Chapter 3 Part3

Starlight Has No Past

Chapter 3 Part 3

There were new messages in the new WeChat group.

Gu Jin had invited a new person into the group. Ye Qiao could imagine his

warm smile from the words: “Welcome our female lead, Cheng Jiang, into

the group.”

The female lead for <the>was only recently announced. Only Ye</the>

<the>Qiao knew that Gu Jin had been searching for an actress who could portray</the>

<the>the complex personality of the character.</the>

<the>Ye Qiao had asked him: “Why not me?”</the>

<the>Gu Jin laughed: “You're too soft. You don't have that kind of tenacity.”</the>

<the>So she didn't get the role for the female lead, a girl who was abducted and</the>

<the>taken to a remote mountain. Instead she took the role of the human trafficker</the>

<the>who had a more simple personality. She used to portrait lonely young woman,</the>

<the>but now playing an antagonist at the bottom of social stratum could be counted</the>

<the>as a breakthrough for her acting career.</the>

<the>Yet, was Cheng Jiang more fitting for the role than her?</the>

<the>She had earned awards with costume dramas. Though she was popular for</the>

<the>quite some years with quite a lot of experience, did it mean that she would be</the>

<the>successful in playing this unconventional female lead?</the>

<the>Ye Qiao twitched half of her lips, a snear. It was actually because she was his</the>

<the>ex-lover and Cheng Jiang was the new found love. It was an undeniable fact</the>

<the>that Cheng Jiang was much more famous than her, in movies or in reality.</the>

<the>Zhou Tingsheng, while driving, noticed from the rear view mirror that Ye Qiao</the>

<the>kept sneering; sometimes as if mocking something, sometimes laughing at herself.</the>

<the>From the moment he first saw her, he felt that she was a living paradox, constantly</the>

<the>fighting with herself.</the>

<the>But, Ye Qiao thought no one could see through it. She acted as if nothing was</the>

<the>bothering her and pointed her own left forehead: “Is your wound here better now?</the>

<the>Will it leave a scar?”</the>

<the>“What?”</the>

<the>“It's a pity if it leaves a scar on a face like yours.”</the>

<the>Zhou Tingsheng curved his mouth into a smile and didn't say anything.</the>

<the>She tried to start a conversation as if she didn't want to remember something:</the>

<the>“When did you move in? The agent was still giving tours around the apartment a</the>

<the>month ago.”</the>

<the>“About half month ago. I didn't see you when I moved in.”</the>

<the>“I was shooting the movie at that time.”</the>

<the>That was a lie.</the>

<the>At that time she had already finished filming <sleeping>She had stayed</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>with Gu Jin. If it wasn't for the fact that she was right there, how could she, who</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>always wrapped herself in a coc.o.o.n, find out about the affair between Gu Jin and</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>Cheng Jiang?</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>Zhou Tingsheng noticed that she was once again trapped in her own memories.</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>He stepped on the brakes: “We're here.”</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>The Disease Control and Prevention Center was quite familiar with Ye Qiao's</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>condition. The nurse taking care of her was in her forties. She looked at her hand</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>with sympathy: “The bites are so deep. Such a smooth and tender hand will have</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>a scar on it now.”</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>Zhou Tingsheng had just walked in on the conversation after paying fee. It reminded</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>him what Ye Qiao was talking about in the car. Why didn't she feel it was a pity for</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>herself to have a scar on her hand?</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>Ye Qiao's only concern was: “I had heart surgery before. Does it matter?”</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>“Don't worry. Anyone can get a rabies shot. It doesn't matter if you had a major</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>operation before.”</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>Ye Qiao's eyes dimmed. Zhou Tingsheng s.h.i.+fted his eyes, though he could swear</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>that when she asked the question, she was expecting the answer to be “Yes, it matters.”</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>The nurse gave her the shot: “Such a pity. If it's a rabid dog, she has to take one more</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>shot of plasma. She has to come back regularly to take follow up shots. Otherwise,</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>such a nice young lady, her whole life would be destroyed.”</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>Ye Qiao was quite calm, her eyebrows weren't even in a knot. She got over the initial</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>sting, then felt some satisfaction from the pain.</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>Zhou Tingsheng asked: “How many more times?”</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>“The bites are quite deep. It's better she comes everyday for the next six days.”</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>Zhou Tingsheng nodded.</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>The injection was over very quickly. The nurse was very happy with a patient who</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>didn't flinch from pain. She put the bandage over and smiled: “You look very much</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>like a movie star. What's her name? I can't remember.”</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>Zhou Tingsheng was leaning against the window, smoking. He turned to check Ye</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>Qiao's reaction and found that she was also glancing over at him.</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>It was all white in the background, her lips were a little pale as well. The window had</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>been opened for him to smoke and now a breeze blew in and lifted her hair over her eyes.</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>Zhou Tingsheng was probably the most unromantic person in existence. He asked:</sleeping></the>

<the><sleeping>“What are you looking at?”</sleeping></the>