The sick beauty became popular after she brought her ex to the show

"Okay, that's OK!" Shen Meng placed the newly bought clock on the cabinet in the room, with a happy expression on his face as if he was hanging Spring Festival couplets.

"Thank you, Xiao Meng." Su Ye smiled and reached out to adjust the clock on the cabinet in the room slightly.

The clock was bought by Shen Meng, but the style was chosen by Su Ye. Shen Meng took a photo in the store and sent it to Su Ye, who was hesitating among a bunch of different styles.

He has a problem with making decisions. After choosing and choosing, he always feels that each one is good and similar.

Until I saw this walnut wall clock, with a square design and dark brown wood texture. There were no times or numbers on the dial, only three simple black metal hour hands that turned with time.

When Shen Meng took the picture of this clock, the sky outside was sunny and the sunlight fell on the minimalist hour hand, with a somewhat cold reflection at the end.

When Su Ye saw it for the first time, he thought of the melanin studs on Xi Yu's ear bones. They would definitely sparkle like this in the sun.
He picked the clock in a daze.

"But why did you choose this one? In fact, another white-painted clock with an irregular design is also quite suitable for the decoration style of this house." Shen Meng asked casually after setting it up.

Su Ye handed her the coffee that Su Lan had brewed, frowned and smiled, "The color goes well with the piano."

"Oh, really." Shen Meng leaned inside to take a look. The mahogany piano and the walnut wall clock complemented each other very well. "Brother has a really good eye!"

Although the square clock has no time, the second hand makes a faint "ticking" sound when it moves.

Su Ye was trying to distinguish the faint voice among the talking sounds, and he was distracted without realizing it, until Su Lan came over and patted him.
He looked up and took a sip of the hot coffee in his hand.

"Hasn't there been a clock at home before? It's so inconvenient to check the time." Shen Meng chatted.

Su Ye tilted his head helplessly, his shoulders and neck slightly shrank with the movement, and then stretched again.
"I didn't notice it before. Anyway, I can use my cell phone to check the time."

Shen Meng hummed, "That's true. No wonder I always felt it was too quiet every time I came to my brother's place. It turns out that it lacks the sound of life."

Su Ye smiled but said nothing.

Shen Meng still had a beaming look on his face, and raised the coffee cup in his hand, "Congratulations to Brother Su Ye for accepting Director Ji Ru's invitation, yeah!"

Su Ye cooperated patiently and raised his mug, gently clinking it with Shen Meng's.

Su Lan smiled and shook her head, "What does this have to do with anything? It's just the beginning. If you don't know, you would think it's finished."
As she said this, she raised her glass and clinked it with Shen Meng's, then with Su Ye's.

Su Lan watched Su Ye blow on the coffee in small sips as if he was afraid of being burned, and then he took a sip.

Before Su Ye swallowed the coffee, he noticed Su Lan looking at him out of the corner of his eye. He tilted his head and smiled at Su Lan with his cheeks slightly puffed.

Lidya Su sighed with emotion, thinking about what happened last night.

She left Su Ye last night and went back to the company to work overtime. She returned to her residence at two or three in the morning. When she was about to quickly wash up and rest, she received a message from Su Ye.

Su Ye seldom contacted her on his own initiative, as if he was afraid of bothering Su Lan. Usually, Su Lan would call Su Ye directly when she had something to do.

Su Lan was quite surprised when she received the news.
It’s so late, is there something urgent?

After clicking on it, it turned out that Su Ye decided to accept Ji Ru's invitation.

"Xiao Ye, you've really thought it through this time, right?"
Although Su Lan was happy, she still asked Su Ye a question just to be on the safe side.

She hoped that Su Ye joined the team out of his own desire, and not as a reluctant decision made out of consideration for her or the company's development.

Last night, Su Lan was rarely stern for a moment. Although she felt sorry for Su Ye afterwards, she did not regret it.
We can’t let Xiaoye continue like this.

