OBS Chapter 233 The Overlord Insists on Using Me as Bai Yueguang’s Stand-in (121)
Chapter 233 The Overlord Insists on Using Me as Bai Yueguang’s Stand-in (121)
"Wow! Today's performance was so wonderful and amazing!"
Zhao Feier, the leader of the Nifang cheering group, gave a thumbs up without hesitation, her face filled with excitement.
Seeing this, Ji Lanlan, who was standing next to them, hurriedly followed suit. However, she seemed a little worried that Xin Yuan would be unhappy, so she carefully gave him a thumbs up, then turned to Ni Fang and did the same.
Ni Fang was holding the flowers that Lu Wenyu had prepared, and she didn't even have her hands free to hug the two of them.
"Since the beautiful princess has a knight to pick her up, Lanlan and I will leave first." Zhao Feier jumped back two steps, stretched out her arms, and waved them vigorously to say goodbye to them.
Zhao Feier and Ji Lanlan had moved out of the dormitory a long time ago and rented an apartment near the school, which made it convenient for them to commute to school.
"Okay, drive slowly on your way." Ni Fang turned into a mother and gave instructions.
At this time, Xin Yuan, who had been silent all the time, finally spoke: "Then... I'm leaving too, Nifang, I wish you all the best." After that, he looked at Lu Wenyu deeply, and their eyes met in the air, as if there was an invisible undercurrent surging, and the atmosphere became subtle for a moment.
However, Ni Fang, the protagonist of this "little drama", was unaware of all this. Her attention was not focused on the two excellent men at all, let alone the eye contact between them.
Ni Fang squinted his eyes and raised his hand to yawn, "I'm really tired from acting today. I just want to take a nap on the way home."
Lu Wenyu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll accompany you."
When the driver was about to open the car door, his eyes were suddenly attracted by a figure running in the distance.
The girl ran while shouting, "Ni Fang!"
Ni Fang tilted his head and took a while to identify who the beautiful girl in front of him was.
"Duan Wei? What do you want to talk to me about?" Ni Fang asked doubtfully.
In fact, in her heart, she always felt that there was not much in common between her and Duan Wei.
Since her career began to get on track, Ni Fang rarely went back to school. She also had little contact with the child star who often tripped up the heroine in the original plot.
So at this moment, when he saw Duan Wei coming to him on his own initiative, Ni Fang was filled with surprise and confusion.
She never expected that the other party actually had something to say to her.
However, in response to Ni Fang's question, Duan Wei blushed slightly and said in an extremely earnest tone: "Can I talk to you alone for a few words?"
Hearing this, Ni Fang was stunned for a moment, but soon nodded and said, "Okay," then she turned around and patted Lu Wenyu's hand, "Then you go into the car and wait for me for a while, so you won't get cold."
Lu Wenyu took off the scarf from his neck and tied it on Ni Fang, "You too, don't stand in the wind and talk."
Tsk, now Lu Wenyu has also become a mom.
Ni Fang's face gradually became redder than Duan Wei's.
The two turned around, walked a few steps slowly, and stood together in the corridor outside the theater to talk.
"Can you tell me now?" Ni Fang buried her chin in Lu Wenyu's cashmere scarf. The familiar smell of Chinese herbal medicine wrapped her whole body.
At this moment, Duan Wei, who had been silent all the time, suddenly bit his lip, as if he had made up his mind to break the silence.
After taking a deep breath, she finally mustered up the courage to speak: "In the past, there were always people around me who compared the two of us. I know very well that this matter has caused you a lot of trouble. After all, I became famous earlier than you, and at that time, you even felt inferior because of this..."
Ni Fang: ???
The more Ni Fang listened, the more outrageous it became. Until her beautiful eyebrows were tied into an ugly knot, she finally reached out to interrupt, "Student Duan Wei, please stop for a moment! I assure you that I have absolutely no inferiority complex because of your excellent acting skills."
Duan Wei was suddenly interrupted and froze in place, "But when I first came to class, you always stared at me."
Ni Fang couldn't help but recall that the first time Duan Wei returned to school was in October last year. All the classmates in the class were saying that a little child star had arrived and were talking about her outstanding acting skills.
At that time, Ni Fang knew nothing about acting. Out of curiosity and a desire to learn, she often paid attention to Duan Wei's every move in class, trying to learn some acting skills and experience from her.
