On a dim street corner, the young man wearing a suit held hard and cold steamed bread, his cheeks bulging from them. Fortunately, he was beautiful and didn’t look ugly despite such a sloppy appearance. It would only make people sympathize with his bitterness and depression.

Maybe God didn’t think he was embarrassed enough. At this moment, it suddenly started to rain. The young man quickly shrank back under the eaves of a shelter and hurriedly put the remaining half of the bread into his mouth. Water drops fell down his cheek. It was unknown if it was rain, sweat or tears he couldn’t resist.

“Okay, supplement two more camera shots and then we’ll finish!”

The moment the director shouted to stop, the sprinklers turned off and the crew’s assistant quickly walked to the wet actor.

“Teacher Li, spit out the bread into the garbage bag…” The crew’s assistant hadn’t finished when he saw Li Zhao’s mouth move and he actually swallowed the dry bread that the crew had prepared.

The assistant stood stiffly. Their crew might be poor but they could still afford meal boxes.

“Thank you, I’m fine.” Li Zhao stood still and took the warm hot water delivered by the crew’s assistant. He drank two mouthfuls and waited for the stylist to fix his appearance, so that there weren’t any errors when shooting the supplement scenes.

“You’re welcome.” The assistant laughed hollowly before taking the cup from Li Zhao’s hand and retreated to the director’s side.

The director was sitting on a stool with lame legs while holding a plastic fan in his hand. The word ‘Infertility’ appeared as the fan moved. It was a crew that exuded a sense of poverty. Even the usual fans were free fans obtained by street advertising.

“Li Zhao just performed well. Director Liu, shall I give him a chicken leg tomorrow at noon?” The assistant director sat down next to Director Liu, looking at the scene that he just been shot.

Director Liu touched his belly fat and laughed. “What is delicious about chicken legs? Young people should have a plain and simple style in order to make more contributions to the future of the motherland.”

“You are too rigid.” The assistant director glanced around and whispered in Director Liu’s ear. “Song Yu’s scenes are coming up. He hasn’t finished with the styling?”

Director Liu strongly fanned himself. “Wait a bit before giving him a reminder.”

This actor was arranged by the management’s father and couldn’t afford to be offended.

Song Yu had some slight fame in the circle. Originally, the crew had set him as the number one male and the contract was even signed. Unexpected, they had just started shooting when he said he didn’t want to play the protagonist. He wanted to challenge the role of the number two male lead.

How was the role of the second male challenging? Wasn’t he a handsome, rich and gentle person obsessed with the female protagonist?

This type of character was the standard configuration for male leads in other idol dramas but their crew was different from those gorgeous on the outside. The other dramas had a prince and Cinderella while they had a princess and poor boy.

The domineering and rich female protagonist and the hard-working and indomitable pretty boy male protagonist was a good match.

Unfortunately, Director Liu himself was no longer satisfied with the role setting. Not only did Song Yu want to play the role of the second male lead, he also named the original second male lead, Li Zhao to play the male protagonist.

Director Liu was an ‘unyielding’ director. Thus, once he heard Song Yu ask his father to add millions more in investment, he agreed on the spot.

In the circle, there were often actors who asked their connections to throw money to raise their role. It was rare for an actor to throw money to reduce their role. Sure enough, he had been in the circle for a long time and there were really outlandish things. As a director, the most important thing was to be open-minded. No matter Song Yu’s intentions, he was doing charity for the crew.

After finishing the shot, Li Zhao dried the water on his face and found that many staff members didn’t have good expressions. He looked around and didn’t see Song Yu’s figure. The heroine was sitting on her chair and playing with her mobile phone and had an ‘it has nothing to do with me’ expression on her face.

He shook the water off his clothes and wrapped a dry towel around himself. Fortunately, it was a winter drama being shot in summer instead of the other way around, or he would be frozen on the spot.

