The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 115 The Senior Who Braves the Waves

School of Arts, Girls' Dormitory 213

After returning from the movie theater, Zheng Wei washed up early and lay in bed, wearing headphones and playing games on her NDSL.

Zhu Xiaobei, who was on the opposite bed, had been sitting in front of the computer since she came back and hadn't moved an inch.

Ruan Wan was on the balcony talking to her boyfriend on the phone.

Li Weijuan was sitting at her desk applying a face mask.

"Kill you!"

"So you can leave the country without a word!"

Zheng Wei imagined all the monsters in the game to look like Lin Jing. She was having a great time when she suddenly felt someone patting her bed.

Looking up, I saw Zhu Xiaobei standing by the bed.

Zheng Wei took off her headphones and asked:
"Is something wrong?"

"I just downloaded The Mummy 3 from the internet, want to watch it together?"

"No, I'm playing games." Zheng Wei picked up the pink NDSL and showed the screen to Zhu Xiaobei.

"Come on, it's so boring for me to watch a movie alone. How about you come with me to the movies this time, and I'll play games with you next time?"

Unable to resist Zhu Xiaobei's persistent pleas, Zheng Wei had no choice but to get out of bed and follow Zhu Xiaobei to the computer to sit down.

"People have already told you this is a bad movie, why are you still watching it?"

"It's precisely because it's a bad movie that I want to see just how bad it is. If it's really as bad as Yang Muye said, then I can give up."

"You like Jet Li that much?"

"Yes, I absolutely love his performance in the 'Once Upon a Time in China' series. Zhao Wenzhuo's performance was just a little lacking. Since I was little, I've fantasized that if I had such good kung fu, no one would dare to bully me just because I'm a girl, and no one would dare to laugh at me for being a tomboy."

Li Weijuan, who was standing next to her, suddenly interjected: "Xiao Bei, do you know that your idea just now was very tomboyish? If you don't believe me, ask Zheng Wei and Ruan Wan if they liked watching kung fu movies as much as you did when they were young?"

Zhu Xiaobei ignored Li Weijuan's words and continued to tell Zheng Wei about the various interesting stories she had about watching Li Lianjie's movies when she was a child.

The plot of The Mummy 3 started off rather uneventfully, so Zheng Wei decided to chat with Zhu Xiaobei.

"Xiao Bei, if you really give up on Jet Li because of this movie, which kung fu star are you planning to follow in the future, Jackie Chan or Zhen Zidan?"

"Although Jackie Chan is the most famous, he is actually quite ordinary-looking. Every time I see his big nose on the screen, I feel quite distracted. In addition, his private life is not clean, and he even played Little Dragon Girl. Anyway, I don't like him."

Li Weijuan interrupted again.

Zheng Wei then asked Li Weijuan if she liked Zhen Zidan.

While looking in the mirror, Li Weijuan replied, "I like him! Zhen Zidan is not only cool in his fighting moves, but he is also a man who loves his wife very much in real life. By the way, his new movie 'Ip Man' will be released at the end of the year. We made a promise before that I would go to a movie with you, and you have to go to a movie with me in the future. No one is allowed to make excuses!"

At this moment, Zhu Xiaobei suddenly spoke up: "I'm not going to follow real-life celebrities anymore, I'm going to follow Marvel superheroes."

Li Weijuan continued her commentary: "As for the movie 'The Incredible Hulk' that we watched tonight, I felt it was just so-so. Anyway, I didn't think the female lead was pretty at all. Her face was quite long, and she wasn't as stunning as when she played the elf princess in 'The Lord of the Rings'."

Zheng Wei looked at Zhu Xiaobei with some worry.

"You don't happen to like the Hulk, the male lead's transformed form, do you?"

Zhu Xiaobei nodded.

"Yeah, I wish I could transform into someone with immense strength, and become even stronger the angrier I get."

Zheng Wei was stunned on the spot.

Even Li Weijuan didn't know how to interject.

Zhu Xiaobei suddenly laughed.

"Just kidding, you actually believed it? But seriously, when I was watching the movie, I was researching all sorts of Marvel superheroes online. Now I finally understand what Yang Muyi meant by the movie universe when he was talking to that girl in the theater. Judging from the post-credits scene, Marvel is definitely playing a big game."

Zheng Wei and Li Weijuan exchanged a glance, completely uninterested in what Zhu Xiaobei was saying about Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, and the Avengers.

But Zhu Xiaobei was in high spirits and once he started talking, he couldn't stop, and began to explain the origins of various superheroes and major events in comics.

Zheng Wei was getting bored when Ruan Wan, who was on the balcony making a phone call, suddenly walked in.

"Weiwei, didn't you check the text messages on your phone?"

