The Villain Runs Wild

Ch 49 – Newest Top Celebrity x Washed Up Film Emperor: The Ship Is Real

Lin Sui felt that the interesting thing about this script lay in the constant twists and how it revealed both sides of human nature, sometimes people were the same both inside and out, and other times people were surprising.

The male lead Lin Sui was playing seemed to be a weak and gullible young man, but he had a particular abnormality, from the very beginning, he walked into that door to give his body to his crazy suitor not simply to be able to live longer, but rather to use him.

The so called ‘suitor’ seemed taciturn and docile, but he was secretly a stalker who followed the male lead home many times, and he was a fool.

The male lead took advantage of his affection and deliberately went close to others and seduced them, and this ‘suitor’ raised his butcher’s knife towards those who ‘cucked’ him as they fled in terror, contributing to making the escape game all the more wonderful.

If one didn’t watch until the end, they simply wouldn’t know there’d be a twist.

This country was different from the world where Lin Sui was originally from, society was very stable because of the age ratio of the population, so the general public had a relatively high degree of acceptance for same-sex relationships, and although the country hadn’t yet launched any same-sex marriage laws, the restrictions on works depicting same-sex relationships were not severe.

Lin Sui set the script aside and busied himself with work.

Not long after, IN sent in the cover sample.

Su Rui and Monina were both very satisfied and loved the photos this time, for the first time ever, there were three pictures on IN’s internal title page, plus the cover, which made it four photos.

The one they’d put in the cover was the painter and model, it was the profile of the two, the painter tracing over the model’s face with his brush, and there was a quiet but violently surging feeling between the leaning over and looking up, that kind of feeling was neither love nor affection, but rather the dangerous, silent ambiguity that lay between them.

Both Su Rui and Monina wanted to pick the image with the suits and the blindfold for the cover, but they hadn’t shot Yan Qin’s face from the front, so they could only drop it and pick the most appropriate one for the cover, and put the rest inside.

This was not IN’s next magazine release, IN planned on publishing it when the movie was aired, which was what they had initially agreed on, and Lin Sui and Yan Qin didn’t have any objections.

The week before the film started shooting, and five days after Lin Sui had come back from Yan Qin’s place, Lin Sui received a phone call from Yan Qin.

“Do you want some tutoring before the start of filming to make it easier to enter the cast and perform?”

Lin Sui repeated Yan Qin’s words, raising his eyebrows.

Very well, Yan Qin, now that he’d learnt to use excuses to approach him, he had to say they were making progress.

“Sure, let’s rehearse a few of the initial scenes.”

They were both clear on what the content of the starting scenes was.

Lin Sui hung up the phone, looking as the screen of his cellphone went black, his expression calm and hidden.

The System watched everything silently, not making a single sound of inquiry.

It knew asking wouldn’t get it an answer, and it couldn’t guess Lin Sui’s intentions.
He currently seemed to be indulging the Son of Fortune, and it was as if they really seemed to be in some sort of strange romantic relationship, but that was inconsistent with Lin Sui’s way of doing things.

The System suddenly realised something, and its heart was filled with despair.

Fuck, it had been corrupted by Lin Sui, how could it have used the word ‘indulge’ to describe Lin Sui’s conduct!

The System was extremely dejected and became silent once again.

The movie’s male lead had a seemingly nice-sounding name, though it was somewhat harmonious when said out loud, he was called Xing Yu1.

Yan Qin first let Lin Sui act it all out, planning on noting down the problems and then giving him focused guidance.

As he had guessed, the difficulty of the role Lin Sui was playing lay in his fear and weakness.

“Do you have something you’re afraid of?”

Yan Qin had already learnt how to teach Lin Sui empathy, so he looked into Lin Sui’s eyes and asked him as such.

Lin Sui leaned back against the sofa and crossed his legs, shaking his head.

He didn’t seem to have anything he was afraid of, he didn’t fear death, but he didn’t necessarily want to die either.

“Like, for example, suddenly losing everything, ruining your family fortune, being spurned by everyone, or suffering a violent death?”

Yan Qin thought Lin Sui should be afraid of falling from the top, he was the kind of person that was eager to succeed and liked being looked up to, so he wouldn’t want to see himself going through that.

Lin Sui lowered his eyes, thinking about his past experiences, and lightly pursed his lips.

Actually, it wasn’t that he never feared anything at all, he would experience momentary fear when he really doubted himself.

That was during an inheritance trial in the cultivation world.
He and Yan Qin had entered a secret realm, and they were surrounded by perils inside, barely making it out alive.