But Su Lan remembered that she had a very serious talk with Su Ye. Although Su Ye seemed to be obedient on the surface, he actually seemed very confused in his heart.
Maybe it takes a certain person to open Su Ye's heart, Su Lan thought to herself.

"Yeah." Hearing Su Lan's words, Su Ye moved the mug that was just next to his lips away, and nodded very slowly but firmly, "I've made up my mind."

Shen Meng didn't interrupt and just looked around.

Su Lan looked at Su Ye's expression very carefully.

When Su Ye opened his mouth, his fingertips gripping the wall of the cup exerted a little force for a moment, but there was no excessive hesitation in his expression, nor did he give people the feeling that his thoughts were drifting to the horizon as before.

He listened to Su Lan's words very carefully, and then gave this answer with certainty.
It was not done out of reluctance or obedience.

Su Lan slowly put her mind at ease, and the smile on her face suddenly became much brighter.
"It's good that you have this intention, but how come you suddenly figured it out?"

When Su Lan received the message yesterday, she was so tired that she almost fell asleep on the bed, but she still woke up.
Also very suspicious.

As Su Ye's aunt, her involvement in Su Ye's life was not that big, but at least they had been together for a while and could more or less feel Su Ye's character.

Su Ye looks confused, but he is actually very cautious. Because he is too cautious, he gives people a feeling that he is always hesitant.
This is also the reason why she has difficulty making decisions. When she was shopping in a watch shop with Shen Meng this morning, Su Lan could imagine Su Ye's conflicted expression when she saw the hesitant messages sent by Su Ye.

So Su Ye is actually not the type of person who makes decisions decisively. He will think about it over and over again.

After Su Lan left last night, she was prepared for Su Ye to hesitate for two or three days before answering her.
Unexpectedly, within just two or three hours, Su Ye had an answer.

Even when Su Lan was happy, she was also extremely curious about what on earth had caused Su Ye to act like this.

Su Lan looked at Su Ye's face, and seemed to be able to vaguely see a little bit of very light blue under his eyes.
It looks like you didn't get enough rest yesterday.

Su Ye pursed his lips into a straight line, then quickly opened them, not knowing how to answer Su Lan's question.

Recalling what Xi Yu said last night, Su Ye's heart beat faster again. The usual demeanor he had shown in front of Shen Meng and Su Lan began to show signs of being unable to contain himself.
Su Ye couldn't say it, he was embarrassed.

Su Lan heard Su Ye speak softly, with the ending tone a little gentle, which was no different from Su Ye's usual good temper, but when she listened carefully, it sounded like she was vaguely acting coquettish.
“Because I’m interested in acting.”

Su Lan nodded and didn't ask any more questions. After all, it was a good thing and she didn't need to worry too much about it.
She was more concerned about something else.

"Xiao Ye." Su Lan narrowed her eyes, "You stayed up late last night, didn't you?"

"Hmm?" The pair of amber eyes moved quickly, and he held the mug in front of him with both hands. The steaming heat slightly blocked the guilty smile on Su Ye's face, "I don't have it."

Shen Meng immediately followed up, "Brother's eyes are a little blue, and you still say no."

The corners of Su Ye's slightly upturned eyes seemed to droop a little, becoming very cute. He looked at Shen Meng pitifully and blinked.

Shen Meng's voice suddenly changed direction, "If I say no, then so be it!"

Su Lan poked Su Ye's mole at the end of his eyebrow with both anger and amusement, and Su Ye smiled and dodged to the side.
"You haven't even joined the group yet, and you're already staying up all night. You know you're not in good health, but you can't do that again next time, understand!"

Shen Meng also nodded and said, "I will be joining the crew next week, so I need to stay in good spirits."

Su Ye stood obediently between the two of them, nodding every time he heard something, just like a nodding doll with a spring.
He whispered, "Okay, I understand."

Shen Meng and Su Lan did not stay any longer. They came here to bring the official script to Su Ye and to check on Su Ye's condition.
After arranging the pre-team training courses, the two left first, allowing Su Ye to have a good rest.

