Chapter 372: Contact
Ye Zhiyun had no feelings for her and didn’t want to get involved with her, but Han Ying didn’t think so. She especially wanted to get involved with her. Of course, a whim was also a very important reason, but it could not be denied that this whim had really led her to find someone she was interested in.
So she wanted to continue to talk to her.
“What’s wrong, little miss? In such a hurry to go back? Anyway, you have nothing to do when you go back. Why don’t you stay and have a drink with me?”
Han Ying was clearly interested in Ye Zhiyun. She wanted to pull her to drink, but Ye Zhiyun just wanted to drink alone. This person had inexplicably latched onto her. She couldn’t be happy.
“And, aren’t you and I the same kind of person? Is there a need to pretend to be aloof? Drinking alone in a corner, do you think you are very aloof? Actually, you are the same as everyone else. Everyone is here to get drunk. It’s just that some people get drunk for happiness, some people get drunk to make a girl happy, some people get drunk to forget the pain, and some people get drunk simply to have a chance encounter. And you, which kind are you?”
Although this person’s attitude was very annoying, it had to be admitted that what she said had a certain degree of truth. Everyone was here to get drunk. The only difference was the purpose.
No one was more aloof than anyone else. Once you entered here, everyone was the same. They were all here to get drunk.
“Is this related to you?”
Ye Zhiyun snorted and said coldly.
Han Ying knew that she was just being stubborn. She swirled the wine glass, a trace of complicated emotions flashing in her eyes, with a smile on her lips.
“Zhiyun, wine is a good thing. It can temporarily let you forget who you are. But to drink with a shackle is not a good thing. To forget those unhappy things, just for one night, to be the person you want to be, to do the things you’ve always been afraid to do, wouldn’t that be nice?”
Han Ying smiled. In her smile, it was as if she were sucking people in and skinning them alive. Ye Zhiyun’s heart was slightly shaken.
If it’s just for today, to temporarily forget everything, just to drink, would it be a little happier?
To not think about anything, just to drink.
And then, to forget everything.
It didn’t seem so bad.
Ye Zhiyun finally sat down again, refilled her glass, and continued to drink.
Han Ying’s plan had succeeded. She put her arm around her shoulder, her attitude very intimate. She thought they had plenty of time to talk. This young girl named Ye Zhiyun seemed to be quite interesting.
For some reason, Han Ying thought of a certain woman, the face of that once affectionate woman, which was now blurred. But she couldn’t live in the past. She had to live for herself.
Downing the bitter wine, she also had to be reckless for once.
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The third draft of Yu Linna’s script was completed. When it was formally submitted, Mr. Suzuki was also very satisfied, and the company also officially decided to use this script. It was just that the start date for filming had not been set yet.
The biggest problem was the actress for the second female lead.
Yu Linna temporarily didn’t think about those things. She put her mind on writing her novel. She hoped to write a satisfactory novel before returning to her home country, to hopefully reverse her current downturn. Chen Xi had also told her that if she didn’t work hard to make achievements, she could only be eliminated. The real society is very cruel. If you don’t do well, someone will quickly replace you, no matter what your identity is.
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Han Ying, ever since she had had a drink with Ye Zhiyun, would go to the bar at a fixed time and place every night to look for that figure sitting in the corner. And Ye Zhiyun did indeed often sit there drinking sullenly. Slowly, Han Ying got her contact information and knew that she had come to Japan to discuss a project and would not be staying for long.
“Oh? I see. I, on the other hand, often live here, so it’s fine.”
Han Ying said with a smile. She was a Chinese-American, her profession was an artist, and she had a professional background, but her fame was not great. She had just celebrated her 23rd birthday recently, her career was at a low point, and she had also been dumped by someone. It could be said that she was very unlucky.
There was a certain reason why she would get drunk in a bar. More than that, she wanted to escape from reality, or to find a spiritual sustenance. And Ye Zhiyun seemed to be the reason she was interested.
Although the first impression was her looks, this was indisputable. But after being in contact with her for a while, she found that this person’s appearance was very strong, but she also had a vulnerable side to her heart. The biggest characteristic was that Ye Zhiyun was not very good at handling feelings and could not easily accept setbacks.
Han Ying had once taken her phone and saw her photo album. The blonde girl in the photo with Ye Zhiyun was very conspicuous. Although Ye Zhiyun had angrily taken back her phone afterwards and had warned her not to touch it again, Han Ying was attracted by the blonde girl in the photo album.
I see. So Ye Zhiyun is the same as her.
It’s just that she never would have thought that the person who had dumped Ye Zhiyun was such a small child. Looking at this child’s appearance, she probably hadn’t even come of age yet. It was amazing that Ye Zhiyun could even lay her hands on her.
“Hey, can I see her? This child is your lover, right?”
“Don’t even think about it. And I’m telling you, she is not my lover.”
“Oh? So you were dumped by her?”
“…You are really annoying. If you’ve had enough to drink, then you should just go.”
“Hehe.”
Han Ying laughed again.