He might be the first male lead but he was still a newcomer with the lowest star power in the crew. Li Zhao’s mood was very stable when seeing such a thing. In any case, he would still receive money for the filming.

“Teacher Li, you sit down and rest for a while. Teacher Song will come soon.”

The crew’s assistant looked sympathetically at Li Zhao. The next play was an opponent play between Song Yu and Li Zhao. The currently wet Li Zhao was sitting here waiting for Song Yu to come and shoot the scene. It was a bit like bullying.

Their group was poor and the first male lead was also poor. Don’t talk about eating the meal box every day. He lived an even more frugal life than the crew. He didn’t have an assistant around him and only one agent came to see him every other day.

Tonight, they had been shooting a night scene for nearly six hours. In order to film the effect, Li Zhao deliberately didn’t eat any dinner. From noon to now, he only had some dry steamed bread used in the filming. At this time, Song Yu didn’t come. The crew couldn’t call it a day and Li Zhao could only wait.

Facing the crew assistant’s expression that said ‘Although I sympathize with you, I can’t do anything about it’, Li Zhao just lay down on the chair. He wrapped himself in a blanket and closed his eyes.

After five minutes of lying down, he heard a loud greeting.

“Teacher Song is here. Teacher Song, good evening.”

“Teacher Song, this side has some spilled water and the ground is slippery. Please be careful with your feet.”

Hearing the movement, Li Zhao opened his eyes and met Song Yu’s gaze. Song Yu’s footsteps paused slightly before he raised his chin proudly and walked past Li Zhao.

Li Zhao raised an eyebrow and didn’t take Song Yu’s attitude to heart. Since the start of filming, Song Yu had rarely looked at him. Even if he did look, there was a slight pity and contempt in his eyes. Li Zhao suspected the fact that he was poor was known to the whole crew.

“Li Zhao, get ready. We will shot the next scene in 10 minutes.” Director Liu yawned and called for Li Zhao to come.

Li Zhao dropped the blanket and went in front of the camera. HE let the make-up artist fix his makeup while waiting for Song Yu’s body double to held Song Yu find the perfect position.

Since filming started, Song Yu had interrupted the shooting for various reasons. By the time they finished all scenes, it was already three in the morning.

Li Zhao returned to the makeup to remove the makeup and heard a makeup assistant cursing Song Yu in a low voice. However, once Song Yu’s assistant brought a midnight snack to the room, all the people in the dressing room were smiling and couldn’t see any impatience.

“Teacher Li, Brother Song heard that you didn’t eat tonight so he asked me to prepare more food for you.” The assistant handed Li Zhao large food containers and said with a smile, “Once you finish eating then go and rest early.”

“Thank you.” Li Zhao took the food containers and opened the lid to find a cup of milk tea, two pieces of cake and delicious barbecue. He took a deep breath to scent the deep aroma of the midnight snack and then took a big sip of the milk tea.

This was the main reason why he never complained about Song Yu making him stay up all night to film. Song Yu might love to be late, acted like a bigshot and had ordinary acting but he was generous.

As long as Song Yu was in the crew, he would give midnight snacks every day. This was already half of Li Zhao’s bread and butter. Who would think that their bread and butter wasn’t good?

The makeup artist removing Li Zhao’s make up saw the contents of the box and was hesitant. In particular, she saw Li Zhao drinking the milk tea and couldn’t help sighing.

‘Xiao Li, you should eat lightly. Song Yu, that heartless man is feeding you to make you fat!’

In his room, Song Yu saw his assistant come back and immediately asked, “Did Li Zhao eat those things?”

The assistant nodded. “He ate it.”

“That’s good.” Song Yu’s face showed a satisfied smile. According to this eating speed, Li Zhao would definitely become fat. Once the drama was shown and the audience paid attention later, they wouldn’t see the pretty face but the fat body. Who would become fans of such a celebrity?

