This is... Jiang Yaoguang's voice message?
Not Lin Jinran's.
Wearing earphones, Su Qinian walked through the crowd in confusion. His eyes fell on the face of the girl he had been searching for for a long time. She seemed to deliberately avoid looking at him and was looking up at the stars in the sky as if no one else was around. Her fair and flawless skin showed a faint pink hue.
Jiang Yaoguang, who had been keeping an eye on Su Qinian in the crowd, followed his gaze and saw that it was still Lin Jinran as always. The light in her eyes gradually faded, and she forced a smile.
There was no message from Lin Jinran, and it seemed that she hadn't sent one to him either.
At the "Receiving Love Message Base", Su Qinian pursed his lips, his eyes dimmed slightly, and a look of self - mockery appeared in his eyes. Well, it had only been a few days since they met. Moreover, Lin Jinran had been avoiding him. It was normal that she didn't send him a message.
He lowered his eyes and looked at the tablet, let out a soft sigh. Just as he was about to take off his earphones, there was another "buzz" sound, and then a familiar voice rang out.
Su Qinian's eyes twitched. The calm in his heart was instantly broken. A current rushed from his ear straight to his heart. The corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up, and the smile spread all the way to the corners of his eyes and eyebrows. His dark pupils were filled with the bright and dazzling starlight of the sky.
"Su Qinian, thank you for pulling me out of that suffocating private room this afternoon. It's not that the butterfly doesn't want to fly, but that its wings have been broken, and it no longer has the ability to soar into the sky."
The voice coming from the earphones was very soft, like the most lingering wind in the south of the Yangtze River.
She didn't not send him a message. It was just that the message was late.
"It's not that the butterfly doesn't want to fly, but that its wings have been broken, and it no longer has the ability to soar into the sky." Su Qinian repeated the words carefully, and his eyes once again passed through the crowd and landed on the familiar face.
Lin Jinran was still looking up at the stars.
"It's okay. I'll make you fly again." Su Qinian murmured in a low voice. He took off his earphones, put down the tablet, and walked back.
Jiang Yaoguang was the fifth one to go. The message Gu Huai sent her was: "Jiang Yaoguang, you look very beautiful today. I like you very much."
Jiang Yaoguang's mouth twitched wildly. She rolled her eyes at the self - confident Gu Huai.
A new ancient - style idol star? Don't take yourself too seriously.
Lin Jinran was the last one to listen to the love message. After putting on the earphones, Su Qinian's voice slowly rang out.
"Ranran, flowers don't bloom just to wither. They bloom to be more brilliant. You can be more confident, more passionate, and more courageous."
There would always be a moment when the love message in the earphones ended. Lin Jinran stared blankly at the tablet that emitted a faint light. She didn't hear wrong. What Su Qinian meant was that she shouldn't be trapped in the current situation and lose her true self.
The blooming flower was the confident and brave self from many years ago.
The withering flower was the self who had achieved nothing in the entertainment industry in these years.
The withered flower would finally wait for spring and bloom again on the branches.
Lin Jinran smiled with tears in her eyes. She turned her head and looked at the man who had always been looking at her gently, and nodded slightly.
How she wished to indulge herself here, away from all the troubles of the outside world, not thinking, not missing, and not saying anything.
She was very grateful to Su Qinian, and also thankful that Su Qinian still remembered her.
But everything was over. She was no longer the old self.
Lin Jinran looked up at the sky again. If in the end... she and Lin Cheng, Yang Jinzhi, and Lin Tingnian ended up hurting each other, what would Su Qinian do?
Fighting against three people alone, she had walked this road for too long and too far.
Suddenly, there was another "buzz" in the earphones, and then the second voice message came. Lin Jinran was stunned again and listened carefully.
"Hello, Lin Jinran. I'm Xie Yun. I'm very honored to sit next to you on the bus today. Let me tell you secretly. I've watched your award - winning movie 'The Third Party'. You really acted very well. May I ask for an autograph? If you agree, can you talk to me first when you return to your seat? If you don't agree, it doesn't matter. I was being abrupt."
Xie Yun said a lot. Lin Jinran listened attentively. She turned her head and looked at Xie Yun in the crowd. She found that he was so nervous that his face was flushed, but he still bravely looked directly at her, full of expectation.
Lin Jinran let out a soft laugh. After waiting for a while and there was no more message, she took off her earphones and walked back.
"Why did you listen for so long? Are you very excited?" He Jiao propped her chin with one hand, her eyes smiling into crescents.
Lin Jinran was thinking about Xie Yun's request and didn't reply to He Jiao immediately. She sat down, faced Xie Yun, and said with a smile, "Xie Yun, thank you for liking my movie."
Xie Yun's heart was pounding. He pretended to be calm and said, "Then it's a deal."
Lin Jinran nodded with a smile.
He Jiao stared at Lin Jinran suspiciously. From the corner of her eye, she saw Su Qinian. His face looked ugly and stiff. He impatiently drank the beverage in front of him.
Her heart skipped a beat. She quickly signaled with her eyes.
Lin Jinran originally planned to talk to Su Qinian after talking to Xie Yun. She leaned over and whispered, "Su Qinian, thank you for your encouragement too. I just don't know when spring will come so that I can bloom again."
Su Qinian's face softened a little. He comforted her in a low voice, "That day will surely come. You have to believe in yourself."
Really?
Lin Jinran just smiled without saying a word.
The director announced that the love message session was over. The guests could go back to wash and rest. The cameras in the rooms would be officially turned off at twelve o'clock at night.
Lin Jinran and the others returned to the love cottage. She remembered that Xie Yun wanted her autograph. She rummaged through her suitcase and found a postcard. She signed it very carefully and then went out directly with the postcard to find Xie Yun.
The boys' rooms were on the left. She suddenly couldn't remember which room was Xie Yun's. She asked the staff member beside her.
The staff member smiled and refused to answer.
Lin Jinran: "..."
With a one - third chance, Lin Jinran gritted her teeth and randomly chose a room. She chose the middle one. She knocked on the door, but there was no response.
Lin Jinran was puzzled. She knocked on the door again and shouted while knocking, "Is anyone there? Is there anyone inside?"
"Lin Jinran, are you sure you're knocking on Xie Yun's room and not Su Qinian's room? What a dramatic plot. Su Qinian was secretly jealous during the love message session. But I like it."
"Alas, someone is going to be jealous again. Bringing a gift for Xie Yun to Su Qinian's room. It's the first time I've seen Teacher Su care so much about a girl."
"You chase, I run, and the audience can't fly away with wings."
There was a "click" sound, and the door opened.
Su Qinian, who had just finished taking a shower, came out casually wiping his hair. Looking down, he found it was Lin Jinran. The corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up and he asked, "What's up? What do you want from me?"
Oops, she knocked on the wrong door.
The staff member deliberately didn't tell her which room Xie Yun was in. So sneaky.
"Um... Su Qinian, do you know which room Xie Yun is in?" Lin Jinran's voice became smaller and smaller. She lowered her head and didn't dare to look directly at him.