A/N: Thanks for R&R! Here's episode two part 4! These few chapters is inspired by a YT vid I found based on Extravagant Challenge ^^

Character: Gong Xi/Kyoko, Qin/Moko, Ren/Lian, Sho/Shang, Director Shen/Director Sawara, Qi Shu Fang/Amamiya, Yangyang/Sho's manager, Mr. Du/Yashiro, Fei Li Hua/Erika, Mei Shen/Mimori, Qing Yuan/Natsu, Wei Xu/Mio, Luo Li/Lory, Zhou Mi/Reino

Places: Taidong/Kyoto, Taipei/Tokyo, Taiwan/Japan

Wan Lixue character: Gong Xi/Mulan, Lian/Jun Cheng, Fei Li Hua/Li Mei, Shu Fang/Ling, Shang/Yi Chen, Qin/Zhi Feng

Extravagant Challenge: Season 2


Previously: The members of the Love Me section are chosen to star in a collaborated movie with Dun He Lian, Bu Po Shang, and Fei Li Hua. Lian's role is the person who is arranged to be married to Gong Xi's character. Because of this, Lian is struggling to his past and his true feelings. Shang's jealousy grows every time he sees Gong Xi with his enemy and kept on getting NGed.

Part 1: The cast of Wan Lixue is at the press conference. Someone asks Bu Po Shang if him and Gong Xi are really childhood sweethearts.

Part 2: Shang just couldn't get the romance scenes right! He feels guilty after trying to hurt her when he became more jealous of seeing her with Lian.

Part 3: Rumors are starting to grow about Gong Xi and Dun He Lian are a couple or will be. Lian gives Shang advice, secretly insulting him by saying that he's slowing them down.

~"Ai shi du xiu solo" Love is a solo show~ Ai shi Solo S.O.L.O!

Episode 2: Round two, Stage Two, Part 4


"Okay, Gong Xi," Director Hong Long said, "This scene is where you and your mother fight about the arranged marriage. Get ready."

They stood in the living room of the boarding house with Gong Xi and the actress that portrays Mulan's mother in the middle. Gong Xi closed her eyes, letting Mulan take over. "Action!"

"I don't feel like doing this anymore, mother," Mulan said. Her mother looked at her with rage.

"What do you mean? This is for the business, for the family! You can't back out now!" Her mother scolded. "What is wrong with Jun Cheng that you don't want to do this? I thought you liked him."

"But I don't like him that way, mother. I tried to take the time to get to know him but... he's just too mcuh for me sometimes. He's always watching me like something bad might happen, like he would take the bullet for me. He never lets me out of his sight. He wouldn't even let me out of the house to see Ling. The only time I saw her was yesterday but he was watching from the window. I need my privacy. I need my space."

"Look," Mulan's mother said, "before we did the arrangement, the family had a meeting. They all say that you were less likely to find a husband on your own. We picked Jun Cheng because we thought he was good for you and his family is well off. Be, at least, grateful."

"I am grateful, mother. But I don't know what's happening to me. Don't you see the tips of my hair?" Mulan lifted a lock of her wig's hair. "They're turning silver. Why is this happening? Every night the silver spreads. I know you're hiding something, mother." Her mother was worried that it'd be Mulan that was cursed. Mulan's hair started to slowly turn silver ever since her 18th birthday. One day, she went into the forest at her spot only to find a magnolia blossom tree rapidly growing. Each day she visited it after her birthday, one blossom fell.

"You think I'd lie to you?" Her mother cried in outrage. "How dare you!" She glared at her daughter with hate. Mulan froze. Her mother raised her hand and struck her across the face. "You are going to go through this marriage whether you like it or not." Her mother stomped out of the living room, leaving a frozen Mulan behind.

"Cut! That's the emotion I want to see! Lets take a break, everyone," Director Hong Long announced. The director and the crew left the room and out to the tent.

Gong Xi was glued to her position, her head down, her eyes distant. Her body quivered a little as she fought back tears. The look that Mulan's mother gave reminded her too much of her own mother. Gong Xi would ask her what was the matter and all she got was a look of hate and disgust. A tear dropped as a whimper escaped her lips. Gong Xi sat on the couch of the living room, covering her face with her arms.

Shang stared as Gong Xi cried. Like every time she cried, he wondered if it was because of her mother. This time he was right. But like every time, he did nothing but watch. What can he say? Before he could make a decision, Dun He Lian stepped up and sat next to Gong Xi. He rubbed her back in a slow rhythm and pulled out a purple rock from his pocket.

"Gong Xi," Lian said softly. Gong Xi looked up and the light was brought back in her eyes at the sight of the rock.

"Corn!" Gong Xi said happily.

She grabbed it, encasing it in her hands and whispered to herself. She looked up at Lian and smiled, all the tears disappeared. Shang watched in amazement at how Dun He Lian and a purple rock can erase the traces of her tears when the person that she grew up with could do nothing. Lian smiled at Gong Xi and pulled her closer. Her heart began to beat fast but she didn't object. She leaned her head on his shoulder and stroke Corn with one hand.

"Thank you, Lian," Gong Xi said softly.

"Your welcome, Xiao XI," Lian answered back.