“Brother Song, Li Zhao’s company has no resources and no one is behind him. He can’t threaten your position. Why are you spending so much to deal with him?” The assistant couldn’t understand. If Brother Song fears Li Zhao so much, why did he give the male lead role to Li Zhao?

“What do you know?” Song Yu lowered his eyelids to conceal his guilty conscience. A few months ago, he dreamt that he took the male lead in a small network drama. The crew was poor and broken. After receiving the script, he hadn’t intended to act. Who knew that after the show aired, there was a boom on the Internet and it boosted the careers of many actors. In particular, the role of the second male lead was popular through the entire network. Only he was different. He played the male lead who had a poor person set up. Not only was he poor, he was also stubborn. This caused resentment among many viewers and some even went to the crew’s official Weibo to scold the female lead for being blind to like so a male lead. They also scolded the screenwriter for writing such a plot, etc.

He didn’t take this matter seriously after waking up. Unexpectedly, someone handed him a script two days later and the script content was exactly the same as his dream. He suddenly understood that maybe this was a chance given to him by God. Thus, he had to trample on Li Zhao and eliminate this threat.

Li Zhao was eating in his room when he received a video call from his agent Zhang Xiaoyuan.

“Li Zhao, why are you eating again?” Zhang Xiaoyuan saw Li Zhao sitting cross-legged on the bed and eating pig trotters and the blood vessel on his forehead started swelling.

“Today I shot for 10 hours in a row and had no time to eat. Fortunately, there was Brother Song.” Li Zhao wiped the oil from the corner of his mouth and smiled. “You know my physique. I don’t have to worry about getting fat no matter how much I eat.”

“I’m not worried about you gaining weight. I’m worried that you will get into the habit of eating late at night and later no one will treat you to eat.” Seeing Li Zhao grab another skewer, Zhang Xiaoyuan gulped and spoke in a solemn tone. “Zhao ah, Brother has to tell you something bad.”

“What’s the matter?” Li Zhao looked up at the mobile phone lens.

“Our company went bankrupt and the boss ran away. We are out of a job.” After finishing this sentence, Zhang Xiaoyuan saw that Li Zhao holding the skewer didn’t respond and couldn’t help asking, “Do you… have no thoughts?”

“Oh?” Li Zhao blinked and expressed deep regret.

The two men looked at each other through the mobile phone lends and didn’t say anything.

A long time passed. Li Zhao saw that Zhang Xiaoyuan’s expression was too heavy and comforted the other person. “Brother Xiaoyuan, don’t be too sad. Why don’t you come to our crew for some meals? Brother Song also gives extra meals and it will save us a lot of money.”

Although eating for free was shameful but who would dare maintain their dignity in the face of eating and drinking well? Fortunately, in their poor crew, there was the generous Brother Song. It was very lucky.

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Song Yu: Don’t talk, I want quiet.

The next morning, the crew started work and Song Yu was late as usual. He looked up and saw Li Zhao smiling brilliantly, causing his mood to worsen. Smiling, what was so funny?

The assistant behind him was startled by this bright smile and whispered to Song Yu. “Brother Song, does he want to borrow money from us?”

Or was it because Brother Song gave food to this person every night, turning him silly?

“Brother Song, good morning.” Li Zhao warmly greeted Song Yu and graciously handed him a bottle of mineral water provided by the crew. He also didn’t forget to help unscrew the cap for Song Yu.

Song Yu saw the mineral water being handed to him and raised his chin, speaking in a cold manner. “ No, I only drink imported water.”

Li Zhao hastily put away the bottle of water that was sold for less than two yuan. “Brother Song has taste.”

Very rich!

He clearly wanted to humiliate the other person for being poor. As a result, this person not only didn’t feel humiliation but also showed admiration. Song Yu felt the frustration of hitting cotton and almost rolled his eyes toward the sky. “Hehe.”

‘Calm down Song Yu, you must be calm. Soon, you will be a popular male entertainer and won’t have to know such a poor peasant.’

