I Want To Retire From the Circle but Become Famous by Acting Poorly

“Chengyang.”

Lin Yu carried a plate to the table, on which there were sandwiches.

【I heard a man’s voice!】

【Help! It sounds so good!】

【Is it the manager?】

【He’s here too?】

【Where’s the person? I want to see. I was born to like handsome guys.】

Su Chengyang was indeed a little greedy. She looked at the scrolling comments and said, “You guys chat with Xiao Lu for a while, I’ll go eat something.”

【What can’t you eat in front of everyone?】

【Come back!】

Xiao Lu waved her hand and said, “Haven’t you seen Su Chengyang eat before? She’s afraid she’ll starve to death if she’s one second late.”

Su Chengyang walked to Lin Yu’s side and heard the words, turning around to glare at her.

Xiao Lu didn’t care and continued chatting with the comments.

“Yes, it was Boss Lin who just called her.”

“Boss Lin was in the previous few episodes, but he was too busy for the fourth episode and didn’t follow along.”

“Are they a match? Of course they are when they stand together.”

“Has Mr. Lin ever been in love? Why are you asking me this? As far as I know, he hasn’t.”

“Him and Mary? What are you thinking? Do you believe in clickbait? It’s better to say he’s with Su Chengyang than to say he’s with Mary.”

Upon hearing this, Su Chengyang paused, looked up at those around her, and saw Lin Yu sitting calmly in front of the computer, looking at the scrolling comment section.

“Ding一”

Su Chengyang’s phone, which was placed aside, rang.

Xiao Lu handed her the phone, and Su Chengyang opened it to see a message from Du Senyu saying he had completed a math test and got all the questions right. As a reward, his father allowed him to watch Su Chengyang’s livestream for an hour.

With a sandwich in her mouth, Su Chengyang typed a reply:【Don’t let it interfere with your studies.】

Du Senyu:【Okay, why isn’t sister in the livestream room?】

Su Chengyang:【I’m eating.】

After replying to his message, Su Chengyang raised her head and wanted to take the last bite. Lin Yu had somehow walked over to her side, looked at her phone, which she had not locked yet, and paused on the message she had sent out.

Lin Yu pursed his lips and calmly looked away, “Sorry, I accidentally saw it. Do you want some water?”

Su Chengyang didn’t notice his unusual behavior and shook her head.

At that moment, Du Senyu sent another message asking when she would be in the livestream room. Su Chengyang wiped her hands and replied in front of Lin Yu,【Right away.】

After sending the message, Su Chengyang intended to stand up and return to the camera, but Lin Yu didn’t move out of the way. His probing gaze lingered on Su Chengyang’s face for a moment. Su Chengyang asked in confusion, “What’s wrong?”

Lin Yu pursed his lips and lowered his gaze, “touch up your lipstick.”

“Oh, I almost forgot,” Su Chengyang replied.

After Su Chengyang finished touching up her lipstick and returned to the camera, more and more viewers joined her livestream. Xiao Lu returned to her seat, searched on Weibo and found that Su Chengyang’s livestream was trending again.

Su Chengyang had been livestreaming for nearly three hours and it was almost eleven o’clock when Du Senyu sent her a message saying that his father had told him to go to sleep and couldn’t watch anymore, but he was hiding under the covers to keep watching.

Su Chengyang wanted to reply to him and tell him to go to bed early, but the questions in the livestream room were getting more and more frequent, so she said, “It’s getting late, people who have to go to school or work tomorrow shouldn’t watch anymore, go to bed early.”

【Wuwuwu, no, I don’t want to.】

【I don’t want to go to class, I want to chat with my sister.】

【I don’t want to go to work! I don’t want to see my stupid boss.】

【Can those who don’t have to go to class or work keep chatting with sister?】

Su Chengyang laughed, “Of course not, I still have to go to work tomorrow.”

【Don’t laugh, Sister, I can’t take it.】

【Su Chengyang, you look so cute when you laugh.】

【Sister supermarket me, I beg you.】

【Hey, the girl upstairs, you flicked your pants at my face.】

At this moment, Du Senyu sent a message with a very cute emoji:【I got it, I’m going to sleep now, thanks, Sister.】

Su Chengyang breathed a sigh of relief, feeling like she was actually soothing her younger brother to sleep.

She smiled again and looked up at the screen, only to catch a glimpse of Lin Yu staring at her intently from not too far away.

She was puzzled and looked over, but Lin Yu shifted his gaze away from the room.

What’s wrong?

Su Chengyang was a little confused.

