After Transmigrating, I Fell in Love with a Top-Tier Movie Queen - Chapter 94

Zheng Lanwen’s emergency trip to the hospital wasn’t kept under wraps.

Paparazzi sniffing out a story quickly converged on the scene, and as a result, the news of Zheng Lanwen’s injury hit the trending searches that very night. Due to her recent popularity and interference from other companies, the topic remained stubbornly high.

Zheng Lanwen’s fans are naturally protective, and upon hearing that their idol was injured during filming, they swarmed the program’s official Weibo account. In just one night, they flooded the show’s page with millions of comments.

Other casual fans happily watched the drama unfold, finding the spectacle of Zheng Lanwen getting injured and her fans destroying the program’s social media page highly entertaining.

However, no sooner had one incident settled than another arose.

Perhaps seeing the immense popularity of The Leisurely Courtyard, people from other companies purchased a trending search topic about the safety issues in variety show filming, thoroughly exploiting Zheng Lanwen’s injury to cool down the show’s heat.

Under mounting pressure, Yan Li, no matter how much of a scoundrel he was, dared not step forward, even halting the live stream.

Three days after Zheng Lanwen was hospitalized, under a clear sky, Meng Keling called Luo Tian.

Luo Tian was in Zheng Lanwen’s hospital room at the time. Seeing the incoming call from Meng Keling, he glanced at Zheng Lanwen, who lay on the bed looking half-dead, and finally stepped into the hallway to answer.

Meng Keling began by greeting him: “Mr. Luo.”

Luo Tian politely returned: “Miss Meng.”

“Miss Meng?”

Meng Keling let out a light laugh: “In all these years, this is the first time we’ve been so polite to each other.”

Previously, when Zheng Lanwen and Lin Xin were still partners, Meng Keling and Luo Tian didn’t actually communicate much.

For one, Meng Keling found both of them annoying and was impatient whenever they met. For another, Luo Tian was thin-skinned, and Meng Keling’s attitude naturally made him reluctant to approach her.

Thus, although Luo Tian took many resources from Meng Keling over the years, the two barely communicated, and they met only a handful of times.

If either side had to contact the other, it was almost always bad news, and a scolding was inevitable.

In contrast, receiving a calm phone call like this was extremely rare.

Luo Tian couldn’t help but feel emotional: “It’s you who is being courteous, senior.”

Meng Keling scoffed and asked, “I’ve been busy for the past few days and haven’t had time to look for you two. Now that things have settled down recently, we should have a good talk.”

Luo Tian: “May I ask what about?”

Meng Keling didn’t mince words, jumping straight into the question: “Regarding this variety show, what is Zheng Lanwen’s intention now?”

Luo Tian glanced at the door to Zheng Lanwen’s room. He could only see nurses going in and out, but Zheng Lanwen hadn’t called for him. Feeling assured, he replied, “She fractured her bone. She was put in a cast the day she was admitted.”

Meng Keling paused, then burst into laughter: “I heard about her rescue attempt. It’s tough that she had to break a bone to save someone.”

Luo Tian felt helpless facing Meng Keling’s sarcasm: “She did, after all, save Lin Xin, didn’t she?”

Meng Keling was unfazed and stated directly: “I suppose so! But don’t think for a second that we’ll feel guilty. Lin Xin’s contributions over the years were no less than this. Consider it Zheng Lanwen’s penance!”

Luo Tian simply hummed in agreement, standing by the hallway window. The breeze blowing in was hot. It was no longer as cool as spring; summer had arrived.

“Since that’s the case, may I ask why Miss Meng is calling?”

Meng Keling finally dropped the sarcastic tone and said, “I don’t know why Zheng Lanwen suddenly had a change of heart. But I believe both Zheng Lanwen and you must have seen that Lin Xin has been doing very well since leaving you. Now, she has her own life and isn’t planning to look back. Tell Zheng Lanwen to leave! Her broken leg is a perfect excuse, isn’t it?”

Luo Tian fell silent, and Meng Keling also waited for his reply.

After a long while, Luo Tian’s voice on the other end of the line sighed wistfully: “A good horse doesn’t eat the grass it left behind, does it?”

Meng Keling: “You’re certainly generous to call your actress ‘grass.’ Well, yours may be cheap, but mine is a treasure. Although the past is like smoke, thinking about how serious she was back then makes me pity her. Therefore, I think Zheng Lanwen’s current predicament is well-deserved.”