Thinking of this, he turned to walk away. he had only taken a few steps when he heard Li Zhao’s voice. “Brother Song, walk slowly.”

Hearing Li Zhao’s cheerful tone, Song Yu’s assistant couldn’t help looking back. The pair of clear eyes with a distinct smile touched his conscience. Smiling so happily, didn’t he know that Brother Song was acting against him? Too foolish.

In a corner of the crew, Director Liu looked at the monitor and was satisfied with Li Zhao’s performance. “Li Zhao might not be a professional but the role he plays is very spiritual.”

Li Zhao had been selected to play the second male lead mainly because he looked extraordinarily good and was cheap. Among the alternative actors’ list, he looked the best. An idol drama always wanted to see the face.

Director Liu felt that this casting would be more appropriate if it wasn’t for Song Yu not wanting to play the first male lead and wanting to play the second male instead.

“All teams are ready. Let’s get ready to shoot the next one.” Director Liu stood up and coaxed Song Yu and the female star to film under the sun. They were the great ones and he was the little director who couldn’t afford to offend them.

After shooting in the afternoon, Li Zhao took the opportunity to talk to the staff of the crew. He said that his agent saw he was without an assistant and would enter the crew for the next half a month to take care of him.

The staff didn’t think much about it and agreed on the spot. After all, who would’ve guessed that the male star of a crew would bring his own agent here for free food and drink?

He thought about how there would be one more person to wheedle a meal from and Li Zhao’s face subconsciously brightened. Unfortunately, Song Yu was on leave from the crew that afternoon and no one gave him food at night.

Li Zhao found h couldn’t sleep at the hotel and opened a takeaway software on his mobile phone. He found that the nighttime delivery fee was two or three times what it was during the day and suddenly closed the takeaway app.

The takeaway delivery cost was a bit high. Li Zhao was so hungry but he didn’t want to call for takeaway. He was worried for a while before simply changing clothes to go out to find food.

There was a snack stall street near the hotel and this was very busy on summer nights. It was three or four in the morning but there were still many young people coming here to drink beer. Li Zhao went to a store full of people and bought some stir-fried noddles and a few skewers. He hummed as he carried the box and headed back.

The night wind blew a bit of coolness on his face. He found a bench next to the pedestrian street and sat down, opening the plastic food box and preparing to eat.

The rich oil fragrance raised his appetite. Before he could use the disposable chopsticks to put the fried noodles in his mouth, he saw an old man with a dirty body and broken porcelain bowl nearby. The old man’s eyes were focused on the fried noodles in his hand.

He sighed, got up and placed half of his fried noodles into the old man’s bowl. He also gave two skewers. Seeing the old man slowly walk away while eating the skewer, Li Zhao buried his head bitterly to eat.

Half a box of fried noodles couldn’t fill up a 20 year old young man. Li Zhao touched his stomach that didn’t feel full and gnawed the meat clean on the skewer. He even licked the cumin powder on top a few more times. There was a saying that adolescents had a sudden increase in appetite due to physical needs. He wasn’t an adolescent so he could only eat poorly.

On the day when Brother Song was away, Li Zhao really missed him. Li Zhao thought of the roasted pig trotters, the milk tea and the meat he sent. It would’ve been nice if he bought two steamed buns just now. Steamed buns with fried noodles were delicious and filling.

He got up and threw the garbage into the trash can. Li Zhao let out a long sigh and prepared to go back to the hotel to sleep. Recently, the production crew had been in a bit of a hurry. In order to match Song Yu’s schedules, the next two days were almost all his scenes.

He took two steps and couldn’t help looking back at the popular snack stall street not far away. He wanted to go back to eat a bowl of fragrant beef noodles. Unfortunately, his poor wallet didn’t allow him to spend money on a midnight snack.

The streets lights pulled Li Zhao’s shadow out into a long and lonely shadow, reaching all the way to the black car parked on the street. The shadow shook and followed its owner slowly.