After greeting her fans, Su Chengyang ended the livestream at eleven o’clock.

Since Lin Yu left the room, he had not come back in.

Su Chengyang thought back to the way he had looked at her and felt a little uneasy. Had she accidentally said something to upset him?

Su Chengyang didn’t help Xiao Lu and Assistant Xu tidy up the room and turned to leave.

She looked around upstairs but didn’t see Lin Yu’s figure.

Walking down to the lobby, she found Lin Yu sitting on the sofa, staring blankly at the sunflowers in the vase.

Su Chengyang unconsciously slowed down her steps, afraid of disturbing him.

As she approached, Lin Yu turned to look at her as she asked, “Is it over?”

Su Chengyang nodded, and seeing nothing unusual about him, she felt a little skeptical. Had she misread his expression earlier when he left the room looking unhappy?

“Get some rest early, there’s work tomorrow. I heated up half a cup of milk for you, drink it before sleeping,” said Lin Yu.

Su Chengyang breathed a sigh of relief without showing it, “Okay, I got it. Brother Lin, you should also go back to rest early.”

Lin Yu nodded, but his body didn’t move.

Thinking that Lin Yu still had something to explain, Su Chengyang didn’t rush him.

After a long silence, Lin Yu finally spoke up. “Chengyang.”

“Hmm?” Su Chengyang looked at him confused.

Lin Yu struggled a bit, then hesitated.

To be honest, he felt a bit uncomfortable when he saw Chengyang chatting with Du Senyu.

He thought it was unreasonable, it was just a conversation. What right did he have to feel uncomfortable?

But when Chengyang said that one sentence in the livestreaming room, telling fans who were attending classes or work to rest early, although it was just an ordinary reminder, he couldn’t help feeling that she was interacting with Du Senyu, interacting with only one person in front of all the viewers in the livestreaming room.

Realizing this possibility, he suddenly felt breathless.

Maybe it was because of what Lu Yin said during the day, Chengyang showed some resistance to the fact that he “liked” her. And by exchanging contact information with the guest and Du Senyu, maybe, just as Lu Yin said, Chengyang preferred boys her age.

Although he didn’t want to admit it, at that moment, he did feel the sense of imbalance caused by age, and the insecurity that Chengyang might not like him.

So when Chengyang looked over, he was afraid of being discovered, and left the room in a hurry.

He believed that no matter what emotions he had towards Chengyang, it was his own business. He didn’t want his emotions to affect her.

Because liking someone is only his own business. If Cheng Yang also likes him, then it’s their own business.

However, if he has to give up, or watch Su Chengyang like someone else, he feels unwilling to do so.

After struggling for a moment, Lin Yu finally spoke up, “If you have to choose a partner, would you prefer someone older or someone around your age?”

His question left Su Chengyang stunned.

Su Chengyang stared at him, hoping to read something from his face.

But Su Chengyang wasn’t sure what he really wanted to know.

Maybe he just wanted to confirm something.

For a full five seconds, except for Lin Yu’s serious face, Su Chengyang couldn’t read anything.

“Manager Lin, is this question related to work?”

Su Chengyang couldn’t think of any other reason why Lin Yu would ask her this question.

Lin Yu’s eyes swept across Su Chengyang’s face and he couldn’t look her in the eye, so he just glanced over and said in an ambiguous tone, “Sort of.”

Su Chengyang didn’t suspect anything and nodded, “If it’s a character in a play, from my perspective, age is not a determining factor. I like a person, and what attracts me is not their age.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu’s eyes glazed over for a moment, as if he understood something but not really.

Su Chengyang said that age is not a determining factor, so the conclusion that Lu Yin reached earlier cannot hold.

“I understand now.” Lin Yu’s expression looked much more relaxed.

Su Chengyang looked at him confusedly, “What do you understand?”

Lin Yu smiled at her and said, “So you can take on any role, right?”

Su Chengyang: “…”

Why did she feel like she and Lin Yu weren’t talking about the same thing?

After giving instructions to Su Chengyang, Lin Yu got up and left.

Because it was late at night, Assistant Xu stayed overnight at Lin Yu’s nearby home.

After finishing her washing up, Su Chengyang lay back in bed and couldn’t figure out what Lin Yu really meant. Was it possible that she was overthinking things?

Unconsciously, Su Chengyang fell asleep. The next morning, when she woke up, Lin Yu was already at their door with their breakfast.

As usual, Lin Yu put the breakfast in bowls on the table, changed the flowers in the vase, and left for work.

