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Zhang You's words made Zhao Yilin laugh, "I'm just making an analogy. If he wasn't a bad person, then there wouldn't be any bad people in this world."

"Come." Zhang You waved his hand. She walked over with light steps and got into the car.

The car was warm, as it had been when they arrived. "The air conditioner in your car won't be running forever, will it?"

Zhang Yezhen lowered his head and fastened his seat belt. "Yes, I forgot to turn it off."

Zhao Yilin's heart warmed. He was such a strict person, how could he forget about Guan Lao Da?

She took a deep breath and smelled the faint fragrance of the car.

Zhang Yanzhen took her to a barbeque shop. The walls and floor of the shop were a little yellow, and the surface of the table was oily.

Zhang You wiped the chair with a few tissues and said, "It's a bit dirty, but master is good at cooking. I promise I won't let you down."

She, Qi Xiaoyan, Fang Xinying, and Chen Huan often visited roadside stalls to fill their stomachs. Every day, they were happy, innocent, and full of ambition.

By the time Zhao Yilin reached home, it was already close to midnight. She yawned heavily and tore off the number 17 lying on her lap, then carried her cell phone to the bathroom out of habit.

She comfortably sat on the toilet and opened her phone. The next second, seeing Huo Yelin's text message, she immediately lost the desire to go to the toilet. The message read:

"Who is that man?"

"What's your relationship?"

"Why didn't you reply?"

"Are you aware of the consequences of answering my message?"

"You think I won't be able to find you if you change the phone?"

"You think you can get out of my hands just because you moved?"

"Zhao Yilin, see you next week."

"Next week?" Zhao Yilin held the phone in a daze, "Isn't next week the start date?" Huo Yelin! What do you want —! "

Seventeen was sitting outside the bathroom door, scratching his paws and washing his face clean.

After that night, Zhang Yezheng called her almost every day and chatted with her for a while. However, ever since she became the female lead, there had been many invitations for advertisements and events. Zhao Yilin was overwhelmed by them. She would often get calls from advertisers or organizers on the way, making her feel embarrassed.

"Yeah, there have been a lot of people inviting me to events these few days. I'm really sorry."

Zhang Youzhen said on the other end of the phone, "Actually..." "After knowing that you are a female celebrity, I was very happy because I can get my autograph. If I sell it in the future, I will earn a lot of money."

Zhao Yilin smiled wryly. "Stop making fun of me. If you want it, I'll sign it for you."

Zhang You was laughing happily over there.

"By the way, what do you do?" she asked.

The other side of the phone went silent for a moment, then said: "I just returned from travelling abroad, I'm preparing to find … "It's similar to a martial arts director's job."

"Well, that suits you. "If you want to develop in the show industry, I'm going to take part in an audition for a costume play this afternoon. Would you like to take a look?"

"Alright."

Suburb of A City.

"This is one of the largest movie and television stations in our country. It is mainly used for ancient costume dramas and anti-war dramas." There was a large open space over there, specially used for setting up scenes. You see, it's snowing over there. "

On the roofs of the southern buildings, there were three snow machines, wrapping the entire courtyard in a colorful rain of snow.

Zhang Yanzhen's eyes moved from the snowflakes to her, and Zhao Yilin was once again immersed in another world.

"Where's your new movie?" Zhang You asked.

"Most of them will be in the city," Zhao said. "Only a small part of them will be here."

She was wearing a burgundy European cashmere jacket and a white, fluffy earmuffs that made her look like a high school student visiting a movie or television base.

They laughed as they walked into a venue where a Qing-jao drama was being filmed. After explaining the purpose of her visit, a very young male director came up to discuss the details with her.

Standing a little further away, Zhang Yanzhen saw a group of court ladies dressed like eunuchs. They were jumping in the cold and their faces were red, but they were still smiling.

At this moment, the voices of a man and a woman came from the van parked behind him.

The woman said, "Hmph, just because you're a young director that you're unreliable, you can always find some trash actors."

The man said, "There's no helping it, these days the movies only rely on hype. The negative news sometimes has more influence than the positive news, so it's a good idea to ask Zhao Yilin to act as a mistress."

The woman's tone was filled with disdain, "I don't want to act with her. I'll just lower my status."

The moment the woman finished her sentence, the van's doors opened. A man and a woman quickly walked over to the director who was talking to Zhao Yilin. "Director, we have something urgent to talk to you about."

The director turned around and smiled, "Wait a moment, I will go after Miss Zhao and I finish speaking."

Zhao Yilin read through the script, frowning. "Director, I said I don't want to play a bad role."

The director pointed at the script and said, "Not bad, after she robbed the husband of the female lead, she regretted it and even helped the female lead take her revenge."

Zhao Yilin didn't want to play such a sidelined and wavering role, so she handed the script back to him. "I don't really like this character, so let's just forget about it this time."