"So, Lian, have you heard about the... rumors?" Gong Xi asked her senior nervously after a long silence.

Lian nodded. "The president called me about it, actually. He said that it's spreading like wildfire all over the media." Gong Xi's eyes widened. "He said he has a plan to deal with it... but he doesn't know if you'd agree."

"W-what is it?"

Gong Xi leaned in closer. Lian also leaned in closer and whispered into her ear. At first, she froze. What happened next was something Lian prepared for. He quickly grabbed a pillow from the couch and handed it to Gong Xi. She snatched it and screamed into it. When she was finished, she rested her chin on the pillow on her lap.

"Is that the only way?" Gong Xi asked miserably.

"So far, yes. You keep denying then the rumors will become more extreme," Lian explained. Gong Xi pouted. Lian smiled again, brushing a strand of hair in her face and tucked it behind her ear. His fingers lingered on her cheek longer than it should, causing her to pull away and blush. "Am I that bad to be seen with?" he asked with fake hurt.

"N-no. It's just..," Gong Xi said with a shakey breath. "How do we do that, though?"

"Just act natural like nothing's wrong," Lian explained vaguely. "You... care for me, right?" Gong Xi nodded. "And you admire me, right?" She nodded again. "Good. Continue to do that but show it more in public. There's nothing wrong with that."

Gong Xi hesitated. The last time she had publically shown affection and admiration was when she was Bu Po Shang's maid. Dun He Lian isn't like Bu Po Shang! I trust him more than that person, Gong Xi thought. She came to her decision, nodding her head. I wouldn't want Lian's or my image to be ruined - especially when I just started and Lian is an infamous actor.

"But when do we start... you know...," she asked.

"Hmm... once we step out of this house. There might be reporters around, trying to get a sneak peek of the set or people will ask the others about us. It's just in case." Lian grimaced in the inside. It's hard enough to hide his feelings when his character is almost like him. He felt that Mr. Du and Luo Li planned this. It wouldn't be pretending to him when he has to show his love for Gong Xi for the public but what if his old self comes back? Honestly, he didn't even know that Gong Xi would agree that easily.


Dun He Lian and Gong Xi walked out of the boarding house holding hands. Lian said something to Gong Xi and she nodded with a smile. Bu Po Shang growled, crushing the magazine in his hand and wished he could burn it to ash with his eyes. Are they together or not? Shang's thoughts screamed. Gong Xi wouldn't move on that fast, would she? They arrived at the tent, sitting together on the couch across from Shang. Mr. Du came over to them to whisper something to Lian. He nodded, whispering back. Mr. Du smirked in triumph while Lian rolled his eyes in return. Mr. Du stepped outside to make a call to the LME's president. Gong Xi stood up to grab her bag and came back, pulling out a plate lunch for Lian. He smiled warmly, taking it and sniffed it. It was like Shang's nightmares were slowly coming true right in front of him!

"You really need to remember to eat, Lian," Gong Xi scolded her senior.

Lian smirked. "It's a good thing you're good at cooking, then, huh?" He teased. He took a bite of the food and smiled. Gong Xi gave a small smile in return.

She thought for a moment, then said, "Lian, how did you get Corn?" Lian had pulled Corn out of his pocket and gave it to her. How did he get it? When? Unless it was magic. At Taidong, she thought that Lian was Corn standing tall on that rock that she used to see Corn on when they first met. She even thought she saw wings on Lian's back.

"Actually, while I was waiting, one of the crewmembers that was coming back from the boarding house was saying that you started to cry after you finished a scene. I knew that you always felt better when you have Corn so I found it as fast as I could and came over," Lian answered truthfully.

Gong Xi smiled brightly, lifting Corn up to the sun that flooded through the tent to watch the colors change. "Magical," she muttered. Lian smiled. He admired how she could grow up so much and still kept her innocence.

That rock, I've seen it before, Shang thought, I saw Gong Xi bring it home one day when she went missing. "I went some place else so I wouldn't make you worried," she said. So she got that rock from this 'some place'. What's so special about that rock that would make her feel better?

"Oh, right, Bu Po Shang," Gong Xi called him. Shang snapped his head towards her, narrowing his eyes when she kept calling him by his full stage name. "Did you even finish that scene with Fei Li Hua? She's always whining that she's hardly getting anything done because someone was holding her back. Do you know why?" Gong Xi asked innocently, actually curious.

Shang gave another low growl. Lian smirked at him, mocking him as he took another bite from Gong Xi's food. "What's it to you?" Shang snapped. "Why do you even care?"

Gong Xi frowned, taken aback from his sudden snappy attitude. "I was just wondering why we're taking long for the filming, that's all," Gong Xi said.

Shang scoffed. Dun He Lian looked him in the eyes, daring him to take his advice. Fine, I'll do it. But just you watch, Dun He Lian! I'll take Gong Xi away from you right under your nose!


An: I read a fanfic that gave me an idea that I hadn't realized that would probably work for my story. FYI I didn't steal it, it was actually something different. Since there's rumors that Lian and Gong Xi are dating, why not pretend to confirm it and torture everyone in the inside? . wow that sounded sadistic. It came out wrong... -.-