【06】

    Xu Zhaixing was very confident about her plan. 

    “You were the only son of eldest uncle and his only connection on this earth. My father is a person who attach great importance to family affections. If you talk with him，can he refuse to lend you the money？ The funds also should not be too less.  Atleast the amount must be around three million！”

    Xu Yan：“…………”

    Xu Zhaixing spread her hands：“Anyways，if you won't borrow it，he might give this sum of money to Xu Zhiwen for venture capital. How lucky will it be if by that time all the money went down the drain. It'd be much better to lend the money to you. ” The more she talked，the more she felt she can do it，“And strictly speaking，it's not a loan but investment！He also gets dividends from the shares, all right？”

    She added，casting an encouraging look at Xu Yan：“Brother，it's time to test your abilities. As long as you can make my father believe that you can manage the company to progress，he will definitely agree.”

    Xu Yan pondered over these words for quite a while，and responded：“Your opinion is，if your dad doesnt want to lend the money in the end，I can only blame myself for not being capable enough？”

    Xu Zhaixing：“……I didn't mean it like that.”

    Xu Yan turned around and saw the pile of math papers and English textbooks on her bed. ：“Are you really a high school student？”

    Xu Zhaixing：“…………”

    Mother Xu's voice came from outside the room.：“Zhaixing，did you packed everything？Are you ready to go.”

    “Yeah！Right away！” She casually stuffed her textbook into her schoolbag，and patted Xu Yan's shoulder：“I can also help you persuade by pillow talk. Do your best brother! I will wait for you in S city！”

    Xu Yan speechlessly looked at her fleeing figure：“Pillow talk wasn't supposed to be use like this right？”

    Xu Zhaixing didn't turn around，and waved backwards. 

    Both father Xu and Xu Yan had to stay to deal with the eldest Xu's affairs，so mother Xu took Xu Zhaixing on the plane home. It was already early in the morning when they arrived in S City. Mother Xu hurried her back to her room to take a bath and sleep，after all she still had to go to school tomorrow. 

    After taking a shower，Xu Zhaixing locked the door and put her pocket money she hadn't touched this week on the desk. Then she opened her piggy bank and took out a few hundred yuan，and counted them together in a pile. 

    Plane tickets, accommodation plus meals，cost a lot money for her right now. Although her parents spoiled her，and bought her whatever she wanted，they never arbitrary gave her pocket money，directly buying everything whenever she needed something. 

    The new year's money was stored in her mother's bank card，so it's out of the question. As soon as she spend money from the supplementary credit card，her father will receive text messages so couldn't use it too. The only cash at her disposal was just her weekly pocket money. 

    After counting，it's still lacking a little. 

    Xu Zhaixing was not just upset. Why is the brokerage company that Cen Feng was signed in to not located in S city?! 

    B city is so far away，and plane ticket is so expensive！

    There was suddenly a feeling of courage to frugally chase after him and move about.（：Smiling manually.

    Nowadays social apps still doesn't exist. Even if she gather enough money by tomorrow，she still needs to go to an agency to buy plane tickets.

    Going to City B on the weekend，was something her parents should definitely not know about. Father and mother Xu were a very traditional type of of parents. Although Xu Zhaixing was raised spoiled rich，there were also three rules that she must not spent money lavishly，should not be extravagant and wasteful，and she was not allowed to stay out overnight. 

    When going to a summer camp during the summer vacation，her parents will have to even repeatedly ask confirmations with head teacher，teacher in charge，and the summer camp docking teacher. Even more so to let her take an airplane alone to B city. 

    But Xu Zhaixing had already thought about it. This week，father Xu was still in the hometown and couldn't come back. When she's acting coquettishly towards her mother，she would say that she wants to go to her classmate's house to play. On saturday，she will make a telephone call in advance to show proof，and then she will set off towards the airport. She shouldn't be found out，if she return on sunday afternoon. 

    Even if she go this time，she might still not be able to meet Cen Feng. 

    But she couldn't wait any longer.

    This feeling is like regaining back something that has been lost. Under this great happiness，were longing and suffering.

    She went to bed with a complicated mood. When Xu Zhaixing went to school the next day，she look for Cheng You to borrow money. 

