Chapter 348: As If Possessing the Whole World
And so, An Xiayue stayed at Yu Linna’s house.
Although she had planned to come and play for a few days, she hadn’t booked a hotel outside. At Yu Linna’s request, she had stayed. But she felt it was quite good.
“Breakfast is ready.”
“Wow, it smells so good.”
To be able to eat a delicious breakfast right after waking up, what more could one regret in life? It was simply too blissful.
In the past, when she was in America, because she was busy with work, she didn’t have much time to go home. At that time, it was either eating out or having her assistant bring her food. But those meals were not that delicious. In comparison, the food Yu Linna made was really delicious.
Even better than the family’s housekeeper.
“Thank you for the meal. I’m full.”
“Sister Yue, your manner just now was like Japanese table etiquette.”
“Is that so? The women in the Japanese dramas I watch are all like that. I accidentally tried to imitate it for a moment.”
Alright, Yu Linna could understand. After all, An Xiayue’s profession was an actress.
After clearing the dishes and going to the kitchen to wash them, An Xiayue, with nothing to do, started to chat with her.
“Nana, you seemed to have said last night that you were an actress?”
“Mmm, probably for a few months. Then I left the entertainment industry and didn’t do it anymore. I didn’t film any works, just some commercials, and they were all online commercials. If you look online now, you should still be able to find them.”
The online commercials that she, Yu Linna, had filmed almost two years ago could still be found online if you looked carefully, but it was quite a hassle. Ever since Yu Linna had become an internet celebrity, some nosy netizens had also dug up the commercials she had filmed before. Careful people would discover that Yu Linna’s previous tag was a signed artist of Chenghe Film Company. As for why she had stopped, no one really knew.
“Why did you quit?”
“Because the director said my acting was terrible, and he didn’t give me a single role.”
“Pfft.”
An Xiayue laughed very ungraciously.
It turned out that the famous Yu Linna’s acting was terrible. She had thought that this girl was so beautiful and should be quite suitable for acting. She never would have thought that she had not gotten a single role because of her terrible acting and had eventually left the entertainment industry.
But she must have had a very hard time like this.
The smile on An Xiayue’s face slowly faded.
“What was your mood like when you quit?”
An Xiayue herself was an insider in the industry. She knew how complicated the entertainment industry was. For a person who had already signed with a film company to want to quit the entertainment industry was not a simple matter. Even if you wanted to terminate the contract, you would have to pay a large penalty. And as far as she knew, the penalty was always high, not low.
“I probably quit with a very sad heart. I had no attachment anymore and just left like that. But because of the penalty, I owed a large sum of money. I had no choice but to change careers and become a novelist to earn money to pay off the debt.”
Yu Linna deliberately said it very lightly, as if it were a very ordinary matter.
But An Xiayayue could see the sadness in the little girl’s eyes. It seemed that this little girl had quite a lot of stories in her past.
An Xiayue did not plan to get to the bottom of it. It was enough to stop when it was appropriate.
The next day, because of An Xiayue’s arrival, Yu Linna took her out to play, but she didn’t know where to go. An Xiayue had originally proposed to go hiking, but Yu Linna, this dead shut-in, was unwilling. So they had to change it to watching a movie and shopping at a women’s clothing store.
During this time, Yu Linna was not particularly interested in the women’s clothing store.
In comparison, An Xiayue was very satisfied.
“This movie is not bad. I’ll try to film it like this next time. Meng Chao is a very good actor. It would be great if I could cooperate with him once. The father he played is quite good.”
“With your current fame and price, I think there is a chance.”
Yes, An Xiayue’s salary in Black Wolf had reached ten million. Such a high price was definitely A-list star level, and she was also a Chinese-American who had returned from overseas. Besides not being completely adapted to the connections in the domestic entertainment industry, An Xiayue’s acting skills and status had already reached the level of an A-list star.
In other words, she was on the same level as Nangong Ying.
An Xiayue had been playing with her until the evening, and after that, she was still not willing to go back. She was swinging on the swing in the park, laughing. This might be the happiest she had been in the year since she had returned to her home country.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve been so happy. I really made the right choice coming back here.”
An Xiayue said with a smile, swinging on the swing.
Yu Linna looked at that face with a black mask and didn’t know what to say. Wearing a mask on a hot day, everyone would just think she was a weirdo.
But she was a big star, so it was natural to do so. Plus, she was a Chinese-American, and her appearance was too conspicuous. It was easy for fans to recognize her.
“Nana, you won’t laugh at me, but actually, I still want to go back to Hollywood.”
Swinging on the swing, An Xiayue said so, a trace of bitterness flashing across her face.
“If you’ve been following me, you’ll know that I was abandoned by the Hollywood production company because the movie failed. I had no roles to play, and my agent could only find commercials for me. Not a single role. I had no chance at all. I had no choice but to return to my home country. Actually, I don’t know if this is the right thing to do. But I really want to find a place to start over and then go back to Hollywood.”
There was a lot of controversy about An Xiayue’s return to her home country to develop. The biggest controversy was that she was not a Chinese citizen; she was a Chinese-American.