I see. She has figured out the whole thing. It was hard to believe that this Ye Zhiyun was quite something. Indeed, in contrast to this little blonde girl, Ye Zhiyun was full of seme aura. It was no wonder that Ye Zhiyun was always indifferent to her. It turned out that she liked to be the seme.
This was really interesting.
“Zhiyun, my agent recently found me a job. She said she wants me to act in a TV series, as the second female lead, and it’s a Japanese drama.”
Han Ying got herself another glass of wine, swirled the glass in her hand, and with a smile, she drank it down in one gulp.
“You know, I’m a Chinese-American. There aren’t that many opportunities for me to film in Japan. But since my agent said so, I’ve still decided to go for an audition. Maybe I’ll pass.”
In the days that Ye Zhiyun had been drinking with her, she would often hear her talk about her work. According to this person named Han, she was born in the mainland, but had immigrated to Japan with her parents for work, had become a Japanese citizen, and had been in Japan ever since. Later, she had become an artist and had also tried to act, but had had no opportunities and was not famous. The money she earned was also very limited. Basically, she could only satisfy herself. She had never considered buying a house, even though the housing prices in Japan were much cheaper than in her home country.
Han Ying herself had thoughts of returning to her home country, but had no opportunity. And recently, she had just been dumped by someone, so she was in a very bad mood. It was also out of helplessness that she had turned to alcohol to drown her sorrows. At that time, she really couldn’t find any acting roles, had no work, no income, and had suffered a setback in love. It could be said that she was at the height of tragedy.
It was at that time that she had met Ye Zhiyun and had struck up a friendship with her over drinks, even though Ye Zhiyun herself was very cold. But fortunately, they had exchanged contact information.
“Zhiyun, you’ve never been willing to tell me what you do. Looking at you, you don’t seem to be an ordinary businesswoman. How old are you?”
Being questioned like this by someone, Ye Zhiyun was very unhappy. If possible, she didn’t want to have anything to do with her. But after these few days of friendship, she also knew that Han Ying was not a bad person in essence, just that her life was relatively difficult.
Her career and love life were both not going smoothly. It was not strange at all for her to be in a bar. But why did a person like her have to find Ye Zhiyun to drink with? This was something she couldn’t figure out.
“I’m twenty this year.”
But Ye Zhiyun still chose to answer, silently finishing a glass of wine.
“Oh? Younger than me. Not bad. You’re already talking about projects now. It seems you’re not simple.”
“What’s so not simple? I’m just doing the work I want to do.”
Although I don’t know if it’s still meaningful for her to continue doing it, Ye Zhiyun thought silently in her heart.
She is doing all this for Yu Linna. If Yu Linna is gone, then what is the purpose of her efforts?
“If one day I can’t make it in Japan, please help me arrange a job after I return to the country.”
“I don’t think that day will come.”
Ye Zhiyun was very cold.
But…
This way of getting along felt like returning to the past, back to the time when she had just met Yu Linna.
Speaking of which, she really missed it…
No, no, I absolutely cannot be led astray by this woman. She can’t become Yu Linna, and I absolutely cannot treat her as a substitute.
Han Ying was still smiling. She could see that Ye Zhiyun was very conflicted. She was very satisfied with all this. If they developed slowly, she believed they still had a little chance.
“But what about that role you took on?”
Ye Zhiyun changed the subject to talk about work to divert the topic.
“That, ah, it’s a comedy, a low-budget TV series, called The Big Sister Head is a Teacher.”
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The incident happened at the audition the next day.
Han Ying had originally gone with the intention of just trying. If it didn’t work out, then forget it. Anyway, she had no acting roles left. For an unknown actress like her, to get an audition opportunity was already very good.
As a result, it was surprisingly that the director seemed to be quite satisfied with her, and her image also matched the character. So he let her try acting for a few more minutes. Since the director had given her a few more minutes, she certainly had to act with all her might, trying to portray the arrogant and unruly appearance of the female student more deeply. Although she was 23 years old, acting as a 16-year-old girl was no pressure at all, so the director also confirmed her as the choice.
The problem of the second female lead, which had troubled the company for a long time, was finally solved. Han Ying joined The Big Sister Head is a Teacher as the second female lead, Mizutani Suzuon, for a salary of 30,000 yen per episode playing a very arrogant delinquent girl.
With this income and work, Han Ying could finally escape the decadence of these past days, work hard to make money, and strive to buy a house. She was still renting a house now. She wanted to have her own house as soon as possible.
Just after she had signed the contract, she met the members of the crew, as well as Koyama Tomoko, who played the female lead, Onimaru Kiyo, and Yusa Maho, who was in charge of the voice acting and theme song in the drama. What surprised her even more was that she also met a girl who, like her, had Chinese blood.
A blonde girl named Yu Linna.
This girl was exactly the same as the girl in Ye Zhiyun’s photo album. The moment she saw her, Han Ying knew that this girl was the person in Ye Zhiyun’s photo album.
She showed a meaningful smile, thinking, This is really interesting. In the coming days, Han Ying decided to get in touch with her more and learn about her. What a wonderful thing.
