Before and After Divorce

A few days later, Zhao Nanshu was not at home because of something. Xia Tingwan received a call from his agent, Zhou Yang.

During this period of time, he had been deliberately avoiding Zhou Yang, and he neither replied on WeChat nor on his phone, but this was obviously not the solution.

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Although Xia Tingwan worked with Zhou Yang for many years, their relationship was far from close compared to his and Zhao Nanshu’s. However, Zhou Yang was introduced to Xia Tingwan by Xu Zhe.

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Xia Tingwan trusted Xu Zhe, so he also trusted Zhou Yang. But he was a sensitive person, and he had always understood that Zhou Yang doesn’t quite appreciate his personal life, so the two have been unable to get close.

Zhou Yang was stern and overbearing. What he likes are celebrities who are obedient, not those that are uncontrollable and capricious, like him.

In his early years when he was at his peak, he was indeed the most dazzling celebrity in Zhou Yang’s hands, but after he got married, he himself slacked off on his career and made some unwise decisions. There were several negative news, and the relationship between Zhou Yang and him grew colder day by day.

For Xia Tingwan, Zhou Yang was a bit like Su Yan in some aspects. They were both older, wiser, and powerful men, but Su Yan was profound and more introspective, while Zhou Yang was sharp.

Xia Tingwan has respect and more or less awe for Zhou Yang. 

“Okay.”

Xia Tingwan knew that Zhou Yang called him mostly to talk about work, but he was not interested, so he didn’t initiate the conversation.

“The hospital called me and said you didn’t have your scar treatment this week. What happened?”

Although Zhou Yang’s tone remained the same, Xia Tingwan immediately noticed that he was dissatisfied. He was silent for a while, and finally honestly explained, “I was in a bad mood these days, so I didn’t go out.” 

After his car accident, Su Yan arranged him in Ren’ai Hospital, mainly dealing with his fractures and multiple contusions, as well as subsequent care, and other matters were not taken care of.

But when Zhou Yang saw Xia Tingwan’s face, he immediately made an appointment for the laser scar removal treatment for him, and then basically asked Xia Tingwan to go once a month.

As an agent, Zhou Yang’s biggest concern is, of course, Xia Tingwan’s appearance. In recent months, every time he talked with Xia Tingwan on the phone, he always asked about the progress of the scar recovery.

At this time, hearing Xia Tingwan’s answer, Zhou Yang obviously couldn’t suppress his anger: “Tingwan, I understand the problems you face emotionally right now, but you can’t continue doing things like this. You broke up with Mr. Su, but your life goes on. Your reputation is not only about your appearance, but also your job. Do you understand? Even if you go on time for each treatment and pay attention to your diet, that scar is doomed not to disappear — how much it can fade, how much it can be covered with cosmetics, and whether it can be accepted by the audience on camera, it all depends on your fate. This is a devastating blow to any celebrity. God only left you a little space to work hard, and you don’t even know to cherish it? Do you think you are worthy of yourself?” 

Zhou Yang rarely said such unkind words. Xia Tingwan just held the phone and listened, feeling anxious.

“Also in the past few months, your first drunk driving incident, then the divorce, the news surrounding you has not been at all positive. Take a look — look at what those weekly magazines and verified accounts have written, and see what the public opinion about you has become. I asked you how you plan to respond, and you didn’t reply on WeChat. How long can you hide from me? Although I issued a PR release about your drunk driving right now, how will you attend events in the future? You’ve been asked by a reporter, what are you going to say back? How are you going to apologize to the public? Aren’t you going to think about any of these questions? Or are you actually already planning to quit the entertainment industry indefinitely?”

Zhou Yang obviously had experienced a lot of issues during this period of time. He simply said it all like a bean. The extremely fast heckling made Xia Tingwan’s fingers holding his mobile phone tremble nervously.

Zhou Yang had so many questions, he could not answer a single one.