"What text message?" Zheng Wei's phone was lying on the bed. She had been wearing headphones while playing games, so she wouldn't have known if she received a text message.

“It was sent by Xu Kaiyang. He said you didn’t reply to him, so he sent it to me again,” Ruan Wan replied.

"Ignore him, just tell him I'm asleep. If he texts you again to harass you, just yell at him!"

After Zheng Wei finished speaking, she continued watching the movie with Zhu Xiaobei.

Ruan Wan walked over and handed her phone to Zheng Wei.

"I think you should still take a look; it's not the kind of spam you're thinking of."

Zheng Wei took the phone, and Zhu Xiaobei immediately leaned closer.

After reading the text message, Zheng Wei looked up in surprise.

"Girl group?"

"Want to give it a try?" Ruan Wan seemed to be asking Zheng Wei's opinion, but her eager expression betrayed her true thoughts.

"I—I don't know, but you could give it a try. Aren't you ethnic minorities all known for your singing and dancing?"

Zheng Wei returned the phone to Ruan Wan and offered her earnest advice.

Ruan Wan hesitated for a moment.

Her interest in girl groups wasn't because she was from an ethnic minority, but because she was influenced by K-pop culture. She even considered going to South Korea to become a trainee.

However, Xu Kaiyang also mentioned in his text message that all seven girls in the girl group came from the business school, and the initial purpose of forming the group was to perform on stage at the business school's welcome party.

Although there are no rules against students from other colleges performing on stage, I always feel that if I join in, I will seem out of place with the others.

Ruan Wan would feel much more at ease if Zheng Wei could accompany her.

At least the two of them can look out for each other.

Zheng Wei knew Ruan Wan's thoughts and was still hesitating.

At this moment, Zhu Xiaobei suddenly spoke up: "I think you two should both give it a try. Our art department has always felt inferior to others in the school. If you two go to the business school's welcome party and make a splash, it will be a good opportunity for our art department to prove itself!"

Li Weijuan didn't care much about the college's honors, but she did say something that really touched Zheng Wei's heart.

"With 'The Lone Warrior' being so popular online, the Old Boys' new song at the business school's welcome party should also become a hit. At least they themselves must be very confident in this song, otherwise the business school wouldn't have released the false news that they would sing 'The Lone Warrior' at the welcome party. If they didn't have the ability, making such a joke would cause public outrage."

After listening to Li Weijuan's words, Zheng Wei couldn't help but think:

Once Old Boys' new song becomes popular online, wouldn't it be like Lin Jing, who is far away overseas, seeing herself in the girl group singing and dancing with Old Boys, be like meeting her again in a roundabout way?

Lin Jing rushed to study abroad before even finishing her senior year of college, wasn't she just trying to avoid me?
He deliberately chose to use this method to leave Lin Jing with nowhere to hide.

Unless Lin Jing stops going online and stops paying attention to any news from China, but Zheng Wei knows that's impossible.

After making up her mind, Zheng Wei raised her head, her eyes no longer showing the hesitation she had before.

"Okay, I'll go with you!"

The next morning, Zheng Wei and Ruan Wan went to a bar outside the school. It was the same place where the four of them from the dormitory had gone out for drinks after the last English placement test.

Cheng Feng stood at the door and came out to greet them from a distance.

"Ladies, do you remember we met at the movie theater last night? I'm Cheng Feng. I'm very happy that you could grace us with your presence today to watch our rehearsal. Of course, I would also love for you to join us."

Ruan Wan and Zheng Wei were both quite surprised.

"Were you at the movie theater last night?"

Cheng Feng's smile froze for a moment, then returned to normal.

It was dark in the movie theater back then, so it's normal that Ruan Wan and Zheng Wei didn't see themselves.

This is the only way Cheng Feng can comfort himself now.

"I remember now, you were with Yang Muyi, right? I saw him when I went in, and there was a really pretty girl sitting next to him. Was she also from your business school?"

Zheng Wei asked curiously.

Cheng Feng was stunned for a moment before he realized that Zheng Wei was talking about Xu Hongdou.

"She's inside. Come in and I'll introduce her to you."

Xu Kaiyang and Zhang Kai also arrived, even earlier than Cheng Feng.

As for why the two arrived so early, Zheng Wei and Ruan Wan could guess even without Cheng Feng saying it.

Come see the beautiful girls!
To be honest, Zheng Wei and Ruan Wan were somewhat reluctant to admit that they knew Xu Kaiyang and Zhang Kai.

So embarrassing.

"By the way, has Yang Muyi arrived yet? I heard from Xu Kaiyang in a text message that his band is also rehearsing today."

Zheng Wei asked again.

"He's here, but he went to pick someone up at the school gate with Sister Ling from the company. He should be back soon."

Cheng Feng replied.

