The legendary model student, well-rounded in morality, intelligence, physical ability, beauty, and labor.
But such an outstanding female lead always attracts the special attention of certain "bad boys" at school.
In an instance where "bad boys" tried to ss around with the female lead, the male lead happened to witness it. Though he initially didn’t want to intervene, he was moved by the teary plea in the female lead’s eyes and took action.
Although he finally rescued her, the male lead still ended up pretty beat up.
Thus began the long and weary tragic love story between the male and female leads.
And the ending seems to be a tragedy.
Jian Liangtong thinks tragedy is quite good, as it leaves a deep impression and can elicit empathy.
Sure enough, Bai Qiao got himself ready in just fifteen minutes.
"Sister Tong, it’s ti to go," Bai Qiao said, smugly adjusting the collar of his denim shirt to Jian Liangtong.
Jian Liangtong lounged on the sofa, scanning Bai Qiao up and down.
Without saying a word, she got up from the sofa, and they both headed out the door.
The two left at twelve forty-five and only arrived at the film production company at two.
As they got off the car, Jian Liangtong walked inside and said, "Today we’ll be eting with the producer, editor, original author, and director of this drama. Rember, answer what they ask you; don’t add any unnecessary comnts of your own. Just think of things that make you unhappy, and try to make yourself a little lancholic. Got it?"
After finishing her barrage of instructions, Jian Liangtong waited for a while, but heard no response from Bai Qiao.
Perplexed, she stopped and turned to look at Bai Qiao.
He hadn’t followed her inside and was just standing by the side of the car, using its shiny surface as a mirror to strike various poses!
Jian Liangtong watched him with rising anger.
She walked over briskly in her high heels, gritting her teeth, "Bai Qiao, enough already!"
"Sister Tong, does this outfit really work? Because I’m starting to feel that a white shirt with casual pants is kind of ridiculous," Bai Qiao said, patting his casual pants in dislike.
The clothes he was wearing were ones Jian Liangtong had personally taken him to the mall to select temporarily.
"...," Jian Liangtong twitched her lips, "How about saying that your own lack of appeal prevents you from holding up this outfit!"
Bai Qiao, "..." Felt like he was stabbed N tis!
After entering the film studio, Jian Liangtong and Bai Qiao inford the receptionist of their purpose, who then led them to a waiting room, asking them to wait while she went to notify the studio’s artistic director.
Jian Liangtong reiterated so key points to Bai Qiao.
Bai Qiao agreed to everything, though whether he really absorbed anything was uncertain.
Jian Liangtong wasn’t confident at all.
Bai Qiao was so wild that even his parents couldn’t recognize him when he acted crazy; he was totally uncontrollable.
Jian Liangtong and Bai Qiao waited in the lounge for about twenty minutes.
Then the receptionist who initially led them in ca back and invited them to move to the director’s office.
Jian Liangtong and Bai Qiao exchanged a glance, got up, and followed the receptionist to the director’s office.
Upon arriving at the director’s office.
Jian Liangtong and Bai Qiao realized that Bai Qiao wasn’t the only one auditioning today; there was another person, Li You.
Enemies have a tendency to et on narrow paths.
That sumd up the current scene with Bai Qiao and Li You.
Bai Qiao and Li You exchanged looks, both competing silently with each other.
But Bai Qiao was too low in emotional intelligence, and all his emotions were laid bare on his face without any restraint.
Conversely, Li You was better than Bai Qiao in this regard.
At least he concealed his hostility well enough that you wouldn’t notice without looking carefully.
Jian Liangtong glanced at Bai Qiao and sighed inwardly, talk about enemies colliding frequently!
How co Bai Qiao always runs into Li You for every role offer he receives?
Jian Liangtong really couldn’t figure it out.
"Miss Jian, Mr. Bai, please sit down." The artistic director personally invited them.
Jian Liangtong smiled at the artistic director, and upon the receptionist’s cue, she sat down on the sa sofa as Li You and his agent.
The artistic director, director, producer, and original author were spread across the other two sofas and a chair.
Sharing the sa sofa with Li You made Bai Qiao even more uncomfortable.
His handso face slightly tensed, lips pursed, and rows of eyelashes hung lifelessly, looking dispirited.
Jian Liangtong glanced at him twice and wanted to remind him to check his emotions.
But then she thought.
At this mont, Bai Qiao did have a bit of the male lead’s lancholic vibe from the original work.
With that realization.
Jian Liangtong suddenly appreciated bumping into Li You again.
If they hadn’t t Li You, Jian Liangtong wouldn’t have been confident in Bai Qiao being chosen as the male lead.
Throughout the chat, they didn’t even touch on the casting itself, not to ntion the audition.
When leaving.
The original author, who had been relatively quiet, suddenly looked at Jian Liangtong and said, "Has Mr. Bai always been this way? I an, lancholic... He barely spoke throughout."
"lancholic, has he?" Jian Liangtong looked at Bai Qiao and smiled.
She didn’t directly answer her query; for one, she didn’t want to lie because Bai Qiao was far from lancholic. For another, she couldn’t be truthful lest it spoils the cooperation.
So she had to opt for a roundabout approach.
The author heard Jian Liangtong’s words and just pursed his lips slightly, his gaze lingering on Bai Qiao for a few monts before nodding to Jian Liangtong.