"At that time, I had no idea what acting was. My classmates all said that you had good acting skills, so I kept observing how you performed your roles."
"Then why didn't you look at me later?" Duan Wei asked again.
Ni Fang answered honestly, "Because later on I gradually mastered the essentials of acting, and I no longer needed to stare at you and study your performance like I did at the beginning."
Duan Wei's eyes widened, and he immediately asked in disbelief, "But after I was confirmed to stare at the end-of-year drama in the first year, why did you keep staring at me during those few days of class?"
Ni Fang felt wronged in her heart. She had never intended to let "Growth" compete for the annual drama, so it was impossible for her to feel the slightest jealousy towards Duan Wei who was able to successfully perform on the stage of the annual drama.
Ni Fang told the truth, "Because at that time Fei'er said that your expression was like a victorious rooster, Ji Lanlan and I couldn't help but look at you a few more times, but we definitely didn't glare at you."
At this moment, Duan Wei felt that the sky was about to fall.
For a long time, Duan Wei had always considered Ni Fang as her competitor. This idea was so deeply rooted in her heart that she naturally believed that the other party must have viewed her in the same way.
The two of them were rivals in Huaying, they were evenly matched, they were equally talented, and they were comparable.
Just today, when Duan Wei witnessed Ni Fang's wonderful performance with her own eyes, she sincerely admired and was in awe of Ni Fang. So, she plucked up the courage and decided to take the initiative to walk towards Ni Fang, wanting to tell her frankly that the competition they had been having for a long time had finally come to a winner.
But Ni Fang actually said that she never regarded herself as a competitor.
How is this possible? How is this possible?
Duan Wei's tension suddenly collapsed.
"Duan Wei?" Ni Fang looked at the girl in front of him who was obviously in a trance and couldn't help but waved his hand in front of her. "If you don't have anything else, then I'll leave first. My fiancé is still waiting for me."
Ni Fang waited patiently for half a minute, but when he saw that Duan Wei still had no response, he turned around and left.
"Wait! Nifang!" Duan Wei shouted behind him.
Ni Fang turned her head sideways, and the warm street light left a silhouette on her face.
"I know what I just said made you think I was a self-conceited clown. But I haven't said what I want to say the most yet, you can't leave first!"
Ni Fang paused for a moment, waiting for her to continue.
"I, I always thought you were just lucky. You were able to come across a good script like "Growth" right after entering school, and successfully performed on the stage of a drama. You also got to know a group of investors in the entertainment industry. You were also lucky enough to make friends who knew computers, and together you founded Unbounded."
"To be honest, when they gave me the ticket yesterday, I felt quite disdainful. I knew your level in class, and how well you could perform. But when I sat in the audience and saw you acting out Lu Dong's life, I realized how wrong I was."
Since she entered school, Zhong Ying has heard her classmates talking about the "little fairy" who was very famous on the forum, and she couldn't help but observe her every move.
In fact, all along, the person who has been closely following the other person's eyes has always been herself.
"Anyone who can play such a role must have the same passion and character as Lu Dong. When I was sitting in the audience, I was thinking, why can't I look at you with an appreciative heart? Ni Fang, from today on, I don't want to be jealous of you anymore."
Duan Wei's eyes were moist. Before the tears fell, she raised her hand to wipe them away. "I have finished what I want to say. You can go now."
Ni Fang lowered her eyes, like a bodhisattva on a temple platform, "Duan Wei, I have always looked at you with admiration. When you first came to the class, I learned a lot from you. If there is a chance in the future, maybe we can cooperate."
In the original plot, Duan Wei was dissatisfied with Ye Haotian snatching other people's resources to feed the heroine, and once publicly revealed in an interview that the heroine was kept by Ye Haotian when she was a freshman. Duan Wei was therefore given the title of being upright and having a good mouth in the domestic entertainment industry, and the heroine was completely labeled as a person who was kept and relied on men for resources.
Perhaps Duan Wei is still the straightforward girl who speaks her mind.
But she has learned to remove the leaves that block her eyes and no longer generalize about others.
This can also be considered a kind of growth.
When Ni Fang returned to the car, there was still a smile on her lips.
"Have you been talking for so long?" Lu Wenyu held Ni Fang's slightly cold fingertips and warmed them with his palm.
"Well, seeing the girl who almost lost her way find the right direction, I couldn't help but say a few more words."
