Chapter 9: Refusal and Truth

  The person in front of him seemed to be in the right and confident, but Yang Lei suddenly remembered that the other party was actually a minor.

  She didn't beat around the bush anymore, and directly said: "I admire you, you have a unique temperament, whether it's your image or your performance, you're born to be on stage..."

  "So?"

  The boy's hand casually slipped into his pocket, and a whirlpool surged up in his eyes like a gemstone. His icy thin lips curled up with a good-looking arc, faintly, with a hint of disdain.

  The woman looked at him seriously, as if she was conducting a solemn negotiation, her tone urgent yet steady.

  "Believe me, you were born for the camera and should be the brightest star on stage..." The woman seemed overly excited, her face flushed with joy.

  Indeed, Shao Qi has capital, even if he just stands there alone, it's enough to make everything around him lose its luster.

  But however beautiful the fallen flowers may be, the flowing water is ultimately heartless.

  "......" Shao Qi seemed annoyed and narrowed his eyes, but his good upbringing kept him from turning away in a huff.

  "Come with me into the entertainment circle!" She finally spat out her ultimate goal, and the woman's eyes already had a seemingly confident and bright smile.

  Yes, I have a plan in mind!

  What about young people? What if they don't understand worldly affairs?

  Who doesn't want to be famous in this world? Who doesn't want to make a fortune?

  And in the entertainment industry, it's a comprehensive thing that covers all aspects, and on top of that, there's also the opportunity to be promoted by a senior who is already a first-line artist, which is something many people dream of.

  So she thought boys would never refuse, and she had even prepared some polite phrases for afterwards, but now...

  Man proposes, God disposes!

  The boy smiled, and if his previous smile was just a polite and distant courtesy like a dragonfly touching the water, now it is a hundred flowers blooming in full glory.

  "Thank you for the recognition, sister, but I think I'm not interested!" The fluttering arc brought up what seemed to be the green bamboo leaves in the Jiangnan rain, and the boy's voice was as fresh and clean as spring shoots after the rain.

  The purpose is to die, but it's also a good-looking and irresistible death.

  Yang Lei was momentarily stunned.

  She had thought that the boy would refuse, and make excuses with various reasons that weren't actually true, but she never expected that from his mouth would come such a simple and clear sentence, enough to make her swallow back all her persuasions.

  Yang Lei felt his forehead jump, it had been a long time since he had encountered rejection.

  In this place where she had been thinking of leaving for an hour, in this broken and isolated hometown that was almost cut off from the outside world, she actually met such a young man.

  Although he is also a proud son of heaven, he would rather go through life simply and ordinarily, and does not want to touch glory.

  Thinking back to her own youthful vigor, and then looking at the gains and losses she's experienced up until today, she couldn't help but feel a tinge of regret. "In that case," she said softly, with a hint of disappointment, "I have nothing more to say!"

  "Hmm..."

  "But I just like you, one day when you're interested, remember to tell me." After all, they are still young people, Yang Lei smiled ambiguously and handed a private name card to the boy.

  "It's all right!" Xiao Qi smiled and shook his head.

  "You little brat, how many people want my private phone number, and you actually returned it to me? Are you trying to embarrass me on purpose? Don't you want to live anymore?" Yang Lei pretended to scold with a tone as if they were old friends.

  "......" Shao Qi was left speechless and crying with laughter, holding the business card in his hand. This woman is really...

  Are they so familiar?

  But looking at the hard plastic sheet in my hand, um, the quality is pretty good.

  "Take it, after all, we're siblings in the same field, who knows, maybe one day we can help each other out!" Yang Lei's tone suddenly became calm and serious, as if she had foreseen something, but that solemn expression only lasted for an instant. In the blink of an eye, she was back to her usual playful and gentle self, stunning millions of fans.

  "I've told you I like this handsome guy, don't you dare throw him away!"

  "Good!" Shao Qi slipped the business card into his pocket and stopped looking at her, his voice cool, "I like it here!"

  "So I left......" How could he not understand, the young man's meaning couldn't be clearer.

  He is also letting himself not mess up his life and even more so not using gossip to make him have to start showing off in front of people.

  "I'm waiting for you..."

  Yang Lei left, taking with her the surprise and unexpectedness that had suddenly appeared, a white BMW speeding away under the silver moonlight.

  "Why didn't you agree with her?" Ren Jing quietly looked at the distant car shadow that had already disappeared into the black night, and gently turned his head to look at him, his tone flat.

  "I won't promise!" Shao Qi slightly raised her eyelids, and her glass-like eyes shone brightly, making Ran Cheng feel as if his forehead was being pierced, leaving him somewhat dizzy.

  He slightly raised an eyebrow and said: "You should agree, with us studying like this, when can we have a good life? Besides, Auntie..."

  "I know too!" Shao Qi suddenly interrupted him, looking up at the moon slowly disappearing into the dark clouds in the sky.

  Ren Sheng looked at him and also kept silent, wondering what he was thinking about.

  The night was like dusk, just when the moon had disappeared, he suddenly said: "A bird that sticks its head out gets shot, the entertainment circle is not a place where you and I can hang around, and...I cannot, cannot put my mom at risk..."

  Ren Sheng irritably scratched his head, "I don't understand, didn't Aunt always want you to go out and make a name for yourself?"

  In the shadows, he couldn't see Shao Qi's face either, and said to himself: "Even in the treacherous entertainment circle, Sister will bring you along! This was originally an opportunity!"

  Shao Qi's eyelid twitched, and he quietly looked at his good friend who had grown up with him, saying lightly: "No one will help you so selflessly, Ah Sheng, you're getting anxious."

  "Yes, I'm just not reconciled to being poor and backward. I'm a commoner who only thinks about achieving success and fame, and only looks at everything in terms of money. You're noble, you're calm, I'm not as excellent as you are, my grades aren't as good as yours, studying is not really suitable for me anyway..." It seemed that he had accidentally touched on a weak point, and although Ren Sheng wasn't like a raging bull with bloodshot eyes, his emotions were gradually sinking, and he said in a self-deprecating tone.

  "You..." Looking at this, it seemed that he had suddenly fallen into some kind of terrifying event, and his pale-faced friend, Shao Qi, subconsciously stretched out his hand...

  Ren Sheng's heart was as still as dead water, with no ripples in the clear wind.

  Her pale hand covered his shoulder, as if the gentle rain from the ninth heaven slowly dripped into his dry heart field. He only came to his senses now, realizing that he was like a deflated balloon, muttering: "I... didn't mean to, just..."

  "Ah Cheng, I may have never told you..."

  He looked at him like that, his eyes deep and distant, with a hint of having gone through the ups and downs of life, but it was the kind of worldly experience that others didn't know about. "My mom when she was young, was part of that circle..."