But this dangerous place hid a heavenly paradise, inside of which was an almighty inheritance.
This was Yan Qin’s destiny, but Yan Qin insisted on letting him try first, hoping he would be able to receive the inheritance.

Lin Sui hadn’t refused, maybe this inheritance was something that would let him shed his body and be reborn, so he went into the inheritance trial.

There was only one trial, it was a land of illusions.

When people couldn’t tell the difference between true or false, they would start having massive doubts about themselves, the world, and anything, which would lead them to collapse.

Lin Sui couldn’t help but doubt himself, perhaps he simply wasn’t a transmigrator, perhaps he was originally a cultivator from this world, but his soul had gone to the modern times and then returned.

Perhaps Yan Qin was not the main character, and perhaps he wouldn’t be able to cultivate again after his dao bone was cut open, maybe he would die.

These thoughts, which Lin Sui couldn’t suppress, gave rise to frenetic heart palpitations, it was distinct fear.

His unwavering determination about what he had to do was shaken, and he began to incessantly ask himself if it was worth it, and whether he really wanted to kill Yan Qin to change his own fate.
He nearly lost himself in that trial.

He finally got out and jumped out of that vicious cycle of thinking, since he firmly believed everything he had experienced was true, he avoided thinking about that hypothesis.

“It seems like there is something, then just grab onto that feeling and bring it out when you act.”

If Yan Qin had to be honest, Lin Sui was a person with terrible acting skills who was unsuited to being a performer, his ability to empathise was too poor, and he could not bring out a character’s genuine feelings, he would never become the person he was in the movie, but this didn’t prevent him from acting.

This used to be a matter of principle for Yan Qin, but now, in front of Lin Sui, it didn’t seem to matter.

It was just like Liu Buqun had said, he’d been corrupted, but Yan Qin felt that it was hard to be proud in front of the person he liked, it was a double standard.

“In the first twist, your fear can turn superficial, but when you’re deep into the initial stages it needs to be profound, your feelings will influence the audience’s feelings, they will be looking at this fictional and dangerous world through your eyes.”

“Now, you are about to choose to offer up your body out of cowardice.”

Yan Qin’s voice was low and pleasant, and when he said those last words, there was a subtle pause.

The movie wouldn’t actually have any extensive intimate scenes, the directory only planned on having suggestive scenes, and he was placing more emphasis on conveying things through the story itself.

But it couldn’t be like that when teaching, the cowardice and passion of the person in the movie had to pour out, completely visible.

But Lin Sui was not a talented student, and during the course of events, he forgot about the performance and put it in the back of his mind.

Yan Qin just stayed at Lin Sui’s house like that, diligently teaching Lin Sui how to act.

Fu Nai came looking for Lin Sui to discuss something, but when she pressed the number into the combination lock, she let out a hiss and subconsciously turned her head.

She actually didn’t see an extensive scene, but it seemed to have been almost as bad.

Lin Sui was drinking water at the counter, only wearing a black shirt.
The black shirt was clearly too big on him, the cloth draped down and only covered between his legs, revealing his perfectly straight, slender legs.

Fu Nai could only hate that her eyesight was too good, she was able to see the bruises and hickeys on Lin Sui’s knees.

Yan Qin naturally also discovered an outsider came, and seeing Fu Nai discreetly turn her head to the side, he picked Lin Sui up by the waist and carried him back into the room, not letting him out of the door until he was properly dressed.

“Why did you suddenly come?”

Lin Sui was actually unperturbed, and continued drinking that cup of water he hadn’t finished while looking at Fu Nai, who was standing not far away.

“I sent you a message and gave you a call, but you probably didn’t get them.
I was worried something happened so I came to see.”

Fu Nai couldn’t get in touch with Lin Sui, so she planned on visiting.
Filming was about to begin, so she was worried something might have happened.

As a result, she realised why Lin Sui wasn’t picking up her calls.

“You still need to pay attention to this, is he reliable? He’s not from outside the industry, should I prepare something for public relations first?”

Fu Nai thought Lin Sui was young, so it was fine for him to be like that.
Plus, sexual orientation was currently not a black mark in the entertainment industry, it would be fine as long as he wasn’t cheating or being promiscuous.

“I’ll tell you if there’s a problem, don’t worry.”

In any case, Lin Sui would not go date just anyone, there was only Yan Qin.

Fu Nai could only nod, and she looked at the schedule and said: “You’ll go into the cast of “Twelve Nights” right away, and “The Stand-In” will also be aired, so there’ll be a lot of paparazzi following you in the near future.
Be careful when you go out.”

