After the Bankruptcy of the Supporting Male Lead-Chapter 40

Hello otakus! I’m enjoying my holiday break quite a bit (even though I have some work starting tomorrow) and hope you are too!

This chapter was originally supposed to be split, but I figured I’d post the whole thing as a belated Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa gift to you guys.

Enjoy!

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040
Hype

Fortunately, the two police officers did not chase stars or pay attention to gossip and Chen Zhan was only known by the police in his own area for the things he did in the past. Otherwise, this would be no small news.

Taking a deep look at Lin Chiang, he stretched out his hand on the opponent’s shoulder as if he were about to pat lightly and was avoided particularly indifferently.

Chen Zhan didn’t care and smiled and said: “Rehabilitate well.”

He turned back and put a few flowers into the police officers’ hands: “Thanks.”

Seeing Lin Chiang being taken away, Yin Ronglan shook his head. Turning his face to talk to Chen Zhan, he suddenly saw the other person’s movement of turning off the recorder. His eyes could not help but jump, seeming to inadvertently say: “So you have filled it?”

Chen Zhan responded faintly: “I looked over at the official website; the price is not low. I can only turn it on from the early morning to play its value.”

The flowers were mostly sold. Looking at the street where the number of pedestrians was significantly reduced, Chen Zhan shrugged: “I’m afraid we will welcome the New Year in the car.”

Yin Ronglan drove under the overpass, found a place to park again, and pointed at the sky: “Go and take a look. ”

Chen Zhan nodded.

About ten minutes from zero, you can vaguely see fireworks blooming in the sky in the distance.

Chen Zhan moved his eyes and pointed there.

Yin Ronglan saw what he meant to express: “This year the city is divided into districts. Going a little further there is a quiet water area where you can set off fireworks.”

Chen Zhan thoughtfully: “It seems that Lin Chiang is really unlucky. ”

One area is separated from the inside and outside.

The reason why Yin Ronglan chose this overpass is obvious. It is next to a famous radio station. The countdown to welcome the Chinese New Year is going on. As the numbers decrease a little, Chen Zhan’s eyes are gradually narrowed, and the moment zero comes, cheers can be faintly heard.

The only pedestrians left on the road subconsciously stopped and looked up.

“Happy New Year.” Yin Ronglan’s voice rang in his ears.

Chen Zhan smiled: “Happy New Year.”

It was early in the morning when he returned home, and Chen Zhan first conducted a Weibo lottery draw and organized the list for publicity. Just four hours after he fell asleep, there was a crackling sound outside.

Sitting up on the bed like a corpse, Chen Zhan raised his forehead. Didn’t he say that fireworks and fireworks should not be set off?

The old community is not soundproof, and it’s unknown which dog was shocked and yelled frantically.

In this case, it is impossible to go back to sleep.

Chen Zhan gritted his teeth and left the bed, and simply went out and asked the shop owner to ask for a stack of courier slips for gifts in the next year. He stopped by the Trade City and bought a lot of colorful needles and threads.

Hurry up to the gate of the community, and a person ran up in a panic and bumped into him directly.

Chen Zhan frowned and pretended to help up the other person.

At that moment, although it wasn’t very obvious, this person seemed to rush towards him suddenly.

“Chen Zhan!” With a surprised voice, the woman stood still and called out.

Chen Zhan looked at her, somewhat familiar.

“Don’t remember?” The woman took his arm familiarly, “I’m Chen Yun, we filmed the show together.”

When Chen Zhan wanted to be in the crew, there seemed to be such a person. In his memory, at that time, she and the heroine were rather close. Thinking of like attracting like, he didn’t get too close to them.

He said politely: “It’s a coincidence.”

For some reason, Chen Yun’s sleeves were soaked through, and a layer of frost was formed in the cold wind. She pulled Chen Zhan, and Chen Zhan could naturally feel it. Without showing a trace, he pulled out his hand: “It’s cold, go home early.”

Normal people would invite to sit at home for a while. Chen Yun didn’t expect that he would react like this, so she barely held up a smile: “Can you please send me back home?”

Chen Zhan raised his eyebrows.

Chen Yun lowered her head, her eyes flushed a little: “I met a crazy fan and fell while avoiding it. I am very scared now.”

“Are you sure it’s a fan?” Chen Zhan suspiciously: “The fans of the 18th line are generally very gentle.”

