Easily Set Aflame

Chapter 2.1 - A Forced Cameo Role (1)

Ever since the drama's official character stills were released, they were madly forwarded and discussed online.

When Jia He was busy, she would be revising the script, and when she was free, she would browse through websites and read through comments left by Yi Wenze's fans.

She had actually always felt that screenwriting is a good profession. There is no need to work regular office hours. You only need to sit around with the story editor and other screenwriters and idly chat until you have worked out together the scene breakdown for the overall outline. Then, each person gets assigned episodes to work on, takes them away, and starts writing, and that's all. Even if you have to be with the cast and crew for production, you only have to sit in your own room and do not need to endure the intense heat or bitter cold of the filming site. It's the perfect career choice for homebody-type girls.

Currently, as she fixed her attention on the several hundred comments under Yi Wenze's Weibo, she had one more self-gratifying reason that she could add.

The scene being filmed today was her favourite. The male and female lead, as well as a group of younger-generation nobility, were competing in calligraphy in front of Wu Zetian.

She had specifically asked for the filming schedule and then requested Qiao Qiao to bring her over to watch when the time came. The result, of course, was that she had gotten a look of disdain in exchange, plus, without the slightest hesitation, agreement to her request.

While she was thinking this, she was also pondering that she should change into that black down coat so that she could completely blend into and disappear in the film site and avoid getting herself into any more embarrassing predicaments. Fortunately, the director and assistant director doing this scene had never seen her before, having only gone through Director Jiang whenever they had any opinions on the script. Therefore, she only needed to stand in a corner somewhere and then absolutely no one would take notice of her.

Right when she was lost in thought, a news window popped up in her MSN account, which had automatically logged in for her.

A glaring headline immediately caught her eye: Source reveals that Tian Chu had an extramarital affair first. A certain popular Taiwanese singer declines to respond.

The words were not in a big font, but they were enough to bring shock.

Jia He's heart skipped several beats, and she nearly was unable to breathe. She was even more shocked than when, back then, she saw Gu Yu's arm around the shoulder of her own department manager.

Swiftly, she linked up the recent gossip news and filled in in her mind the causes and resulting sequence of events. Before her eyes now was the image of the stairwell at the press conference and how, leaning against the wall, Yi Wenze had finished off his cigarette in only a few drags and then the first thing he said after was that the two of them should leave separately from there, lest she be dragged into everything and people made mistaken assumptions about her. A fire of anger seemed to ignite in her heart, burning and burning. She was burning to the point she was dizzy, when Xiao Ou knocked on the door and told her she could go now.

She slipped on her coat. The car she was riding was Qiao Qiao's. The cast had already long since arrived at the filming site to prepare, so naturally only the driver and Qiao Qiao were in the vehicle.

Qiao Qiao, her head lowered, was text messaging and did not even look up. "Hey, net junkie, have you seen the news?"

Giving an "uh-huh" in answer, Jia He continued fueling that fire in her heart.

"Your idol sure gets enough grievance to suffer through." Qiao Qiao licked her lips. Right as she was about to lift her head, another text message alert sounded and she hastily clicked the message open, all the while carrying on, "Tian Chu started in the entertainment industry very early on, but she never made it big in Hong Kong with her singing. Then when she went over to Taiwan, her agent conned her, and she couldn't even afford to feed herself. Had she not relied on Yi Wenze, she absolutely would not have become popular. But now, that's great; she's done with using him, so she's gone and hooked up with someone who's more popular."