Short and Weak (Revised)

An Nuan walked to the elevator entrance, pressed the up button a few times, then crossed her arms over her chest, looking very angry.

Being angry is being angry, and being unhappy is being unhappy; one cannot let go of the fact that the other person did it unintentionally.

Based on what Gao Yening just said, we can conclude that what he originally said to "An Nuan" was probably similar. Replacing so many "envy" words with words like "sour with you" or "jealous of you" would probably be what Gao Yening originally said.

That "An Nuan" is very concerned about her reputation. Even if she thinks this way in her heart, she won't allow others to say it out loud, so she will naturally be angry with Gao Yening.

That's why Gao Yening apologized as soon as they met, using a different excuse.

An Nuan couldn't be bothered with the unlucky Gao Yening, but was Liu Chang'an present when Gao Yening and "An Nuan" were talking?

If you were there, would the atmosphere have become more ambiguous?

Will it feel like that butterflies in my stomach, like when I was with Liu Chang'an before we were officially together?

Will it be like that time when An Nuan playfully hit him, and he would always struggle slightly but ultimately give in to her affection?

An Nuan couldn't help but imagine the scene when Gao Yening finished speaking and left, leaving only her mother and Liu Chang'an alone:

"You're laughing at me in your heart right now, aren't you?" Liu Yuewang looked at Liu Chang'an with flushed cheeks, clearly embarrassed and indignant.

"No. I wasn't laughing at you in my heart, I laughed out loud." Liu Chang'an was still being sarcastic and serious.

"You... how can you be so annoying? That day, when Gao Yening came to see me, I told him my standards for the kind of person I like, and he insisted that such a person doesn't exist. So... I just barely think that you meet the standards, you're just an example!" Liu Yuewang's cheeks were still flushed, but she seemed a little afraid to look at Liu Chang'an. "It's just an example, it doesn't mean anything."

"I see." Liu Chang'an nodded in agreement.

"So."

The two of them would likely fall silent for a moment, then suddenly exchange a glance, and the tender feeling that blossomed in that silence would begin to emerge.

"The example I gave... wasn't you, it was an uncle I know... well, not really an uncle, he's about my age." Liu Yuewang bit her lip, hesitant to speak, looking at Liu Chang'an with complicated emotions.

"I know." Liu Chang'an nodded.

"Of course you know, because it was you!" Liu Yuewang suddenly burst out.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

"It's too late to say anything now. You already knew it was me you were chatting with, didn't you? All I want to know now is, were you ever interested in me?"

"..."

Thinking of this, An Nuan stopped, she couldn't think any further, because she would definitely think about the scenario where Liu Chang'an denied the answer, and then think about the scenario where Liu Chang'an affirmed the answer.

No, she can't torture herself like this; she still needs to live to date.

An Nuan clenched her little fists as she went upstairs, rang the doorbell, and Professor Ling opened the door. An Nuan was surprised to see Professor Ling had recovered, then opened her clenched fists, hugged Professor Ling's neck, and said happily, "That's great, Aunt Ling, you're finally back to normal!"

"I've changed back, but your mother hasn't," Professor Ling said with a smile.

"That's for sure." This was something Liu Chang'an had said before. An Nuan lowered her voice and asked, "I ran into Gao Yening downstairs just now. Did he run into my mom upstairs?"

"He didn't suspect anything, did he?" Professor Ling asked with amusement. He wasn't worried that Gao Yening might suspect anything. When people encounter inexplicable phenomena, they usually choose to put them aside unless it's something important that's personally relevant to them, and they don't have such a strong desire to investigate.

"No, not at all." An Nuan shook her head.

"We were having afternoon tea with Liu Chang'an; he was talking to someone when we bumped into him."

"So... that means that you were here with my mom the whole time, Aunt Ling?" An Nuan asked softly.

"Yes, Gao Yening was talking nonsense. Your mother and I went upstairs first. Liu Chang'an should have stayed for a while longer."

An Nuan chuckled twice.

"This child is acting strangely," Professor Ling said reproachfully. "Your mother is still angry in the bedroom, and she won't say what's wrong. Go and check on her."

"OK."

"By the way, what about the photos in the camera? We need to return the camera to Liu Chang'an." Professor Ling pulled An Nuan back again.

"Just take the memory card out." An Nuan took the memory card out of the camera and then put in a new memory card that she had specially bought.

Professor Ling was relieved.

After finishing his afternoon classes, Liu Chang'an walked to the academy square and saw a banner advertising for actors.

Guan Yuan sat beneath the banner.

Liu Chang'an walked over, looked at the words on the banner, and asked, "How come your big-budget movie with a 300 million yuan investment has now become... a big-budget online production?"

Online blockbuster = online movie = movie that doesn't get shown in theaters.

"Brother Liu, Brother Liu, you've come to give us your guidance?" Guan Yuan quickly stood up, smiling as he pointed to the seat next to him, inviting Liu Chang'an to sit down.

Liu Chang'an waved his hand.

"I'll shoot some prequels, spin-offs, and behind-the-scenes footage first, to practice." Guan Yuan then said to a few people who looked like his followers, "This is Brother Liu. On the surface, he's a freshman in the School of Biology, but he's actually the big brother of our school."

"You can have fun." Liu Chang'an realized he shouldn't have come, and turned to leave.

Guan Yuan stood up and watched Liu Chang'an leave.

"Brother Guan, I asked around, and Bai Hui doesn't want to be our female lead, but Yan Xiang, Li Hongman, and Zhao Yu are very interested," Wang Wuyang said as he ran over. He glanced at Liu Chang'an, who had walked away. That night, Guan Yuan was beaten up by Liu Chang'an, and Wang Wuyang was there too. At the time, his roommates and Bai Hui's roommates were having barbecue together.

"It's no use if they're interested. My boss wants to promote Bai Hui." Guan Yuan frowned slightly, somewhat worried, then waved her hand, "Let's find someone else. Apart from Bai Hui, the others in their dorm are only good-looking enough for supporting roles."

"When I see other people looking for roles, they all say you're perfect for a certain character in the script, but we don't even have any scripts here!" Wang Wuyang said.

"The script isn't that complicated... I've been reading a novel by an author recently; it's quite slice-of-life, melodramatic and sentimental. I can just copy his novel when I need to write it."

"Then I'll go take a look and see which author catches your eye, Brother Guan?"

"His pen name was too long, I don't remember it, but I do remember the titles of his novels: <My Wife Is a Princess>, <Rebirth: Heartbeat>, <The Strongest Rebirth System>, <My Sister Fell in Love with Me>, and <My Goddess is a Cat>. You can check them out."

"Okay, these names are a bit too plain."

"These are all Little White articles."

Liu Chang'an hadn't expected Guan Yuan to still be involved in filmmaking, but Liu Chang'an didn't think Guan Yuan had any ambitions in filmmaking.

He wouldn't interfere with Guan Yuan's affairs, as long as Guan Yuan stopped trying to provoke him. As for the deeper meaning behind Guan Yuan's actions, whether she was acting under Su Nanxiu's instructions, or what effect she wanted to achieve, Liu Chang'an didn't care.