Chapter 26

Luo Yang walked to the door and opened it, revealing a young man standing outside. The young man was well-dressed, with an oiled head and a face powdered to perfection. He had a bouquet of flowers in his arms and a smile on his face, and there was a hint of perfume in the air.

"Qin'er, I heard you were discharged... Who are you?" Qin'er asked, looking confused.

The young man's smile quickly faded when he saw that the person who opened the door was a man. His face turned sour, and his voice lost its gentleness. "Who the hell are you? I've never heard of Qin'er having a man."

Luo Yang knew that this man was most likely the scumbag Xue Kai that Liu Qin had mentioned. He thought Xue Kai looked quite decent, except for his poor judgment in liking a man.

But Luo Yang didn't forget his duty. He put on a hostile expression and said stiffly, "I'm Liu Qin's husband."

"Bullshit, I've never heard of Liu Qin having a man." Xue Kai's voice turned cold and harsh. "Kid, no matter who you are, I advise you not to have delusions. Otherwise, I'll make you regret it for the rest of your life."

Luo Yang sneered inwardly. Such a low-level threat was exactly as Liu Qin had described. Xue Kai was indeed not a good person, and any lingering guilt Luo Yang had felt vanished.

"Hubby, who's outside?" Liu Qin walked over, asking in a voice that made Luo Yang's skin crawl.

When Xue Kai heard the word "hubby," his face changed. "Qin'er, who did you just call?"

Could this bastard really be Liu Qin's boyfriend?

Xue Kai found it hard to believe and suspected that Liu Qin was acting.

"Of course, I called him hubby because he's my man!" Liu Qin said, looking at Luo Yang with deep affection.

Meeting Liu Qin's affectionate gaze, Luo Yang felt a wave of nausea, but he suppressed it and forced himself to maintain his composure.

"That's impossible. How could I not know you have a man..." Xue Kai's eyes were fixed on Liu Qin. "Qin'er, I promise you, if you become my girlfriend, I'll get you into the top ten of the Next Top Diva! My father is a leader at Feilong TV, and he can influence the results of the show. Just become my girlfriend..."

Liu Qin was angry. "Do you think I'm the kind of person who needs connections to make it to the finals?"

"That's not what I meant. You're very talented..." Xue Kai tried to explain.

"Then why do I need your help?"

"I..."

"Enough!"

Luo Yang felt it was his turn to perform. He bellowed with all his might.

Xue Kai, who was about to explain, was startled by the sudden shout and his attention shifted to Luo Yang. Liu Qin was trying hard not to laugh as she looked at Luo Yang.

Luo Yang's face was slightly angry, and his eyes were full of hostility. He pointed at Xue Kai and demanded, "Liu Qin, who is he? Why is he holding a bouquet of flowers for you!"

This guy's lines were pretty good.

Liu Qin's eyes lit up, and she put on a frightened expression, explaining quickly, "Hubby, I don't know him well."

"Qin'er, how can you say we don't know each other? We've known each other for many days, and..." Xue Kai was getting anxious.

"Qin'er, you call him so affectionately. How do you explain that, Liu Qin?" Luo Yang cut Xue Kai off, staring at Liu Qin.

Liu Qin seemed afraid of Luo Yang's anger. She stepped forward, holding his hand. "Hubby! Listen to me, I really don't know him. He's been pestering me, but I've never paid him any attention!"

Perfect performance.

Luo Yang gave Liu Qin a mental thumbs-up but maintained an angry expression. "Hmph, no wonder you were so listless in bed just now. You found a new lover, didn't you? Speak! Do you think I'm poor and want to hook up with this rich second-generation?"

The more he spoke, the angrier he became. The intense sense of immersion made Luo Yang's eyes turn red. He felt his acting skills were at their peak, and the ambiguity in his words was left for Xue Kai to interpret.

"Listless in bed... in bed!?"

Sure enough, Xue Kai easily caught the key point in Luo Yang's words, and his face turned extremely ugly.