“After the movie and the magazine are released, there’ll definitely be some popularity and conversation.
You and Yan Qin are working together again, are you going to break it off after filming?”

That was how things usually worked in the industry; after getting the benefits of the CP, they would break it off to purify2 their abused fans.
Strictly speaking, Lin Sui and Yan Qin shouldn’t have any relationship threads in “The Stand-In”, but as it happened, Lin Sui had made the CP very popular with his own ability.

“No, I want him to keep being matched with me.”

Lin Sui put down the cup in his hands.
He didn’t need to play at that, the deeper his entanglement with Yan Qin seemed to be, the more ruthless it would feel the moment he abandoned him.

Giving him a thread of light and then taking it away was not actually the way to break a person, it was to let the person indulge in the illusion of having him and carefully upholding that happiness, then smashing the scene in one fell swoop, which was also a cruel thing.

Fu Nai was a little astonished, so she hesitated: “We don’t need to go down that road.”

“I know, but I like it.”

Her boss’ attitude was unyielding, so Fu Nai could do nothing but go along with him.

Inside the room, Yan Qin, who was hearing the conversation of the people outside, was full of vitality.

Lin Sui wanted to keep acting with him, and he didn’t care about what his own external image was.

This was too wonderful.

After a few days, it was time for the crew to start filming.

As the weather turned hot, everyone dressed in cooler clothes.

When Fu Nai went to pick Lin Sui up, she paid special attention to his elbows and knees, and let out a soft sigh of relief after seeing there was nothing unusual.

“Twelve Nights” officially began filming, and “The Stand-In” was aired.

@My Waist Hurts: After watching the first time, I just came back to say, take note of Lin Sui, take note of Liu Buqun! The trailer is really not the same as all the wonderful editing, friends, go watch it for me!

@Wakaka Pili Pala: I went to watch it because of the very last seconds of the trailer, and surprisingly discovered it was very good.
On the whole, it’s not frightening, and it has a feeling of layered, gradual progress and a painstaking investigation.
I feel so bad for Ruan Qingqu, Lin Sui didn’t destroy the character, he created it.
Ruan Qingqu and Shu Tang really give the feeling of being different people, I feel like it doesn’t matter if it is Ruan Qingqu or Shu Tang, they’re both miserable.
In short, it’s good Xu Tingfang died!

@Suisui Safe And Sound: Lin Sui number one under heaven!!! His acting skills have really improved so much, I won’t say anything about how hard he’s worked, but I just hope people won’t use his dark history to make fun of him later.
By the way, the wife is so beautiful and bewitching, during that time I could clearly hear people in the cinema sucking in cold air, the young lady next to me even said her face was blushing.
Why are you so bad, wife, panting on purpose.
Xu Shuangxing, can you stand it? If you can’t, I’ll do it!

@Years Of Peace: Lin Sui is excellent, he has both acting skills and good looks, he’ll forever be the bright star in our hearts!

@I Like Crayfish: I declare that I’m going from being a passer-by Lin Sui fan to a face fan, what a man, I realised what it means to be called Gu King at the big screen.

@Let’s Go For A Massage Tomorrow: Hahahaha lmao, there’s a flirty 0 in my friend group who went straight to his Moments after watching the movie and offered a lot of money for a guy like Lin Sui to be his S master, hahahaha what the fuck ahahahaha, but at this moment who wouldn’t want to overthrow Xu Shuangxing and go climb up instead of him? Xu Shuangxing actually didn’t do it, and a few angry gay friends tore him a new one saying he couldn’t tell good from bad, and it really made us burst out laughing.

@Like My Dust: Am I the only one that came crying out of the cinema? Fuck that bastard Xu Tingfang, my Ruan Qingqu boo hoo hoo, such a good character had to encounter that kind of thing.
Although I know Xu Shuangxing does things for justice, I just feel so sorry for him.
There are probably too many unfair things like this, money controls the world and can redefine terms like ‘drinking culture’ and ‘rationality’.

Although there were also a few picky hate comments, the overall public opinion of “The Stand-In” was pretty good, the movie’s box office on the first day was pretty impressive and it was the number one of the season, far exceeding the number two.

And the CP fans also suddenly expanded, they could dig out sugar to eat in the movie without romance.

@Eddie Kang Get The Axe: I declare that ‘Ask Qu how that’s as Clear as Xu3’ is real, I’m putting aside the tragedy in the background and eating this sugar alone!

@Yan Returns To Lin Is Real: Although I know shipping real people always easily leads to a BE, I still want to shout out that Yan Returns To Lin is real! I feel like, compared to inside the movie, it’s much better to ship them outside of it, I could consume Proud Top Celebrity x Taciturn Veteran Actor 100 times and not get tired of it.