Luo Tian was so provoked that he laughed angrily: “You came here today to tell me to get Zheng Lanwen to quit, right? You certainly don’t hold back. Aren’t you worried I’ll refuse out of anger?”

Meng Keling sneered: “I did come to discuss this, but do you honestly believe you and Zheng Lanwen can still threaten us today?”

Luo Tian was naturally thin-skinned. His aggressive words were merely a facade. Regarding the matter between Zheng Lanwen and Lin Wan, he had indeed helped scheme to hype up the CP. However, everything that followed exceeded his expectations, especially Zheng Lanwen contacting Lin Wan after marriage for revenge, and then divorcing Lin Xin for Lin Wan.

All of this made Luo Tian very dissatisfied.

But now, everything was set in stone.

He originally thought that after the divorce, they would go their separate ways, walking different paths on the wide road, and not interacting with each other. An ending that wasn’t great, but wasn’t terrible either.

However, who could have expected… Zheng Lanwen to regret it? After breaking up so completely, she started trying to come back.

The resolve she showed when divorcing Lin Xin had completely vanished.

Moreover, the way she left was so messy. Not just Zheng Lanwen, but Luo Tian himself felt too ashamed to face them.

In the end, Luo Tian compromised, saying, “I understand. I’ll have her withdraw. Miss Meng, from now on, I will make sure she focuses on her career.”

Meng Keling: “I hope so!”

With that, Meng Keling hung up the phone.

Thinking about Zheng Lanwen’s broken leg, she couldn’t help but inwardly scoff: Late affection is cheaper than grass. Who wants love that comes too late?

After the incident subsided, the program crew finally issued an apology.

They published the cause and result of the incident, apologized sincerely, and promised to work hard to improve.

The Leisurely Courtyard groveled in apology, and Zheng Lanwen’s fans continued to criticize for another two days.

Once the fans calmed down, Zheng Lanwen came forward, stating that due to her leg injury, she decided to withdraw from the program to avoid affecting the filming schedule.

Consequently, her fans switched to expressing their sympathy.

Amidst these noisy days, the first episode of The Leisurely Courtyard officially premiered on satellite TV.

Fortunately, it wasn’t affected by the recent negative news, and the first episode’s ratings were unexpectedly high.

As The Leisurely Courtyard aired on TV, the on-site filming was also nearing its end.

After a long ban on live streaming, Yan Li finally reopened the stream one day.

The live stream time was still 8 a.m. sharp. The residents of The Leisurely Courtyard were already awake. Since Zheng Lanwen’s departure, everyone continued as usual, without any discomfort due to her absence.

They were, after all, just colleagues, and Zheng Lanwen had only been with the program for a month. To be honest, they didn’t have much deep affection for her.

Watching the group live their leisurely lives in the peaceful courtyard, as if Zheng Lanwen had never been there, made her fans very upset, and they couldn’t help but make sarcastic remarks in the comment section.

【They worked together for so long, and yet they show absolutely no human compassion.】

【The worst is Lin Xin, she was the one who got saved.】

【No wonder she was divorced, a woman so cold is terrifying.】

However, no one cared about the scattered ‘two-ha’ fans barking wildly. Compared to the few scattered dissenters, the comment section was overwhelmingly dominated by Rising Star CP fans.

As the only national CP in recent years, the fans’ enthusiasm completely obscured the screen. Not only could the ‘two-ha’ fans not squeeze in, but even if they did, their comments would be entirely covered up.

At this moment in the courtyard, everyone had finished breakfast and were helping with chores.

It was the season for eating crayfish. A group of guests sat on small stools by the water tank, washing the crayfish, while others were peeling garlic on the other side.

Everyone worked while chatting casually.

Lin Xin was very skilled at washing crayfish, catching any that tried to run away as she scrubbed.

Ye Linghua, on the other hand, couldn’t manage the crayfish, so she joined the other guests in peeling garlic.

As she bent down to pick up a clove of garlic, the necklace on her neck slipped out, flashing with a dazzling light in the sun.

Qu Hejing immediately noticed it and teased her: “I see you wearing it every day recently, but this is the first time I’ve seen what it looks like. It’s very unique!”

Ye Linghua picked up the necklace, held it towards Qu Hejing, and asked with a smile, “Does it look good?”

Qu Hejing nodded, and Ye Linghua said proudly, “It was a birthday gift.”

Qu Hejing immediately asked, “Who gave it to you?”

Ye Linghua didn’t fall for the bait. Since Meng Keling hadn’t given the go-ahead for a public announcement, she replied vaguely: “Someone very important.”