The director said anxiously, "Don't, let's think about it again. There's no other way … Let me change it for you. "

The woman in the van took the script and placed the director behind her. She said, "I don't want to act, so why are you forcing me? Besides, with Zhao Yilin's current status, it wouldn't be good to play this role."

The man didn't say anything. He just stood to the side, watching with a smile.

When the audience heard Zhao Yilin's name, they all turned to look at her with curious and surprised expressions, but mostly they were filled with disdain.

Zhao Yilin snatched the script from her hands and said, "It's none of your business whether I act or not!"

The woman also became anxious and was about to shout out that the director was pulling her behind, "Fang Fang, you're being too serious, acting has nothing to do with your private life. Why don't you go back to the car and have a seat? I'll come find you later? "

Fang Fang controlled her anger and said, "There's no need to look for me. I just want to tell you that I don't want to act with her." She reached out to snatch the script from Zhao Yilin's hands.

Suddenly, a hand reached over. It seemed very polite, but it actually blocked her hand with a lot of force.

Fang Fang saw the man who had suddenly appeared in front of her and said angrily, "Who are you? Get out of the way!"

Zhang Youzhen answered lightly, "I'm a friend of Zhao Yilin." If you're talking nonsense like this, I'll get a lawyer to sue you for violating Elaine's right to fame. " He turned to the director and said, "You are the director. Don't you even have the right to decide which role an actor should play? "Also, Eli told me in advance that she didn't want to play the role of the villain. You just wanted to waste our time by calling her over."

"And you!" Zhang Yanzhen held Zhao Yizhen in one hand and pointed to the performance at the back with the other. "Anyone who posts what happened today online in any way will be prosecuted."

After he finished speaking, he pulled Zhao Yilin along with him as he walked out of the studio. The director was cursing behind him, "What are you being so haughty for? You want to build a memorial archway as a whore!"

Zhao Yilin walked behind with her head bowed. Suddenly, she shook off Zhang Youzhen's hand and quickly ran forward.

"Eli!" Zhang You really did catch up, but his feet slipped and he almost fell down.

In the blink of an eye, Zhao Yilin had already run far away. Snowflakes flew out from the yard next door, landing on their hair and shoulders.

Zhao Yilin ran forward with tears in her eyes. She had forgotten that she had grown up in the dark because of the sunlight.

Because she was in a beautiful scene, she fantasized about who she could play a romantic idol with.

Today, the director and actress told her the truth.

"Don't worry about me, please!" Zhao Yilin shouted.

Zhang Youzheng slowly stopped and watched her red figure disappear into the snow.

It was a sunny day, and the north wind was blowing like a knife across his face.

Zhao Yilin felt a burning sensation in her heart. She walked on the road for a long time, facing the wind. When he was so tired that he wanted to faint, he reached out his hand and took a taxi home.

When the extreme sadness and anger subsided, all that was left was deep regret and grief.

Zhang Yanzhen had just returned from abroad, so he probably didn't know that she had caused a ruckus at Huo Yelin's engagement party. Now that he had found out, he might be sitting in front of his computer, typing in her name in the search bar.

After her name, there was no work, no information about the award, only a bunch of negative comments.

Finally, a look of disgust slowly appeared on his face.

Thinking of this, she sat on the sofa, hugging her knees and crying, "Oh god, please, let time go back! Don't let him see me in the past! Even if you want to know the truth, I will have to tell him myself! "

She couldn't accept it. She had lost one of her most precious friends, someone who was willing to risk his life to save her in a crisis, someone who would protect her in a difficult situation.

If she had to part with him in such a tragic way, she would rather never have met him and lived in the dark.

How long had she cried? Seventeen crouched on the ground, looking up at her.

Zhao Yilin looked at 17's confused face and felt even more wronged. She held it up and started to cry.

At this moment, the phone rang.

Zhao Yilin sobbed and checked his phone. The caller ID said: Zhang Youzhen.

She felt pain in her heart. She struggled and cowered, her fingers lingering on the button for a long time before she pressed it gently.

"Are you feeling better? I know a delicious ramen noodle shop, we'll go together at night … Hello? Eileen, are you there? "

Zhao Yilin bit her lips and burst into tears. Benefactor, I did not intentionally hide this from you! "Don't blame me, don't hate me. I'm not a bad woman, and definitely not Pan Jinlian. You have to believe me!"

Zhang Yanzhen listened quietly on the other end of the phone, "Don't cry..." Why do you call me benefactor again? Hm? What does this have to do with Pan Jinlian? "

That night, the two of them had dinner at the noodle store. Zhang Youzhen hesitated for a long time before he said, "How about you let me be your manager before you find an official one?"

Zhao Yilin put down his wallet and stared at him blankly. "Are you serious?"

"Yeah, although I'm not very familiar with this profession, I can still help you run errands and fly away. "Boss, please accept me. It's very cheap."