Before leaving, he told Su Chengyang and Xiao Lu that they were going to take a promotional photos for <Sludge> today, and that Director Wang would probably invite them to dinner in the evening. He wouldn’t be able to make it for dinner, but he would come to pick them up later.

After Su Chengyang and Xiao Lu agreed, he drove off to the company.

Last night’s seven million fans benefit successfully kept Su Chengyang on the trending list for several hours, and her Weibo followers increased significantly. In just one night, it was approaching eight million.

Weibo also established a super topic for Su Chengyang. Her big fans compiled a timeline of all the things Su Chengyang had experienced since her debut, including her travel schedules in great detail. They even listed every second and minute of her appearances in <Travel>.

Anyone who reads it can tell that they are true fans.

After breakfast, Xiao Lu drove Su Chengyang to the location where they were going to shoot the posters for <Sludge>.

When Director Wang saw Su Chengyang, he smiled broadly and greeted her, “Miss Su!”

He approached and stretched out his right hand to Su Chengyang. Su Chengyang was startled by his enthusiastic attitude and slowly shook his hand.

“Long time no see, Long time no see!” He grabbed Su Chengyang’s hand and shook it hard twice.

Su Chengyang smiled and withdrew her hand, “Long time no see, Director. Where are the others?”

This time, for the shooting of the movie poster, there were group photos and individual photos of the actors, so they waited until Su Chengyang arrived before calling the other actors together.

“They’re all here. Miss Su, you can go and get ready first.”

“Okay.”

Because of Su Chengyang’s and Tian Rong’s scandal, the crew of <Sludge> not only received free publicity, but also garnered attention even before the release of the movie.

Director Wang felt that Su Chengyang was the lucky star of their crew! Everything got better with her around. Judging by his attitude towards her, he didn’t seem like a director dealing with an actor, but more like a director dealing with a wealthy investor. His eyes were so narrow with a smile.

Su Chengyang was taken to the makeup room where the staff had prepared several outfits for her to change into for the photo shoot.

During her makeup process, Xiao Lu played on her phone, chatting with Su Chengyang occasionally.

After finishing her makeup, the makeup artist asked Su Chengyang to rest for a few minutes. A staff member would take her for the photo shoot soon.

While waiting, Su Chengyang took out her phone and scrolled through her messages.

The WeChat group chat for <Travel> was very quiet. She clicked on it and saw that the chat stopped at last night when Han Songxue mentioned her manager had gotten her a lot of work.

After the third episode of the show aired, everyone’s popularity increased to a certain degree online. They were constantly receiving endorsements and event invitations, so they all became busy after the show.

Su Chengyang suddenly had the feeling that everyone’s lives were back on track.

Shortly after, the staff asked Su Chengyang to take a photo for the poster.

By the time she got there, the other actors had already taken their positions.

There were eight actors in total, and Su Chengyang had only met Xu Hao before. She greeted the others with a smile and was led by the staff to stand next to Xu Hao.

“Long time no see,” Xu Hao smiled and greeted her.

Su Chengyang was surprised and asked, “Am I standing here for the photo? Shouldn’t it be…”

Xu Hao is the male lead of this movie, and the one who should stand with him in the center position is the female lead.

Looking around, Su Chengyang noticed a girl with an unpleasant expression standing on her left.

When the girl noticed Su Chengyang looking at her, she forced a stiff smile and remained silent.

Su Chengyang then realized that she was supposed to stand where the other girl was standing. However, since it was the director’s decision, she didn’t say anything. She didn’t pay much attention to the position she stood in anyway, so she cooperated and started taking the photos.

But the photoshoot was not going smoothly. There were always some problems, either with the lighting or the positioning. The female actor on Su Chengyang’s left seemed unhappy with losing her position and kept making mistakes at critical moments. She even intentionally bumped into Su Chengyang several times and got her skirt dirty.

At first, Su Chengyang didn’t mind, but as the girl continued to make mistakes and dirty her clothes, Su Chengyang couldn’t help but frown and stare at her. The female actor, however, remained cold and didn’t look at her.

Su Chengyang thought of herself as a patient person with a relatively calm personality. But when she couldn’t take it anymore, she lowered her voice and said, “If you’re not happy with your position, you can talk to the director.”

The female actor looked up at her with a hint of resentment in her eyes, “Do you think I haven’t talked to him?” she said.

“In that case, there’s nothing more to say. I can bring you more publicity. In the current online context, if I don’t stand here, whoever stands here will be criticized when the poster is released. Besides, standing in a certain position in a poster doesn’t mean anything,” Su Chengyang said.

