Huayu: Reborn in 97, transferring to the Central Academy of Drama's star-studded class

What are you doing here?

"Since you're here, why can't I?"

Hearing these defiant words, Zhou Xun smiled and thought to herself that Zhang Ziyi was actually quite adorable.

The two walked side by side.

Zhou Xun lowered her head, watching her and Zhang Ziyi's shadows grow longer and shorter under the dim streetlights.

The night in Zhuhai has a peculiar gentleness. The sea breeze blows from afar, salty and damp, yet it soothes a disheartened heart.

"Do you know what? The road we're walking on right now is called Lovers' Road," Zhou Xun suddenly said.

"So?" Zhang Ziyi asked.

"Hmph, it's nothing."

Zhou Xun chuckled softly. She couldn't very well say that she had originally planned to bring Jiang here for a stroll, but now that she had brought his girlfriend, it seemed like it would work too.

A dozen minutes earlier, the two seemed to have discovered each other as if they were telepathically connected.

Zhou Xun thought the other party would rush to the tree to question her, but Zhang Ziyi gave her a look when he saw her, and then turned and left.

She understood the look in his eyes and followed him.

The two walked here in silence until just now when she finally spoke her first question.

When Zhou Xun asked the question, she already knew that it was precisely because she was there that Zhang Ziyi was even less likely to step forward and question her.

She was too proud.

She is too proud to allow herself to appear pathetic in front of her rival.

"Oh, so she values ​​me that much?" Zhou Xun felt a surge of pride.

The two continued walking. The shops along the street were still lit up, mostly small restaurants and convenience stores. The lights created squares on the street.

Zhou Xun stopped as she passed a dessert shop.

Zhang Ziyi also stopped and followed her gaze.

"Want something sweet? My treat." Zhou Xun turned her head away.

Zhang Ziyi didn't reply to her, but sat down at the small table set up at the entrance of the shop. Zhou Xun smiled and sat down as well.

The dessert shop wasn't very busy. The proprietress was sitting behind the counter watching a small TV. When she saw a customer, she slowly got up and came over.

"What would you like to drink, beautiful?"

Zhou Xun looked at the menu and said, "I'd like a double-skin milk pudding."

Zhang Ziyi gestured with his chin toward the proprietress, "Same as her."

"Okay, just a moment."

Before long, two bowls of smooth and bouncy double-skin milk were placed on the small table.

Zhou Xun picked up a spoon, first lifted the layer of milk skin, then scooped out a large piece of pudding-like milk jelly, gently blew on it, and ate it in one bite along with the milk skin.

"Hmm~" Zhou Xun squinted her eyes comfortably.

Just as she was about to take her second bite, she saw that Zhang Ziyi hadn't touched it, so she reluctantly picked up a spoon and put it in another bowl.

"Eat something sweet when you're feeling down."

"Tch, I'm not suffering," Zhang Ziyi retorted softly.

"Alright, alright, if you're not suffering, then I'll suffer. Hurry up and eat." Zhou Xun was too lazy to pay attention to this insincere remark.

Zhang Ziyi didn't say anything more. She picked up a spoon and scooped up a spoonful, just like Zhou Xun did. The rich milky aroma mixed with a sweet taste spread on her taste buds, which indeed made her feel better instantly.

"When did you arrive?" Zhang Ziyi suddenly asked.

"I just arrived tonight."

"Me too." Zhang Ziyi nodded.

Neither of them asked why they came here; they both knew the answer.

After taking a few more bites, Zhang Ziyi lowered his head and listlessly mashed the double-skin milk in the bowl with a spoon.

"You know what? I used to think you were a pretty annoying person."

"Oh, and then?"

"I think you're alright now."

"So..." Zhou Xun blinked, "Why did you hate me before?"

Zhang Ziyi looked up at Zhou Xun earnestly, "Because he always seems very awkward whenever you're mentioned. Perhaps he doesn't even realize how much you mean to him."

Zhou Xun was stunned, not expecting the other person to say that. She laughed self-deprecatingly, "Even if what you said is true, in his heart, you are still the most important."

Zhang Ziyi shook his head absently. "I used to think so too, but now... I don't know anymore."

"I used to think he was a real person standing in front of me, but the more I got to know him, the more I felt that he seemed ethereal and indistinct, unclear and elusive."

"And there are always people around him, whether it's you, Maggie Cheung, or even Fan Bingbing whom we just saw, there's always someone..."

"He won't," Zhou Xun suddenly said.

Zhang Ziyi looked up at her.

"He's not that kind of person, he's just... nice to everyone." Zhou Xun put down her spoon. "I don't quite understand what you're saying, but what I'm trying to say is that he doesn't think he's doing anything special, but he doesn't realize that others can easily misinterpret his kindness."

Zhang Ziyi was stunned; she had never heard anyone talk about coming across the river like that before.

"You seem to know him quite well."

Zhou Xun smiled and said, "I just realized one thing earlier than you: you can't catch this person. He's the kind of person who... the more you try to catch him, the more he runs away."

Zhang Ziyi stared at her. "And what about you? Did you arrest anyone?"

Zhou Xun didn't answer, but simply picked up the spoon again and finished the last few bites of the double-skin milk pudding.

"I won't arrest him; I'll wait for him to turn back."

"What if he never turns back?"

"Then keep waiting, keep standing where he can see you."

Zhou Xun wiped her mouth and tidied her hair, which had been ruffled by the night wind. "I'm leaving now. My flight back is at midnight."

Zhang Ziyi sat there, watching her get up and walk away.

"Oh, right." Zhou Xun turned around, "Don't think that just because we've talked so much tonight, I won't fight you for your man."

Zhang Ziyi sneered, "He will only ever be mine!"

Zhou Xun smiled, turned around, and walked away.

"Good luck!" She waved her hand, without turning around, her steps light and quick.

Zhang Ziyi's brows relaxed as he watched that dashing figure gradually walk away and finally disappear into the dark night.

After a long time, she looked down at the now-cold double-skin milk pudding, but her heart warmed up, and she felt less choked up.

"Hey, pretty lady? Time to pay the bill." The proprietress walked to the side, looking wary.

Zhang Ziyi: "..."

That stingy old woman!

the next day.

Yinchuan.

Yingjie had already returned ahead of time, and Zhang Ziyi approached her, saying, "Yingjie, is it true that you can make me the number one female star in China?"

Yingjie lay in Xiao Liu's arms, "Of course it's true. What, have you figured it out?"

Zhang Ziyi smiled brightly, "Because I also want to stand where he can see me, stand...the highest place he can see."

"Why is that? And who is he?"

Yingjie scratched her head in confusion.

......

Jiang Lai woke up in the morning and fell into deep thought as he looked at the two text messages on his phone.

One of Zhou Xun's messages read: "It's getting colder in Zhuhai tonight, remember to wear more clothes."

One of them was from Zhang Ziyi: "There's a place with really delicious double-skin milk on Lovers' Road, east of where you were filming."

They were all sent last night.

What's going on? These two people came to Zhuhai?

Jiang Lai rubbed his chin, feeling that something had happened last night, but he had no idea what it was.