"Yo, Xiao Huan, come in, come in."
Zuo Jiangqin's face is powdered, causing the color on his face to be a level lower than that on his neck, which is particularly obvious under backlight.
"Sorry to bother you, Auntie."
"It's okay. Don't bother me. I got a ticket just for you."
Zuo Jiangqin laughed and pulled Yan Huan into the room.
Yan Huan glanced at the smile on her face and the hand she was holding, and he was inevitably confused.
Is it too enthusiastic?
Zuo Jiangqin personally moved a chair for him to sit down. Yan Huan thanked him and sat down, looking at the back of Bai Yi in front of the makeup mirror.
"Yiyi."
Under the call of Zuo Jiangqin, the girl in front of the makeup mirror finally turned her head.
To Yan Huan's surprise, there was no trace of crying on her face.
It seems that he has been adjusted to smile, but you can still see a trace of the tiredness caused by his mother in his eyes.
Her black hair was scattered, and she wore a headdress like angel wings on her right ear.
The little crystal embellishments under the headdress complemented her just-right makeup, making her look pure and beautiful.
She was wearing an idol-style white and gold mixed skirt, which sparkled under the light.
Indeed, as the media commented, Bai Yi has amazing beauty.
"President Yan."
She smoothed her hair and took a deep breath.
He completely suppressed the fatigue and sadness in his eyes, showed 100% of his idol energy, and greeted Yan Huan.
Yan Huan looked at Bai Yi who was pretending to be calm and smiling in front of him, and the Clock sound like water drops in his ears was still ringing.
"Didi. dip"
Yan Huan doesn't show anything on his face, just smiles,
"Just call me Yan Huan."
Zuo Jiangqin also moved a chair to the side and sat down, nodded and said,
"Yeah, why do young people have so many rules and regulations? Sit, sit."
Yan Huan glanced at Zuo Jiangqin, smiled, and did not reply.
On the contrary, Zuo Jiangqin glanced up and down at Yan Huan's appearance, and then suddenly asked,
"Well, Xiao Huan, Auntie has something to ask you."
"Auntie, you say."
"Well, didn't Ye International come to your and Yiyi's school last week to set up a scholarship? Isn't this a lie?"
Yan Huan nodded and replied,
"It's true, Auntie. I heard that Ye International's scholarship can also cover tuition and miscellaneous fees in addition to tuition. The amount is large, and internship places are also given to students during holidays."
Zuo Jiangqin smiled when she heard this. In fact, she didn't know much about these, and she didn't care about what the scholarship covered.
She just glanced at Yan Huan, prepared her words, and asked him,
"Oh, that's it. Auntie wants to ask, what is your relationship with that Ye International's Ye Lan? I heard from the principal's secretary of your school that she came to the school specifically to see you last week?"
Yan Huan Hearing this, he seemed to suddenly understand why the other party was so enthusiastic about him.
The expression on his face did not change, but Bai Yi behind him suddenly shouted,
"Mom!"
Zuo Jiangqin rolled his eyes at Bai Yi, then turned to Yan Huan with a smile.
"That's right, Yiyi's uncle, Auntie's remarriage partner used to be President Ye Da's junior brother, and recently returned to Linmen to work, so Auntie asked more."
"It's okay, Auntie. Aunt Ye did come to the school to find me last week. I stayed at her place for the whole weekend."
"Ah, that's it."
Although Yan Huan did not speak clearly, Zuo Jiangqin has clearly felt that the relationship between Yan Huan and Ye Lan is unusual.
Yan Huan also speculated that the reason why Zuo Jiangqin asked about her relationship with Ye Lan was related to her remarriage partner.
"President Ye is still single now. I heard that her ex-husband was very bad to her and the children in the past. If I have a chance, Auntie will see if I can introduce her to a suitable one."
Yan Huan looked at Zuo Jiangqin in front of him, didn't say a word, just kept smiling.
"Mom!"
But behind him, Bai Yi seemed to be unable to bear it and roared in a low voice.
