In the end, Ye Kehuan directly typed “Goodnight”.

Then, Ye Kehuan stared at the mobile phone screen which was no longer on. She thought for a moment, then lay back on her bed, staring at the ceiling motionlessly.

I feel like I have insomnia. Even if I don’t play on my phone and keep my eyes closed, I just can’t fall asleep. Once my eyes close, various things appear in my mind without volition.

For a moment, Ye Kehuan turned over and opened her eyes, staring at a calendar placed on the bedside table.

She felt that time flies too fast, and she found herself 25 in the blink of an eye. Others had achieved good results at this age, but she had only just started.

In fact, she had been dreaming of being an actress since she was a child. She liked to scratch her head in front of mirrors and imitate various characters’ speeches and performances.

At that time, Jiang Laien would always cooperate very well with her performances and play acting games with her. When Ye Kehuan played SpongeBob SquarePants, Jiang Laien played the big star; when Ye Kehuan played Guo Jing, Jiang Laien played Huang Rong1.

However, because they were too unprofessional, the two little rookies often laughed at the scenes, but they continued to bite the bullet.

So, being an actor could be said to be Ye Kehuan’s long-cherished wish that had been rooted in her blood since she was a child.

However, because her family members had always resolutely opposed her entering the circle, she never received enough support, and they created hurdles in the way. So, she had been working under her father’s company in the past few years.

It wasn’t until last year that she resolutely gave up all the achievements she had made so far and entered the circle to pursue her dreams. After all, she couldn’t start too late. If she was laste, she may never break into the market.

However, after entering the circle, she reunited with Jiang Laien.

To be honest, she never thought Jiang Laien would become an actress. Because Jiang Laien used to have trouble dealing with people.

Speaking of the circle, speaking of Jiang Laien, she inexplicably remembered a lot of things… Ye Kehuan put her head in front of the air conditioner for a while, then let out a sigh of relief.

Maybe it’s because she was lying down for too long, she suddenly felt a little hungry.

The other side.

After Jiang Laien finished filming an advertisement about toothpaste, it was already past two o’clock in the morning, and everyone was a little faint.

The advertisement wasn’t even a few minutes long, but it was still enough to tire people. Jiang Laien spent two hours just doing styling and makeup, and then the shooting started, which took more time. Just for a children’s ad.

This was only a small part of Jiang Laien’s work tasks.

After the filming was over, Jiang Laien changed her clothes back, took back her mobile phone, inexplicably opened the chat box with Ye Kehuan, and looked at the emojis that Ye Kehuan sent by mistake.

Does Ye Kehuan often chat with others? Otherwise, how could you collect so many messy things that are somehow all emojis? I should be considered a master of chat, but this is beyond me…

However, it was not a serious way of chatting at first glance, and those emojis were really all hopelessly ugly.

So, did Ye Kehuan fall asleep yet, or did she chat with others after saying goodnight to her?

Thinking of this, Jiang Laien slowly let out a sigh of relief.

Speaking of which, the weather was a bit strange that day. It was too hot if the air conditioner was turned off, and it’s too cold if it’s turned on. Jiang Laien couldn’t tell how she felt. She only felt that the heat and cold alternate uncomfortably; her eyes are a bit red, and her throat hurts a bit, and her nose is a bit itchy.

“Sister Laien,” at the moment, assistant Li Yingying walked to Jiang Laien. “What’s the matter with you? Your eyes are so red.”

After listening, Jiang Laien looked at her with a smile and said: “It’s nothing, maybe just a cold.”

“Oh, yes, in this weather it is really easy for a woman to catch a cold. Several of my friends have a cold. You have to pay attention to it! So, tomorrow, I will bring you the magic medicine from my hometown!” Li Yingying smiled sweetly.

“Thank you.” Jiang Laien smiled and looked at her. “It’s okay, no need. You should also take care of yourself, don’t catch a cold.”

“Yeah!” Li Yingying nodded frantically.

After a while, Jiang Laien turned her head to look at her again, and said thoughtfully: “If two people used to be good friends, but then separate for some reason, do you think they can continue to be friends in the future? How long would it take? If one party is willing to pull their face2 down and actively seek peace?”

“I think…” Li Yingying raised her hand in the air and slowly swept it down.

“100?” Jiang Laien was dumbfounded.

“Zero.” Li Yingying said, drawing a complete circle.

After listening to that, Jiang Laien suddenly felt that even her head hurt. She didn’t know what messy thoughts she had right now, she just felt that her whole mind was going to explode.

So Li Yingying hurriedly took Jiang Laien’s arm: “Sister Laien, what’s the matter? Do you have a fever?!”

Jiang Laien shook her head.

“Hey, in fact, that isn’t necessarily true.” At this moment, Yingying spoke again.

“Huh?” Jiang Laien looked up at her.

“As the saying goes, there is no certainty. For some people, the chance of exchanging weapons of war for gifts of silk and jade is zero, but for others, that isn’t necessarily true. Is everything the same for everyone? There are no two leaves that are the same in the world. There are no two people who are the same either, whether it is mind or soul!” Yingying suddenly transformed into a philosopher.

After listening, Jiang Laien looked into space motionlessly, and finally let out a sigh of relief.

Ten minutes later, Jiang Laien left the studio, got in the nanny car, and the driver took her back to the small villa.

At this time, in the villa, Ye Kehuan had just cooked a bowl of noodles in the kitchen.

