a good opportunity, why wasn’t Jiang Xinyue cooperating? Wasn’t this what she’d always wanted?

 

Jiang Xinyue had wanted to fall in love like ordinary couples, but not like this—so high-profile, so deliberate, as if everything was done for others to see! Was this love? No, it wasn’t; it was a show! She didn’t like it!

 

“I don’t want to discuss this now. I’ll leave first.” Jiang Xinyue didn’t know how to speak so as not to hurt Liang Tian’s self-esteem, but she really didn’t like such a high-profile relationship.

 

Liang Tian grabbed Jiang Xinyue’s hand. “Xinyue, are you angry? Is there something wrong with me? If so, you must tell me!”

 

Jiang Xinyue took a deep breath. “A-Tian, ​​I don’t like being so high profile. I’m an actor; I hope that, when everyone remembers me, it’s for my work, the role I play, not my romance or my private life. Do you understand?”

 

Liang Tian laughed suddenly, “Xinyue, what age is it now? Why is your thinking so old! Do you think acting and working is enough? What’s needed now is traffic and popularity! Without traffic and popularity, no matter how good your acting skill is, the market will not choose you. It’s been a few years since you debuted—have you done any big productions? Have you ever been a female lead? Have you ever won an award?”

 

This series of rhetorical questions made Jiang Xinyue’s face sullen.

 

“No matter what you think, I can’t go against my principles. In any case, regarding this relationship, I hope to keep a low profile as much as possible.” Jiang Xinyue hurriedly left this sentence and left.

 

Liang Tian ran after her a little bit, trying to persuade Jiang Xinyue to change her mind. He knew that, for hyping up a relationship, Jiang Xinyue had to cooperate. “Xinyue, I’m doing this all for your own good.”

 

Jiang Xinyue turned a deaf ear.

 

The two got off the elevator and tangled in the parking lot for a while. In the end, Jiang Xinyue drove away alone. Liang Tian stood there for a while and went back.

 

And this scene happened to be photographed by the paparazzi and quickly posted on Weibo. The title was “Liang Tian and Jiang Xinyue broke out in a fierce quarrel in the parking lot, suspected to be breaking up.” Related topics quickly fermented.

 

Liang Tian responded very quickly, and he immediately posted, “There was no quarrel, no breakup, just a small dispute about what to eat for dinner.” He also tagged Jiang Xinyue. It’d be a show of love.

 

What embarrassed him was that Jiang Xinyue did not respond to him.

 

It was just that Jiang Xinyue’s brokerage company had posted on Weibo, and the meaning was to please pay more attention to the artist’s work.

 

Netizens, eating popcorn, left messages one after another: “This is probably the difference between actors and idols!”

 

In fact, Liang Tian and Jiang Xinyue had really quarreled over this incident. This was the biggest quarrel that’d broken out since they fell in love.

 

Liang Tian was very angry due to Jiang Xinyue’s lack of coordination! He felt that Jiang Xinyue didn’t understand him, or didn’t love him at all.

 

And Jiang Xinyue was also very angry. She’d said that she didn’t want to hype up their relationship, but why had Liang Tian posted that on Weibo without her consent and tagged her? This made her out as very passive and helpless!

 

After the couple had this big fight, they broke up and started a cold war.

 

The brokerage team on Liang Tian’s side was a little anxious. They’d already held a meeting overnight and made a follow-up hype plan, but all this required the cooperation of Jiang Xinyue and her team.

 

But now, Liang Tian and Jiang Xinyue had quarreled, and Jiang Xinyue’s brokerage company held a lukewarm attitude. In the first place, Jiang Xinyue’s agency had been a bit old-fashioned. They didn’t like to hype up artists’ private lives. Otherwise, Jiang Xinyue wouldn’t have signed the contract with the company.

 

Therefore, regarding this matter, the brokerage company and Jiang Xinyue held a meeting to discuss it, and both parties reached an agreement, neither cooperating nor taking initiative.

 

Liang Tian couldn’t sit back and watch the best hype window pass by, so he had to post some very obscure, specious, and loving Weibo content, arranging for many sailors to lead the rhythm. Sometimes the fans didn’t hit the right direction, and he took the initiative to lead them.

 

In a short period of time, Liang Tian and Jiang Xinyue’s CP shippers—Tianxin—had grown in number by a lot. Liang Tian also received a lot of attention, and he received a lot of variety shows and endorsements while it was hot.

[CP is an abbreviation for “couple”. In English, it originally refers to couples/husband-wife/lovers, but in the eyes of these fans, CP means a pair/a ship. The fans imagine that the CP they’re obsessed with is also a pair in reality]

[Tianxin is their ship name, which combines the “Tian” from Liang Tian and the “xin” from Jiang Xinyue’s name]

 

Of course, Liang Tian was still continuing to persuade Jiang Xinyue. After all, the effect of a one-sided show of conjugal love wasn’t so good, and it wasn’t as good as cooperation between the two parties. Moreover, some endorsements required two people. If Jiang Xinyue did not cooperate, Liang Tian would not be able to sign a contract.

 

However, before Liang Tian could coax Jiang Xinyue, on the other side, Li Huairou released her Christmas single. As soon as the single was released, the sales exceeded one million in one minute, and they reached five million in ten minutes. The amount was over a million.

 

This Christmas single not only sold well, but also received good reviews. Many music critics said that this song’s style was relatively rare in Ji Yingze’s previous works. It could be said that it was tailor-made for Li Huairou. It perfectly presented the advantages of Li Huairou’s voice, the style was sweet and fresh, the singing quality was high, and the music quality was also very high.

 

At some point in time, in the streets, on Weibo, on Douyin, all of the background music was replaced with this song.

 

Jiang Xinyue even replaced her cellphone ringtone with this song.

 

This infuriated Liang Tian. He’d always felt that Li Huairou and Ji Yingze were deliberately targeting him! Otherwise, why had Li Huairou and Ji Yingze made a move every time he went on a hot search to grab the limelight for himself?

 

But there was no way. His current development line had completely deviated from the line—not to mention singles, not even a few songs. He took on many variety shows, with two as permanent and a few as guest appearances. His exposure, traffic, and even revenue were much higher.

 

Many old fans were posting to ask him if he wouldn’t engage in music in the future and focus on being a variety artist.

 

There were many fans who were so worried, so Liang Tian and his team discussed it and decided to release a single. It was just that time was short, and they couldn’t find a good production team. They could only find a team that they’d worked with before and release a single. In order to promote sales, Liang Tian’s team played the emotional card and chose the release day to be the day after Son of God’s dissolution.

 

But Li Huairou also posted on Weibo and released her album of the same name on the same day. The album had a total of twelve songs with different styles and was released on a single platform.

 

Liang Tian was really sure now that Li Huairou was fighting against him. But he had no chance of winning.

 

The producer of Li Huairou’s new album was still Ji Yingze, and the production team was all European and American celebrities. Some people in the industry said that Li Huairou’s album would definitely explode.

 

Compared with Li Huairou’s new album, Liang Tian’s single was really not enough! Liang Tian himself thought so.

 

Liang Tian even thought about whether he could avoid Li Huairou’s limelight and not make it on the same day as her.

 

But this was just thinking, and it was impossible. It’d been posted on Weibo, it was impossible for him to slap his own face.

 

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