Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
At night, she went home and told Yan Su about that. Yan Su paused briefly with excitement, then said, âYouâre gonna work together with Shi Xiang? God, donât forget to take me with you. I havenât seen him in a long time.â
âIâm not sure if theyâll pick me,â said Luosang shyly. âNuanyi did recommend me, but the company will make the decision. Normally, many people will compete for a role in a game like this.â
âItâs okay. Iâll talk to Shi Xiang. Heâs the spokesperson, so he must have a say in this.â After saying that, Yan Su happily texted Shi Xiang.
It was already the next day at seven pm when she got Shi Xiangâs reply. He said, The game company will pick the voice-actors and actresses, not me. Itâs inappropriate for me to talk to them on your friendâs behalf. The people in my company might think that thereâs something between your friend and me.
Reading the text, Yan Su felt very uncomfortable, so she called him. After quite a long while, he finally answered. âSu, why did you call me at this time? Iâm having a meeting with my team about the concert,â said Shi Xiang in a low voice.
âShi Xiang, Iâve been on my own out here for all these years without asking you for a single favor. Iâm fine with it, but this small thing about my friend will only cost you a few words. Youâre not even willing to do this little thing for me. Arenât you too... heartless?â Yan Suâs voice sounded calm, but the people who knew her well all knew that the calmer she sounded, the angrier she was. âI asked you to help my friend, because I want to go with her and see you,â she continued.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âSu, Iâve told you that Iâll arrange some time for us to see each other in the first half of this year,â Shi Xiang said. âIf you asked me to help a male friend of yours, Iâd do it without hesitation. Iâve looked for this Xu Luosang online. Sheâs pretty, so my company would definitely ask me why if I tried to help her. Iâm popular, but if I fall out with my company now, they will hire an online water army to post fake negative news about me. If that happened, my career would definitely be affected.â
âYour career is already good enough. Youâre popular all over Asia now. Youâre hiding your relationship with your girlfriend, and you refuse to do her even a little favor. I donât believe that youâve never helped anyone in the circle,â Yan Su said. âI watched that show you did earlier. Didnât you help that female cast member who was with you at that time? People are saying that you guys are a couple. Did your company find fault with you about that, too?â
âMy company arranged that. They want people to think that we might be a couple. In fact, I havenât talked to her since a long time ago,â said Shi Xiang in a soft voice. âPlease donât be mad. I promise you, Iâll end the contract with my company in a couple of years, when my career is stable. Then, Iâll focus my career in the mainland of China, and weâll go public. You see, youâre a singer as well now, arenât you? Youâre so good at singing. Youâll become a star, too, sooner or later. By then, weâll become the golden couple in the music circle. Su, you have to understand that Iâm only 23 years old now. Making our relationship public is no good for either of us.â
âShi Xiang, I think youâve changed.â Yan Su smiled bitterly. âI remember when you left me, you said that you only wanted to be a singer, and that you only wanted people to hear your songs. You said that you wouldnât care even if it was only a flash in the pan. But now, the more you achieve, the more you want. We only have one single call each week. To be honest, even if we do make our relationship public one day, I wouldnât know if youâre still the same person.â
âSu, no matter what I have achieved, youâre the only person in the world who knows all the goodness and badness of me,â Shi Xiang said seriously. âOne day, Iâll tell the world that youâre the person that I love most.â