Chapter 55: Small Goals

Chapter 55

Qin Wei denied:

"I just got my phone back today, how could I have posted anything? Besides, I'll wait until I get paid, then we can talk about other things!"

Li Yao continued in a low voice, "I told you, you were born for the spotlight, you're a natural born star. Other than this job, what other jobs could you do?"

"Iron rice bowl."

"?"

"I want to take the civil service exam, stable, safe, no worries."

"??"

Li Yao opened his mouth as if to say something, but eventually gave up. He asked the flight attendant for an eye mask and turned to lower his seat to sleep.

Qin Wei felt he was being weird. Then she took out a book and read it herself.

In the afternoon, she ate a big bowl of beef noodles, and after eating her fill, she also fell asleep groggily.

...

The young lady who took photos with Qin Wei at the airport uploaded the photos to the Little Sweet Potato Platform, with the caption:

"Transit at Milan Airport, ran into female celebrity by chance. She looks even prettier than on TV, and she has a nice personality too. I thought she wouldn't want to take photos with us because she was injured, but she was worried we would feel disappointed, so she took the initiative to take photos with us."

Comments below:

[This is Qin Wei right? Wow her face is so small in real life, she is quite pretty, you sure she has no makeup on?]

[If you look closely under her baseball cap, there are bandages, I guess this is the injury the original poster mentioned, seems quite serious...]

[There are online rumors that she had an accident while filming a show in Italy, and there were no updates afterwards. The show didn't release any statements either, and the latest episode has been postponed already. Adding the time the original poster made this post, I guess she got injured during the filming.]

[Quite tragic, she didn't make any response herself, and the show is keeping quiet too. Looks like she really has no backer.]

[As a fan, I feel bad for this goose.]

[Even as a bystander I feel she's quite pitiful.]

[Even as an anti-fan I can't stand to watch this, the show should at least give an explanation!]

After the photos were uploaded online, many people stood up for Qin Wei, feeling that even if she was a faded celebrity, she shouldn't be treated so dismissively by the show crew.

[Anyway it's good to get an explanation, but she made such a big fuss yet Qin Wei didn't make a peep?]

[She's probably still on the flight back, I saw online she was spotted by her fan club.]

[Wtf fan club, they disbanded so long ago...]

[There's a new one recently, look up Qin Wei fan club and you'll see.]

[So Qin Wei is making a comeback? Doesn't that mean we anti-fans failed?]

...

High up in the sky, Qin Wei groggily opened her eyes, reached up to touch her forehead, bumped into the wound and was instantly wide awake from the pain.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the plane is descending. Please return to your seats, fasten your seatbelts, and fold away your tray tables..."

She woke up just in time, the plane broadcast sounded too. Qin Wei saw Li Yao still sleeping soundly with his eye mask on, so she patted his face:

"When we get off the plane, treat me to some pork ribs and rice?"

Li Yao: "..."

...

Liu Simin barged into Shen Kai's room holding his phone. He stood in front of Shen Kai and pointed at the trending search on his phone without preamble:

"#Shen Kai Qin Wei#, #Shen Kai liked#, care to explain what you were thinking?"

Shen Kai was reading a script then. He slowly looked up after hearing him out:

"First I need to clarify one thing, are you questioning me?"

Liu Simin sensed his displeasure, and softened his tone too:

"Your career is going so well now, you shouldn't get involved with any controversial celebrities. You two already had...rumors before, avoiding suspicion is more important."

Shen Kai said "I know" and went back to reading his script. Liu Simin couldn't do anything with him so he silently left.

Things were moving in an interesting direction. This woman had changed too much, so much that he felt like he didn't know her anymore.

But the more this was so, the more interested Shen Kai became. Now this woman's every word and action seemed to capture his attention.

Shen Kai stroked his chin, murmuring to himself:

"What kind of reason would let me meet up with her naturally?"