A/N: Xie xie for the reviews! Added some of Gong Xi's silliness of always admiring Dun He Lian. Internet problems helped me make this chappy a bit longer than the last one, hopefully. With the internet down, all that's left is writing the story and listen to some SJ-M, SJ, DBSK, and Secret Garden OST (that woman/that man) ^^ I need to download Future (or something like that) by Mify.
Character: Gong Xi/Kyoko, Qin/Moko, Ren/Lian, Sho/Shang, Director Shen/Director Sawara, Qi Shu Fang/Amamiya, Yang/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
Part 1: The cast and crew of Wan Lixue finally arrived at the island resort
Part 2: Shang's having a bad day. Vie Ghoul shows up on the island resort..
Part 3: First encounter of Vie Ghoul and Zhou Mi
~"Ai shi du xiu solo" Love is a solo show~ Ai shi Solo S.O.L.O!
Episode 3: Round three, Stage Two, Part 4
"I deserve some type of thank you, you know," Shang teased.
"What for?" Gong Xi asked innocently, avoid making eye contact with him. She calmy scanned the windows of the shops, Shang trailing behind. It had been weeks since the incident with Vie Ghoul and as every day pass by, Gong Xi grew more annoyed by Zhou Mi who keeps stalking her. After all, this was Bu Po Shang's fault.
"For saving you," he stated like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "I still can't believe they hadn't told me that they were getting Vie Ghoul to be in the OST. I feel betrayed." Gong Xi chuckled, shaking her head. "What's so funny?"
"Now you know how I felt after I learned that all this time you were using me," Gong Xi said, "but I feel better now... Ooh, they actually have posters of Ahn Yue and Dark Moon here!" She side-tracked. "Did you watch it?" She asked Shang curiously.
"Watch what?" Shang crossed his arms.
"Dark Moon." Gong Xi pointed to the Dark Moon poster. Shang frowned.
"Why should I?" Shang bit stubbornly. "What you do is not my business."
Just then, two teenage girls walked out of the store, their arms full of shopping bags. They had spotted Bu Po Shang instantly, but also the girl next to him. Their eyes widened, having to look at her twice. One of them was brave enough to walk up to her.
"Excuse me, are you Gong Xi?" She asked timidly. Gong Xi looked shocked, nodding her head and smiled. The girl smiled back. She struggled to get something out of her shopping bags, pulling out a season box set of Dark Moon. Her friend pulled out a pen from her pocket. "Can you sign this? Please. I love your character and it took me some time to figure out that the girl from the commercial and Wei Xu was the same person. Your my new favorite actress!"
"Yeah, mines, too," her friend added, "my favorite actor his Dun He Lian. I heard about you two and I wish you two happiness."
Gong Xi took the box set and the pen, signed it, then gave it back. She bowed respectfully at them and smiled. "Thank you so much, it means alot to me. To us. Don't forget to watch our upcoming movie!"
The two girls nodded, bowing back, not even looking at Shang as they passed him. Gong Xi gave a sigh of content, moving on to the next window. Shang watched her curiously as she scanned the shops through the windows.
"So you and Dun He Lian are together?" Shang asked. "I thought you hated him."
"I thought I did but I only hated him for you. Now I don't." Her phone rang from her pocket. She picked it up, turning her back to Shang. "Hello, Lian. I'm sorry, I was just looking around at the gift shops and I forgot to tell you. Sorry for making you worried. I'm okay... okay, I'll wait for you. Wait, you did eat when I left, right? Lian...- okay." She hung up then stuffed it back in her pocket.
"Your boyfriend?" Shang muttered. He still didn't believe that they were together. Would Dun He Lian actually go after a girl like her? The infamous actor falling for a newcomer that used to be a nobody?
Gong Xi blushed. She was still not used to calling Lian her boyfriend. After running into Zhou Mi, she was too upset to realize that she called Lian her boyfriend. She nodded, sitting on a bench near by. She sat nervously, pulling out Corn and squeezed it in her hand. Shang spotted the purple rock in her hand.