It was inevitable that some people would say that she had just come back to the country to make money, because she was an American.
Some even said that she had come back to her mother’s home because she couldn’t make it abroad.
These netizens were really too much. They could say anything. And An Xiayue also knew that trolls were not limited by nationality. They would be everywhere. The only difference was what language they used to curse people.
“I can understand that.”
Yu Linna sat on another swing and said with a wry smile.
Wasn’t she the same?
Being questioned by netizens, cursed, and flogged. She also wanted to find a few words of comfort, but there were really too few. Everyone only cared about your achievements and didn’t care about your hardships at all. To them, if you didn’t meet their expectations, then you deserved to be scolded.
She really could understand An Xiayue, because they were all the same.
“I’ve read your books. I subscribe every month. I will always support you. And I also believe that you can find a suitable path.”
“Thank you. I will also continue to watch your movies.”
“Just come and visit my set more often~”
An Xiayue and Yu Linna looked at each other and smiled.
Then the two of them became interested again and started to play on the seesaw in the park. An Xiayue was on one side, Yu Linna on the other. The two of them went up and down, slowly swaying.
“Don’t be so fast! I haven’t gotten a good grip yet! I’ll fall!”
“Then you have to hold on tight~ I’ll press~”
“Wow, you dare to play dirty! I’ll do it too~”
“Haha, you’re too light. You can’t press it down. You’re floating in mid-air.”
“It’s not that exaggerated!”
The two blonde girls laughed recklessly in the park, joking with each other, laughing very happily.
“Big sister, can you let us play on the seesaw?”
Suddenly, a few children came to the park, pulling on An Xiayue’s sleeve, their eyes staring at her.
An Xiayue got down, patted their heads, and said with a smile.
“Okay, of course. Come and play.”
The few children were very happy, went to the seesaw and sat down, playing with their friends.
“Big sister, little sister, are you two sisters?”
One of the little girls asked An Xiayue and Yu Linna. And they clearly hadn’t expected them to ask this question, and were at a loss for a moment.
Yu Linna and An Xiayue suddenly looked at each other, sizing each other up.
“Do we look alike?” An Xiayue asked.
“No, not at all.”
Yu Linna first looked at her chest, then at her height, and said without mercy.
And An Xiayue just smiled wryly.
“We’re not sisters~”
An Xiayue said to the few children with a smile.
“But you really do look alike.”
The child said very seriously.
Of course, Yu Linna didn’t pay much attention to it, just taking it as a child’s joke.
After playing enough, the two of them were about to go back. As the sun set in the west, the two blonde girls walked side by side on the way home, a warm picture unfolding in people’s eyes.
“Actually, I think we look quite alike.”
As if thinking of what that child had said, An Xiayue smiled again.
“Sister Yue, stop being so narcissistic. We don’t look alike at all, okay?”
“That’s right. My family only gave birth to me, one daughter. How could I have an illegitimate daughter outside for no reason?”
“I think this idea is not bad. I want to use it to write a novel.”
“Stop, stop! Don’t use this to write a novel!”
The two of them smiled at each other, particularly conspicuous in the twilight.
An Xiayue even took the initiative to hold her hand, and Yu Linna did not object, letting her hold it.
An Xiayue really liked her, really liked Yu Linna. She always particularly wanted to get close to her, particularly wanted to be with her. She didn’t know why, she just wanted to do so. She was thinking, if they were family, perhaps this would be their way of getting along.
“Nana, why don’t we play a sister game?”
“How do you play?”
“Like playing house. I’ll be the older sister, you’ll be the younger sister.”
“Alright. Let me think. Sister Yue, come and carry me home~”
Yu Linna seemed to have gotten into the state, deliberately putting on a moe look, her arms open, wanting her to carry her.
An Xiayue smiled.
“Alright. Since you’ve said so, then I’ll make a statement. Little sister, come on up. Big sister will carry you home to eat. Mom has already cooked. Tonight, we have your favorite braised fish.”
An Xiayue squatted down, her back to her, letting her get on.
Yu Linna was originally just joking, but seeing her being serious, her face inexplicably turned red. But she still took a small step forward and pressed her body down. And when An Xiayue felt the weight on her back, she also stood up and carried her.
“As expected, you’re very light. You should eat more.”
Yu Linna was on her back, burying her head in her shoulder. For some reason, she felt very at ease.
As if she really had a family.
“Sister Yue.”
“Mmm?”
“Can you take a couple more laps, take the long way back?”
She was reluctant to get off her back. She still wanted to stay there.
Because this was a warmth she had never felt in her life. She inexplicably felt very at ease, very comfortable. This feeling, she had never had it before.
She was reluctant to get down.
“Okay. Whatever you say. Let’s go. Wherever you want to go, I’ll take you.”
“Anywhere is fine.”
“Alright then, let’s go! Ho ho~”
An Xiayue made a funny sound, carrying her forward, and Yu Linna also couldn’t help but laugh.
Under the twilight, there were only the two girls’ figures, so warm that the passersby couldn’t help but smile, marveling at how good their relationship was.