Su Ye finished his coffee and slowly walked to the piano.

The pure white floor-length curtains were only half opened, and the soft, light golden sunlight flowed in, sprinkling on half of the piano, causing the texture of the mahogany to gleam slightly.

It is a really sunny day today.
No, it’s not the bright sunshine in summer, but the soft and bright light unique to winter.

Su Ye turned on the piano and played his favorite song along with the ticking sound coming from deep in the porch.

When the last note ended, the cell phone placed casually beside him buzzed.

Su Ye picked it up. It was a text message from Su Lan, which basically told him to have a good rest.
Lidya Su didn't send a WeChat message, perhaps because she was afraid that he would forget to read it.

Su Ye gave a brief reply and was about to put his phone aside when he remembered something and checked his mailbox.

The white fingers typed out a few words and then deleted them, repeating this meaningless process.

Su Ye sat on the piano bench for a long time holding his cell phone, then he took out a cigarette and smoked one, his fingers a little unsteady.
When the cigarette was half burned, Su Ye flicked off the ash and carefully rephrased his words word by word.

[Mother]
Su Ye deleted the last sentence "How are you doing lately?" and replaced it with "How is the weather?"

[The weather is very good here today. It snowed yesterday after a long absence, but today is a sunny day. The sunshine is very comfortable. I hope it will be sunny over there too.]
Su Ye paused for a moment, hesitating whether to take a photo, and finally decided to add the attachment after finishing typing.

[I'm going to act in a play directed by Ji Ru. We've watched many plays together before, and you cried every time. Don't cry when you watch my play this time, okay?]
A little smoke floated into Su Ye's eyes, making him feel a little irritated. Su Ye blinked.

[I met someone I hadn’t seen for a long time on the set, and I almost couldn’t recover. But Director Ji Ru said my performance was very good. Do you think I was cheating? I felt so guilty.]
Su Ye's mood suddenly improved a lot. Recalling what happened that day, he described many tiny details in a rambling manner, as if he was writing a diary. He even tried hard to recall several other artists he met at the scene.

The hands of the clock ticked away, going full circle.
Su Ye wrote a very long email until it started to prompt him at the bottom that the email was too long and asked him to add a document attachment.

But he hadn't finished what he wanted to say.
Su Ye started to delete and subtract again, and finally kept the sentence "I met someone I haven't seen for a long time", deleting some other trivial details.

[I hope you get better and better.]
Su Ye clicked into the photo album and added the photo he just took.

There are very few recent photos in the album, almost none. Apart from the photo I just took of the sun shining on the piano, the last photo was still a photo of the sunset taken the day before the variety show ended.
There are three photos of sunset, and in one of them a black-haired boy accidentally appears in the frame.

Su Ye's fingertips slowed down, and he was quiet for a moment, then selected this photo as well.

[Look at this picture. I took a good picture, right^^? It looks like a poster.]
After confirming that there were no problems, Su Ye clicked send.
There was a "whoosh" sound when an email arrived. Su Ye looked up and saw a bird of unknown species flying by the floor-to-ceiling window.

Su Ye didn't expect to receive a reply to the email so soon, but before he put his phone aside, a ding-dong sounded.

He opened it with surprise.
The reply was an email written entirely in English.

[Re: Ye
Wow, it's a nice day, congratulations on your new job! Your mom is resting, I'll read the email to her when she wakes up, she will be very happy.
PS: Is the boy in the picture the person you said you haven’t seen for a long time? :) ]
Su Ye looked at it for a long time, smiled slowly, and replied to the email briefly.

He was not surprised that it was not Su Yun's reply.
His mother, Su Yun, was in poor health and was recuperating most of the time, so they were able to contact each other seldom by phone. They mainly communicated through emails, and Su Yun would reply to him when she was in better spirits.

