Huayu: That year, I withdrew from the Super Boy competition.

For a period of time afterward, Su Wei's life became more regular.

Go to class, eat, practice martial arts, go back to the dormitory.

However, I have not received a call from Cai Yinong.

On Wednesday evening, Su Wei returned from the rehearsal room, took a shower, and lay on her bed, staring blankly at the upper bunk.

That shouldn't be the case; it's been several days already.

There's not a sound at all.

This question lingered in his mind.

Perhaps Cai Yinong felt he wasn't qualified enough for her to make concessions.

Five-year agreement, autonomy—

The conditions he proposed would probably have been carefully considered if he were Cai Yinong.

He's the boss of Tangren Media.

Why make an exception for a freshman who hasn't even left the campus yet?

He thought about it for a while and then stopped.

"Hey, if I get it, I'm lucky; if I lose it, it's my fate."

Su Wei muttered to herself.

Then she pulled the blanket up to cover her stomach.

Aside from this, there is another very troublesome matter.

Cai Wenjing.

Ever since that night when they went back to the dormitory together after rehearsal, Cai Wenjing has been acting strangely towards him.

I can't quite put my finger on what went wrong, but it's just not the same as before.

For example, during rehearsals, she would specifically set aside time to rehearse with him alone;

Sometimes, even when a scene had nothing to do with Fong Tat-sang, she would still drag him along to go through it with her.

She would always come over to talk to him after rehearsals ended.

He talks about all sorts of random things, asking him what he ate, what he did on the weekend, and where he went to high school.

Su Wei wasn't stupid; he had experience with this kind of thing in his previous life, and with other people's teasing, he also knew about it.

After all, if someone has feelings for you, those feelings can't be hidden.

But he pretended to be stupid.

She looked at him, and he looked down at the script.

She tried to steer the conversation towards life, but he steered it back to rehearsals.

He laughed when she laughed, but after laughing, he turned to rehearse his lines with the others.

One time, Zhou Ning had to leave early because of something, and Zhao Lei also went to a student council meeting, leaving only him and Cai Wenjing in the practice room.

She packed her things very slowly, stuffing the script into her bag and then taking it out again, then taking it out and stuffing it back in.

Su Wei didn't dare ask her what was wrong.

He zipped up his coat and said, "I'm leaving."

Then they left in a flash.

Why did Su Wei do this?

It's not that Cai Wenjing is bad—

She's a good person; she's dedicated to rehearsals, has a straightforward personality, and is quite good-looking.

But he has too many things on his mind right now.

The audition results for "Chinese Paladin 3" are still undecided;

I haven't figured out exactly which path to take yet;

In addition, he currently has no further plans.

So he had no choice but to pretend.

Pretend you don't know, pretend you didn't see, pretend you don't understand.

Perhaps Su Wei will have different ideas after a while; it's hard to say.

Fortunately, hard work pays off. With more rehearsals, their group's performance did indeed get better and better.

The initial awkwardness gradually faded away.

Cai Wenjing has changed the most.

Ever since Su Wei said the word "tired" that night, her approach to playing Chen Bailu has completely reversed.

Instead of acting out "pain" or "depression," I simply relaxed completely.

She truly found a state where she was "so tired that she didn't want to fight for anything anymore."

Su Wei's own Fang Dasheng is also better than before.

…………

Thursday.

The third and fourth periods in the morning are performance classes.

The chairs in the practice room were moved to the sides, leaving a space in the middle to serve as a performance area.

There were more than 20 people in their class, divided into five groups.

Each group's performance lasted between seven or eight minutes and ten minutes.

With the time allotted for the teacher's feedback, it's just enough for a full class.

During the first few performances, Su Wei sat by the window with her hands on her knees, watching very attentively.

Soon it was Su Wei's group's turn.

Several people stood up and walked to the open space in the middle of the classroom.

Zhao Lei moved two chairs to the middle as props, and Cai Wenjing sat on one of them, while Zhou Ning squatted next to her.

Su Wei stood opposite, took a deep breath, and then exhaled.

The performance has begun.

This time, when Su Wei said, "Bai Lu, you've changed," her voice wasn't loud.

Cai Wenjing looked up at him.

There was no emotion or guilt in his eyes, only a faint, almost gentle weariness.

"Dasheng, I'm so glad you came to see me."

She smiled slightly when she said those words, but there was no smile in her eyes.

Zhou Ning and Zhao Lei's scenes were also completed smoothly.

No one forgot the lyrics, no one rushed the beat, and the rhythm was the most comfortable among the five groups.

When they finished, the classroom was quiet for a second or two, and then someone led the applause.

Old Zhou, the acting instructor, sat in the first row, legs crossed, holding a pen in his hand.

After the applause subsided, he began to comment on the group.

"It's clear that you've all put in the effort."

Old Zhou put his pen on the table and leaned back.

He paused after speaking, "Although his acting skills are still lacking, overall it's pretty good."

He picked up his pen and pointed in their direction.

Keep up the good work.

After class, people gradually left the classroom.

This is the last class of the day; there are no more classes afterwards.

Su Wei came out of the teaching building and walked towards the dormitory along the road lined with sycamore trees on both sides.

The midday sun hung overhead, making the back of my neck feel hot.

He took off his coat and draped it over his arm, walking at a moderate pace.

Just then, my cell phone rang in my pocket.

He stopped and took out his phone to look at the screen.

Cai Yinong.

Su Wei stood in the middle of the road, stunned for about two or three seconds.

He thought it was hopeless these past two days, but unexpectedly, a turning point came right away:

This truly shows that there's always a way out, and things will work themselves out in the end.

Ring ring—

A classmate riding a bicycle rang his bell from behind.

He quickly moved aside and then pressed the answer button.

"Hello, Mr. Cai."

Su Wei deliberately kept her tone calm.

Even he felt he was being a bit pretentious, pretending to be deep when he was clearly excited.

Cai Yinong's voice came through the phone, still in the same tone.

She didn't beat around the bush, not even offering a polite "How have you been lately?"

"Su Wei, I agree to your conditions."

Su Wei tightened her grip on the phone.

"I can give you the role too."

The leaves of the sycamore trees by the roadside rustled in the wind, and a few yellow leaves swirled down and landed at Su Wei's feet.

"Come to Hengdian as soon as possible, either tomorrow or the day after... in the next couple of days, so we can sign the contract."

Cai Yinong paused for a moment, then continued.

"Also, you should take leave in advance, as filming may take at least a month and a half."

Su Wei opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, the person on the other end of the phone added another sentence.

"If it's difficult to get leave, contact me then and I'll coordinate with your school."

She thought for a while, and after confirming that she had told everyone she needed to, she spoke.

"Okay, that's all. We'll discuss the rest in detail when we meet."