“……”

He was telling the truth, but the woman’s complexion was inevitably a little ugly. She gritted her teeth and said: “It’s probably me overthinking. It might be another problem.”

Although there were many doubts, Chen Zhan agreed. If a girl is really being followed, it is not a joke.

Chen Yun is very talkative, and she keeps talking along the way. I don’t know if it’s because of the height difference. Every time she talks, she will deliberately get closer and look up at Chen Zhan.

“A surname, maybe we share the same ancestor from long ago.”

Chen Zhan smiled and said nothing.

Chen Yun claimed to live not far from his home, but they walked for almost forty minutes.

Sending her upstairs, Chen Zhan rejected the courtesy of entering the door to drink tea and turned to leave.

There is no direct bus from the community here, and he doesn’t want to take a taxi, so Chen Zhan had to return along the original road. He wore very thick clothes. When he got home, he still shivered a few times, and he didn’t relieve himself after drinking a cup of hot water.

When the hand gradually became less stiff, he took out the needle and thread that he bought and smoothed it out.

He imitated the thread in the hands of the loving mother, bowing her head carefully embroidered with stitch by stitch. The finished product appeared more than three hours later, and Chen Zhan unfolded and trembled, very satisfied.

Knocking on the door of the old man opposite, he raised his eyebrows to show the embroidery on his hand: “How?”

The old man’s complexion changed several times before he renewed his smile: “Very unique. This embroidery is……as deep as the sea?”

Chen Zhan Calmly corrected: “It says ‘reunion’.”¹

As he spoke, he took off the embroidery of the weasel giving the chicken New Year’s greetings on the door from last year and replaced it with the new one. The old man watched with the corners of his mouth twitching. Might as well buy a blessing and paste it.

After finishing, Chen Zhan clapped his hands and looked like he was done.

Before he could appreciate it, his body swayed slightly, and the old man frowned upon seeing this: “Uncomfortable?”

Chen Zhan pressed his eyebrows: “Maybe it was because I didn’t sleep well last night.”

As soon as he finished speaking, his head hurt even more. When he waved his hand and returned to his home, he touched his forehead when he fell on the bed, making him feel slightly hot.

“System, help me with an ice pack.”

The response he got was that it didn’t have this function. He struggled for a while, and finally took two anti-fever medicines, deciding to go to the hospital if he still felt ill after a good night’s sleep.

This Spring Festival did not mean to let Chen Zhan go. As he had judged long ago, like attracts like.

It is not accidental that Chen Yun met Chen Zhan, the so-called ‘crazy fan’ is even more nonsense. After the web drama was over, her already low popularity plummeted. In the crew, struggling to please the heroine, she wanted to fry a sister love. Unexpectedly, Xiao Tong was blocked because of the endorsement storm, and her thoughts were all wasted.

From the entire crew, Chen Zhan has the highest traffic today. If she can catch his hype once, she won’t worry about qualifying.

“Brother Zhan, how are the photos taken?” She put on her makeup and made a phone call with her mouth slightly tilted.

“It’s okay. Pick a few and photoshop. You can find someone to write the draft.”

Chen Yun cheerfully hung up the phone and started contacting people again. Everything was prepared, and she spent money to buy a hot search.

The title is very distinctive: “Chen Zhan and the mysterious woman return to their love nest together.” Instead of releasing all the news at once, she left a clue in the picture to ensure that netizens could follow the vine to find her.

For this day, she and the team planned for a long time, and bought hot search. She believed that after one night of brewing, the reading volume would increase sharply the next day.

There were few melons during the New Year, and netizens quickly showed interest and held eager discussions.

“Who is so powerful, can it be more attractive than Jiang Ying?”

“Chen Zhan is loved by others, but I am still single?”

“Super curious about what kind of girlfriend he can have!”

Chen Yun stood by the computer, satisfied. Watching the heat continue to rise. It is expected that in half an hour, her identity will be revealed.

Thinking of him rejecting her invitation inside, the last trace of guilt and apprehension in her heart gradually disappeared. Chen Yun opened a bottle of champagne happily and stood in front of the window to enjoy the night. Although she had calculated Chen Zhan, if the latter accepted her arrangement, it would be a win-win thing for them to act as a contract couple.

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During the Spring Festival, not everyone can have family reunion.

Yin Ronglan is giving out red envelopes to the employees on duty at the company. Many people are rushing to work on New Year’s Day. The high salary is one reason, and most of them don’t want to stay with relatives.