The actress pursed her red lips. She certainly knew that Su Chengyang was right, but… she just couldn’t accept it. She had been overshadowed, and Director Wang had even decided on the big finale because Su Chengyang played the role of Yun Xiaoxi.

Despite her dissatisfaction, the actress calmed down a bit after Su Chengyang’s words and didn’t continue to cause trouble.

Even so, taking a group photo still took nearly two hours.

At noon, the director ordered boxed meals for them. In the afternoon, they would take individual posters, and after that, they would go out for dinner.

Shortly after lunch, the photographer began to take promotional posters for each of them.

Su Chengyang was the last one. While waiting, she was lured by Xiao Lu to play a few rounds of tower defense games.

Xiao Lu played quite well so Su Chengyang followed her as a support, but Su Chengyang didn’t even understand the rules of the game.

“Wait for the soldiers to enter the tower! Let the soldiers enter the tower first! Haven’t you noticed that the opposing defense tower has been attacking you all the time?”

Looking at the grayed-out screen, Su Chengyang muttered, “I don’t know how to play.”

“That’s why I asked you to follow me. Why are you running around?”

“But I need to kill soldiers to earn money to buy things.”

Without mentioning buying things, Xiao Lu almost fainted when she saw Su Chengyang’s equipment: “What did you buy?”

Su Chengyang looked at her equipment list with various colored gems underneath and felt wronged: “Didn’t you tell me to buy gems?”

Xiao Lu looked at the gems of various colors under her equipment list and fell into silence for a moment.

“Forget it, you should play ‘Orphan Road’1 in the next game.”

Starting from the second round, Su Chengyang followed the advice and did nothing but clear the minion waves.

The enemy pushed both other lanes to the high ground, while Su Chengyang diligently cleared the top lane minions, only knowing how to use basic attacks and not even using skills.

Xiao Lu had completely given up on her and never paid attention to her. Later, Su Chengyang found some joy in clearing the minion waves, but then the crystal at their base was destroyed. Su Chengyang looked confused and said, “What’s going on? How did we lose?”

Xiao Lu laughed uncontrollably and said, “We’re in a fierce battle over here, while you’re focused on farming in the top lane. If the end of the world came, you’d be one of the last people alive.”

After being mocked by her, Su Chengyang closed her phone and said stubbornly, “I’m not playing anymore.”

Even Xiao Lu didn’t want to play anymore and said, “Okay, let’s switch to another game.”

“What game?” Su Chengyang asked curiously, having just found some enjoyment in the game.

“A shooting game, I’ll download it for you,” Xiao Lu said.

When Xu Hao came back after finishing the poster, he saw Su Chengyang and Xiao Lu playing games in the lounge.

“Someone’s attacking me! Xiao Lu, help me!” Su Chengyang panicked.

“Wait a minute, what number are you?” Xiao Lu asked.

“Number four.”

“Number four? How did you end up in the military base? I’m still in the mountain ruins and can’t fly over there.”

Before Su Chengyang could respond, she was knocked down.

“Help! Help! There are so many people attacking me!”

“I’m dead!”

Xiao Lu said helplessly, “I don’t really know how to play this game either.”

Su Chengyang lifted her head in despair. She had already died three times and couldn’t even pick up a gun.

Xu Hao found it a bit funny. He walked into the lounge with his long legs and asked the two of them with his phone, “Do you mind if one more person joins? I’m pretty good at this game.”

Su Chengyang nodded eagerly, “Come on, come on.”

Coincidentally, a female actress passed by the door, and the three of them called her over to play the game together.

Unexpectedly, the actress was quite good at the game and teamed up with Xu Hao to carry the other two players.

Su Chengyang had never played games before but was now hooked. After they finished taking photos for the poster and went to dinner, she couldn’t stop thinking about the game. When everyone was almost done eating and chatting in the private room, Su Chengyang called on the three of them to continue playing.

When Lin Yu rushed over after finishing his work, he found Director Wang and the others casually chatting and dreaming of a better future on one side of the private room. On the other side, Su Chengyang and the other three were huddled together like children brought to a dinner party by their parents, playing games with great joy.

“Haozi, save me!” Su Chengyang suddenly shouted, with a look of horror on her face, as if her body was also exerting force.

Seeing such a vivid expression on her face, Lin Yu felt a slight itch in his heart that he couldn’t describe.

Someone had told him before that people like him didn’t easily get moved, but once their hearts were touched, their feelings would be like a floodgate that couldn’t be stopped.

It’s over.

He really wanted to turn Su Chengyang into his own collection.