After exiting the mailbox, Su Ye recalled the email he had just written, and could not help but click on the call log to look at the time length after the top phone number.
3:04:23
In fact, during this conversation, both of them were silent most of the time, as if they were waiting for the other to speak, but it seemed that they didn't need any words, they just quietly looked at the snow outside the window.

Su Ye forgot how he hung up. It seemed that Xi Yu said "Have a good rest". He lay down on the sofa and said "hmm", ending the call.

Su Ye hesitated, and like a thief, saved the familiar number into his address book, as if he had completed a little ritual that belonged to him and was unknown to others.

The sunlight outside the window became warmer.
Hopefully the weather will be nice next week too.

Su Ye narrowed his eyes and gave a faint smile.

Over the weekend, the official Weibo account of Ji Ru Studio revealed some news about the new drama, which could be considered a warm-up promotion.

The atmosphere in Xingli Media's conference room was tense.
Lin He held the tablet in his hand, and the assistant next to him reported the news he got from the investors in a low voice with a cautious expression.

Shu Ling and Huang Ji were sitting opposite Lin He, both of them looked unhappy. The assistant whispered, "The investor said that Director Ji Ru has already made up her mind and has basically decided on the candidate."

Huang Ji sneered when he heard this, and leaned back in his chair with his arms folded.

"Got it." Lin He nodded expressionlessly, "Go out."

The assistant walked out with his head down.

Lin He placed the tablet lightly on the conference table and looked at Shu Ling.
"How come you can't beat Su Ye in the audition?"

Shu Ling pulled the corner of his mouth, feeling extremely bad, "I was just about to ask, how would I know."

Lin He pointed at the conference table.

The reason why the material of "Little Monsters!" was released earlier was because they wanted to lift the negative public opinion of Su Ye and make the casting more inclined to Shu Ling.
Who would have thought that Ji Ru didn't care about all this at all and still sent an invitation to Su Ye's company Yaotian.

The comments online also surprised the public relations department. All the entertainment reporters had originally taken care of everything, but who knew that a PD with first-hand video would suddenly appear and reverse public opinion.
If it were just this, it would be fine. A small PD of a program doesn't have much traffic, and the public relations department can just push it out a little bit, at least it won't backfire on Shu Ling.

As it turned out, the public relations on Su Ye's side were quite resourceful. They did not play by the rules and, together with the fans over there, took advantage of the black and red momentum to create memes for Su Ye and attracted a large number of Oril's former fans.

Public opinion suddenly became polarized.
After all, it was a recognized fact at the time that Shu Ling copied Su Ye's personality in all aspects after joining Oril.

The reason why he was able to step in as Su Ye's replacement in the later period was simply because his popularity had faded over the past five years and Su Ye had faded out of the circle and had no chance to make a voice.
The previous group fans came out with those past material pictures, which directly overturned everything that had been laid out in the past five years.

"Now my Weibo posts are all filled with those fans who came over and made sarcastic comments." Shu Ling said in a bad tone.

Lin He was in an even worse mood.
Originally, Ji Ru's crew had agreed with the investors that this role would most likely fall on Shu Ling.

Being able to join Ji Ru's crew is also a very good opportunity for Xingli.
It has been several years since Xingli produced a phenomenal artist like the original Oril members.

The path to promote the CP of Shu Ling and the designated male chairman Yu was also blocked.
Xi Yu, who had always been in hiding, didn't know what was going on, but he liked the Weibo post from Su Ye's big fan, which directly confirmed the fact that it was actually Shu Ling who was riding on Su Ye's popularity.

All hell breaks loose.

Lin He pinched his temple, his expression a little gloomy.
"What can I do? You had to act smart and do some tricks on the show, and you didn't even win the audition over Su Ye. Now you're exposing all the secrets that were already suppressed!"

Although Shu Ling's Weibo is still well managed, the number of her followers has plummeted by hundreds of thousands in just a few days. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a major setback.

"Uncle!" Shu Ling knew she was in the wrong, so she just called out and didn't say anything else.

Lin He didn't say anything else.