Meanwhile, at the school gate.

Hu Ling, who was holding a parasol, looked at Yang Muye, who was standing in the sun, with envy.

I envy skin that never gets tanned.

The person who came to pick them up was the makeup artist they had mentioned last night. Hu Ling had just called him and he was on his way.

Before the other party arrived, Hu Ling started talking about the Xu Hongdou and the other girls she had just met at the bar.

"Honestly, these girls in your college have better potential than all the female artists I've ever worked with. If they hadn't scored so high to get into your school, I would say it's a real shame they didn't enter the entertainment industry."

"So, you can try to persuade them to become internet celebrities, which is easier than being a star, and they can also balance their studies."

“I’ve tested them out. Apart from the girl named Yang Zixi who seemed interested, the other girls didn’t seem very interested. In fact, the girl named Zhu Suosuo told me directly that she wouldn’t have agreed to go on stage to dance a girl group dance if she hadn’t been coerced by someone.”

At this point, Hu Ling couldn't help but glance at Yang Muye and joked, "Why don't you put in a little more effort and force her to sign a contract with us directly?"

Yang Muye shrugged.

He did want to, but after the welcome party, it seemed like he wouldn't have any more opportunities to coerce Zhu Suosuo.

Honestly, Zhu Suosuo is quite suited to the path of becoming an internet celebrity.

What Mouya has, Zhu Suosuo also has.

What Mouya didn't have, Zhu Suosuo also had.

If she really goes down the path of becoming an internet celebrity, wouldn't it be easy for her to become the top influencer in the live-streaming e-commerce industry?

Isn't this a million times better than her becoming a real estate salesperson like she did in her previous life?
Of course, Zhu Suosuo also had a weakness, which was that she was short of money.

It's okay while I'm studying, but the pressure will come when I graduate.

Unless she wants to go back to the life she had before, where she was dependent on others and had to be mindful of their opinions in everything she did.

So there's no need to rush right now.

At this point in the conversation, Hu Ling couldn't help but remind him:
"There's one more thing. Since you've gathered nine girls, you're probably trying to emulate Girls' Generation from South Korea, right? Speaking of which, Girls' Generation's almond-shaped eyes, oval faces, and delicate features are really suitable for these girls. Whether it's individual looks or the average looks, they've definitely surpassed Girls' Generation. So, what name are you going to give this girl group?"

The easiest way is to choose an English name.

Especially if you want to further expand your influence overseas in the future, choosing an English name will definitely be the easiest way to be remembered.

"Calling her 'Sisters Who Brave the Winds and Waves'... no, calling her 'Senior Sister' would be more fitting, what do you think?"

Yang Muye said casually.

Hu Ling was stunned for a moment.

Why not call them "Girls Who Ride the Winds and Waves"?

“The reason for using long names is to attract attention. In daily life, people are more used to using abbreviations. A senior who rides the waves can be called Sister Wave, but a girl who rides the waves should be called a 'Wave Girl'?”

Even the scorching air, baked by the sun, suddenly quieted down at this moment.

From "Sisters Who Make Waves" to "Women Who Make Waves," the difference of just one word completely changes the meaning.

At this moment, Hu Ling even suspected that Yang Muye had deliberately set a trap for her so that he could take the opportunity to mock her.

Fortunately, someone appeared to help out of the predicament.

A red heavy motorcycle roared past, attracting the attention of passersby.

The dual headlights, single swingarm, centrally mounted exhaust... and the prominent 1098 model number on the side of the chassis all clearly indicate the identity of the person who came.

A distinguished Ducati owner.

Good news, it's a female rider.

The bad news is, she was wearing jeans, and there was no chafing.

Before Yang Muyi could even take his eyes off the female knight, the car had already pulled up and stopped in front of him.

The female rider removed her full helmet, revealing a head of jet-black hair that cascaded down, giving her a delicate oval face with a slight baby fat.

Yang Muye was stunned.

Why is it her?
The female knight didn't remove her gloves and simply offered her hand.

"Hello, I am Du Qiong."

Yang Muye then noticed that the other person was wearing a bracelet with many loops around it, and that the earrings and necklace were made of jade.

This outfit looked very familiar to Yang Muye.

Before Yang Muye could extend his hand, Hu Ling's voice rang out first.

"This is the makeup artist I mentioned to you. Don't let her young age and beauty fool you; I've seen her do makeup for people, and the results are even more stunning than those of the personal stylists of big-name celebrities."

Yang Muye glanced at the large bag on Du Qiong's back, then his gaze returned to her jade-like, peach-blossom-like face.

As they shook hands, Yang Muyi asked curiously, "Judging from your appearance, you didn't just come back from a trip to Lijiang and Dali, did you?"

(End of this chapter)