The noodles were steaming, as if a layer of mist was trapped in front of them. She had a wide grin plastered on her face—the noodles looked very delicious, invincible, and perfect.

“I really am a chef.” With a clap, Ye Kehuan raised her eyebrows, and finally sprinkled a few chopped green onions on the noodles. Ye Kehuan took the noodles, walked out of the kitchen, and went to the small dining table in the living room to start eating.

Unexpectedly, when she put down the noodles, the door was pushed open.

Afterwards, Jiang Laien, with some very delicate makeup, appeared there. Maybe because it was very late, but Jiang Laien looked a bit tired, and her eyes looked red.

For a while, the two people’s eyes locked, and they both froze for a while. In the end, they both shook off the stupor and started doing their own things.

Ye Kehuan sat down at the dining table to eat noodles, while Jiang Laien was bending over to change shoes.

During the whole process, the two people had their own thoughts, but they were relatively silent. Ye Kehuan stuffed her face and flipped through her phone to play, almost boring a hole in the phone with her glare. Jiang Laien sat on the sofa and flipped through a script, but a little bit of her heart was irritated. Time seemed to freeze.

“Are you just having dinner?” After a while, Jiang Laien couldn’t help but take the initiative to ask questions.

After listening, Ye Kehuan picked up a bunch of noodles: “Well, I’m hungry, so I got up to cook supper.”

Jiang Laien felt a little helpless when she smelled the scent of the noodles. After all, she ate quite light for dinner, and then worked up until this point. Now, she was naturally hungry.

At this moment, her stomach “groaned”.

“Hungry?” Ye Kehuan raised her head when she heard it, and asked a little hesitantly.

“It’s okay.” Jiang Laien swallowed her saliva, held a water glass, and took a big mouthful.

“Cuckoo—” But at this time, Jiang Laien’s stomach rang again.

Upon seeing this, Ye Kehuan held up her chopsticks. “Didn’t have enough for dinner?”

Ye Kehuan probably didn’t even realize it, but her words were a bit sour3.

“Qi Li?” Jiang Laien looked at her.

Ye Kehuan continued to stare at her phone and nodded after a long while. “Yeah”.

After listening, Jiang Laien stroked her hair: “I didn’t ask her in the end.”

When Ye Kehuan heard this, she was stunned for a second, then looked up at her, a little awkward: “She had no time?”

“I didn’t have an appointment.” Jiang Laien finished speaking, looked at her again, and thought for a long time, then spoke again, “I wanted to ask you if you wanted to go to dinner together, but you left before I spoke, so I just ate a little bread.”

When Ye Kehuan heard this, her brain buzzed. It turned out… Ye Kehuan originally wanted to say something, but when Jiang Laien turned over another page of her script and looked at it seriously, she stopped talking.

However, after that, Ye Kehuan still saw Jiang Laien take out a few candies from her bag and look at them. In the end, probably because she wasn’t satisfied, she sighed again, frowned, and put them away.

After a few minutes passed, Ye Kehuan finished all the noodles and broth, then she picked up the tableware, turned around and went back to the kitchen, poured out what was left in the pot, cleaned up the residue and began to scrub.

After washing, she suddenly remembered what Jiang Laien had just said, and the groaning sound of her stomach continuing while Ye Kehuan sat there. After a while, Ye Kehuan turned around again, looked in the direction where Jiang Laien was sitting in the living room, and lowered her eyes.

At this time in the living room, Jiang Laien was not reading the script, but reading WeChat, and while she wasn’t paying attention, Jiang Laien opened Ye Kehuan’s circle of friends.

Ye Kehuan’s circle of friends was very fascinating, and all the content forwarded in it was some kind of game content. Why beg for help unlocking? Come see the new themes. There was basically nothing to do with daily life.

After a while, Jiang Laien found Ye Kehuan’s rare life-related activity post. It was a photo. In the photo was a bracelet woven with red rope with a strong on the head. Luck beads.

The caption on the picture was: “Sure enough, there are very few things in the world that will not fade.”

This post was made by Ye Kehuan a year ago. When Jiang Laien saw it, she couldn’t help but gently clench her lower lip. The bracelet was made by her many years ago, then given to Ye Kehuan.

Unexpectedly, Ye Kehuan kept it forever. She thought that Ye Kehuan would have thrown it away long ago.

Raising her head, Jiang Laien rubbed her temples and pressed the bridge of her nose, which was a bit sore. Then, she turned her head and looked to the side, only feeling that she couldn’t breathe.

Thinking of that, Jiang Laien stretched out her hand and rubbed her eyes again, but at this moment, a slender white hand held a bowl of noodles and suddenly placed it in front of her. The egg on top was fried golden and beautiful, and there was a little oil star floating in the soup.

Afterwards, Jiang Laien followed the hand and looked up, and saw Ye Kehuan put her hand in her trouser pocket. Her expression was a little awkward, as if she wanted to see people but was afraid to do so. “Here, I added your favorite fried egg.”

 

The author has something to say: Well… I actually feel that my novels used to have mostly aggressive protagonists, and then I wanted to write a biased one, so I always wanted to change the personality…

 

TL/N

1 - Character from Legend of the Condor Heroes. It’s a classic.

2 - Face means reputation, dignity, or respect. It’s quite well-known, so this is probably unnecessary.

3 - Sour and vinegar are slang for jealousy.