The window of the black car slowly rolled down. Once the black shadow completely disappeared around the corner, the window rose back up again.

“Sir, you haven’t eaten for 10 hours…”

“En?” The man sitting in the back of the car was a shadow. Only a white hand was exposed in the yellow light of the street lights. Then the hand soon returned to darkness. The car was quiet again.

Two days later, Li Zhao’s agent Zhang Xiaoyuan dragged a large suitcase and came to the crew. He acted as Li Zhao’s assistant and had fast hands and feet and a sweet mouth. Every time someone in the crew shared snacks, he always helped Li Zhao get a share.

Song Yu’s holiday ended on this day and the staff’s mood was a bit low. They clearly hated this life where they had to keep smiling. It was really difficult. Thus, once Song Yu entered the crew, the first one to warmly greet him was Li Zhao.

“Brother Song is back, Brother Song has worked hard.” Li Zhao trotted over to Song Yu while Zhang Xiaoyuan moved several plastic stools behind him. Then he asked Song Yu’s assistant to sit down.

“Li Zhao, during the two days I was shooting an advertisement, the manufacturer sent me the endorsement products.” Song Yu had his assistant give Li Zhao a whole box of chocolates. “Take it back and eat slowly. If it isn’t enough, I have more here.” Song Yu was content at the thought that he started shooting advertisements while Li Zhao was still unknown.

He didn’t believe that so many high-calorie chocolates couldn’t make Li Zhao fat.

“Thank you Brother Song, you’re a good man.” Li Zhao took the box containing the chocolates and looked at Song Yu’s eyes, which seemed like there were stars shining.

Song Yu felt a bit guilty facing this look. He twisted his head to avoid Li Zhao’s line of sight and vaguely snorted. He closed his eyes so he would no longer see Li Zhao. Zhang Xiaoyuan looked at the chocolate in Li Zhao’s hand and opened his mouth to say something. Then he saw the smile on Li Zhao’s face and fell silent again. Li Zhao was brought out by him so no one knew better than him how much Li Zhao was afraid of hunger.

Days passed and filming was near completion. Li Zhao also ushered in his 20th birthday. The crew was busy and chaotic so no one remembered his birthday.

Once the shooting ended at night, Zhang Xiaoyuan dragged Li Zhao out to eat noodle casserole.

“Zhao ah, I’m sorry to you. I said I would bring you out to live a good life. I didn’t expect the company to close down.” Zhang Xiaoyuan put a palm-sized cake box on the table and pushed it in front of Li Zhao. He opened the packaging and enthusiastically arranged several candles on top, lighting them. “Happy 20th birthday.”

“Thank you Brother Xiaoyuan.” Li Zhao scratched his head. “Brother Xiaoyuan, don’t worry about what you said. If it wasn’t for you, I would’ve lived a worse life than now.”

Zhang Xiaoyuan smiled bitterly. “Come on, make a wish before blowing out the candle.”

Li Zhao thought seriously with his hands pressed together, silently making a wish. He hoped that Brother Xiaoyuan wouldn’t lose his job and that they could eat a lot of food in the future.

Zhang Xiaoyuan only ate a small piece of the cake and the rest went into Li Zhao’s stomach. They came out of the rice casserole store and saw a high-end restaurant nearby with many beautiful flower baskets. The flower baskets had the balloons that children liked tied to them. On each balloon was written, ‘Happy 10th birthday to Wang Qiang.’

Seeing this scene, Zhang Xiaoyuan couldn’t help turning his head to look at Li Zhao.

“Brother Xiaoyuan, Brother Xiaoyuan!” Li Zhao pointed not far away. “There are people there selling balloons.” He finished speaking and trotted over.

Zhang Xiaoyuan followed and heard Li Zhao bargaining with the seller. A minute later, Li Zhao bargained the 15 yuan price of a balloon down to 10 yuan.

“I think it is a good sign.” Li Zhao properly tied the balloon to his wrist. “This bodes well for my future. I will definitely be able to eat countless delicious dishes.”

