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"I won't be signing it." Xiao Sheng stepped forward and grabbed her hand. He lowered his head, glaring at her, "Jiang Xun, what do you really want?"

Jiang Xun was hurt by his strong grip. She furrowed her brows, "You let go first."

"No."

"You came to me, yet you aren't planning to sign the divorce papers. Don't tell me you don't want to divorce?" Jiang Xun arched her eyebrows and peered at him, her eyes taunted him.

Xiao Sheng was completely refuted by her that he couldn't say anything to retort back.

"That's enough, stop the nonsense. I'm leaving." Jiang Xun yanked her wrist out of his hand, the skin on her wrist was already red.

Xiao Sheng looked at her hand, a little regretful, but he was still in a fit of anger. He also didn't know what to say as his heart wrench with worry.

As soon as he turned around, he saw Xiao Han cleaning up the clutter on the ground. He frowned and questioned, "What are you doing?"

"Can't you see? Cleaning up the mess." Xiao Han's tone was faint, since when he spoke, the cut on his mouth would tear open a little. The pain made him wrinkle in pain and his face turned ugly.

In the fight just now, both Xiao Han and Xiao Sheng's faces were painted, but Xiao Han suffered a worse injury. He knew he was the one in the wrong, so he held back when he punched while Xiao Sheng really used all his power.

However, after the fight, Xiao Han understood Xiao Sheng was the one to bought up divorce first. Since Xiao Sheng has no more feelings for Jiang Xun and wants to divorce her, there was nothing wrong in him liking Jiang Xun.

"Heng, you better remember she is both your sister-in-law and my woman. I don't care whatever you plan to do, you best stop all that wistful thinking." Xiao Sheng locked eyes with him and emphasized each and every word.

After speaking, he ran out and chased after Jiang Xun. He found Jiang Xun in the garage about to drive off.

"You still have business with me?" Jiang Xun rested her hands on the steering wheel, scrolled down the car window, and stared at him calmly.

Xiao Sheng couldn't stand Jiang Xun's indifferent appearance, which made him feel a strong sense of loss. These past few days he often thought of their past, and he realized that he still cared about Jiang Xun.

He hesitantly asked, "Did you deliberately seduce Xiao Han?"

Jiang Xun raised her brows and didn't respond.

"Jiang Xun, there are only the two of us currently here, so you can just say the truth." Xiao Sheng seemed to struggle with this compromise.

"Ah? What do I have to say?" Jiang Xun looked at him in confusion.

Xiao Sheng took a deep breath and said, "I already sever my relationship with Ye Wei Wei."

"Oh? She dumped you?" Jiang Xun purposely made a surprised expression, "I didn't expect she to be rather aware of the present situation."

Xiao Sheng's face turned blue. He didn't expect Jiang Xun to react like this when she learned he was separated from Ye Wei Wei.

"She didn't."

Jiang Xun showed some disappointment, "No? I thought she dumped you, ai."

"Are you really going to divorce me?" Xiao Sheng still couldn't believe the fact.

Jiang Xun smiled, "Of course, did you think I was messing with you? Mr. Xiao, then I will officially announce to you one more time, please sign the divorce agreement as soon as possible. I truly want to be over with you."

Xiao Sheng clenched his fists. His eyes became furious, "You're in such a hurry to divorce for whom? Xie Xuan or Xiao Han?"

"This has nothing to do with you and it isn't within your control either."

Xiao Sheng said with a sullen face, "I don't agree to the divorce. As long as you are willing to give us a chance, we can ignore what happened previously and from the beginning..."

Jiang Xun interrupted him, "You're mentally retarded ah! Who cares if you don't sign, I'll just file a lawsuit for divorce. It doesn't matter whether you stall for time, at most it'll buy you 2 years. Until then, we can both play however we want. After two years, you will have to divorce, whether you like it or not."

Xiao Sheng didn't expect that the words filing for divorce would come out of Jiang Xun's mouth, because he originally had thought if Jiang Xun was unwilling to divorce him, he would also say he can file for divorce. Now, the roles were flipped.

Jiang Xun ignored the stunned Xiao Sheng. She closed the window and drove away.

...…

Half a month later, when the movie "Qing Mei" was about to be released, Jiang Xun and the male lead actor Lin Shen followed Li Yun Tu to participate in the film festival held every three years.

Jiang Xun won the Best Actress award for her spectacular performance in "Qing Mei."

After the news came out, the pre-sale tickets for "Qing Mei" were gone in a flash. The major theaters also increased time slots, but they were still unable to meet the demand.

On the day of the premiere, several of the film critics who came to watch were judges of the film festival. The reporter asked why they wanted to watch it again. Their answer was the "Jiang Xun" in the film was too sensational, making it unforgettable and wanting to watch it a few more times.

