The sweetest in the entertainment industry

Chapter 393 Midnight
At seventeen, Lu Nanting was already showing the initial signs of a typhoon.

When he dances, he has an excellent sense of rhythm, and every movement is controlled and executed with ease, full of relaxation yet also powerful, bringing a great sense of exhilaration to the audience.

In addition, he had excellent facial expression control and outstanding fashion sense, so it was difficult to take an unflattering photo of him from any angle. At that time, he already had a group of loyal fans.

At that time, the fans had not yet formed an organization, had no unified support color, and did not have a unified name or support items.

That night, the fans' enthusiastic shouts almost lifted the roof off. They brought homemade banners, some hand-painted and some printed. Clearly, the fans were well-prepared, knowing that he was going to perform that day.

They called him "the absolute king of the stage" and "walking human hormones"...

A plethora of effusive praises emerged.

Before the performance started, Gu Lanxi saw all of this and thought it was so cringeworthy and embarrassing that she wanted to dig her toes into the ground and build a three-bedroom apartment on the spot.

When the performance ended, she found herself strongly agreeing with those words.

That charismatic person on stage, so dazzling, who wouldn't like him?
Before that, Gu Lanxi had never been to a concert, or even a movie theater.

She couldn't understand why anyone would be so obsessed with those celebrities.

After watching Lu Nanting's performance, I immediately knew the answer.

Because that is the ideal of humanity.

Even if one's heart is like a barren wasteland, with howling winds year-round, seeing this side of him will cause the bud of "liking" to sprout vigorously.

That was also the first time Gu Lanxi realized that she could do something not for survival, but simply because she liked it.

Such a pure and passionate soul has a truly powerful attraction for someone like Gu Lanxi.

That night, Lu Nanting sang three songs. Seeing that it was already past ten o'clock, he ignored the fans' attempts to keep him and left the bar with her.

As I exited through the back door, the driver was already waiting there.

After the two got into the car, Lu Nanting started making excuses to delay, saying he was hungry and about to faint from hunger.

That night, Gu Lanxi was unusually soft-hearted and had no choice but to accompany him to have hot pot.

It was already late after dinner, and she thought Lu Nanting was going to continue causing trouble, so she started to give up and went to sleep as soon as she got in the car, planning to conserve her energy so that if he made any unreasonable demands, she could beat him up first.

As a result, at midnight, the car stopped precisely at the entrance of University A.

Then he said "Happy New Year!" to her.

At seventeen, this was the first time someone had said this to her at that exact moment.

She paused for a moment, then politely said thank you and offered a few words of blessing.

Then, Lu Nanting didn't make any excuses to hold her hand, nor did he pester her for a hug; he only asked for a promise:
"You promised me at Christmas that you would be my girlfriend once I got into my dream university. You weren't lying to me, were you?"

At the time, she really wanted to say, "My exact words were, let's talk about this after the college entrance exam. I didn't say that I would be with you if you got into college."

But, looking into those expectant eyes, and feeling a flutter in her heart that she herself couldn't quite understand, she ultimately said nothing.

At the start of the new semester, all four of them in the dormitory successfully secured admission to graduate programs. During the winter break that year, they all chose to stay on campus and work with their new advisors on new projects.

One day, Gu Lanxi returned to the dormitory. Only the eldest sister was there, sitting at her desk looking at her computer.

Gu Lanxi was about to greet her when she saw her holding an empty mineral water bottle, banging it loudly on the table. Her grimacing expression showed that she was quite angry.

"What's going on here?"

She had a good relationship with her roommate, and when she sensed something was wrong with her, she naturally had to ask her about it.

"Look at what I just said, is there anything wrong with it? Yet more than three thousand people left comments to scold me, saying that I don't understand love? Ha!"

Upon seeing it was her, the eldest brother stood up, pulled her to the computer, pressed her shoulder to make her sit down, and then pointed indignantly at the screen, gesturing for her to look.

Gu Lanxi followed her finger and saw that she was pointing to a question on Zhihu: What is the essence of love?

The eldest brother's answer is as follows:
In my opinion, the essence of love is actually a scam.

Driven by the instinct for survival and reproduction, humans use the guise of love to deceive another individual into becoming their slave and dedicating their entire life to them.

…Several arguments are listed in the middle…

In short, only a fool would fall in love.

The building has over three thousand floors, and when you click on it, all the comments are insults directed at her.

The eldest sister was furious, feeling that those who were criticizing her for being love-struck were being unreasonable!