As a child, the entire institution only had one TV and he and the other children most liked to watch the cartoon ‘Chuka Ichiban!’ Everyone had drooled watching the dishes in the cartoon and dreamt about eating great food when growing up. To realize this dream, he needed to make more money.

“You’re right.” Zhang Xiaoyuan patted Li Zhao on the shoulder. “It will come true in the future once you are popular.” He looked up at the uneven colour of the balloon, showing it was an obviously inferior product, and felt a glimmer of hope for the future.

What if it happened?

That night, a roadside surveillance video was released by a government news media Weibo. In the video, a young man gave half of his food to a homeless old man. Once the food was divided, the young man sat back on his seat and seemed very hungry. The official government news media sent this video to promote the goodness of human nature. It didn’t expect many netizens to forward and discuss it.

Spring Flower: The video isn’t HD and I can’t see the little brother’s appearance. Still, my intuition is telling me that this is a handsome little guy.

Bear Meal: Watching the little brother sitting alone to eat, I inexplicably feel a bit distressed. He looks very young.

Can I Not Work Overtime Today: Isn’t it only me who noticed the little brother is licking the meat skewer? There is an impulse to buy him food.

Forty Metres Blade: After watching this video, I picked up my brother who was being a picky eater and hit him…

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Birthday Wish God: Okay, I agree.

The online video was reposted by many official Weibos and marketing numbers. some net popular people even found the old man and sent him food and drink in order to gain traffic. The staff of the local related departments learned about this matter and properly arranged housing and food for the old man. The netizens only regretted that no one found the little brother in the video.

The ‘mysterious little brother’ was currently carrying the boxed meal of the drama crew, more energetic than anyone else. The female star, who originally had no appetite, stared at Li Zhao for two minutes and picked up her chopsticks to eat some vegetables.

“Zhao ah, if you become popular in the future then you can’t let the fans know how much you can eat.” Zhang Xiaoyuan watched Li Zhao eat his food clean and suddenly felt like a tired old father.

“Why?” Li Zhao ate the last grain of rice and wiped clean the corners of his mouth.

“It is because all fairy men drank dew when growing up.” Zhang Xiaoyuan once again patted Li Zhao’s shoulder. “In the future, you should remember to show some restraint when there are outsiders.”

“Brother Xiaoyuan, have you forgotten?” Li Zhao threw the meal box into the garbage bag and looked at Zhang Xiaoyuan sympathetically. “Our company closed down.”

Zhang Xiaoyuan, “……”

He was born a human. Didn’t he deserve to dream?

“It’s fine. I’ll work to support you once the shooting is over.” Li Zhao sweetly comforted Zhang Xiaoyuan. “I am young and have good physical strength…” He hadn’t finished speaking when his WeChat prompt showed he had a new message.

Li Zhao stared at the WeChat prompt and hesitated for a few seconds before slowly opening the group chat.

A Better Tomorrow: The operation was a success! @Xiao Zhao @First Make 100 Million

Li Zhao was so excited his hands were shaking. He hastily replied to the message.

Xiao Zhao: Great, the person is fine!

A Better Tomorrow: The doctor said the patient should be observed in the hospital for a while after the surgery. Brothers, I really want to thank you this time. If it wasn’t for you, Xiao Xia might not have survived.

Xiao Zhao: Good brothers shouldn’t say thank you.

First Make 100 Million: @Xiao Zhao was right, good brothers shouldn’t say thanks. During the time when you and Sister Xia went out and worked hard, you didn’t forget to take care of the children in the institution. We all remember it.

Zhang Xiaoyuan noticed that Li Zhao looked excited, like something good had happened. He asked, “Is there good news?”

“Sister Xia’s surgery was successful!” Li Zhao held his mobile phone and glanced at Zhang Xiaoyuan with bright eyes. “Brother Ming just sent a message!”

