Chasing the Light

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Liang Xincheng slept until noon and didn’t wake up. After winning the award last night, he participated in the celebration banquet and was given a lot of alcohol. He even forgot how he was sent home.

The result of the hangover was a splitting headache. After he went to the bathroom and took a shower for a long time, his chaotic thoughts gradually became calm. He sat back on the bed, yawning and picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table.

Throughout the night, countless missed calls and WeChat messages came in, all congratulating him on winning the award. Liang Xincheng flipped through the log absent-mindedly and was slightly stunned when he saw Xia Yuanhang’s name in the WeChat message column.

“Congratulations.”

With two simple words and no extra expressions, Liang Xincheng looked at it with mixed emotions in his heart. After hesitating, he only replied “Thank you”.

After replying to all the congratulations messages one by one, he clicked on Liu Fan’s WeChat dialog box. Liu Fan sent several messages after he returned home yesterday, but the content was not what he originally thought; it was the next work schedule reminders.

“Xia Yuanhang had an accident again, he got into a fight with someone on the set.”

“It seems that the trouble is quite big. I think it’s quite troublesome.”

“This time, you cannot blindly get involved, ah.”

“Sleeping? Forget it, it’s okay if you’re already sleeping. Don’t lose your head when you see it tomorrow. I beg you, little ancestor.”

Liang Xincheng frowned subconsciously. He clicked on Weibo. After he previously unfollowed Xia Yuanhang, he quietly followed him again, so as soon as he refreshed, he saw what Xia Yuanhang posted last night.

@XiaYuanHang: If you want to call the police, you can report it, and then next time, I will still beat you up. // @Photographer Huang Tian’an: I have been in the industry for more than 20 years and in this circle, I can be regarded as conscientious and responsible. I have worked with countless people in front of and behind the scenes. I thought I was at peace with everyone and never showed an angry face. I didn’t expect that because of just a little friction I would be beaten indiscriminately until my front teeth fell out and my nose bone was broken. I wanted to call the police, but I didn’t want to make it difficult for the director and the rest of the crew so I let it go, but I’m really ashamed to work with such an educated and cultured actor like @XiaYuanhang. Having a high popularity and many fans is not the capital for you to beat people at will!

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Huang Tian’an’s post was followed by a video of Xia Yuanhang beating him in front of everyone on set last night. At the end of the post, he attached the photos of his swollen face after he went to the hospital for dressing and the injury examination report. It looked like he was indeed an unlucky victim, but Xia Yuanhang’s response was surprisingly strong.

Liang Xincheng was surprised. He didn’t expect such a thing to happen suddenly. There were several hot searches related to this matter. Even the limelight of the Golden Pine Awards ceremony last night was suppressed. After looking at this. he probably understood why Liu Fan said this matter was very troublesome.

Huang Tian’an had been in this business for so many years, and it was definitely not a simple matter for him to be the chief cinematographer of a film. Before the movie was finished, he just came out and openly clamored for justice for what Xia Yuanhang had done, saying that it was to give the director and the crew face, but in fact, he didn’t take them seriously at all; he just wanted to completely stink Xia Yuanhang, just to vent his anger.

But Xia Yuanhang was also very stubborn. His mouth uttered wild words, asking Huang Tianan to call the police and even threatened to beat him again, completely destroying the sunny and high-quality image he had previously created in front of the public. Even the statement issued by his studio on Weibo this morning only said that he should not hit people on the set on the spur of the moment, dragging down the crew to shoot and causing adverse effects on the public, not mentioning a word of apology to Huang Tian’an.

One after another there were many crew members who came out to support Huang Tianan, but none of them spoke for Xia Yuanhang. The director and the other actors all remained silent. Since the incident broke out last night, it had quickly fermented on Weibo and major gossip forums. Except for Xia Yuanhang’s die hard fans, most of the passer-bys were on Huang Tian’an, only because of Xia Yuanhang’s violent behavior in the video and his arrogant response. It was just too much.

Liang Xincheng was worried in his heart. Not caring about what he should not do and what he should do, he sent Xia Yuanhang WeChat message again: “Why did you get into a fight with someone? Why are you so impulsive?”

