Starlight Has No Past

Chapter 5 Part 2

Ye Qiao was in a hurry to get her shot. When the nurse was administering

the rabies vaccine, most patients would say “Please be gentle,” but Ye Qiao

wore a frown and was rus.h.i.+ng the nurse “Please hurry up.” Right afterwards,

as she held a cotton ball to her arm, she said to Zhou Tingsheng: “Let's just

have lunch at the hotel? My treat.”

Zhou Tingsheng grabbed her right hand which had just been given a new

dressing and he could still smell the disinfectant. Ye Qiao leaned forward to

his left shoulder with the force and heard him slowly saying: “You're inviting me

to go to the hotel.”

It was a s.e.xy and seductive voice.

What an indecent mind.

After being with him for sometime, Ye Qiao now treated him as a paper tiger.

All she was worrying about was whether their position now would be seen by

others as if they were embracing each other. She calmly said: “You're putting

words into my mouth.”

He chuckled out loud and took out a cigarette from the cigarette box.

Ye Qiao quickly turned her face away with furrowed brows. Zhou Tingsheng

glanced at her, but still lit the cigarette. He didn't speak until he blew out the

first smoke: “Let's go. I'll take you back. I have other arrangement at noon.

We'll eat together some other time.”

Ye Qiao felt that there were so many aspects of him which she disliked.

Such as smoking, rough behavior, and not willing to accommodate women,

not even a pretty woman-- - -And then there was his general indecency, vulgarity

and mysterious whereabouts.

Yet, she simply couldn't dislike him, the person.

If there was anything more unthinkable than this, then it had to be the fact that

she was going to cut the birthday cake with Cheng Jiang.

The news conference for

had invited all the mainstream press,

TV stations, and online media in the country. Several major stars working on the

movie were also present.

Gu Jin, following his teacher, Lai Zhicheng, usually told stories of serious issues

with their films, but Gu Jin could also achieve commercial successes. One important

reason for this was that Gu Jin would recruit famous actors to achieve maximum publicity.

Ye Qiao sat under the stage and watched Gu Jin excitedly delivering his speech

on stage. She recalled her first impression of him-- --Gu Jin was a talented person.

Even up till now, in her mind, he was one of the few in this business who possessed

both talent and pa.s.sion.

However, reality was sometimes cruel.

The director's presentation was over in a short while. Gu Jin remained on stage.

The host announced with an elated voice: “Now, we'll have the female lead of

, Cheng Jiang, come on stage!”

The sound of camera shutters and flas.h.i.+ng lights filled the room. The woman in

front of all the lenses wore a red, long gown. The halterneck gown was simple

yet well designed to show off her ample bosom. Gu Jin waited at the side of the

stage to escort her up the stairs, with a big smile on his face.

Their interaction furthered confirmed the rumors which had been released earlier

by the public relations department-- --that director Gu and best actress receiver

Cheng Jiang were a couple now.

Ye Qiao could foresee the picture of the two walking on stage together would be

the headline of every major entertainment news tomorrow.