Zuo Jiangqin frowned and looked back at Bai Yi, then looked at Yan Huan with a smile on his face, stood up and said,
"It's okay, Xiao Huan. I'll keep in touch with Auntie and Yiyi from now on. When you are chatting with peers, Auntie won't interrupt. I'll go out to see how the preparations are, Yiyi, remember to check the time."
Zuo Jiangqin and Yan Huan waved their hands, and the more they looked at the handsome and handsome Yan Huan, the more they liked her.
Before leaving, she patted Yan Huan's shoulder gently, and then left the room with satisfaction.
"Click~"
The door was closed, leaving only two people and the same Clock sound in the room.
"Didi. dip"
Yan Huan turned around and looked at Bai Yi who was forcing a smile in front of her. She pointed to the door of the room and smiled apologetically.
"My mother has a little bit of that, President Yan."
"Just call me Yan Huan."
"Ah Yan. Yan Huan."
Yan Huan nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Bai Yi,
"I'm not very good at dealing with elders, but I have no choice but to come here for the sake of idols. This is my first time backstage, so it's quite novel."
"Idol or something"
Bai Yi's face turned slightly red when Yan Huan said it, but his nose began to tilt up slightly again, looking like he was very useful.
Yan Huan looked at Bai Yi in front of him, and then asked suddenly,
"So Bai Yi, can you sing today?"
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Hearing this, Bai Yi opened his mouth, and the joy of being praised on his face gradually shrank back into his eyes.
She pursed her lips and showed a forced smile to Yan Huan,
"This. Not today."
Yan Huan blinked and just asked,
"Is it not allowed on the stage? After all, this is an exhibition of games and two-dimensional culture."
"It's not that Golden Lion Group doesn't have any restrictions on Guest's performance content. It just needs to be reported in advance. It's just that, how should I put it, artists have many paths to take, but many times we have to choose one to go on."
The smile on Bai Yi's face gradually faded, and she said,
"My mother chose one of them for me, maybe it's what other people like too?"
She moved her hair, and when she looked at Yan Huan, the smile that had become shallower was subjectively raised by her again and became brighter.
"Many times fans don't care who you are, they just want to see the idol they want to see.
"As long as you are beautiful and match their favorite personality, maybe that's enough, right?"
Looking at her beautiful smile, Yan Huan was now more and more certain that she was smiling specifically for herself.
Why?
The next second, Bai Yi turned around, took a USB flash drive, and handed it to Yan Huan.
"As for singing, as a hobby, I may have the opportunity to sing again.
"On the music platform, those fans have been asking about things that have nothing to do with the song itself: when will the new movie be filmed, and why do you do certain behaviors in variety shows?"
As she spoke, she looked up at Yan Huan with a smile and said softly,
"In such a long time, you are still the first fan to say that you are my fan and look forward to my New Song.
"So, in order to live up to your expectations, I recorded my singing of New Song and the accompaniment and put them on a USB flash drive, as well as the lossless versions of previous songs.
"Even though it's my first album, it only has a few songs."
Let's answer the previous "why" question.
That's because Bai Yi cherishes the few fans Yan Huan has.
Therefore, even if she had just finished arguing with her mother and cried silently, she could quickly adjust her expression.
Therefore, even if the mother shows her ugly face in front of Yan Huan, she still has to swallow the embarrassment and anger welling up in her heart.
But looking at the U disk she handed over, Yan Huan's expression hidden under Perfect Facial Expression Control was slightly startled.
Everything is so reasonable.
But only he and Meow-chan know:
He is not a fan of Bai Yi at all, not even a fan.
All of this is just a lie, a scheme he concocted to solve Modifier.
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Yan Huan raised his eyes to look at Bai Yi who was smiling in front of her, and looked at the U disk in her hand.
After a moment of silence, he reached out and took it.
Perfect Facial Expression Control made his performance flawless. He showed an overjoyed expression and said to Bai Yi,
"This is too precious, I will keep it well!"
"Don't take it so seriously."
Bai Yi waved her hand and looked at Yan Huan in front of her. She pursed her lips, her eyes suddenly lowered and fell on her skirt, not daring to look at Yan Huan again.