    Cheng You put the grilled sausage in her mouth，with both hands she took out a total of seven and five cents from the left and right school uniform pocketsl，and then solemnly handed it to Xu Zhaixing：“All of my belongings，take it away！”

    Xu Zhaixing：“……”

    Cheng You looked at her strangely：“Was your weekly pocket money still not enough for you to spend？”

    Xu Zhaixing still needs Cheng You's help to cover for her on the weekend，so she told her truthfully，hiding Cen Feng's identity as a trainee. Cheng You was so surprised：“You're going to find Cen Feng in B city？So he was actually someone not from here！No wonder，I scolded Zhou Mingyu these two days why couldn't he find the man.”

    Xu Zhaixing was taken aback：“Why are you bringing up Zhou Mingyu here again？”

    Cheng You only talked after eating the grilled sausage in her mouth：“He actually，he hasn't been to school for these past two days. He led his group of brothers at the first, second, third, fourth neighbor，looking for Cen Feng. He said he couldn't find the one who intervened with his incomparable wonderful love of never giving up a vow. ”

    Xu Zhaixing：“？？？”

    Why is this f*@king thing not over yet？！

    She didn't know that he was so passionate about himself when she was with him before！

    Xu Zhaixing was angry for quite some time，and warned Cheng You：“Don't tell him anything about Cen Feng ever again！”

    Cheng You hurriedly made a swearing gesture，and then leaned in to ask secretly with her eyes glowing：“Zhaixing，how did you meet that person called Cen Feng？Is he particularly handsome？How old is he？Are his grades goods？”

    Xu Zhaixing pushed her head in disdain：“Go away，children should worry less about adults' matter.”

    Cheng You strangely glared at her，displeased：“You're still half a year younger than me！”

    The poor seat mate had no money. Fortunately，Xu Zhaixing still have a group of wealthy sisters that she usually has a good relationship with. She said that she  wanted to buy a new album poster from a certain star as an excuse. The little sisters were all girls who were chasing stars，and were very generous. Each person was taking out someting，and so she gathered enough amount of money that she needed. 

    As soon as school was over，she went straight to the agency and bought a plane ticket to city B at noon the next day.

    That night，Xu Zhaixing coaxed her mom for half an hour and mother Xu eventually nodded，and agreed about her going to Cheng You's house and stay there for one night. 

    She and Cheng You had settled their explanation beforehand. When she carried her schoolbag to Cheng household the next morning，she used their landline to call her mother in advance. She also went out together with Cheng You carrying her schoolbag，and informed the Cheng parents that they are going to the library to write assignment，and will come back at night. 

    After completing all of the preparations，both of them split-up in the street. One headed towards the airport，and the other towards the library.

    Cheng You later then realized that this plan was a little dangerous，and took her hand then explain nervously：“One must by all means pay attention to safety！ If you run into a bad person you must call for help alright？I heard that the public security in B city is very good. There are many police uncles around，so don't be afraid！”

    Xu Zhixing nodded and got into the taxi. 

    Cheng You looked at her very much，looking like she was about to cry：“Zhaixing！You by all means must not have any accident！If you do，I would become an accomplice! wū wū wū……”

    Xu Zhaixing stretched out her hand from the car window，gave an OK sign，and then she left by taxi as fast as lightning. 

    She smoothly boarded the plane all the way. The flight attendant knew that there was an underage teenager on the flight，and came to take care of her several times. When they got off the plane，she even sent someone to send Xu Zhaixing to the exit.

    Xu Zhaixing pointed to the middle-aged woman who was making a call at the door of the toilet in the distance：“That is my aunt，thank you sister，goodbye sister！”

    Then she ran away carrying her schoolbag.

    She had been living in B city ever since she was admitted to university. Knowing about it very well，she familiarly went to take the subway. 

    Cen Feng signed a contract with a brokerage company called Zhongtian Entertainment，an old hand in the show business circle，which had produced a film emperor and several well-known female stars. However，it somewhat declined in the recent years，and several TV series produced have not garner a lot of public attention.

    Zhongtian's boss was still very forward-looking for immediately launching the trainee plan，and intending to follow the trend of making stars. As a result，Zhongtian Entertainment established a branch for training idols. 

