Chapter 352: The Bell of the New Year (Thanks to the library expert Meng Meng)

The winter festival party is over, and Tilan's vacation is running out.

"Are you going back?" Dolores asked her. At this time, Tilan was packing her luggage in the house. In fact, it was not much, and it would probably be done in a while.

"Well, I haven't been back for a long time. Junior high school life seems to be a very distant life, but in fact, only a year and a half has passed." Tilan recalled the drastic changes in the past year and a half, and felt as if she was in another world.

"Are you going back alone? Do you want me to go with you?"

"Not alone, actually I have an appointment with a classmate, an old classmate." The girl explained simply.

After that, Tilan told Dolores some things about junior high school. Since her family left one by one, she also became lonely. She suffered a lot during that time, but fortunately she still stumbled through it.

Listening quietly to Tilan's story about the past, Dolores was sometimes nervous for her, and sometimes disgusted with those who bullied Tilan.

"Tilan is very strong. It would have been great if I had known you earlier."

"There are no ifs. If I hadn't experienced that period, I wouldn't be standing in front of you. I would probably just go with the flow and find an ordinary school to study, and then graduate and work."

"It was because I was so miserable during that period that I tried very hard to find a way to get out of that environment. If it weren't for this reason, I probably wouldn't have the courage to step into the admissions room of Edes Academy. After all, for most ordinary people, Edes Academy is too high to reach. I was also very nervous at the time." The girl shook her head. Fate is not accidental. If she had been okay during that period, she probably wouldn't have had the courage to step into that door.

She was not the kind of person who particularly pursued fame and fortune, and she was also a person who was easy to satisfy. If she hadn't been forced to the point of panic at the time,

she wouldn't have taken the risk. The atmosphere in the junior high school class was not good. If she rashly told others about her application for Edes Academy and failed later, it would easily become a topic of conversation and a joke among the classmates, which would be a big blow to her.

After packing up, Tilan sat on the bed, leaning on the quilt, looking at the log beams of the wooden house above her head, then closed her eyes and prepared to take a nap.

Dolores came over and covered Tilan with a thin blanket, then returned to the hall and looked at the painting that Tilan had painted a few days ago, thinking about what else to prepare for the sleepy Tilan.

Half an hour later, Tilan woke up after a nap and felt much better. At this time, Dolores also returned to the room with a hat and brown sunglasses in her hands.

"What is this?"

Tilan looked at Dolores coming over and put the hat on her head, a little curious.

"It's for you, and these sunglasses too." Dolores said, and carefully put the sunglasses on Tilan.

"You can't just go back like this, you are now a well-known big star singer." Dolores popularized science to the girl who had not yet realized it.

"These are not enough, I always feel that the hair color needs to change." Dolores looked at Tilan's face.

"How about this?" Tilan closed her eyes slightly, then opened them. Her black hair turned into a fine light gray, and her blue pupils turned black.

"Will Tilan do this? But gray and black are too similar." Dolores felt that she had to change her hair color completely.

"There are only two kinds of spontaneous color changes. If you want other colors, I'm afraid you need to use some props."

When Tilan said this, Dolores' eyes flashed with some brilliance, and then she quickly picked up her personal terminal and started to search.

"You sit in front of the mirror first." Dolores urged the girl to sit in front of the dressing mirror, and then helped her take care of her hair.

First, she rolled up her hair, then tied up a section of her hair, or pushed aside her bangs, or gestured to make a slight curl. Sitting in front of the dressing mirror, Tilan felt like a doll waiting to be dressed up, but Dolores respected her ideas and asked Tilan's opinions from time to time.

Just after the two had discussed for more than half an hour, a sound of propellers circling landed in front of the wooden house. At this time, the flight autonomous unit that delivered the express arrived.

After getting the hair dye and styling spray for Tilan, Dolores patiently and meticulously helped the girl to dress up. Soon, the black and gentle hair was dyed chestnut, and the ends of the hair were slightly curled inwards and fell between the collarbones. Then Dolores matched Tilan with a hat and sunglasses, and the whole person's temperament changed.

Looking at herself in the mirror, Tilan turned around twice and looked at herself.

"The style is mature and fashionable. It seems that I have suddenly aged a few years." This feeling is quite fresh, but not unfamiliar. In the girl's memory, Yilin often dresses like this. Obviously, the two are of similar age, but Yilin always gives people a feeling of being much more mature.

After that, Dolores continued to help Tilan with her hair until the aircraft that picked up Tilan landed.

In the evening, Comet City in the South Third District.

Clara stood on the roadside dragging a large suitcase, looking at the evening dial from time to time, and her expression seemed a little anxious, but the hovercraft she booked seemed to be late today.

A light footstep came from behind Clara and stopped beside her. In the past, she would have walked away in a bad mood and suspected that the person had bad intentions, but today she heard a different voice.

"It's me, Clara." This familiar voice made the girl immediately realize who the girl in sunglasses and mask was.

"It's okay." She suddenly relaxed, then looked around and came to the chestnut-blonde girl with her luggage.

"I almost didn't recognize you. Sorry to have kept you waiting." Clara looked at the suitcase in front of her and said softly, while on the street not far from them, several passers-by were waiting for the floating bus to land on the platform.

Unlike Tilan's gradual reaction, Clara had fully realized half a year ago that her friend and classmate was no longer a person that ordinary people could touch.

It was precisely because she was also a semi-public figure and a well-known idol on the Internet that she understood the meaning of the word "singer" more, which was a completely different level of existence from the popular stars today.

Ordinary popular stars may attract a lot of attention this year, but after 3-5 years, not many people will remember their names and deeds. However, as a singer, even after 30 or 50 years, there will still be countless people who love and look forward to her works. This kind of long-term attention and love is something that those popular stars can hardly hope for.