It didn’t take long for Xia Yuanhang to reply to him: “It’s okay, it doesn’t matter.”

How could it be okay? Xia Yuanhang’s public image had been greatly compromised by the incidents that broke out one after another, but Xia Yuanhang refused to say why they fought.

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Liang Xincheng found a long-lost light engineer friend in his contact list. He vaguely remembered that he and Xia Yuanhang seemed to be in the same crew, and soon Liang Xincheng got the answer he wanted.

“Uh… it’s actually Huang Tian’an’s cheap mouth. You know, he just gossiped about you on the set yesterday, that kind of thing… Xia Yuanhang heard it and started fighting…”

Liang Xincheng was stunned. Was it because of him that Xia Yuanhang hit someone?

In fact, these were not completely unheard of on the Internet. So many people on the set yesterday knew why Xia Yuanhang moved his hands. Someone broke the news anonymously on the forum last night, but after all, there was no conclusive evidence, so there were not many people who believed it. No wonder Liu Fan sent Liang Xincheng a message in the middle of the night to remind him not to do anything. He must have heard the whole story.

Liang Xincheng raised his hand and wiped his face. He could not say what he was feeling now, very sad, very heartbroken, but also vaguely happy, and more worried

After the voice call was connected, Liang Xincheng paused for a moment before trying to suppress the trembling in his voice and said: “I know everything…”

Xia Yuanhang on the other end of the phone closed his eyes. He finally heard Liang Xincheng’s voice again after nearly two months. At that moment, he had to admit that he missed it, and he missed it very much.

“It’s okay, I can handle it…”

“How do you deal with it? Is it a joke to hit someone? Do you know that you may bear criminal responsibility at any time? Why are you so impulsive? Let him say what he wants to say. Why do you need to take the lead?”

“I can’t hear him spreading rumors about you like that. I’ll beat him up again.”

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Liang Xincheng was very annoyed; he didn’t know whether to be angry with Xia Yuanhang or himself. He had learned what kind of person Huang Tian’an was since a long time ago. When he was still acting in small roles a few years ago, this person had tried to sleep with him but was rejected. Because of the resentment, he had been spreading rumors behind his back all these years, and he knew it all, but so what? He didn’t care about what the mean person said, but what he didn’t want to see was that the people he cared about were planted in such hands.

“Don’t worry. Anyway, the filming will finish next week. It’s impossible to change people at this time, it won’t affect the filming.”

“What about the next movie? What about the next one? Do you really think there is no impact at all?”

“Huang Tian’an isn’t as capable as you think; he just jumps a lot. A person with his kind of virtue will only offend a lot more people than us. Don’t be afraid of him.”

When Xia Yuanhang said ‘us’, Liang Xincheng closed his eyes, tears pierced his eyes. Fortunately no one saw it.

“Then what about your image? Do you still want to be in this circle?”

Hearing the choking in his voice, Xia Yuanhang laughed with a hoarse voice: “Don’t worry, this kind of gossip will be forgotten by the public after a few days. It won’t affect anything.”

How could Liang Xincheng not be worried? Someone on the Internet had already called for the banning of Xia Yuanhang, a bad artist who hurt people and violated the law. He was really afraid that something would happen to him.

After ending the call, Liang Xincheng carelessly wiped away the tears from his face and clicked on Weibo again. Even if it was going to make his manager furious again, he couldn’t care less. He entered the text and simply edited it and clicked send.

@Liang Xincheng: @Photographer Huang Tian’an, why did you get beaten, don’t you know it in your heart why? You are like a mad dog biting at me and smearing my private life with rumors everywhere, and you mentioned the word cultured? Next time, I will beat you up myself without Xia Yuanhang’s hands. By the way, slander can also be punished. You’d better learn about it. // @Xia Yuanhang: If you want to call the police, you can report it, and then next time, I will still beat you up.

 

T/N: Saw the comments on changpei and everyone was asking these two to calm down and stop being impulsive. As they said, they really be acting like they wanna retire from the circle or going back to 108-line hahahah