"You were kind to her."
“Who am I unkind to?”
Lu Wenyu sighed, with some grievance in his tone, "Yes, you are nice to everyone."
Ni Fang kissed the corner of Lu Wenyu's mouth, "The best for you."
……
As the end of the year is approaching, Ni Fang took a year off from work. Because the work was done well this year, almost everyone received a triple bonus.
Ni Fang was invited by Qi Youhong and insisted on going back to the Ye family for the New Year's Eve dinner.
She had no reason to refuse, so she took a car back to the Ye family with Lu Wenyu just after the afternoon.
The entire Ye family was carefully decorated. The car drove through the garden and into the villa. On both sides of the door frame of the main entrance, big red spring couplets with gold stamping were pasted, and a pair of bright red lanterns were hung high, which looked very festive.
Walking into the house on the clean carpet, I saw a pot of old fir daffodils in front of me, with trimmed leaves that were both shiny and curly.
The two of them turned a corner before they saw Qi Youhong and Donna sitting on the sofa.
Qi Youhong put down the newspaper in her hand and said, "You two are busier than me now. I have to invite you back to have a New Year's Eve dinner many times."
Ni Fang begged for mercy, and just a few words made Qi Youhong very happy.
In fact, Qi Youhong is a very easy person to see through. As long as there is enough benefit that makes her interested, she will be nice to anyone.
Ni Fang followed Qi Youhong's wishes and praised her from time to time. In addition, she had been looking forward to the day when the "Boundless" mobile phone would come out, so she treated Ni Fang like her own daughter.
Lu Wenyu had known Qi Youhong since childhood and had suffered from her cold words and mockery, so naturally he was unwilling to act out any family reunion drama with her. His attitude remained the same as before and was not any more cordial.
Qi Youhong asked Lu Wenyu indirectly about his health, and when she found out that he was as healthy as before, she was completely relieved. After all, it was a congenital heart disease that he had been carrying since birth, and it was not easy to cure.
From then on, he was even more satisfied with the marriage between Lu Wenyu and Ni Fang.
Donna also changed her temper and no longer made sarcastic remarks to Ni Fang.
As for Ye Haotian, Ni Fang rarely saw Ye Haotian in the Ye family.
When Ni Fang saw Ye Haotian coming late today, she looked at his profile and actually felt that he looked a little strange.
The New Year atmosphere among the rich is always filled with a sense of alienation and indifference. Even though they are decorated with flowers and splendor on the surface, in fact, they all have their own thoughts and do not show them on their faces.
The Ye family chose Chinese food for their New Year's Eve dinner, and the dishes filled the entire round table. The five people sat around the round table in scattered groups, and the remaining space seemed very empty.
Just when they were halfway through the meal, several servants outside the house set off fireworks. The crackling sound of the fireworks broke the silence in the room.
"I'll go out and take a look." Ni Fang put down his chopsticks with a smile.
Being inattentive to eating because of curiosity about the lively scene outside was a typical childish behavior. Although Qi Youhong was childish, she caught a glimpse of people sitting there who were all descendants of the Ye family, and a bit of motherly love grew in her heart.
"You two should go together. I heard that this year's fireworks are specially designed by a designer. It would be a shame if you don't go and see them."
Only Qi Youhong was left sitting at the table.
"Fireworks are set off every year, but why do I feel like it would be a shame if I don't take a look at them this year?" Qi Youhong murmured to himself.
A few scattered snowflakes floated down slowly. Ni Fang stood under the eaves and reached out to catch them. The snowflakes melted in her palms and turned into a few puddles of water.
The servants who were setting off the fireworks seemed not to have expected the young masters and young ladies to come. They first introduced the new works of the fireworks designer, and then worked even harder to light them.
A beam of fire shot straight into the sky, as bright and dazzling as the sunrise. Soon after, more fireworks followed, and they streaked across the sky like a meteor shower, leaving behind silver trails. The final color ignited in the air, like stars, densely filling the night sky.
Fireworks and silver flowers.
Several servants set off several kinds of fireworks, red like flames, green like emeralds, and bluer than the deep sea. Ni Fang stared at them for a while, but felt that none of them was as beautiful as the first time he saw them.
"Nifang, can you walk with me for a while?"
The person standing next to Ni Fang changed from Lu Wenyu to Ye Haotian at some point.