@It’s Suisui Ya: Sisters, quickly go look at Director Liu Buqun’s newest interview, and get some happy sugar with one click! Liu Buqun said the improvement of Lin Sui’s acting skills was due in great part to Yan Qin’s service, he taught Lin Sui how to act ‘hands-on’, and sometimes he would instruct him for the entire night, what can’t he teach? Yan Qin made Lin Sui understand, oooooh if this isn’t love what is it?!

@Yan Flies Into Lin: Highlighting the most important points, the entire night, more than once, the cast and crew all knew they were inseparable, the Film Emperor works very hard, I ship it.

At this point, IN released the new issue of their magazine, and the ones available for sale were quickly snatched up until there was none left.

@Strawberry Little Fruit: Shiiit, all your guys’ hands are too fucking fast, leave some for the children! I need one ah!

@It’s Suisui Ya: I snatched 50 copies, I’ll choose some CP and Lin Sui fans on Weibo! Aaaaaahhh compared with the cover, what’s even more stunning is the suit and blindfold one on the inside, I’m dying my anaconda is empty I don’t have a single drop left, fuck I can already imagine the wife being done to the point of tears soaking through the tie blindfold, and Yan-ge lapping up the tears falling through the tie and continuing, aaaaahhhhh I’m dead, brothers, just bury me on the spot!

@You’re Right: They really have a very special atmosphere between them, unlike ordinary queerbait, people can really feel like their auras fit so well together, it may seem like one dominates and the other submits, but if you look at it carefully you’ll find that there are waves surging forth within, Yan Qin gives me the feeling of being like a calm ocean on the surface, but with raging waves and stormy seas underneath, seemingly able to swallow people up at any time… I can’t write anymore, but actually I just want to say, dammit get together soon, these two are absolutely real!

IN urgently printed more, filling up their coffers.

However, Su Rui still slightly regretted not being able to take pictures of Lin Sui smoking, surely that would have been even more attractive.

With there being such harmonious scenes online, naturally there were also inharmonious scenes, unlike that portion of fans who were happy, there was another side of Lin Sui and Yan Qin fans who were fighting.

This portion of Lin Sui’s fans were genuine girlfriend fans, and they really hated others cosying up to Lin Sui and trying to rub off on his traffic and popularity.

Yan Qin was scolded, and his fans, the ‘Flying Swallows’ were not to be outdone.

They were a formidable opponent even a few years ago, but with Yan Qin’s hiatus, some retreated, some waited silently, and some climbed the wall.
Now that Yan Qin had returned and he was being scolded, they naturally came back, not going out without a fight.

Compared to Lin Sui’s girlfriend fans, Yan Qin’s fans were all over the place, the majority of them were film enthusiasts, and they didn’t curse at people, they just explained their arguments with lengthy, clear and logical reports, so both sides were in a deadlock.

One side said, you guys are trying to mooch on our gege’s popularity, shameful blood-sucking leeches, and one side responded, that’s a normal business cooperation, your geges collaborated twice and your idol didn’t say anything, aren’t you jumping to conclusions? Don’t you know that our Old Yan used to be outstanding? What’s the use of leeching off of you?

Regardless of the noise the fans made, the news didn’t reach Lin Sui or Yan Qin themselves.

The filming progress of “Twelve Nights” was very fast and very smooth because, compared to an internally complex work, it focused on combining the flow and the twists.

Of the twelve people lying down, nine were men and three were women4, and the age range was pretty big.

Starting from the protagonist Xing Yu’s left side, there was his suitor and honest man Ying Ting, a skinny old man, a tall buff man, a seemingly nice and friendly fat man, an elite man in a suit, a girl wearing sportswear, a housewife wearing an apron, a rich second-generation covered in brand names, a studious girl wearing the uniform of a famous school, an earnest big sister, and a lanky youth.

When everyone first came in, they were all panicked and confused.

Xing Yu quietly approached Ying Ting, the old man stared at the air in a daze, the buff man’s face looked impatient, and the fat man’s eyebrows were also scrunched.

The girl cried from panic, and the housewife had worry written across her face as she grumbled about how her husband didn’t want to take out the trash, which lead to her going downstairs and being attacked.

The young man wearing brand name clothes kicked and smashed at the door, yelling at the air and asking if they knew who his father was, that he could give them money, and saying that if something really happened to him his dad would certainly track them down.

The girl wearing a school uniform kept staring at her surroundings, and the big sister and the lanky young man also did so, silently thinking about something.

