Yun Shudai shook her head: "I don't know. Jiang Yi had dinner with one of Shen Jimeng's nemesis back in the summer. I guess the two of them are having a fight now."

"Oh, what a coincidence! My male and female leads are also having a falling out, haha."

"The story has reached a turning point. After their initial tug-of-war, they've become inseparable again. Jiang Yi and Shen Jimeng are supposed to get married next year. Their secret marriage was exposed not long after, and by then, this book will be almost over."

He Wan said, "I bet those two will be trending on social media again after tonight."

"right."

"Hey, that's the good thing about male and female leads, they become popular quickly."

Yun Shudai watched until the end, seeing the award-winning TV series, and secretly encouraged herself to strive for a nomination next year.

"Look, it's Jiang Yi and Shen Jimeng's turn to star in that drama."

After hearing the presenter announce the drama they were in, Yun Shudai knew that the Most Popular Actress award for tonight was definitely hers: "This year it's the Popularity Award, next year it might be the Best Actress Award."

“Old Yun, have some ambition. Why are you envious of her? If we went to participate, we would directly win the Best Actress award. We don’t even need the popularity award; we’d want the box office award. For an actor, the most important thing is the ratings and box office of the TV series they star in.”

"I know that, I'm just expressing my feelings, I'm not jealous."

"What do you think will be the trending topics about them tonight?"

"Chen Jimeng's makeup and styling, her makeup and styling has become a hit. In the next few months, girls will be following suit and imitating her makeup and styling."

And then there's Jiang Yi. We'll probably see him frequently turning back to look at a certain spot in the back row, and people online are speculating he's looking at Shen Jimeng, or maybe Zhang Yibao, who's behind Shen Jimeng. She's about my level of fame now, but she has a drama nominated this year, and she's Shen Jimeng's best friend.

"oh."

After the gala ended tonight, the two of them quickly became a topic of discussion online, just as Yun Shudai had said.

However, unbeknownst to her, after the party, Shen Jimeng originally wanted to go find Jiang Yi. She thought about it for a long time before she mustered up the courage to explain to Jiang Yi. But as soon as she got there, she saw Jiang Yi helping a popular young actress into a room, which deepened the misunderstanding between the two who already had a grudge.

Shen Jimeng didn't even eat the dinner afterwards, and went straight back to her little nest.

They don't even go back to their newly bought love nest.

Although Yun Shudai was envious, she also knew that she had to be down-to-earth.

So while Shen Jimeng and Jiang Yi dominated the headlines online these past few days, she stayed home, diligently studying the character she was meant to portray in a Qing Dynasty drama.

He Wan had just received her share of grain and money today.

The term "sent-down youth settlement" refers to a place where everyone gathers for a meal.

Today, Hewan and everyone went to the county town for a big shopping trip.

The group of educated youth was truly complete, with Xie Meihui, Ding Shaoling, and Chen Qing forming one group.

She was in a group with Su Ranran and Zhang Cuicao, but Xue Zhenzhen said she was going to the county school to find her lover Zhang Aimin and didn't go with them.

But I gave them money to help me bring back a pound of steamed egg cakes.

Wang Jianguo suggested cutting off a few kilograms of meat to make leek and pork dumplings, to splurge on this once in a while.

Everyone agreed, and Wang Jianguo and Zhang Jianjun went to cut the meat together.

The rest of you can go about your own business.

Su Ranran and Zhang Cuicao each bought a pound of steamed egg cakes, and He Wan also bought some. To be honest, she already had all sorts of snacks prepared for her by Lao Yun, so she didn't really care for this anymore.