Chapter 560 Sanlin
Outside a teahouse not far from the award ceremony venue.
Lin Xinru, wearing a pair of large sunglasses, got out of the car with a gloomy face. She first gave a few instructions to her assistant, and then subconsciously looked towards a private room on the second floor.
When she found that someone seemed to be peeping down from behind the window, she immediately forced a smile, waved upwards, then put on an excited look, and walked quickly into the teahouse holding up the veil behind her.
Half of the tables, chairs and benches in the teahouse hall were put away, leaving only six tables sparsely placed. At this time, only half of the tables were occupied by individual customers.
Without exception, these people were all dressed up like Lin Xinru, and were obviously guests attending the Golden Horse Awards.
Lin Xinru greeted a few of the people she knew, and then went upstairs without stopping. When she reached the corridor upstairs, she saw a man pacing back and forth at the door of the private room with his head down, holding an unlit cigarette.
"Xiao Tian?"
Recognizing that it was Zhu Xiaotian, the boyfriend of her best friend Lin Xilei, who debuted as Ximen Sojiro in Meteor Garden, Lin Xinru couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you doing outside? Xilei hasn't come yet?"
“No, it’s…”
Zhu Xiaotian put away his cigarette awkwardly and forced a smile, "They are just having a private conversation with their besties, so it's not appropriate for me to be there."
Without waiting for Lin Xinru to answer, he said, "Excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom."
Having said that, he turned and walked away as if escaping.
Lin Xinru also figured out what was going on at this time. She looked at Zhu Xiaotian's back and bit her lower lip, feeling a sense of empathy.
But she quickly adjusted her mood and happily pushed the door and walked into the private room.
There were only two women in the private room at that time. One of them was Zhu Xiaotian's girlfriend Lin Xilei. The other was in her early 30s and dressed more conservatively than Lin Xilei and Lin Xinru. She had big eyes and a big mouth, and the proportions of her facial features were somewhat disproportionate, so her appearance was not outstanding.
"Teacher Zeng~"
Lin Xinru came to the table excitedly, handed over a gift and said, "I just prayed for a peace amulet at the Zhusheng Niangniang Temple yesterday. There were many people going there at the end of the year, and I waited in line for half an hour."
Zhusheng Niangniang is the deity in charge of inducing labor and normal delivery. Teacher Zeng took the amulet with a smile and said, "You are really thoughtful. No wonder you are called Xinru."
After a few jokes, Lin Xinru sat down next to Lin Xilei and complimented her, "It's great, Mr. Zeng, that you booked this teahouse in advance, otherwise we would have to wait in the car."
"Oh, it's just a small matter, what's there to say?"
Teacher Zeng waved his hand and then curiously asked, "I heard that you went to Jinghua to meet that young director? What's wrong? Are you attracted to him?"
This is really a case of bringing up something that is not relevant. If it were someone else, Lin Xinru would probably be upset, but facing this "Teacher Zeng", she didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction at all.
So he had to put on a depressed look and complained: "You may not believe it, but I was disliked by others - but they didn't dislike me, they disliked us stupid people!"
"No way?"
Lin Xilei, who had been silent, said in surprise: "Is he really like this..."
Before he could finish, there was a knock on the door.
Lin Xinru thought it was Zhu Xiaotian who had returned, but Teacher Zeng asked loudly, "What's the matter?" Then someone outside the door replied respectfully, "Madam, Miss Lin Zhiling is here. Do you need us to deal with her?"
Teacher Zeng's expression changed slightly, but he immediately regained his composure: "No need to stop her, let her come upstairs."
Lin Xinru and Lin Xilei secretly exchanged glances, feeling both nervous and anxious, yet also gloating.
Soon, the sound of high heels could be heard in the corridor outside the door. Lin Xinru was holding her breath, waiting to see what would happen next, but she heard Teacher Zeng asking, "What's going on, Xinru? Tell me in detail."
While Lin Xinru was stunned, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
Teacher Zeng responded, but he stared at Lin Xinru without looking away.
Lin Xinru finally reacted and quickly told the story of how her advances were rejected, omitting the details and embellishing them.
During this time, Lin Zhiling, who was also dressed up, had already walked in. However, she saw that Teacher Zeng was concentrating on listening to Lin Xinru, so she didn't want to interrupt her and could only stand at the door awkwardly. But after Lin Xinru finished making up her story, Teacher Zeng was still not satisfied and kept asking Lin Xinru questions.
Lin Xinru couldn't continue her story, so she had to use the groundless reports of the island's media to cover up. Those reports almost described Xu Kun as an unforgivable criminal. The "Operation Kunpeng" that made him famous was also belittled as a distorted product that promotes violence and caters to the vanity of the mainland people.