    Zhongtian Entertainment's building was in the city center，but the trainee branch was in the suburbs. And the artists who signed with the company were all separated by category. 

    Idol trainees were after all，still not popular in China，and Zhongtian was still in the middle of exploring. As usual，the main investments were used for traditional projects，and the trainee project still remains to be observed. 

    After S-Star became popular，Zhongtian published a documentary showing the members' training classrooms and group dormitories before their debut. The purpose was to tell the audience that it was not easy for trainees to have a debut，and that for now，everyone should follow and cherish them. 

    Many fans later then went outside the dormitory of the building to make a pilgrimage. 

    This was the place where brother used to practice sweating like rain.

    Xu Zhaixing has also been there，and knows where the place was

    It was almost the evening，when she arrived at the destination. The temperature in B city during this season is already very low. Xu Zhaixing who was wering her jacket and carrying a schoolbag was shivering，and stops under the training building. 

    The kites（Cen Feng's fandom name）all knew that their idol worked very hard during his trainee days. He got hurt when practicing dance，often couldn't care about eating，and was the earliest to go and the one who stayed up late the most every day when training. The members also said in a variety show for idols，that at that time，Cen Feng kept the key to the training room. 

    People who worked hard like this were obviously the strongest in the group，but then they happened to be the least popular. 

    He had given everything at that time，and must have never expected that in the future，he would have that kind of ending. 

    Xu Zhaixing looked up at the tall building standing under the dark clouds. She was still looking，and felt like wanting to cry again. 

    A cold wind blew，freezing her tears back.

    Xu Zhaixing took out and looked at her cell phone. At this time，Cen Feng should still be training in the classroom. She would wait here for a few more hours，and when it gets dark，she should be able to wait until he came out.

    She looked around，sat down on the stone platform at the right side of the gate，took out the test papers arranged by the teacher，and waited while writing homework.

    A few hours later，the sky has already turning dark，and many people came in and out. Xu Zhaixing even saw the later members of S-Star，but she have not seen Cen Feng from the beginning to end. 

    The security guard who came to lock the door，looked at her and asked：“Little girl，why are you sitting here？”

    Xu Zhaixing slapped her numb legs：“Uncle，I'm waiting for someone.”

    The security guard locked the door and said：“It's getting dark. It's not safe here. You should go back.”

    Xu Zhaixing hurriedly ran over with his schoolbag：“Uncle，is there no one here？”

    The security guard locked the door then checked it：“No one's here，they all got off from work.”

    “That……what about the trainees，did they all went back too？”

    The security guard did not expect that she，a little girl, knew quite a lot. Looking at her eyes：“They finished earlier. Were you waiting for our company's trainees？”

    Xu Zhaixing was stunned，and shooked her head：“No，thank you uncle，uncle goodbye.”

    She carried her schoolbag and limped towards the nearby hotel. Halfway through，without giving up until the end，she turned around and went to the trainee dormitory. 

    She's going back tomorrow，so she only have time for tonight and tomorrow morning. If she miss this opportunity again tomorrow morning，then she truly would have no chance. 

    The dormitory was just behind the company building，across the street. 

    This place could not be entered casually. She paused under the street lamp outside the gate，thought for a while，took off her schoolbag to cushion her butt，and tried if it was soft or hard. She was about to sit down with the thought of waiting for another two hours，when a man came out of the dark and gloomy large gate. 

    He wore a black hoodie，sweatpants ，was tall and thin，with a guitar on his back，hands inside his trouser pockets，head drooping slightly，messy hair swept on his eyelids，and a shadow on the bridge of his nose. 

    Xu Zhaixing had just barely sat down and have not yet reacted，when she saw the person whom she had sentimental feelings when thinking about him，walk past her with a look of indifference. 

    There was a faint smell of tobacco in the cold wind，which swept across the tip of her nose in a flash.

    Her breathing went still，and her voice was stuck in her throat. As if she had been frozen，she stared motionlessly at the back figure that went further and further away.

    Her mind was the ground that cracked，and crashed，and then with a loud rumble，exploded in a blank space. 

    

MTL'ed & edited by nuffian