She pulled her fingers with her fingers, hesitated, and suddenly said to Yan Huan,
"That, Yan Huan"
"What's wrong?"
"Actually, I want to apologize to you, I'm sorry."
Yan Huan was slightly startled, his eyes reflected Bai Yi's face, but on his face, he just asked in confusion,
"Apologise?"
"That's right."
Bai Yi raised his eyes and looked at Yan Huan, his words seemed to be stained with a dull rust.
"Actually, I have always been jealous of you before."
"Jealous of me, why?"
"You have participated in Yasaka Company's trial training before and passed it on the first try, right? And more than that, your grades and reputation in the school are also very good."
Bai Yi lowered his head again, with a shallow smile, still beautiful,
"To be honest, you are outstanding in appearance, smart and hard-working, friendly and sincere. So my mother has always compared you with me, hoping that I can learn from you.
"But, which child in the world would want his mother to praise others instead of himself every day? So over time, I am very jealous of you and hate you very much.
"But actually, all this has nothing to do with you. You didn't do anything. It's because I'm too narrow-minded, so I want to apologize to you.
"Sorry, Yan Huan."
Yan Huan blinked, but then asked,
"So that's it, but why do you need to apologize? As the saying goes: A gentleman's deeds are not what he thinks. Even if Bai Yi you think so, you haven't done anything, so there is no need to apologize, right?"
"I"
I'm not
Nothing has been done.
The paint on your desk, the pebbles thrown at you, stalking you secretly
All of these are done by yourself, you just don't know it.
But how could Bai Yi say these things that were only accomplished with the help of a pocket watch? Otherwise, wouldn't this expose her existence as Indifference?
So at the end of her words, she actually choked.
In the end, I could only say:
"Anyway, I just apologize to you."
Yan Huan actually knows what she is apologizing for. After all, he knows that Bai Yi used Modifier to do those things.
He was indeed surprised. After all, if he had Modifier, let alone apologizing, it would be good if he didn't treat others to beef.
However, Bai Yi does.
He looked at Bai Yi in front of him, as if he really knew him at this moment, and smiled helplessly,
"Okay."
"At first, when I knew that the object of my jealousy was actually my fan, I was a little secretly proud. But then I thought about it carefully, the real me is not enough to be your idol Yan Huan, right?"
Hearing Yan Huan speak, Bai Yi's face finally showed a look of relief.
She looked at the young man in front of her with a smile and stretched out her hand towards him,
"So, from now on, you don't need to think of me as an idol, just think of me as a normal classmate, or should I say, friend?"
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After a moment of silence, Yan Huan smiled slightly and did not say whether he agreed or not, but just stretched out his hand to shake it.
After doing all this, Bai Yi felt as if a stone had been lifted from his heart.
The smile on her face towards Yan Huan that she was trying to cheer up could no longer hide the exhaustion and pain in her heart, which drove Bai Yi to let out a deep breath.
Yan Huan saw this and asked,
"Are you tired, Bai Yi?"
"Ah, a little bit, right? After all, I'm about to go on stage. I've rehearsed many times before, so there's no problem. I just go on stage to answer a few simple questions from the host, and there are a few people below to interact with me."
"That's all?"
"That's all. But I don't know why, but I always feel a little nervous. Recently, every time I go on stage, I feel very nervous. The eyes of the leaders below, the eyes of the audience, and the eyes of my mother."
By the time he said the last sentence, the smile on Bai Yi's face had completely disappeared.
But because she wanted to look at Yan Huan, she forced a smile on her face again,
"I really want to find a place where no one can find me and hide me forever."
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As he spoke, Bai Yi's expression brightened again,
"I seem to have vomited a lot of bitterness to you. I'm sorry. By the way, how about listening to the New Song I recorded?!"
"Ah?"
Yan Huan raised the USB flash drive in his hand and pointed it at Bai Yi. Bai Yi was confused at first, but then he realized that he didn't bring a computer. How could he use the USB flash drive to plug into his mobile phone to listen to music?!
"Sorry, sorry, I forgot to give you a USB flash drive. It's okay, I have a backup on the plane and I'll send it to you."
