Intrigued by her reaction, Hua Jin caught up with her. “Why are you walking so fast?! Can you slow down? Your legs are so long.”
However, Liang Yin immediately said, “These are your legs, not mine.”
The actor snorted at that. “They’re yours now!”
Liang Yin pursed her lips, refusing to speak!
Hua Jin saw her expression and knew what she was disappointed about. He smiled and said, “Why? Have you given up? Your idol looks like a gentleman and a high-quality idol, but he’s no different from an ordinary man.”
Liang Yin was already quite upset, and with Hua Jin fanning the flames, she became even angrier. She snapped, “What about you?”
Hua Jin was confused now that she was directing an accusing tone at him.
“What … what do you mean by that?”
“Since you say that celebrities are all like that… They appear to be high-quality idols, but in fact, they’re no different from ordinary men… If ordinary people make mistakes, so do celebrities. What about you?”
The actor fell silent.
Liang Yin continued, “Do you sleep with your fans?”
“Please. There are only fans who want to sleep with me. There are no fans I want to sleep with.” He added, “I would never do such a crude thing.”
“Why?” Liang Yin did not understand. “A girl who’s your fan would be very eager to have intimate contact with you!”
“Although it’s normal for men and women to love each other, it has to be based on the fact that two people like each other and understand each other, right?!” After a pause, his gaze went blank. “The Hua Jin they like isn’t the real me.”
“What are you talking about?” Liang Yin could not help but stop and look at him in surprise. “I don’t understand what you’re saying. If it’s not you that your fans like, then who is it that they like? A ghost?”
The actor laughed in a self-deprecating way.
“Every time I make a movie, I gain millions of fans. These fans don’t like the real me at all. They like the character and the persona in the movie. I, on the other hand, just use the persona in the movie to make them like me. And outside of the script, they like me because my looks allow them to create fantasies.” The actor paused, then continued, “They fantasize that I’m their boyfriend, husband, or ideal lover. I, on the other hand, as an ideal lover, have no right to be in a relationship, for that would cause me to lose my fans. In the eyes of the beholder, there might even be a fan who would jump off a building because of it. At which point, the media would accuse me and make me a sinner.”
“Then why did you become an actor?”
“Because it’s my job.”
The actor smiled. “If you accept it, then there’s no point in complaining. Even if fans like your persona, you’re an actor. You can disappoint anyone but your fans.”
“That’s putting it nicely.” Liang Yin said, “As I recall, you have no lack of a bad history. Isn’t there also a rumor that you performed sexual favors for the higher-ups in the past?”
The actor frowned deeply at that. “Who said that?”
“Sister V said so.”
“Sister V?”
The name seemed familiar to Hua Jin.
“Who’s Sister V?”
“I can only tell you it’s Sister V. I can’t say much else.”
