CHAPTER 233: 233: LIAN NICHANG SEQUEL

"Oh my gosh, my dear lady, who do you think Jiang Nuo is? He’s an international superstar, and you dare to dream?"

"So what if he’s an international superstar? He’s still a person, he started out as a small celebrity too." Lian Nicang retorted indignantly.

The agent was nearly speechless: "You said it yourself, that was in the past. No one remembers his old days, people only see his current glory and achievements. Lian Nicang, you have to remember, this industry only remembers your glorious side. If you don’t even have that, then you have nothing; no one will remember you."

Lian Nicang didn’t say anything, biting her lip in silence, unwilling to give in.

"And have you forgotten? Jiang Nuo is already married, and he’s so high-profile about showing off his love. He’s made it clear that his wife is the only woman for him in this lifetime. What do you want? Do you want to be the homewrecking mistress everyone despises?"

The agent suddenly felt his artist’s brain must be malfunctioning, though he used to feel lucky for having one that was easy to manage.

This was someone who generally wouldn’t cause trouble, but if she did, it was a big deal.

The agent tried reasoning sincerely: "Are you crazy? Jiang Nuo and his wife are known as the picture of happiness in the entertainment circle, even hailed as a modern fairy tale by his fans. If you try to be his mistress, regardless of whether you succeed, you’ll be despised as a homewrecker, hated for life. And do you think Jiang Nuo is so foolish to sacrifice his career for a woman? Doesn’t he know what impact such a scandal would have on his career? Otherwise, why do you think he told you to be careful? Didn’t you see how he waited for Brother Lu to show up, even if it meant causing a ruckus in front of his hotel room, just to call me over..."

The agent thought after saying so much, she’d understand a bit, but unexpectedly, Lian Nicang broke down, crying and asked him with teary eyes: "You think I want to be his mistress too?"

The agent was stunned: "If you don’t want to be his mistress, what do you want?"

"I like him, I want to be friends with him." Lian Nicang said sincerely.

The agent was left speechless: "If you only wanted to be friends, why did you cause a scene that night?"

Lian Nicang felt wronged: "He ignores me..."

Agent: "..." You want to be friends with someone, but they don’t want to; isn’t that normal?

Just like he had some people he didn’t want to associate with, wanting to keep a distance, is there anything wrong with that?

Who said that just because you want to be friends with someone, they must want to be friends with you?

"It’s normal for him to ignore you! Think about it, he’s a married man; keeping a distance from other women is very natural."

"But I’m different," Lian Nicang argued.

"How are you different?"

"I really like him."

The agent almost felt like crying; it’s precisely because you like him that he doesn’t want to be friends, to avoid misunderstandings!

"Dear lady, why can’t you see? Just because you like him and want to be friends doesn’t mean others should treat you specially. Why should they? You’re not his wife."

"I know he has a wife, I don’t want to be a mistress or be his wife."

"But that special place is reserved for his wife, isn’t that fine?"

"Can’t he have a close friend or confidante?"

The agent was completely defeated. A confidante is basically an ambiguous relationship, isn’t it? Jiang Nuo just doesn’t want to play in ambiguous relationships. Why is that not okay?

Look at him, in all these years in the entertainment industry, when has he ever been too close to any female star? Otherwise, there wouldn’t have been rumors back then that he was gay.

The more the agent thought, the more he felt—maybe Jiang Nuo is truly a rarity in the entertainment world—really only loving his wife!

No wonder his fans adore him so much, calling his love with his wife a "modern fairy-tale romance!"

"Forget it, I don’t want to talk with you anymore." Lian Nicang said.

"I don’t want to talk with you either." If it weren’t for him being her agent, he wouldn’t bother saying so much.

Finally, the first thing Lian Nicang did after leaving the hospital was to hold a press conference to explain what happened that night.

In the past, Lian Nicang was just a newcomer in the entertainment industry, so even if the paparazzi were invited, they wouldn’t come. But now, after a video with Jiang Nuo had gone viral, everyone swarmed over, eager to grab first-hand news about Jiang Nuo.

Because they knew, if they captured something, they would also get a raise and promotion.

Before Lian Nicang went out, the agent repeatedly advised her not to say more than necessary, someone would be there to help explain.

"I understand."

Despite this, the agent watched her seemingly confident appearance, feeling inexplicably uneasy. But then he thought, could Lian Nicang be so foolish as to ruin everything herself?

He stopped worrying, thinking he would be there to fix anything quickly if something happened.

But he never expected, Lian Nicang would pull such a stunt on him.

"What I want to say is, that night was indeed an accident."

This was fine.

"I drank too much that night, which led me to say many things I wouldn’t normally dare to say, but those were my true feelings."

The agent’s heart sank, wanting to stop her, but unfortunately, Lian Nicang wouldn’t hear him. She continued, "I like Jiang Nuo, I know he’s married, I didn’t want to be a mistress, I just wanted to express my feelings, to let him know, to be his friend..."

The agent knew: it was over!

The media instantly reacted as if they had stumbled upon major news, excitedly showering her with questions: "Did you confess to Jiang Nuo? Did he accept?"

"Is it true that he refused, and that’s why you made a scene that night?"

"Is Jiang Nuo playing games with you, but when you wanted more, he refused, so you caused a scene?"

"Did you and Jiang Nuo sleep together?"

...

The agent, of course, couldn’t let Lian Nicang keep answering such questions and hurriedly arranged to have her forcibly removed from the scene, finally managing to calm the media down and send them away.

Backstage, the agent blew up at Lian Nicang: "Are you insane?! Are you destroying everything? Do you know what consequences those words could bring?"

"What consequences? So what if I like Jiang Nuo? Is it so shameful? I just want to express my feelings, what’s wrong with that?" Lian Nicang protested.

"The problem is, Jiang Nuo is married. Knowing this, you still want to confess your feelings. Maybe, to you, it’s just a confession, but to others, it seems like you want to interfere in his marriage, like a homewrecker!"

"I’m not!"

"You say you’re not, but people need to believe you."

"Why don’t they believe? I just like him, I just want to tell him, is that not allowed? Is confession a crime?"

"Alright, alright, you’re not wrong, I’m the one with the problem for trying to talk sense into you!" The agent was completely done with talking, "Enough, the company will assign you a new agent, take care of yourself."

After all, he had done his best with Lian Nicang.

Lian Nicang stood dazed, not understanding why wanting to confess seemed like she had committed a sin against the world, why everyone accused her, even her usually supportive agent left her?