"Why do you call that rock Corn? You never told me where you got it from," Shang said, sitting on the bench with her but also keeping some distance.
"You don't have to know," Gong Xi said, pulling Corn closer to her. She eyed her surroundings nervously. Like she was looking for something that she dreaded to see. After she stomped off from her encounter of Zhou Mi, she tried to look for Lian. She checked his room, asked the director, called Mr. Du. and even called Lian. He hadn't answered and Director Hong Long and Mr. Du told her he was busy shooting another scene.
After what felt like hours was only minutes, Lian came. He looked at Bu Po Shang then at Gong Xi. Shang glared at him but Lian only smirked. "Gong Xi," Lian said gently, "Lets go." He held a hand for her to take and lifted her up to her feet. He placed a hand on her back and guided her back to the filming site.
On the way back, Lian sensed Gong Xi's uneasiness. He asked her again but she insisted that she was fine and that she was worried that he wasn't answering his phone earlier but then realized that he was busy. She gave him a short apology. Lian smiled, assuring her that it was fine but dispite her smile, he knew better than anyone what a fake smile looked like.
Gong Xi had just finished her scene with Qin and Shu Fang, saying how great it is for the three best friends and Love Me members to be working in the same movie. Shu Fang agreed, "And I can't wait to be going back as your right hand in Box R." Gong Xi smiled a fake smile, sensing a familiar dark presence near by.
"I, uh, have to go drink some water. I'll be right back. You guys want some?" Gong Xi said, already walking to leave. "Sure," Shu Fang said. Qin nodded, concentrating on her next lines. Gong Xi quickly left, finding a water vending machine. She inserted some coins and waited for the water bottles.
"Ah, look what we have here," an unwelcomed voice said from behind here. A shiver ran down her spine.
"What do you want from me?" She asked, half scared and half annoyed. "Why won't ypu leave me alone?"
Zhou Mi placed a hand on her shoulder. "I already told you, I want to take away everything that Bu Po Shang has. Even his girlfriend."
Gong Xi sighed, frustrated. "I am not his girlfriend, I am someone elses," she said angrily. She shrugged off his hand.
Zhou Mi chuckled. "The more you get angry, the more I like it," he said with a smirk.
Gong Xi sucked in a breath. She had to run away from this creep. She dropped the water bottle and took off to the forest. As she ran, she could hear Zhou Mi's heavy footsteps behind her. She finally reached a clearing through the thick trees. Zhou Mi caught up with her, finding her standing in an open space, her back facing him.
"Lets settle this now," Gong Xi said firmly. She gripped Corn in her hand. She felt that when Lian touched Corn, he graced it with his holy powers. Maybe that could banish this demon. "Behold!" She turned around and lifted Corn to the sun, facing it at Zhou Mi.
When nothing happened, Zhou Mi broke the silence. "Uh... What's this?" He swiped the rock out of her hand with ease, examining it with amusement. Suddenly, he gasped, quickly giving the rock back like it burned him. "Where did you get that thing?" He sounded shocked and... scared.
"Why?" Gong Xi asked, confused. Did it actually work on him?
"You need to get rid of that thing!" Gong Xi's eyes widened. "It has nothing but anger!"
"Yeah, that's probably from me," Gong Xi explained, "you see, when I'm upset or sad, Corn helps wash it all away."
"No, that's not it. Its previous owner had so much anger, hate, and pain that it affected this rock. You need to get rid of it!" Zhou Mi backed away from the rock.
Gong Xi stared at Corn in her hand, shocked. Corn had pain? All this time I always cried in front of Corn and he would comfort me but I never bothered about his feelings, Gong Xi thought.
"Where did Gong Xi went off to?" Director Hong Long asked the cast, doing a head count, only missing one person.
"Earlier, Gong Xi went to get some water. But she hasn't been back since," Shu Fang said, worried yet again for her friend.
Director Hong Long sighed, rubbing his temples. One of the crew members came running towards them, waving a water bottle. "I found this on the floor in the hallway. You said that she went for water, right? This is probably hers. Probably something or maybe someone made her drop it and took off," he reported.
