Was her career important? Of course it was.
What if your dream was your career?
Then there was no need to worry. Just enjoy the whole process.
Spring had arrived. The flowers would bloom in time, so why worry about how they would?
How Chen Si Yang understood it was up to her.
The river breeze swept past the towering buildings, ruffling the clothes and hair of all kinds of people.
Chen Si Yang suddenly shivered and came back to her senses.
Her phone vibrated, and Chen Si Yang took it out.
He Jin: "Scroll up and look for yourself. You've left at least three of my WeChat messages unanswered!"
Chen Si Yang: "Huh? I thought I replied!"
He Jin: "You did not! Apologize!"
Chen Si Yang: "I'm sorry! I really thought I'd replied!"
He Jin: "Hmph! Since you apologized, you can treat me to a meal."
Chen Si Yang: "???"
He Jin: "Offer expires soon. I heard the company's project, Realm of Painting 2, is about to start casting."
Chen Si Yang's eyes widened. She hurriedly typed back: "Brother! Please, give me the chance to buy you a drink!"
He Jin: "Hahaha, then it's settled. You're still my precious Yang Yang!"
Chen Si Yang: "You got it, Jin Bao!"
After putting her phone away, Chen Si Yang suddenly felt her shoulders relax. She let out a long breath.
Huh, where was he?
Chen Si Yang finally realized Tang Zhi Chu seemed to have been gone to the restroom for quite a while.
She turned around and saw Tang Zhi Chu leaning against the railing over there.
Their eyes met. Tang Zhi Chu took out his phone and snapped a picture of Chen Si Yang.
Chen Si Yang was a little confused. What was he doing?
Her phone vibrated again. Tang Zhi Chu had sent her the photo.
Against the fantastical city skyline, with its uneven contours, sat a woman wearing a plaid jacket.
Chen Si Yang froze for a moment, then gave Tang Zhi Chu a thumbs-up. He'd taken a great picture.
The first pair to go on a date returned to the villa.
Jiang Lan sat on a stool by the entrance. After taking off her outdoor shoes, she rubbed her feet for a while before putting on her slippers.
Today, she'd gone hiking with Huang Ze Jun.
Jiang Lan felt that hiking was far more tiring than working a full day.
Huang Ze Jun had brought a camera and kept taking pictures, leaving Jiang Lan speechless.
Did he really need to take so many pictures on a hike?
Men were so fussy.
"I'll touch up the photos a little, then send you the best ones," Huang Ze Jun called from the living room.
Jiang Lan frowned. "Sure, send whichever ones you like."
"What do you mean, whichever ones I like? I'm a professional photographer. My work's even been exhibited!" Huang Ze Jun called back from the living room.
Jiang Lan said, "All right, all right, great photographer. I'm counting on you."
Huang Ze Jun appeared in her line of sight, carrying two glasses of water. He smiled. "That's more like it. I'll leave the water here for you. I'm going to edit the photos."
After setting down the glasses, Huang Ze Jun hurried upstairs.
Upstairs, Huang Ze Jun was humming as he pushed open the dorm room door.
Had Jiang Lan's tone just sounded a little flirtatious?
Sitting down at his computer, Huang Ze Jun opened a photo-editing program and imported the pictures.
One was a solo shot of Jiang Lan. A ray of sunlight fell across her face through a gap in the tree canopy.
Her flawless oval face seemed to glow. Her light-blue sweater was thin and fitted, as if it followed the curves of her body.
Huang Ze Jun almost felt embarrassed looking at her.
He was pleasantly surprised. She was beautiful, and he'd captured her beautifully.
He wanted to edit the photo, but there was hardly anything to fix. Her figure was curvy and her legs were long; all he had to do was adjust the contrast.
Huang Ze Jun thought Zhou Yun's figure was defined by her waist, while Jiang Lan's was all about her curves and poise. She was like a peony in full bloom.
Huang Ze Jun suddenly felt that Chen Si Yang wasn't quite so dazzling anymore.
Once the thought occurred to him, he increasingly felt that Jiang Lan was exactly his type.
She had a stable career, a mature personality, and the air of a capable, devoted wife, along with a touch of alluring charm.
Why had he been interested in Chen Si Yang in the first place?
Huang Ze Jun figured it was because the aura around her was too dazzling. She was Planet Girl Group's visual centerpiece, with beauty of the highest caliber.
But was a woman like that really someone he could handle?
Once a person's heart changed, all sorts of reasons came to mind.
Downstairs, Jiang Lan sat alone on the sofa, lost in thought.
She was a little tired, and she was also thinking that even though tomorrow was the weekend, she still needed to go to the office.
She worked in the meat products industry. A snack made from dried meat that her company produced had taken off, so she'd bought more equipment to expand production.
She was also planning a production workshop designed for live streaming.
These were all top priorities for the company. If they missed the opportunity or delayed, they might lose their advantage.
So Jiang Lan really was busy. It wasn't an act.
As for the Dating Show?
As it happened, she hadn't come here looking for romance.
In fact, she'd almost become the show's sponsor.
They hadn't reached an agreement, mainly because the show was risky, and Jiang Lan had reassessed the deal.
It was competing with another music show for resources, and dating shows were on the decline. The Heartbeat production team had only managed to get the seventh season approved after a lot of effort.
Even though the deal had fallen through, Jiang Lan wasn't one to give up easily. After thinking it over, she decided to join the show as a contestant instead.
That way, she wouldn't have to pay anything and could appear throughout the season. As for advertising, she could find an opportunity.
According to the information she had, there was also a female celebrity among this season's contestants.
The director was frustrated, too. If the people upstairs weren't optimistic about the show, then he'd just have to take a risk and try something unconventional.
And so Jiang Lan had joined the show.
Given Jiang Lan's looks and circumstances, the director was only too happy to have her.
Fortunately, none of the men had paid attention to her since she arrived. That was a good thing. Jiang Lan figured she could just focus on her career and treat this like a part-time job.
As Jiang Lan sat lost in thought, the front door opened again.
Zhou Yun and Yang Jia Xing had returned.
They'd played golf, then gone on a cruise.
But Yang Jia Xing could only give the date a score of eighty out of a hundred.
Half of the twenty points he deducted were because his date hadn't been Chen Si Yang. The other half were because Zhou Yun could do everything, leaving him with no sense of accomplishment.
She hadn't needed him to teach her golf at all. There'd been none of the physical contact he'd imagined, and she'd played better than him. What was the point of teaching her?
Yang Jia Xing was also baffled. Who had the patience to learn golf these days, especially young women?
Zhou Yun, on the other hand, had been in high spirits, chatting about all sorts of things the whole way.
"Sister Lan, you're back too! Where did you go?" After changing her shoes, Zhou Yun hurried over to Jiang Lan and plopped down beside her.
"We went hiking," Jiang Lan said weakly.
Zhou Yun burst out laughing. "No wonder you look so tired."
Yang Jia Xing cut in. "With Zhi Chu?"
Jiang Lan shook her head. "With your Brother Jun. He was terrifying. He filled up the camera's memory card."
Yang Jia Xing pondered this, feeling relieved.
That was good. That was good. So Tang Zhi Chu was with Chen Si Yang after all.
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