Upon hearing Gong Yu’s words, Yun Muxi’s face felt as hot as magma, and her heart was burning. She bitterly hated the man in front of her and wanted to tear him into pieces.
Gong Yu seemed to be invisible and inaudible as if he had lost his heart and eyes. He was satisfied with his performance and kept going crazy.
“Miss Yun, you’re wrong. Am I disgusting? Disgusting? Have you considered how disgusting I felt these years? You’re not qualified to say that I’m disgusting.”
Gong Yu cursed in a loud roar, which resounded through the roof. Yun Muxi’s eardrum was extremely painful due to the vibration. There was a lingering hum in her ear. Like the dark clouds in her heart blocking out the sun, the hum blocked out all the sounds. She looked at Gong Yu’s mouth opening and closing but she turned a deaf ear to his words.
Yun Muxi threw off Gong Yu’s big hand with great strength and ran to the restroom.
Seeing Yun Muxi left angrily, Gong Yu sat on the floor feebly and leaned against the door. He felt bitter as the painful recollection lingered in her mind…
After she ran into the restroom, Yun Muxi locked the door and slid against the door plank. As she sat on the floor, two lines of tears rushed out of her big black shiny eyes and dripped down along her cheeks. She bent the knees, rested her forehead on her knees, put her arms around her head, and cried softly.
“Eventually, I haven’t escaped from bad luck. Will I fall into it again?”
Yun Muxi took a deep breath and calmed herself down. She rose up to turn on the tap, splashed cold water on her face, and patted her cheeks in front of a mirror.
After washing her face, Yun Muxi stared blankly in front of the mirror and went out of the restroom.
When she went back to the living room, no one was there. When she turned back to the bedroom, no one was there. When she came to the kitchen, no one was there.
Her one-bedroom-one-parlor apartment was not big, but the room was clean and tidy with simple and nice arrangement. It was quite spacious for one person to live. She walked around the house and confirmed that Gong Yu had gone.
She felt relieved a lot but more and more empty.
“Hum… How could he go just like that?” Yun Muxi talked to herself with an intriguing sneer.
She lied down on the sofa powerlessly and felt like that she had been hollowed out…
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At the Presidential Suite on the top floor of Dihao Hotel, at Night.
Gong Yu sat on the ground before French windows with his back against the wall in the corner. He looked out of the window with empty eyes. The lights of the room was not on, and there was only a faint moonlight. He had been sitting in this position during the whole afternoon. He looked indifferent and lifeless. Only a forearm-sized white dog looked incongruous in the setting. It lied on his thighs. Gong Yu stroked its fur gently from time to time. The dog had got used to his indifference, hence it lied on his thighs and slept peacefully.
The door was suddenly opened. A man came in and turned on the light. When he walked in the room, he discovered Gong Yu sitting beside the window. The man got a big gasp and spoke softly, “Gong Yu, here you are. I thought you were not here. Why didn’t you turn on the light? I’ve been calling you all afternoon. Why don’t you pick up the phone?”
While speaking, he went to the table, poured himself a glass of water, and drank it off. Gong Yu had not replied to him.
The man did not care and said, “You should get to work from tomorrow. To divert your focus of work from South Korea to the inland, I’ve arranged a series of activities. We must raise your domestic visibility and popularity as soon as possible. By the upcoming high-budget film Where does love belong? I’ve arranged some exclusive interviews and advertisements for you. You’d better cheer yourself up. This film if the first play after you return back, so you must take this chance. It’s easy to become famous in the domestic. Director Zhao is a nationally recognized golden finger. All the scripts and actors anointed by him become popular. Besides, he enjoys unparalleled public praise and reputation in the circle. When you’re able to act in his play, you’re already halfway there. It’s not easy for me to get this opportunity for you, so you must make good use of it. Through this play, you should be able to get the attention of insiders. With the addition of your strength and appearance, you have the chance to compete for the Best Actor at the end of the year, not to mention the number of fans. When you win the award, you don’t need to worry yourself about the future development.”
The man kept saying without any response from Gong Yu. Even if he had a good temper, he became a little impatient. He began to complain, “Gong Yu, what’s wrong with you? Have you heard what I said before? I don’t feel like talking this way as if I was talking to a dead person. I’m so unfortunate that I met such a cool person like you four years ago. If I had known then what was going to happen, I wouldn’t have done as I did.”
After his complaint, Gong Yu still had no reaction. The man was so angry that he went forward and pushed Gong Yu.
Gong Yu seemed to come to his sense. He turned back to look at the man, with undisguised sadness in his eyes. After looking at the man for several seconds, he said coldly, “Oh, Seventh Brother, here you are.”
Seventh Brother was speechless and touched his forehead. “All I said is bullshit because you were not listening.”
Gong Yu held the little white dog in his arms and stood on his feet. Since he had been sitting there all afternoon, his legs and feet were sore. He almost fell down while staggering. The Seventh Brother immediately held him up. Gong Yu waved his hand to Seventh Brother, hobbled toward the sofa to sit down, and tilted his head back. He was in deep sorrow, which made people feel sorry.
Seventh Brother looked at him and cursed because he was exasperated at Gong Yu’s failure to make good. “Can you be a little bit more promising? It’s just a woman. It’s been four years, so you should come out as a man. You look so bad. Can you act like a man? There’re so many women in the world. Why can’t you live a good life without her? Wherever you stand, so many will come to jump on you. You must either find a woman or come to your sense. Don’t you know how important this chance is for you?”