He knew very well that in terms of appearance, Shu Ling could not compare to Su Ye, but at least his qualifications were better than Su Ye.

To put it bluntly, Shu Ling is just like this. She thought she could help him, but in the end, that's all she could do.
He didn't even pass the audition, so there's a high chance he'll lose the role.

Ji Ru is a woman with her own ideas and she will not change her mind easily.

"Alright." Lin He frowned, "Just treat it as a vacation and go back and stay here honestly."

Shu Ling was a little unwilling, "You can't blame me for this, why should I be given a day off?"

Lin He tapped the conference table with his fingers again, a calculating look in his eyes.
"Okay, the company will try to get it again, but——"

He looked at Shu Ling, "If you keep doing those unnecessary things, even the best cards will be ruined!"

Suye has been in the off-circle circle for five years. What does five years mean?
Basically, any small idol with a little fame is worth more than Su Ye.

Even with such a sure-win start, Shu Ling played it like this. Lin He became impatient just thinking about it.

And Su Ye, as a member of a boy band, has been out of the circle for so long that his golden period has basically been wasted. I don’t know why he suddenly came back. Isn’t it nice for him to stay abroad? Why is he getting involved in such muddy water?
The contract has a confidentiality clause, Su Ye won’t say much, and there shouldn’t be any problems.

The older you get, the more suspicious you become, Lin He thought to himself with self-mockery.
What can an out-of-date artist do?
Lin He suppressed the uneasiness in his heart.

"Ding dong."
"Ding dong ding dong ding dong."
"Bang bang bang bang bang!!"

The clamor of doorbells and knocks echoed throughout the house.

Shen Meng outside the door tried to knock on the door with more strength, while looking down at his watch.

It’s six o’clock, is Brother Su Ye still not awake?
But she specifically sent a message yesterday saying that she would arrive early today and drive to the crew after getting ready?

Shen Meng looked at his watch again to make sure he had read the time correctly.
The hands on the clock pointed to six and four.

Shen Meng was a little dumbfounded.

She arrived here at a quarter to fifteen. When she pressed the doorbell at first, there was no response, so she had to knock on the door as a last resort.
Still no movement inside.

???
Did she not knock on the door loud enough, or was Su Yege sleeping too soundly and didn’t hear it?
Could it be that Brother Su Ye is not at home?

While Shen Meng sent a message to Su Lan, who had said she would be there soon ten minutes ago, she knocked on the door again.

Fortunately, this building has one household per floor and there are no other houses nearby, otherwise I would have called the property management to report her for disturbing the neighbors.

Knocking on the door still yielded no results. Just as Shen Meng was about to make a phone call, the elevator door behind him dinged.

Su Lan was carrying breakfast and was stunned when she saw Shen Meng. "Xiao Meng? Why are you outside the door?"

Shen Meng pointed at the door in confusion, "Brother Su Ye didn't respond, is he still sleeping?"
As she spoke, she raised her hand again to knock on the door.

Su Lan's heart suddenly jumped, and she quickly stopped Shen Meng's action, "I can open the fingerprint lock, don't knock it yet."
Shen Meng said "Oh" and stepped aside.

Su Lan handed breakfast to Shen Meng and opened the door.
The house was quiet except for the ticking of the clock.

Shen Meng came in after changing her shoes, and said with a snicker, "Wow, Brother Su Ye must not be up yet, maybe he didn't get enough rest."

She was about to go to the restaurant, but Lidya Su stopped her and said, "Xiao Meng, please put breakfast on the coffee table in the living room for me. Xiao Ye can eat it directly when he comes out."

".Oh oh, okay."
Shen Meng noticed that Su Lan seemed a little nervous, but she was smart enough not to ask any more questions and turned around and went to the living room.

Su Lan slowly walked towards the master bedroom.
The door of the master bedroom was closed. Su Lan bent her fingers and wanted to knock twice, but after thinking about it, she put them down and stood by the door and spoke softly.

"Xiao Ye? Are you up?"