Zhang Xiaoyuan was stunned for a long time before laughing. “Great.”

“Yes, it is great.” Li Zhao opened a shopping platform and whined, “Brother Xiaoyuan, help me find out what should be used to care for a person’s health after surgery&#k2026;”

Looking at Li Zhao seriously bowing his head to buy products, Zhang Xiaoyuan couldn’t help touching this person’s soft hair and smiling. Perhaps for Li Zhao, Zhou Ming and Zhu Xia weren’t only a big brother and big sister. They were like his father and mother.

Zhang Xiaoyuan first met Li Zhao 10 years ago. At that time, he had just graduated from university and went with a few friends to volunteer in poverty-stricken areas. The narrow streets, the steep mountains and the dusty stores with no sense of fashion made them feel for the first time that there was such a poor place in the world.

They came to the welfare homes in several counties and watched the children line up to receive food and eat the bowl clean. Their hearts became even more difficult.

Zhang Xiaoyuan noticed that a child in the corner was eating particularly quickly, like he was hungry. He saw his food and couldn’t wait to put it in his stomach.

The child’s facial features were very good but he was too thin. From far away, he looked like a big-headed doll sitting on a chair. The more Zhang Xiaoyuan looked, the more distressed he became. He took out some chocolate, intending to share it with the child. Once he got closer, he found that the child’s arms were bruised and there was a bleeding wound on his head. It seemed the child had been severely abused.

The staff at the welfare home feared the volunteers would misunderstand and think they were abusing children in the welfare home. They quickly explained the situation.

“This child was just sent here two days ago. If it wasn’t for his head teacher finding out that something was wrong and reporting it to the police, I’m afraid…” The staff member shook his head and sighed, scooping a spoonful of rice into the child’s bowl.

The child looked up at the staff and smiled, looking very well-behaved. “Thank you, Auntie.”

Zhang Xiaoyuan was just out of university and saw this scene. His entire heart softened. After learning that the child was often abused by his adoptive parents, the teacher reported it to the police. This attracted the attention of the media and he was sent to a welfare home.

They were volunteers and accompanied the children to play for half a day. They sent some stationery and clothes before leaving. Once they left, all the children stood at the gate to send them away.

Zhang Xiaoyuan saw the bruised little boy holding the book he sent with an innocent smile. In the face of this smile, he crouched down in front of the child. “What is your name?”

“My name is Li Zhao.”

“It is a nice name.” Zhang Xiaoyuan wanted to touch the child’s head but the blood and bruises on his head weren’t gone. Zhang Xiaoyuan could only take back his hand.

Since then, he often communicated with the child and told him about the outside world. The child talked about taking first place in the class and the brother and sister who looked after him in the welfare home.

Brother Zhou Ming and Sister Zhu Xia were admitted to a good university, got married and sent many toys and clothes back every year. The child said he wanted to be like Brother Ming and Sister Xia. He would enter a good university and make a lot of money.

However, the summer when he was supposed to take the university entrance examination, Li Zhao suddenly said that he didn’t want to go to school. He wanted to make money, a lot of money.

Zhang Xiaoyuan was very angry and rushed to Li Zhao’s side to scold him.

“However, Sister Xia has a very serious illness.” The child couldn’t raise his head after being scolded by Zhang Xiaoyuan. He sat in his chair and looked pathetic. “The doctor said that Sister Xia has been too tired. In order to support us in the welfare home, Brother Ming and Sister Xia have been living frugally. They don’t have a house or children. They didn’t even have the opportunity to enjoy life. I want her to live.”

“Brother Xiaoyuan, help me.” His young face was full of determination and he was like a stubborn calf. He had decided his direction and would never look back.

Zhang Xiaoyuan promised. Since then, he didn’t ask about Li Zhao’s university entrance exam results and Li Zhao no longer mentioned university. Li Zhao signed with a movie and television company for 10 years. His excellent looks meant he ran around various small crews playing a small role. He also acted as a substitute while saving money.

