Part 2 of Chapter 76
Please Like Her 27 – I miss you a little bit
In fact, from the moment Song Zeqian chose Ye Lu, everyone understood the kind of doubts they would face next. But Song Zeqian handled the script in a way that, using information asymmetry, made Ye Lu’s performance perfectly fit the role. They all had confidence in Ye Lu’s acting.
Shang Lu yawned and suddenly changed the topic, saying, “I suddenly remembered our first meeting in the show. At that time, no one had high expectations for us, and many people even disliked us.”
“Yes,” Lin Yanyan also felt a bit emotional, holding her face with her hands. “Back then, I didn’t dare to think that so many people would like me, or like us.”
Going from being relatively unknown to being A-list celebrities was once her dream, and now it had become a reality.
Jiang Jing also joined in the laughter, saying, “I still remember our first meeting. We weren’t very harmonious at first, and I was worried you guys might fight. I had no idea how we would get through the many episodes that followed.”
“Yeah, that moment when Shang Lu clashed with Lin Yanyan became famous,” Ye Lu couldn’t help but laugh, even imitating Shang Lu’s expression from back then. “Because I have no manners, hahaha! That was the legendary scene of evil defeating evil!”
Shang Lu laughed while covering her eyes, feeling a bit embarrassed.
Lin Yanyan’s face turned red in an instant, and she began to tease Ye Lu, asking, “Where do you think you’re good? In the episode when Ning Lin came, she asked you if I disliked her, and you actually said, “Isn’t it obvious? She ran so fast.” It’s this scene that earned you the title of the Ultimate Straight Guy in the entertainment industry! Die! Straight! Guy!”
Ye Lu was amused and defended himself, saying, “I was being sincere! I answer all questions. Unlike Xu Ze, who completely ignores people! He’s rude!”
Xu Ze replied, “… I didn’t say anything.”
Why did the conversation lead to harm towards him?
As they chatted like this, the initially somber atmosphere was relieved.
Jiang Jing understood Shang Lu’s intention in bringing up this matter and said with a smile, “At the time, no one had high expectations for us, and the opportunity for Xiao Taoyan’s program team to work with us was based on a foundation of malice and dislike. I made a big decision to come there, and who would have thought the situation would turn out like this.”
“Right,” Lin Yanyan thought it made sense, and her eyes lit up. She raised her glass full of confidence and said, “If we can change their minds once, we can certainly change them a second time.”
Shang Lu smiled and agreed with her, “Absolutely.”
Glasses were raised, and they were all filled with orange juice, clinking in the air.
Accompanied by a full-throated shout from Ye Lu, “We will win!”
Song Zeqian, never one to miss an opportunity, quipped, “It all sounds so uncultured.”
Ye Lu was unfazed and instead asked, “So, Director Song, care to offer a cultured summary?”
Song Zeqian thought for a moment.
Then he said, “You’re right, we will win.”
A chorus of sighs and laughter followed.
In unison, everyone exclaimed, “Director Song! So uncultured!”
Laughter filled the dining table, and smiles adorned everyone’s faces.
Song Zeqian set down his glass and sighed in resignation, “Stop laughing and eat.”
The dinner table remained lively and animated.
After a hearty meal, the door was repeatedly knocked on as the agents and assistants came to pick up their respective artists. It was like a kindergarten dismissal, with the teachers and students waiting for parents to arrive.
After two weeks of training, Meng Zhichuan looked at Shang Lu in surprise and said, “You’ve lost so much weight!”
“Of course,” Shang Lu lay in the car, raised her hands and even a foot to gesture to Meng Zhichuan, “Fifteen days, exactly fifteen days. Do you know what kind of life I’ve been living? I only had one piece of cake.”
Although the program team had prepared a lot for her, under the devilish gaze of Song Zeqian, Shang Lu had to negotiate for a long time to get the privilege of eating a piece.
Meng Zhichuan chuckled at her and said, “Alright, I see you’re doing well. You do look prettier and more photogenic than before.”
“Heh,” was Shang Lu’s reply.
As Meng Zhichuan drove towards her home, Shang Lu suddenly said, “Wait, don’t go home just yet, let’s go… to the west side of the city.”
She then mentioned the name of the cake shop.
Meng Zhichuan couldn’t understand, “That shop is closed at this hour.”
Shang Lu replied seriously, “I know, there are many other places to eat nearby, let’s go take a look.”
Meng Zhichuan asked, “Didn’t you just ate dinner?”
Shang Lu : “I can still eat, I want to go.”
Meng Zhichuan : “…”
Alright.
Shang Lu took out her phone and replied to a message from Xue Zishan, her gaze stopping on her chat with Chi Yan.
These days, he had been messaging her. Sometimes it was about interesting things that happened to Xiao Guai or Da Guai, sometimes about the desserts he had made himself, and the last message was sent two hours ago.
[Are you coming back tonight?]
She knew Chi Yan was waiting for her, but Shang Lu still hadn’t replied.
Today was the deadline she had set for herself.
She knew the answer in her heart, but at the moment of making the actual decision, she felt strangely nervous.
She wasn’t the type to avoid things, but it was normal to be a bit weak in such matters, she comforted herself.
Shang Lu looked at the scenery outside the window. The car had gradually reached a commercial street.
On the roadside, there were many shops, couples holding hands, families strolling together. It was an ordinary night, but it looked warm and beautiful.
The evening breeze on her face was comfortable and pleasant.
Shang Lu closed her eyes, enjoying this rare moment of quiet rest.
Meng Zhichuan saw that she was really tired and played a gentle and soothing piece of light music.
Shang Lu felt her eyelids getting heavier.
But she couldn’t sleep because she had something on her mind.
It wasn’t until the car arrived at the west side of the city, in front of Shang Lu’s favorite cake shop, that she finally woke up.
Perhaps because Chi Yan had bought it, the shop seemed to have been renovated, and the storefront looked even more beautiful than before.