To be honest, when Lin Zhiling heard these words, she felt a sense of solidarity. After all, the islanders had always been superior to others there and had never been underestimated.
But she was even more angry about Teacher Zeng's practice of leaving her aside, but she dared not speak out.
At this time, Mr. Zeng finally had enough and said angrily, "How can there be such a person? [The famous quote was deleted here] Why is it that a mere movie director is so arrogant?"
It turns out that this teacher Zeng is Guo Shangfan’s second wife whom he just married this summer. She is also the dance teacher and good friend of the three female stars present.
After Guo Shangfan became a widower in 05, he first had an affair with Liu Jialing, and then he hugged and danced passionately with Lin Zhiling.
Just when the media on the island were hyping up the battle between the two Lings and wondering who would have the last laugh, Guo Shangfan suddenly made his relationship with Lin Zhiling's dance teacher Zeng Xinying public and they held a wedding a few months later.
The reason why Guo Shangfan met Zeng Xinying was because Lin Zhiling was invited to perform at the FuXkang annual meeting. In order to satisfy Guo Shangfan, she specially asked her teacher to help with choreography.
As a result, although Guo Shangfan was satisfied, the one he liked the most was Zeng Xinying.
Lin Zhiling ended up with nothing.
Let’s get back to the topic.
Seeing that Zeng Xinying looked like she shared the same hatred for the enemy as herself, Lin Xinru could not help but instigate, "Mr. Guo's status is certainly not comparable to that of a small director like him. I guess as long as Mr. Guo is willing to stand up and say something, someone on the other side will naturally deal with him!"
"This……"
Zeng Xinying frowned secretly when she heard this. It was true that she was Guo Shangfan's second wife, but after all, she had only been married for less than half a year. How could she dare to do what Guo Shangfan wanted?
Moreover, the reason why she pretended to be interested just now was just to embarrass Lin Zhiling. How could she really help Lin Xinru?
So he said perfunctorily: "What is the status of our master? If he takes the initiative to talk to the other side, wouldn't it be lowering his status? So, I will tell him later that if there is a suitable opportunity, I will give that Xu Kun a taste of pain."
After saying that, fearing that Lin Xinru would continue to dwell on this topic, he quickly turned to Lin Zhiling.
"Mrs. Guo."
Lin Zhiling bowed to Zeng Xinying and carefully handed over a small box, saying, "This is the amulet I just got from the Zhusheng Niangniang Temple. I hope Mrs. Guo won't dislike it."
In the past, she, like Lin Xinru and Lin Xilei, all called Zeng Teacher, but now she calls her Mrs. Guo all the time. She even went to ask for a talisman from the Goddess of Fertility, with the purpose of showing Zeng Xinying that she would not covet her position.
Zeng Xinying glanced at the box and said calmly, "I appreciate your kindness, but Xinru has just given me a fertility amulet from the Goddess of Birth. If you want more, I'm afraid the gods and Buddhas will not only not bless you, but will punish you instead."
Lin Zhiling held the box in both hands, unable to move forward or backward, feeling extremely embarrassed and at a loss.
Seeing her like this, Zeng Xinying felt much happier. In fact, she did not have much ill will towards Lin Zhiling. The main reason was that she had been thinking about it for a whole year and still could not figure out why Guo Shangfan gave up Lin Zhiling and chose herself as his second wife.
Liu Jialing is fine, after all, she is old and ugly, but Lin Zhiling is the same age as her and is praised by the media as the most beautiful woman in Taiwan...
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for Zeng Xinying to accept Lin Zhiling into her circle again and find an opportunity to rekindle her relationship with Guo Shangfan.
So even though she was in a better mood, she still kept a stern face and didn't give Lin Zhiling any chance to ease the atmosphere.
Faced with Zeng Xinying's attitude of keeping people at a distance, Lin Zhiling had no choice but to leave in disgrace.
After leaving the teahouse and returning to the car, Lin Zhiling gritted her teeth in shame and anger. She hated Zeng Xinying for taking advantage of her husband's power, and she also hated Lin Xinru for trying to catch a rat - if Lin Xinru hadn't given her the amulet in advance, she wouldn't have been sent away so easily!
Zeng Xinying definitely cannot be moved, and it is estimated that there are few people on the entire island who can move Zeng Xinying.
But Lin Xinru...
Thinking of what she had just heard, Lin Zhiling made up her mind and prepared to take this opportunity to contact Xu Kun - if she could do it well, maybe today would be a blessing in disguise.
As for whether she will repeat Lin Xinru's mistakes...
Haha~
Although they all have the last name Lin, what can Lin Xinru compare herself with? Director Xu can't be as blind as someone else, right? !
(End of this chapter)