But Liu Qin and Luo Yang didn't have time to pay attention to Xue Kai's reaction. They were already in character...

"I didn't, I never had such thoughts! I swear!" Liu Qin hugged Luo Yang's waist, almost in tears.

"No, I've found that you no longer love me..." Luo Yang's performance was dramatic, with a tortured expression that was quite over-the-top.

Liu Qin secretly rolled her eyes. This guy's acting was too exaggerated!

Wiping her nose on Luo Yang's clothes, Liu Qin said in a tearful, nauseatingly sweet voice, "You have to believe me, my body and my heart belong to you..."

Both of them brought out their best acting skills from their past experiences in evening soap operas, and with the默契 (默契 means默契, which can be translated as "rapport" or "chemistry") of long-time friends, they played the roles of a suspicious couple to perfection.

Thud...

The flowers in Xue Kai's hands fell, just like his shattered heart.

As a spectator, he was shown a face full of affection by this couple, and not only did he fail to see through their mediocre acting, but he also imagined the couple in bed together.

So the girl he had been pursuing with all his heart had already been taken by someone else!?

Xue Kai, who had always been successful in love, felt humiliated. This humiliation made him lose his already low self-control, and he let out an angry roar, "You two scumbags, I won't let you off easily!"

"Hey, how can you talk like that!" Luo Yang stopped showing affection and pretended to be angry.

"Hubby, beat him up!" Liu Qin also shouted, being the one who enjoyed chaos the most. She had clearly been annoyed by Xue Kai for days.

Xue Kai came to his senses, worried that Luo Yang might really beat him up. He left a cold threat, "You'll regret this," and angrily ran away.

After confirming that Xue Kai had left, Liu Qin let go of Luo Yang's hand and a victorious smile appeared on her lips.

Closing the door, Liu Qin took off her shoes and jumped onto the sofa, shouting, "Ding ding ding ding! I now announce that the Oscar for Best Actor and Best Actress goes to Liu Qin!... Ahem, thank you all for giving me this award. To win this award, I first have to thank my parents..."

"The actress is you, but the actor must be me!" Luo Yang interrupted Liu Qin's acceptance speech, feeling that he was the key role in that scene.

Liu Qin sneered, "With your exaggerated acting, even the flowers in Xue Kai's hands acted better than you!"

"Hey, is your acting any better? Don't think I didn't see you using saliva as tears."

"This is called getting into character. You don't understand. I don't want to talk to someone who doesn't appreciate art; it lowers my standards."

"You have standards? That's really a joke..."

"Didn't you notice the eye acting and inner acting I did just now? Can your superficial acting be compared to mine?" Liu Qin praised herself shamelessly.

"Haha." Luo Yang laughed coldly.

"Hahaha." Liu Qin laughed coldly back.

"Hahahaha." Luo Yang continued to laugh coldly.

"Hahahahaha." Liu Qin laughed the longest.

In the end, they both agreed: the key was that Xue Kai's brain didn't work well.

Taking a sip of tea, Luo Yang said seriously, "You said Xue Kai is the son of a leader at Feilong TV?"

"Yes."

"Next Top Diva is a Feilong TV show. He won't let you off easily. You need to be careful." Luo Yang said earnestly.

Xue Kai was clearly not a magnanimous person. Although he might give up on pursuing Liu Qin, he could use some underhanded tactics to get back at them.

Liu Qin laughed. "Will he send a few thugs to beat us up? If he uses such a low-level revenge tactic, he's really no one."

"That's unlikely, but don't forget he has some influence in the production team. If he tries to sabotage your competition..."

"We'll deal with it as it comes. All reactionaries are paper tigers. With my absolute strength, I'll make sure he's obliterated!" Liu Qin's long, white fingers gradually closed, and she looked like she had everything under control.

Luo Yang rolled his eyes. It was hard to take this guy seriously, so he would have to be more careful for her...

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