Through the door, it was difficult for Su Lan to hear any sound.
Not getting a response from Su Ye, she said again, "Aunt is coming in." After waiting for a few seconds, Su Lan pressed the bedroom door handle.

There was a click, but it didn't open.
The bedroom door was locked.

Su Lan's heart skipped a beat. When she approached the door again and was about to speak, she vaguely heard chaotic footsteps coming from inside.

The inner lock fell with a click, the door handle turned slightly, and a beautiful but somewhat pale face appeared.
Su Ye was standing at the door, still wearing pajamas, her long hair was sticking up in a messy manner, and her breathing was a little uneven.

"Aunt?"

Su Lan said softly: "You——"
Her words were quickly interrupted by Su Ye's voice.

"Sorry Sister Lan, I got up late."

Su Ye lifted up his messy hair with one hand, revealing his smooth forehead and an apologetic smile.
When he spoke, there was a hint of a vibrating sound in his voice that could be distinguished if one listened carefully.

Lidya Su hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, "Well, change your clothes and come out for breakfast. There are your favorite red bean paste buns."

"Yeah." Su Ye nodded and turned around, closing the bedroom door with one hand.

Su Lan glanced outside the door and saw the duvet twisted into a ball on the bed and the aerosol dropped on the ground.

She said nothing and went to the living room.

After closing the door, Su Ye took a few deep breaths, knelt on the ground, picked up the aerosol can and took a deep breath.
The dull feeling gradually faded away, and my pounding heartbeat became much calmer.

Su Ye stood barefoot for a while, and the aerosol fell to the ground again.
He threaded his fingers through his long hair, touched the long scar on the back of his head, and stared at the messy bed in a daze.

The deafening knocking sound lingered for a long time like an auditory hallucination, followed by a sharp tinnitus.
For a moment, he thought it was the debt collectors outside the door again, banging on it.

Su Ye finally moved slowly, pulled the duvet on the bed, and went into the cloakroom to change clothes.

In the living room, Shen Meng sat obediently aside, looking at Su Lan's uneasy expression, without saying a word.

On the low table were white boxes of various sizes, filled with steaming hot breakfast.
The ticking sound of the clock continues.

Lidya Su finally spoke, "Xiao Meng."

Shen Meng nodded, "Hey, what's wrong, Sister Lan?"

Lidya Su frowned slightly, but she didn't look angry, but rather like she was thinking about her words.
"Next time, if Xiaoye doesn't answer the doorbell when you ring it, just call him directly and try not to knock on the door."

Shen Meng was a little confused, but she quickly memorized it in her mind, "Okay, Sister Lan."
Lidya Su said "hmm".

The atmosphere fell into silence again until the sound of the master bedroom door opening was heard in the distance.

Su Ye walked into the living room, dressed neatly, with her long hair tied behind her head as usual. She smiled softly when she saw Shen Meng and Su Lan.

He wore a soft and thick cream-colored wool vest with a shirt underneath and caramel-colored trousers, making him look gentle and approachable.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long." Su Ye touched the tip of his nose, "I accidentally overslept."

"Hey, what are you talking about." Lidya Su sighed in her heart and pulled him to sit down. "Hurry up and eat. After we finish eating, we will go to the crew."

Su Ye sat down with a "hmm", "Wow, you really bought red bean paste buns."

Su Lan saw Su Ye take a bite, her cheeks puffed up slightly and moved, and the ends of her hair swayed.
She smiled and shook her head, then reached out to gather Su Ye's hair.

Su Ye paused chewing and inexplicably recalled the day during the audition when Xi Yu hooked the black hair on the side of his face with his index finger and tucked it behind his ear in the same way.

Su Ye's face turned slightly red. She lowered her head and stared at the red bean paste bun in her hand, revealing the dark red filling. She said softly, "Thank you, auntie."

"Huh?" Su Lan was stunned for a moment, then patted Su Ye's shoulder and said, "It's okay, don't worry."

(End of this chapter)