After saying that, she quickly picked up her phone, transferred a file to Yan Huan, and then looked at him expectantly.
Yan Huan raised his eyebrows and watched as the other party sent a file named "A".
Then, he took out two Bluetooth Earphones, put them on, and clicked the play button.
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The music started playing. After listening for a few seconds, Yan Huan's eyes suddenly raised and looked at Bai Yi with an expectant smile in front of him.
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A few quiet minutes passed in the lounge, and it wasn't until the nearly four-minute song was played that Yan Huan took off his headphones.
Bai Yi pursed his lips, feeling increasingly nervous.
She was about to ask Yan Huan about the song New Song, but Yan Huan slowly put Bluetooth Earphones into the box and suddenly asked,
"Bai Yi, during the previous rehearsal, how many minutes did those interactions take?"
Huh?
for.
Why not say how about New Song?
Because it doesn't sound good?
Looking at Yan Huan and Bai Yi in front of them, they gasped and seemed to suddenly hear tinnitus.
Then there was not only tinnitus, but also mother Zuo Jiangqin's denial day after day.
"Forget about your three-legged cat song!"
"Can't you just listen to my arrangements honestly?"
"Character! Maintain character!"
Those negative voices that were like blades were ringing in my ears. From the noisy noise at the beginning, they eventually became quieter and more regular.
It turned into the sound of Clock walking like water droplets,
"Didi. dip"
Bai Yi's eyes became a little darker, and her brain went blank. Even answering Yan Huan seemed to be out of her control.
"About seven and a half minutes."
"I understand."
Yan Huan nodded and was about to say something when the door suddenly opened, revealing Ji Lin's figure outside the door.
"Yiyi, are you ready? You will enter Backstage later and get ready to go on stage."
"It's fine."
Bai Yi came back to his senses. The consciousness that escaped from the endless Clock sounds was a little hazy, and even his face became pale.
She took a deep breath, stood up, and looked at Yan Huan,
"Then Yan Huan, I will go to work first?"
"You don't look good?"
Bai Yi shook his head quickly and said,
"No, it's just that the air conditioner is a bit cold. I'll leave first."
". Okay."
Yan Huan watched Bai Yi leave the room. When the door was closed, the expression on Yan Huan's face gradually turned expressionless.
He took out his mobile phone and opened the newly added plane of An Le.
After hesitating for a moment, he opened An Le's circle of friends.
There are a few sparse updates in the circle of friends, and there are her personalized signatures under the updates.
"A person's thoughts"
Yan Huan slides the phone screen downwards little by little,
"Xiao Huan is also in school! He has become so handsome and outstanding. I always feel a little ashamed of myself. I have been unable to do anything well for so many years. Has Xiao Huan forgotten me? Or, even if he remembers me, he doesn't dare to say he knows me when he sees me now, right?"
"I got admitted to the Totsuki Academy! My parents are very happy, but I heard that the students here are very rich and excellent. I'm afraid it will be harder for people like me to make friends there, hehe~"
"Today I saw a pregnant woman being robbed of her money. I didn't know what to think at the time. When the robber passed by, he grabbed her and refused to let go. He was almost stabbed with a knife. Fortunately, other people came to help hold her down. I was so scared when I thought about it at night. If I died, I would be really sorry for my parents. Besides, I also want to see Xiao Huan."
"In Dragon Nation, I was framed by my classmates for stealing something, but I really didn't steal it. My classmates around me didn't speak up for me, which made me a little sad."
"My parents both have to work for my birthday this year, so I'm the only one celebrating it. In order to save money, I won't buy a cake~"
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Looking at the updates on his phone, Yan Huan lowered his eyes and said nothing.
But on his shoulder, a black cat suddenly appeared and meowed at him,
"An Le probably forgot that when she added your plane, there were a lot of things written about you in her Moments, meow~"
Yan Huan looked at the phone at the end, and saw the selfie of her celebrating her birthday while living in Dragon Nation's cramped house without buying a cake.
In the picture, she wears a paper crown on her head that she only wears on birthdays, with a silly and contented smile on her face.