There was basically nothing to be busy. Everyone was in a relaxed state, and occasionally talked about family and gossip, during which Chen Zhan was naturally mentioned.

“This is a man- he used to love Jiang Ying to death, and when he turned around, he would fall for someone new.”

A colleague winked at the speaker, and the employee who spoke before realized that the previous words were targeted and quickly changed their words: “Of course, the president is absolutely not such a person.”

Yin Ronglan didn’t care, thinking about the other side. He knew very well the people Chen Zhan interacted with. He had obviously been tricked.

If you think about it, maybe you can try to use your friend’s identity to help with things.

Unlike the previous few times, he took the initiative to call Chen Zhan.

No one answered at the other end. After redialing several times, he finally heard a feeble “Hello”.

Yin Ronglan frowned slightly: “Where are you?” After a short pause, he asked, “What are you doing?”

Chen Zhan: “Home. Stewing myself in an iron pot.”

“……”

Chen Zhan: “Okay. I have a fever.”

Yin Ronglan sighed: “I’m coming over now.”

After that, he just hung up the phone.

The road is smooth, and under acceleration, the transit time is half the usual.

This unconscious patient was not as weak as expected. Except that his face was a little red, you could not see his helplessness.

After opening the door, Chen Zhan lay back on the bed and pointed to the table: “The water is ready for you.”

Yin Ronglan took his temperature first, which was not too high.

Chen Zhan also felt the strength in his body gradually recovered, knowing that he had avoided the fate of the hospital.

“Why do you suddenly think of calling me?”

Yin Ronglan looked at him, smiled for a while and said: “News frequent guest.”

Chen Zhan was startled and fumbled for the phone from the quilt.

After he checked his Weibo for a while, Yin Ronglan asked, “Do you need my help?”

Chen Zhan shook his head: “She is cocooning herself.”

As he talked, he handed the phone over, and Yin Ronglan took a look and saw that the netizens’ friendly eating melons discussion disappeared and turned into a curse.

[Troy: It’s twelve o’clock! Not updated yet! Don’t let me know which woman seduce Chen Zhan and make him miss an update! ]

[The King of Dogs: The red face is a disaster². New Year’s Eve it was not missed, but it was missed today! ]

[Zhan Aotian: This woman clearly saw Chen Zhan’s development, so she came up to post herself^.3 We didn’t see any girlfriend when he was scolded by thousands before!]

Yin Ronglan hesitated for a moment before adding it.

The group of five hundred people soon filled up.

The group owner released a group announcement: Cut off Chen Zhan’s peach blossom!⁴ All for updates!!!

The member Water Brushing Flowers who seconded.

Yin Ronglan thought for a while and sent an emoji of approval.

The author has something to say: Later, news of Chen Zhan and Yin Ronglan’s love came out:

Group owner: We actually have a spy mixed in!

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Footnotes

1. His embroidery is so bad the old man can’t read the characters. ^

2. Chinese idiom pretty much saying love is the prelude to disaster. ^

3. Offer herself up/stick to him. In terms of imagery, it would best translate to something like “shamelessly latching onto someone”? But the word “post” here is also what’s used for when you paste things (like posters/decorations, etc.) so I felt that visual was quite fun.

[ljh: My sister doesn’t allow you to fall in love! Can romance help you update…… no! ]

After reading some reviews, Yin Ronglan eyes suddenly a dark…………thinking of his own relationship with Chen Zhan recently easing. if the other party is now in love, things might become lopsided again.

At this moment, the assistant specifically called to ask if they needed someone to suppress the matter.

Yin Ronglan stood up and walked to the door and whispered: “Fan the flames.

“His assistant hesitated to counter: “What do you mean…… let the netizens resist Chen Zhan’s love?”

“His current focus is on career development.” Yin Ronglan said lightly.

After hanging up the phone and entering the room, Chen Zhan leaned against the bed, his head tilted slightly. It wasn’t clear when he fell asleep.

Yin Ronglan moved a stool and sat down beside him, feeling that the other person was different when he was quiet, and even with some youthfulness in his breathing.

He smiled and shook his head, and then commented on a career-oriented article under the news.

When he twisted a towel and walked over, the comment unexpectedly received thousands of likes. He even received a private message: Chen Zhan business group, group number 152XXXXXX.^

4. “Peach blossom” is a way of describing people who’ve fallen in love with/have a crush on someone. My guess for the origin probably has to do with peach trees blooming in spring- with spring being a well-known ___ for love. ^

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