Jian Liangtong squinted slightly, then left the film studio with Bai Qiao.
As soon as they walked out of the studio, they saw Li You and his agent getting ready to get in the car and saw the two.
Li You gave Bai Qiao the middle finger from afar!
"Fuck you!"
Bai Qiao returned the gesture with a middle finger, wearing a particularly cocky expression, mouthing the words fiercely.
Li You sneered, bent over, and got into the car.
"Bastard! Don’t let see you next ti, damn unlucky!" Bai Qiao huffed.
"Hey, hey, hey, mind your manners," Jian Liangtong patted his arm and walked toward Bai Qiao’s car parked by the roadside.
Bai Qiao furrowed his brows, looked around, and seeing no one paying attention to him, he stuck his hands in his pockets and coolly followed.
Sitting in the car, as it started,
Jian Liangtong said to him, "You might end up working with Li You, don’t make things too awkward."
"Work together? With him?!" Bai Qiao scoffed disdainfully.
Jian Liangtong glanced at him but said nothing.
From her observations today, Li You probably ca to vie for the second male lead of this series.
If Bai Qiao is lucky enough to be chosen for the lead, they would frequently face each other in the crew; falling out wouldn’t look good.
But Jian Liangtong didn’t ntion this to Bai Qiao.
The guy’s got a fragile ego.
If she said he might play the lead, and yet he didn’t even make it for the second lead, that would be...
Leaving the film studio, Jian Liangtong asked Bai Qiao to take her to the digital mall to buy a phone.
After buying the phone, Bai Qiao took Jian Liangtong back to the Four Seasons District.
Knowing Bai Qiao wanted to go ho to have dinner with his mom, Jian Liangtong didn’t invite him upstairs.
Getting out of the car, Jian Liangtong instinctively looked around the neighborhood, relaxed only when she saw no suspicious people, and turned to walk inside the complex.
In the elevator, Jian Liangtong pressed the floor number and watched the elevator doors slowly close in front of her.
But just a second before the elevator completely closed, a hand suddenly thrust in from the gap...
Jian Liangtong was so startled she took two steps back, her back pressed against the smooth elevator wall, her bright eyes wide with shock, staring at the man who pried open the elevator and walked in.
However.
After realizing who had walked in, Jian Liangtong was even more taken aback, her dark pupils widening more.
The man with a tall, handso stature approached Jian Liangtong, his icy eyes deeply staring at her, his voice low and curiously soft, "Did I scare you?"
"..."
Inhaling the pleasant, fresh scent from the man, Jian Liangtong stared at him, and after a while, she slightly parted her lips, slowly letting out a breath.
Her tensed body relaxed, Jian Liangtong’s elegantly shaped eyebrows slightly furrowed as she looked at the man, her voice puzzled, "When did you co back?"
Huo Shaojun’s eyes were so deep Jian Liangtong couldn’t decipher them.
Jian Liangtong lowered her eyelashes, doubt flashing in her eyes, then lifted them again to look at him.
"Just got off the plane," he said softly, turning his body, glancing at the elevator buttons, seeing that Jian Liangtong had already pressed the floor, then turned back to stare at her.
Jian Liangtong was surprised, "Just got off the plane?"
Huo Shaojun nodded gently, walked to Jian Liangtong’s side, turned, and stood next to her in the elevator.
Jian Liangtong felt sothing was off with him, but she couldn’t pinpoint it.
Pursing her lips, she stared at him for a mont, lowered her voice, and asked, "Did you co to take Hao Hao with you?"
Huo Shaojun looked down at her, "Do you want to take him away?"
"..." Jian Liangtong paused, looked at him, and softly said, "You said you’d give three months."
The implication being.
If he wanted to take Hao Hao today, she had no objections.
Anyway, after three months, he had to keep his promise and hand over Hao Hao’s custody to her.
Huo Shaojun turned his gaze away from her, remaining silent.
Jian Liangtong stared at his sharply contoured profile, then said, "My dad’s on his way to pick Hao Hao up from kindergarten, he’ll probably be back soon."
"Hmm." Huo Shaojun glanced at her downward.
"..." Jian Liangtong’s eyelashes flickered lightly, after a few seconds, she softly said, "Can Hao Hao stay for dinner before he leaves?"
Huo Shaojun lowered his eyes again, staring at Jian Liangtong, his gaze unreadable to her.
So Jian Liangtong continued, "My parents haven’t seen Hao Hao for over a year, they miss him a lot. He just got ho, my parents surely can’t bear for him to leave like this. So I thought, could Hao Hao stay for dinner and keep my parents company for a while..."
"You don’t have to say so much, I didn’t say no."
Just as Jian Liangtong was finishing, he quietly spoke.
Jian Liangtong’s mouth twitched slightly, looking at him.
"But, where should I go during this ti?" Huo Shaojun looked at Jian Liangtong and slowly spoke.
Jian Liangtong finally realized what he ant.
Her cheeks trembled slightly, and Jian Liangtong said, "If you don’t mind, you can stay for dinner too."
"Are you inviting ?" Huo Shaojun asked.
"..." Jian Liangtong got slightly exasperated, answered him very softly, "Yes."
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