Just looking at her smile, Yan Huan suddenly locked the screen of his phone.
He took a deep breath, raised his head, leaned on the back of the chair behind him, and murmured,
"She was always like this, careless."
"Meow~"
".Meow-chan, in fact, I have always been the one who only wants to see the things I want to see, right?"
"Meow?"
"Ever since I was targeted by Modifier, I seem to regard them, the hosts of Modifier, as Modifier itself."
Yan Huan lowered his head and looked at the USB flash drive Bai Yi gave him in his hand. There was actually a line of text affixed with handwriting tape on it,
"Gift Yan Huan~"
"Bai Yi"
Yan Huan squeezed the U disk tightly with his palm, and he continued,
"So, I treat them like enemies who could destroy my life.
"So, when An Le became the host of Modifier, I felt at a loss as never before.
"But, Meow-chan, my views on them are probably just wishful thinking.
"Before Modifier chose them to be hosts, they were themselves, people living in this world just like me."
Yan Huan looked at Meow-chan who had his tail raised next to him, and said with a smile,
"Bai Yi was forced by her mother to have almost no way out. An Le was equally lonely after being separated from me. Even Ye Shiyu, Bai Yi's mother also said just now that she has a father who treats her very badly."
"Modifier is a tool for them to lure and destroy, but aside from the filter of Modifier, I still need to check whether they are really that evil."
Meow-chan blinked and looked at Yan Huan,
"What about Spencer?"
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Yan Huan also blinked. After a moment of silence, he said,
"Spencer Exception."
"Meow?"
Meow-chan's slender black tail swept across Yan Huan's neck, and the next second, Yan Huan finally let out a long breath.
He turned on his mobile phone, opened plane's chat box, and took the initiative to send a message to An Le.
A smiling cat emoticon was the first to send it,
"Have you found Spencer?"
There was silence for a moment, and then he quickly replied,
"We've found it, Xiao Huan! We plan to come to Main Venue to watch the show for a while and then leave. Spencer seems a little uncomfortable."
Not feeling well?
That Spencer, who is as fierce as an ox, will also feel uncomfortable?
"That's good, we Student Council will probably have team building until the evening. Be careful on the way back. We'll see you at school tomorrow."
Then, Yan Huan typed again,
"From now on, your circle of friends will no longer be just one person's thoughts."
"!!"
Now, An Le realized that Yan Huan had finished reading all the shameful Moments she had posted over the years.
There was no reply for the time being. With her character, she was already extremely embarrassed at this moment.
Looking at those Moments, it doesn't matter if I delete them, or if I don't delete them, it doesn't matter.
So cute, An Le.
Closing the phone, Yan Huan held the USB flash drive, rubbed his shoulders and stood up.
"Meow~"
Meow-chan on the shoulder meowed softly, looked at him and asked curiously,
"Bai Yi is about to go on stage, what are we going to do now? Go out and meet Hitomi Sakuramiya Yatsuhashi Ki and the others?"
"No."
"Meow?"
Yan Huan smiled slightly, and his handsome face seemed to have shaken off the previous confusion and fatigue. A pair of eyes looked at Meow-chan, showing a familiar look of confidence.
"We are going to solve Modifier now, but maybe, we can solve more than just Modifier?"
Meow-chan doesn't understand, but still chooses to believe Yan Huan.
At this moment, the handsome young man's hand was already pressed on the door handle of the lounge,
"Just because she apologized to me."
The next second, the door was easily pushed open by him, revealing the corridor outside that had become particularly busy due to the upcoming activities.
"Give me a moment, give me a moment!"
"Where is the leader of Team B?!"
"The lighting engineer comes here!"
"Teacher Media, I'll leave the sound to you. It doesn't require much work. You can do it by yourself, right?"
"Everyone! Watch the time!! Come in the order of rehearsal!!"
Yan Huan closed the door behind him, took Meow-chan away from the noise, and walked into the corridor where there was only one sound.
That is, the sound of Clock walking as regular as water droplets.
"Didi. dip"
"Didi. dip"