Gu Lanxi was completely baffled, utterly unable to understand why she was wasting time on such a stupid question. "No matter the question, everyone has different answers. I think it's better to seek common ground while respecting differences."

That's what she advised me to do, and that's what she thought at the time.

Everyone lives their own life; it's impossible to expect others to think exactly the same way you do.

In particular, it's incredibly foolish to spend so much time, energy, and emotional energy fighting to the death with a group of complete strangers.

I guess I was really free at that time. When my older sister saw someone arguing with her, she mentioned a certain novel and wanted to use it to prove that love is about sacrifice and doing anything for another person. So, she bought the novel and read it.

Gu Lanxi wasn't interested in the specifics, so she never asked and therefore didn't know much about it. As a result, she didn't know who ultimately won that "battle of the Great Dao."

She only remembered that one night, her eldest son suddenly knocked on her bedside table and whispered to her:
Are those rich kids from wealthy families really that brain-dead?

She was half asleep when she opened her eyes and saw her eldest son holding a small lamp, with a CEO romance novel spread out on his pillow, his eyes sparkling.

Gu Lanxi asked instinctively, "What do you mean, 'brain-dead'?"

"The male lead took the female lead to a banquet, where his childhood friends threw wine at people and ridiculed her, calling her a worthless pheasant and constantly criticizing her, giving her nicknames..."

After hearing what her roommate said, Gu Lanxi was full of question marks: "Anyone with normal values ​​wouldn't do that, right?"

It feels like my brain has been eaten by zombies.

“I also think it’s a bit silly, but the book makes it sound so convincing, saying that those rich young masters and ladies have different values ​​than ordinary people, how could they know what respect is? Your tutor’s family is quite wealthy, right? Can you ask them for me if this is really true!”

Lu Nanting had already made his feelings clear, and in order to maintain the status quo and not cross the line, Gu Lanxi never took the initiative to contact him except when attending classes.

She thought she must be crazy to ask Lu Nanting such a brainless question.

But her roommate treated her very well, and it was rare for her to ask her for a favor, so it wouldn't be right not to help.

So she had no choice but to create a group chat with her older siblings who she was close to, and then send out the questions that her roommates were interested in one by one.

Fearing that her roommates would feel embarrassed, Gu Lanxi didn't mention her. She only said that she had heard about it and pretended to be a bystander, asking them if they had heard about it.

Then Gu Jiayi sent a voice message: "It's not like I've broken off all ties with my childhood friend, why are you mocking his girlfriend? Besides, we both grew up with elite educations, even if he's unhappy, he wouldn't be stupid enough to start cursing, right? And he cursed so vulgarly, is he crazy?"

Her family talked for a while, and then, thinking she was the one who had encountered this problem, they told her again:
"If a guy introduces you to his friends and they treat you coldly, it's because he didn't do his job properly and his friends misunderstood your relationship. You shouldn't date a guy like that!"

After chatting for a while, her roommate was fully recharged and went online to argue with people again, but she thought of Lu Nanting's friends.

It seems that no one has ever said anything unpleasant to her; everyone has been very warm and friendly...

The things in her dreams were fragmented and varied, sometimes from the past and sometimes from the present, making it impossible for her to sleep peacefully.

Gu Lanxi woke up in the middle of the night, rubbed her head, and sat up, still clutching the blanket.

I picked up my phone and saw it was not yet three o'clock.

When I tried to sleep again, I had a terrible headache and couldn't fall asleep no matter how much I tossed and turned.

I'm not used to the blankets, I don't like the bed, and I'm uncomfortable everywhere.

Opening Lu Nanting's chat window, the conversation was still stuck in the evening.

Lu Nanting was happy to tell her that her work went smoothly today and she could finish early.

I typed it several times, but then deleted it for fear of waking people up, and finally gave up.

He has been busy for a long time in order to make time for his wedding.

I've had a rare early night, so I'd better not disturb me...

I turned on the bedside lamp, thought about opening Douyin (TikTok), logged into Lu Nanting's alternate account, and looked at some of the things he had posted before.

With her anxiety calmed and drowsiness set in, Gu Lanxi finally fell asleep again.

I was craving barbecue in the middle of the night.

The King of Rolls hasn't returned yet.

Send a message: I believe that a Prince Charming will appear in front of me with a barbecue.

Then, I only received the money transfer and was told to order takeout myself.

Therefore, love can disappear.

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