When the premiere ended, it was only two hours away from the next replay at midnight. All the people who attended the premiere declared their love of the film in Wechat Moments and Weibo. Several well-known film critics even gave high praises on "Qing Mei."

In one day's time, the box office of "Qing Mei" broke 1 billion. Similarly, Jiang Xun's fame rose exponentially, breaking her bad reputation of being the bane of the box office.

There have also been heated debates on the performance of Jiang Xun and Yin Rou on the web. Originally, fans of Yin Rou were cursing Jiang Xun for snatching this role. Before going to the theater, they still held a hostile mentality and were just waiting to see which scenes Jiang Xun will perform horribly to better scold her on the Internet about how much worse her acting skills were compared to Yin Rou. Unexpectedly, once out of the theater, these black fans have all become Jiang Xun's fans.

The image of Su Luo Bai played by Jiang Xun was deeply engraved in the hearts of every viewer. The fans of the original work were quite grateful to Jiang Xun for acting the perfect female lead in their hearts, and was even more attractive than the Su Luo Bai in the book.

Both Jiang Xun and the Su Luo Bai from "Qing Mei" were on the hot searches in Weibo. Netizens' comments on her streamed in endlessly.

"I didn't know Jiang Xun was so beautiful before. Her acting was so good!"

"From now on, I'll become Jiang Xun's die-hard fan!"

"Jiang Xun is this outstanding, yet Xiao Sheng still is having an affair. He is truly blind! Now I feel nausea just thinking about how much I liked him in the past!"

This was Jiang Xun's big turnaround after her low point. No one thought a few years later, Jiang Xun, who was already twenty-five years old, could stand so high again.

Jiang Xun's speed at reclaiming her popularity was amazing, and her luck was also surprisingly good. Various big brands have already extended olive branches to her, while many variety shows and movies expressed their desire to cooperate with her. Xie Xuan has helped her to get rid of those relatively ordinary endorsements and shows, but Jiang Xun was still very busy. These resources that Xie Xuan pushed away could make those third-lined celebrities fight head over tails for.

...

At one of the highest-end beauty salons in the city, Jiang Xun was receiving a hydro-skin rejuvenation treatment.

"Jiang jie, the live broadcast of "The Big Movie" starts at 8 o'clock sharp tonight. We're setting off at 6 o'clock. Outfits have been already delivered, they're the GY brand's newest style." Jiang Xun's assistant reported.

GY's outfits rarely voluntarily lent their clothes to outsiders. This time, the GY person in charge of the China region sent someone to contact Xie Xuan and said they would lend a dress for her to attend the interview part of "The Big Movie".

For Jiang Xun, this was a pie falling from the sky, since the person in charge also went to see "Qing Mei" and is now a fan of Jiang Xun.

If other celebrities knew about this, they would have been overjoyed to death. However, Jiang Xun just nodded lightly and didn't show much feeling.

"En, I see." Jiang Xun opened her eyes lazily.

"This was sent from the program's team. They'll be asking these questions tonight, and I have written the answers here."

"Gotcha, I'll look at it later." Jiang Xun checked the time, and then asked the assistant to pass her the phone.

There were many unread WeChat messages. Some from Xie Xuan, others from Xiao Han, and a few from Xiao Sheng. Xie Xuan asked her to head directly to him after the show at night. His intention was clear, and Xiao Han also wants to meet her, though tomorrow.

As for Xiao Sheng...

Jiang Xun couldn't help laughing when she saw the WeChat message he sent.

She had been ignoring him for so many days, yet he was here, thinking about reconciling with her like before. What he sent was all of him reminiscing the happiness they experienced when they were dating back in school.

Jiang Xun curved the corners of her mouth and responded to them in turn.

She felt as if she was playing a chat game to flirt with multiple players at the same time. One was the boss, the other was a little wolf dog, and the other was the ex-husband... It was quite exciting, now she thought about it.

She replied to Xie Xuan, [I don't want to go there at night. It's tiring, you missed me? ]

To Xiao Han, [Do you need me for something? Won't we see each other later? ]

Her reply to Xiao Sheng was much more indifference, [Impossible, there is nothing more between me and you. ]

After replying to the texts, her skin treatment was done as well. First Jiang Xun went to change clothes, then put on some makeup, and was ready to head to the TV station after eating a few pieces of biscuits.

On the way, she read all the interview questions and answers. Her ability to remember everything with one glance, so she looked down for a few minutes before going on her phone and swiping through Weibo.

There are already 20 million fans on her Weibo. The increasing rate of her fans was really amazing, though some people did suspect she brought those fans. Of course, Jiang Xun won't let this kind of remarks affect her.

...