The buff man thought the rich second generation was being too noisy, so he ordered him to shut up, and in that moment, the display screen also showed the rules, and everyone had a fit of panic again as they looked at each other.
No one trusted anyone.

There were two rules on the electronic display screen.

Rule 1: People who survive twelve nights can regain their freedom.

Rule 2: One person must die every night, or else the ‘cleaner’ will personally enter the stage.

Most people wanted to be the one who lived until the very end, but few people discovered what was wrong with the rules.

If they had to survive twelve nights, and there had to be a death every night, that meant that the last person to survive would not be the real winner, that person would still have to face the ‘cleaner’.

On the first night, the twelve sliding doors opened.
At that time, no one was thinking about killing people, and some people even thought it might be a prank.

Xing Yu went inside Ying Ting’s sliding door.
Upon seeing this, the big sister went into the lanky young man’s door.

But not to seduce as Xing Yu was doing, the big sister was forming an alliance.

Every sliding door was equivalent to a detached, small two-storey building, but the walls were connected using metal door partitions.
At night, the metal doors would be raised, turning it into a large, interconnected circular building.

There was some blood on the walls, and it wasn’t hard to see what had happened previously.

One night passed, and no one acted blindly.
At that moment, a the loudspeaker on the screen announced that one meal was provided every day, and they should go to the first floor to get it.

No one wanted to starve to death, and when they got to the first floor, all 12 people were alive.

Everyone clearly relaxed, thinking this was just a joke, they couldn’t possibly really murder people.

Next to the large door, a metal opening delivered something.
It was just a single steamed bun, but it was supposed to last them a day, and everyone felt very awkward.

The rich second generation had been hungry for a long time so he took a bite impatiently, cursing the damn prank, and then suddenly fell to the ground.

The writing on the display screen bounced and changed, the ‘cleaner’ has randomly dealt with one person, current survivors: 11 people.

The corpse of the rich second generation just lay there, motionless.

In the hidden room, the atmosphere froze once again.

The beautiful and weak young man couldn’t help but tightly grab onto the corner of the clothes of the man next to him, asking with a bit of a trill in his voice: “You’ll protect me, right?”

The silent man nodded, looking at the person next to him with deep affection and a somewhat abnormal zealotry.

When the camera shifted, the young man revealed a strange smile.

The young man encouraged everyone to not just sit and wait for death, that it would be better for everyone to take a look inside the rooms for exits or hidden mechanisms, and everyone agreed one after another, beginning their search through the building.

However, it was to no avail, and night once again approached.

But this time the young man didn’t go towards Ying Ting’s door, but rather walked towards where the buff man was and put his hand on the man’s shoulder.

Ying Ting suddenly pulled at his other hand, but was shaken off.

“I’m sorry, I think he seems more capable of protecting me.
If you disagree, why don’t you prove it to me?”

The young man’s smile seemed remorseful, but it harboured malicious intentions.

Everyone suddenly looked towards him, but he innocently said: “Someone has to die.”

That sweet malice was too clear, and the director quivered as he watched.

Liu Buqun had complained to him that Lin Sui’s acting skills were no good and he had to be taught, but he thought it was pretty good, this evil person act he was looking at seemed completely natural!

Yan Qin forcefully told himself, this is a performance, and he is a dedicated actor, this isn’t real, Lin Sui is also just acting.

But as he watched Lin Sui put his hand on another man’s shoulder, and as he watched Lin Sui shake him off, his expression became darker and fiercer.

The actor playing the buff man should have said his lines at that time, but he was late and didn’t move, and the director had to shout cut.

Hunk: “Sorry, sorry, Mr.
Yan’s expression was too scary just now so I was stunned, let’s start over.”

As a result, Lin Sui had to act the scene of putting his hand on the buff man’s shoulder and shaking Yan Qin off once again, and Yan Qin’s expression turned even colder.

Hunk: It’s… it’s even scarier.

So it was NG again.

Watching Yan Qin’s dark expression as he emitted cold air from head to toe and forcefully tried to calm himself down, Lin Sui laughed lightly on the inside.

Tsk, it’s the same old story.

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1 To make something ‘harmonious’ is also slang for ‘censoring’ it, the character’s name when written down is 幸玉 which literally means lucky jade, but when spoken ‘xìng yù’ sounds exactly like 性慾 aka sexual desire/lust. Top.

2 To ‘purify’ CP fans means to turn them from fans of the couple to fans of just one of the two people. Top.

3 Play on words with Qingqu (Qing means Clear) and Xu from the characters names.
Why are cn ship names so long lol. Top.

4 This is either a typo or another twist? Lol. Top.