"Did you guys know anything about this?" the director asked Shu Fang and Qin. Shu Fang shook her head but Qin spoke up.
"She's been acting more strange than usual lately ever since we heard her yelling when she was outside of the hot springs. When we got out, she wasn't there. She told us that she didn't know what we were talking about and that she was fine," Qin said.
Shang frowned, recalling the encounter by the hot springs. What is that creep up to? Shang thought. His hands turned into fists. Without warning, he turned and left the room, going off to find Gong Xi, and -if his guess is correct- Zhou Mi.
"Shang, where are you going?" Yang demanded. He didn't reply. He was in a rush.
"Now back to business... where was I?" Zhou Mi said, stepping closer once Gong Xi pocketed Corn. "You don't get it do you? Your anger intrigues me. I can sense those spirits that surrounds you when you're mad. It draws me in. But lately, you're supressing them in."
"There's no reason to use them," Gong Xi said, stepping back.
"How about now?" He got closer until they were inches away. He lifted her chin with two fingers, making her look into his colored contacts. "Like I say, I'm stealing everything of Bu Po Shang. Even if you're not his girlfriend, it sure would upset him if I stole you. All of you." His face inched closer as Gong Xi was frozen in place, panicking.
Thankfully, some type of force, pulled Zhou Mi away from Gong Xi and to the ground. Zhou Mi gave a dark chuckle at the sight of Bu Po Shang, violent waves crashing off of his body. "Ah, the knight in shining armor, huh?" Zhou Mi mocked, getting up on his feet.
"What would it take for you to leave Gong Xi out of this?" Shang demanded, gripping Zhou Mi's collar.
"Are you really going to use that way to deal with me?" Zhou Mi said sarcastically, amused.
"Whatever it takes. I don't care if it ruins my image already when you're already trying to sabbotage it, so what do I have to lose?" His grip tightened around the copy-cat's collar. Shang looked over at Gong Xi. "Go. Everybody is wondering where you went. They're worried. Now go," He ordered. Gong Xi still stood frozen, paralyzed. He sighed, roughly letting Zhou Mi's shirt loose and went over to Gong Xi, shaking her out of it. She finally came to. "Go. I'll meet you there."
Gong Xi looked at him then nodded, going back to where she came from. Shang saw movement from the corner of his eye. He lifted his foot and caught Zhou Mi's jacket against the tree. Shang glared at him. "I'm not done with you yet," Shang growled.
Once Gong Xi reached her room in the hotel, there was already others inside. Shu Fang, Qin, and even Mr. Du and Lian. Shu Fang got up from the couch, embracing Gong Xi in a hug.
"You made us worried again," Shu Fang said angrily.
"Idiot," Qin added, hugging Gong Xi, too.
Gong Xi bowed several times. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," she repeated over and over.
"What happened, Gong Xi?" Mr. Du asked, gesturing her to take a seat. She sat on the couching, contemplating whether she should tell them about Zhou Mi or not. They might be even more worried... Maybe if Shu Fang and Qin was out of the room.
"Um... my throat is kind of dry, can you two get me water?" Gong Xi asked them.
Shu Fang looked unsure but Qin nudged her shoulder, signaling her for them to go. Shu Fang nodded, leaving with Qin. Seconds after they left, Mr. Du decided that he should tell the news to the rest of the cast and crew that they had found Gong Xi. He stepped out of the room for a while, leaving Gong Xi alone with Lian. Gong Xi panicked, not planning on telling Lian alone. Lian sat next to her.
"What's going on with you lately. You're not telling me," Lian said, concerned. Gong Xi saw the look in his eyes. He was serious. But what do I tell him?
"Well, Lian, you see... there's someone who's been bothering me. It's not Bu Po Shang," she added quickly, "it's just there's these evil demon Beagles being creepy and stuff..."
"B-Beagles?" Lian questioned. Gong Xi opened her mouth to speak, but it was cut off by a knock at the door.
An: So how was it? Please R&R! Click that big blue button down there:P Damn it, when will Kangin make an appearance on shows again -_- I missed him. Last part of the episode, the good part!