"The Big Movie" was a prime interview show on Green Lemon TV station. The MC host was rather well-known and had a good reputation in the film industry. All the actors who appeared on this show had great acting skills and their strengths were openly recognized by the public. The average crew can't even enter"The Big Movie" at all.

Not long after the "Qing Mei" was released, she received an invitation from "The Big Movie". Currently, "Qing Mei" was still airing in the major theaters. Naturally, Li Yun Tu would not refuse such an opportunity to promote, so Li Yun Tu simply took along the cast of the leading male and female actors along with the supporting characters to participate.

When the fans discovered the actors of "Qing Mei" will be on "The Big Movie" today, they all came early in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast.

The instant Jiang Xun appeared in a long black dress, everyone's eyes were fixed on her and couldn't shift away.

Her beauty took away everyone's breath. The lights made her skin glow, making the diamond necklace on her neck also sparkled, but it couldn't hide her brilliance. Her slim waist and long legs were all displayed in her formal dress. It perfectly showed off her body line, sexy and not gaudy, both exceptionally noble and elegant.

Standing next to her, Yin Rou, had completely become her foil. Her outfit today was equally eye-catching as it was also sponsored by a famous brand. The jewelries were all carefully selected by her, since she didn't want to lose to Jiang Xun. But once the netizens saw Jiang Xun, they all forgot about her. After all, Jiang Xun had this unique charm: the more people stared at her, the more attracted they were to her until they got intoxicated by her beauty.

Recently Yin Rou hasn't been doing too well. God knows how much she regrets playing the female supporting character in "Qing Mei". Not only was her limelight utterly crushed by Jiang Xun, but even her acting skills were criticized. In fact, everything was used as a comparison against Jiang Xun. For example, people dissed her acting for seeming like a newcomer who just learned to act and questioned how she earned the film queen last year. There were countless comments like this, and piled up enough under her Weibo to build a skyscraper.

What made her loathe Jiang Xun even more, Xie Xuan never contacted her again. He seemed to have completely forgotten her as a person and became Jiang Xun's exclusive agent wholeheartedly.

To say the least, however haughty she was before, that's how much she was frustrated.

After Yin Rou saw Jiang Xun, she realized she made another mistake in coming here today.

...

"Welcome everyone for coming on "The Big Movie" . I am the host, Ye Xun."

Following the opening remarks, Ye Xun introduced the guests coming this time in one by one. When he came to Jiang Xun, he emphatically said a few more words to let the camera stay on her face for a longer time, which also satisfied the wishes of the TV audience.

Ye Xun's interviews have always been direct and straight to the point. The questions he asked are basically the most intense debates on the Internet in addition to what everyone wants to know the most.

"I heard when the heroine of this play was first chosen, it was set as Yin Rou instead of Jiang Xun? Is that true?"

Because he knew there would be this question early on, Li Yun Tu was able to answer naturally, "Not at all. For a long time, I couldn't decide on Su Luo Bai's role until I saw Jiang Xun's performance. Then, I made up my mind for it to be her. There were many other people present at the audition and their thoughts were the same as mine, especially the screenwriter. After seeing Jiang Xun's performance, she actually rushed over to call Jiang Xun, Su Luo Bai in excitement."

This was the first time Li Yun Tu confirmed it in front of everyone, since the process of the audition wasn't known to the public.

So just when he finished speaking, Yin Rou's face became very embarrassed. She recalled her audition; Li Yun Tu's eyes were satisfied but calm when he saw her, but as he flashed back to the scene of Jiang Xun's audition, his eyes were full of excitement and appreciation.

Yin Rou gritted her teeth, having a hard time controlling her emotions.

The camera just happened to land on Yin Rou's face, and her expression was directly exposed in front of the TV. Since it was a live broadcast, everyone could see this scene.

Yin Rou's manager was extremely shocked. He never expected Yin Rou to lose her cool this easily at this critical moment.

Nevertheless, the interview had to continue. Ye Xun carried on interviewing, "Oh? It seems that the rumors are false. I also heard that Jiang Xun, you have almost no difficulties during the shooting. Then I would like to ask you, you're already twenty-five, after being away from school life for so long, how can you interpret the ignorance and naiveness of the female lead, a high schooler, so well?"

Jiang Xun smiled faintly, appearing quite breath-taking, "Everyone has their own beautiful campus memories, and of course I am no exception. I only immerse myself inside the story of "Qing Mei" and interpreted my mood as Su Luo Bai's."

Yin Rou sneered at her calm appearance, and finally couldn't help but retort, "Yes, Jiang Xun and her husband actually started dating in school before entering marriage. I suppose this memory helped her during the filming process. "

As soon as Yin Rou's words came out, the whole scene fell into silence for a few seconds.