Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
âItâs alright, I know you were busy,â Luosang silently sighed in relief. It seemed that what happened to her and Yan Su tonight at the party didnât spread. âIâve arrived at the school already,â she continued.
âI was going to send you back,â said Chi Shengxu regrettably, âDid Director Zhang tell you anything? Did he promise you any chance?â
âDirector Zhang is a nice person. He said that heâll help me if thereâs a chance,â said Luosang.
âThatâs great. Iâll definitely ask you to dub for my next film. I know that you can do perfect male voices too. Iâll go back to school for classes lately. We should go to Professor Chengâs class together. And, I need to treat you to dinner to apologize for not being able to take good care of you tonight. Bye.â Chi Shengxu hung up the phone before Luosang finished her talking.
Luosang looked at her phone and gave a bitter smile. She knew that even if Chi Shengxu requested to work with her, his director wouldnât agree.
âSomeone has a lot of good fortune in love affairs lately,â Yan Su joked.
âLetâs go back,â said Luosang.
...
As the Maybach was driving on the broad road, Lu Kang coughed slightly and asked, âMr. Nian, do we have a video meeting in half an hour? Why donât I know about that?â
âDid I say that just now?â Said Nian Junting, âI might have misremembered. No, we donât have any video meeting.â
Lu Kang was quite speechless. âMr. Nian, youâre better and better at talking barefaced nonsense,â he thought.
âYouâve done a good job tonight. Iâll give you a pay rise. Work harder,â Nian Junting lowered his head to look at his watch, then continued, âItâs early. Letâs go to the bookstore.â
âBookstore?â
âYeah, I need to get a book about horoscope. Otherwise, if Luosang asks me about that tomorrow, Iâd be embarrassed as I have no knowledge of it.â
âIt would be impossible for you to feel embarrassed,â thought Lu Kang.
Lu Kang even wanted to cry, but failed to shed any tears. It was late at night, but he still needed to accompany his boss to the bookstore to buy a book about horoscope.
One oâclock in the morning, Tang Ning and Ye Chuen returned to the dorm together, both seemed to be in a good mood. Their laughter woke Luosang up.
âLuosang, why didnât you tell me when you left?â Tang Ning said in a complaining way. Before Luosang responded, she continued, âIâm telling you this, Chuen got me a dubbing job tonight. Iâll be dubbing for one of the supporting actresses in a film. Iâm really happy about that. Iâve decided that Iâll become a professional dubber.â
âYeah? Congratulations. I was too tired, so I came back without you. I figured that youâd come back with Chuen, so I didnât interrupt you,â Luosang gave a smile, but with a bitter feeling. Her dubbing skill was way better than Tang Ningâs, but the latter had got a job, while she had fewer and fewer opportunities.
While removing her makeup, Ye Chuen asked meaningfully, âI guess Chi Shengxu and Junting have introduced some people to you, right? I didnât think that you knew Junting. How did you know him? Why didnât I hear you mention that?â
âMe and Mr. Nian are just acquaintances. We donât know each other well,â said Luosang flatly.
âI doubt it. Luo, youâre not keeping secrets from us, are you?â Tang Ning raised her eyebrows and asked.
Somehow, Luosang felt annoyed. âWhy would I lie to you? I said no, and I mean it.â
âAlright, Tang Ning, stop overthinking it. Luo doesnât seem to be in a good mood. Letâs get to bed now. Weâve all had a long day,â Ye Chuen smoothly ended the topic, then the dorm quieted back down.
However, in the darkness, Luosang couldnât fall asleep.
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The next morning, after the morning class, Luosang arrived at Jinding International at ten oâclock in the morning.
Yi Jingxi who was absent for days had been sitting in the couch lazily, drinking coffee. He was wearing a grey sweater, looking very elegant among the coiling steams.