“Brother Zhang Xiaoyuan, what are you doing?” Li Zhao saw Zhang Xiaoyuan staring at him in a daze and said cheerfully. “Shall I invite you to eat hot spicy soup tonight?”

Song Yu passed by Li Zhao and heard this sentence. He raised his eyes and glanced at Li Zhao. This world actually had such a poor person. Who would ask his agent and assistant to eat unhealthy spicy food?

“Can you add two more beef balls?” Zhang Xiaoyuan asked quickly.

Song Yu thought in his heart, ‘Originally, it isn’t the artist who is poor. The agent is also poor.’

He took out his mobile phone and went to rest in his chair. He lay down and clicked on a popular video on Weibo. The young man in this video looked somewhat familiar? He sat up straight and glanced in Li Zhao’s direction. Then he locked his phone screen like a thief.

“Brother Song?” The assistant thought Song Yu saw something on the Internet and hurriedly said, “You don’t have to take the words of the netizens to heart. After a few days, you won’t even remember what they said.”

Song Yu didn’t speak as he touched the phone, afraid that Li Zhao was still becoming as popular as his dream.

New comments were circulating online, saying that the video was deliberately filmed and some people were using this to become popular. Many people agreed. In a few days, this video was forgotten by the netizens.

Li Zhao was with Zhang Xiaoyuan in the crew for most of the month until the crew’s closing feast. Song Yu knew that this drama would be hot and in order to the crew members to later say good things about him, he used his own money to invite the crew to eat at a luxury hotel.

Li Zhao was reluctant to miss this opportunity to have such a big meal. In order to eat more in the evening, he only had two bowls of porridge at noon. Then he put on his best suit.

At the table, the main hosts were drinking and leaning unsteadily from side to side. Even the female lead, who usually ignored people, drank a bit. Li Zhao shook his dizzy head and saw some grease had splashed on his sleeve. He got up and went to the bathroom.

This was his best set of clothing and he would have to wear it later. He must take good care of it.

The fine dining restaurant of a luxury hotel was different. The waiters were wearing a shirt and vest and Li Zhao even thought that the clothes the waiters were wearing were more expensive than his own clothes.

He used the washing-up liquid at the washbasin to clean the oil from his sleeve. Then Li Zhao heard a heavy impact sound. He pulled out a piece of paper towel, wiped his lower sleeves and went to the door to check.

A drunken man lay on the ground, touching his back and groaning. He looked like he had fallen heavily. A few steps away from the middle-aged man, a man in a white shirt and vest stood against the wall. This man noticed Li Zhao’s gaze and looked at him.

The man’s appearance was stunning but he was pale and his lips were an unhealthy pink. He looked like he received a huge shock.

Li Zhao didn’t expect that a man with such good looks, temperament and noble air was actually a hotel staff.

Li Zhao instantly understood what was going on. He heard footsteps coming from around the corner, looked at the man’s drooping eyelids and reached out to pull the man behind him. The man didn’t seem to react and was pulled behind him.

“Don’t be afraid, leave this thing to me.” Li Zhao turned around and patted the man’s arm, grinning at him. “I am a professional when it comes to acting.”

The man stared at him for three seconds and was quiet.

“Sir!”

Two or three strong men in suits ran around the corner. They looked at the man lying on the ground before glancing in Li Zhao’s direction and stopping.

“This gentleman is with you?” Li Zhao’s face was full of concern. “Just now, this waiter sent me to the bathroom when we saw this gentleman suddenly fall to the ground. We were going to help him up when you came here.”

Who was the most enthusiastic, kindest and innocent bystander in the world at this moment? It was Li Zhao!

The strong men looked blankly at Li Zhao. Li Zhao took a step forward, letting these strong men focus on his own body before showing an innocent smile. “Wine is good but it is easy to get drunk. How bad is it to fall by himself?”

The faces of the men in suits… became more indifferent.