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

It all started when Hu Ge deliberately highlighted Yang Mi and Su Wei's interaction in the dressing room, using the excuse that it had a "bad influence."

He has already fallen to a lower level.

Although his words were all high-sounding, he kept saying that the two of them were behaving inappropriately, that it would easily lead to gossip, and that it would have an impact on Yang Mi personally.

This seems to be out of concern for Yang Mi and consideration for her image.

But one's true thoughts cannot be hidden.

Ultimately, it all boils down to jealousy.

What he truly cared about was never the risk of scandals.

Rather, it was the awkwardness and resentment that arose in his heart when he saw Yang Mi subconsciously getting close to and trusting Su Wei.

However, he dared not openly reveal any selfish motives, and could only use the pretext of "for your own good" to express his intentions in a roundabout way and give subtle hints.

This kind of covert probing, while seemingly respectable, actually indicates a loss of strategic vision.

They like someone but dare not admit it, they are jealous but have to be careful not to overdo it, and in the end they can only assert their presence in the most awkward way.

Naturally, Yang Mi did not accept his apology.

She stood in the corridor, with the closed door of the prop store behind her. The fluorescent tubes overhead emitted a faint hum, making the surroundings exceptionally quiet.

She looked at Hu Ge, and every word she spoke seemed to have sharp edges.

"What impact will it have? Besides, don't you think you're worrying a bit too much?"

She distanced herself from the relationship with just one sentence.

"What right do you have to tell me what to do?"

"Who am I to you?"

"And on what grounds are you interfering in my affairs?"

The three questions were all quite direct.

Hu Ge opened his mouth, but it took him a while to utter a single sentence, his voice a little hoarse:

"Have you fallen for Su Wei?"

Yang Mi's expression changed from anger to speechlessness.

She stared at Hu Ge for several seconds, then uttered four words:

"Are you crazy?"

Hu Ge didn't respond to her comment.

He just looked at Yang Mi with a forlorn expression.

His lips moved, then moved again: "You..."

Yang Mi was thoroughly annoyed by his hesitant manner.

She had already been suffering from her period for several days.

I was annoyed by Su Wei as soon as I arrived this morning, and just when I finally calmed down, Hu Ge chased me out and questioned me.

All patience has been exhausted by now.

"That's right, you're absolutely right, I do like Su Wei."

She looked directly into Hugo's eyes. "But what does this have to do with you?"

After saying that, she didn't even glance at Hu Ge before turning and leaving.

The heels tapped rapidly on the concrete floor, quickly disappearing at the end of the passage.

Hu Ge stood there, stunned.

He put his hands in his pockets, then took them out again, looked down at his hands, his lips twitched, but he didn't smile.

Yang Mi is right. From what standpoint is he interfering in other people's affairs?

colleague?

friend?

A suitor?

Colleagues have no right to meddle in other people's private affairs.

A friend wouldn't question someone in that tone.

As for suitors? What do suitors even matter?

So he doesn't even have the right to be jealous.

He shook his head with a self-deprecating smile.

Then he took a deep breath, composed himself, and turned to walk towards the dressing room.

Since that day, the atmosphere on set has been a little different.

It's not a huge change, but everyone can feel it.

During breaks on set, everyone would naturally gather together to chat and joke around.

They still get together now, but the topics of conversation always seem to veer around certain names.

Yang Mi's spot in the dressing room was often empty.

When Hu Ge came in, his gaze would occasionally sweep over that empty seat, then quickly look away and go about his business.

Hu Ge and Su Wei still met every day.

If they bumped into each other on set, Hu Ge would nod, and sometimes twitch the corner of his mouth, which was considered a smile.

The smile wasn't exactly cold, but it was definitely not the warm one it used to be.

The two of them suddenly became as polite as two colleagues who had only known each other for a couple of days.

Hu Ge didn't deliberately distance himself from Su Wei. When filming, he still went over his lines as required, cooperated with her during the blocking, and even said "thank you for your hard work" after the director yelled "cut".

But that casual feeling of joking around with your arm around someone's shoulder is gone.

Su Wei felt wronged.

That day in the dressing room, he and Yang Mi were just fooling around, which was nothing to him.

The actions seemed intimate, but there was no cross-border behavior from beginning to end.

At the moment, he doesn't have any deep feelings for Yang Mi; at most, he has developed a slight liking for her.

But that was simply admiring the other person's appearance; this sentiment was no different from how he viewed Liu Shishi.

Yang Mi reached out and pinched him, and he retaliated. The two of them had been laughing and joking for a while and then moved on.

Who could have predicted that Hu Ge would witness this scene?

He had no idea what Hu Ge said to Yang Mi in private after they went out together.

He later considered whether he should talk to Hugo to explain.

But then I thought, what's there to explain?

He and Yang Mi didn't have anything going on, so going to explain would only make it seem like he was trying to cover something up.

He truly considered Hugo a friend, so this situation is making him very upset.

However, Hugo's changes are not the most significant.

The one who changed the most was Yang Mi.

Previously, Yang Mi had been shuttling between the filming locations of "Chinese Paladin 3" and "Dream of the Red Chamber".

But her time allocation used to be clearly biased.

Even though she didn't have any scenes in "Chinese Paladin 3", she still stayed.

He chats with Liu Shishi, bickers with Tang Yan, and occasionally, when he's in a good mood, he'll come over and tease Su Wei.

In short, she would only go to the place where the Dream of the Red Chamber was located if it was absolutely necessary.

Now it's the other way around.

She spent significantly less time on the set of "Chinese Paladin 3," leaving as soon as she finished filming her scenes.

Sometimes, even when her scenes are clearly on the call sheet, she arrives right on time, and immediately packs up and leaves after filming.

On the contrary, they were running around more frequently for "Dream of the Red Chamber".

Yang Mi explained that the filming schedule there had become more demanding, and she simply couldn't leave.

But the people in the crew aren't stupid; everyone with eyes can see that.

This has nothing to do with how heavy the filming workload is.

The real reason is related to Hu Ge, or more precisely, to the conversation the two had after chasing after him that day.

When Tang Yan whispered to Liu Shishi in private, he said, "Something must have happened that day."

Liu Shishi nodded but did not reply.

But both of them knew in their hearts that it was almost certainly true.

Yang Mi began to deliberately reduce her contact with Hu Ge.

During breaks in filming, she would often stand next to Hu Ge, and the two would chat for a long time.

Sometimes we talk about our roles, then about our lives, and then about our childhood.

Now, apart from scenes together that require filming, she and Hu Ge have basically no further interaction.

While waiting, she would either stay with Liu Shishi or sit alone in a corner.

The relationship between the two people suddenly shifted from "getting closer" to "keeping their distance".

The catalyst for the change was the playful fight between Su Wei and Yang Mi in the dressing room that day.

And what Hugo said when he chased after him later.