In addition, although many idols have gained a certain degree of popularity, they are just ordinary people after all, and they will encounter various troubles in reality, such as bad people who covet their wealth, people with bad intentions, etc. This also makes many idols dare not reveal their real address or name.

As a singer, not only does she have official protection, but she can also directly influence the local political environment, because there must be a large number of people directly under the Central Council stationed around her to protect her. These people are difficult for the local small government to bribe and influence. Therefore, wherever singers are active, the local political environment will be much clearer.

After carefully communicating with Tilan for a few minutes, a hovercraft stopped beside the two of them, and then took them to the airport. Soon after, a plane to the North Seven District took off, carrying the two back to their hometown.

Coming from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere is not only a distance across half a planet, but also a huge span from summer to winter.

When Tilan and Clara walked out of the airport, the exhaled gas turned into white mist in the air, and Clara also felt a chill spreading from the soles of her feet, making her move her legs involuntarily.

Looking at Tilan who was still quiet, Clara was about to say something, but she closed her mouth again. This child was already Sequence 5, so he must not be afraid of this degree of cold. Besides, she had also watched the live broadcast of the Winter Competition. With Tilan's terrifying fighting power, even if it was a few degrees below zero, he would probably still be alive and kicking.

"Clara, are you a little cold?" Tilan held Clara's hand, and then a strange feeling came over her, making Clara no longer feel uncomfortable. It was a

strange feeling. She was not feverish, but she was not afraid of the cold. Perhaps this was the blessing of the power of the singer.

The two continued to walk towards the building near the airport until a few minutes later, when they stopped in front of this tall dome building.

"Do you remember that day?" Tilan looked at the tall building in front of her that looked like dark gold glazed glass, and remembered that she was nervous when she accepted the interview for the academy inside.

"I remember, I will probably never forget it for the rest of my life." Clara said, revealing a slightly complicated expression, which included both nostalgia and envy, but more of it was gratitude.

"Lina was very proud at the time, Millie was a little vain, and I was also very naive at the time, but Heshia was like a hidden gem, and had not been noticed by everyone." Clara sighed about the situation at the time.

Looking back now, although she helped Heshia later, at that time, she actually didn't take Heshia too seriously, but just did things according to her temper.

If it weren't for the class reunion later, she didn't choose to stand idly by, but helped Heshia, I'm afraid she would no longer be in contact with other junior high school classmates of Heshia.

Since Heshia became famous, many classmates in the junior high school class have tried to repair their relationship with this girl, or sent various private messages to apologize and say hello, etc., but Clara knew that Tilan never responded.

Clara actually understood Tilan's choice of not to forgive and alienate, or it could be said that few people would understand Tilan's feelings as much as she did, because she was the one who fully witnessed Tilan's beautiful family environment when she was a child, the fall into darkness in junior high school, and then the rise again in high school.

The gap was so big, and the environment changed dramatically. Tilan's personality was even distorted in junior high school, and it has only gradually recovered now.

At that time, everyone was still naive, just childishly doing things according to their own feelings, and unconsciously hurt some people, but some of the injuries were relatively shallow, and would slowly melt in the memories of separation, but some things that hurt self-esteem and left a shadow in the heart, the parties may not be able to let go for half a lifetime.

Clara thought of her naivety and impulsiveness at that time. Fortunately, she was obsessed with other things at that time, and she didn't have much contact with Tilan. If she had contacted Tilan a lot at that time, I'm afraid they wouldn't be friends now.

Standing in front of the snowy steps, Tilan looked at the quiet building at night and recalled the scene that day. She had just finished a nervous interview and came out to reunite with everyone. She wanted to tell everyone that she had taken a brave step, but she was afraid of being laughed at, so she held it in her heart.

Now looking back, with mixed feelings, it is difficult to tell whether it is nostalgia, sadness, or relief, etc.

"Has Clara's wish come true now?" She turned around and asked her companion in the snow.

Clara closed her eyes, recalled what happened in the past six months, and then opened her eyes.

"It succeeded, but this is not the end." She jumped down from the steps, her feet stepped into the snow, leaving two deep pits.

"Internet idols have indeed fulfilled my wish, but the more I work in this profession, the more I understand that my career has just started. Many things that I missed in the past have to be made up now. It is not an easy thing to keep everyone liking me." Clara jumped several times in the snow before turning around.

"It's very stressful, but also very exciting. This feeling is great!" She said loudly in the snow, and finally jumped high, turned one foot in the air, and then stepped heavily in the snow, splashing a lot of fluffy snowflakes, with a happy face, like an innocent child.

Seeing Clara's release of herself, Tilan couldn't help laughing, and she clapped her hands.

"Okay then, let's work hard together, and never forget it for the rest of my life~"

"Ah, a lifetime? It feels so long. I also want to be lazy occasionally." Clara responded in surprise.

"Why are you discouraged so quickly?" The girl joked with a smile.

"Because I know myself, I am the kind of person who likes to play. If I am forced to do something, I don't want to do it." Clara said her shortcomings frankly and confidently.

"I have always believed in the law of happiness, which is to do the things that should be worked hard in happiness. Otherwise, I can't work hard with a belly full of grievances and depression." Clara patted her chest and introduced her true side in front of Heshia.

"It sounds good, but what if some things are hard to be happy?" The girl asked curiously.

"Then let others do it. If you can escape, escape. If you really can't, just bypass it. Anyway, the law of happiness comes first." Clara put her fingers together and said her opinion.

"I don't believe there is anything that cannot be avoided. Of course, if you say death, then I can't refute it."

"I'm not as strong and kind as Tilan. If someone really makes me uncomfortable and painful, I will retaliate fiercely. I won't pay too much attention to other people's emotions and feelings, because I'm not strong enough to be gentle to everything."

"Even so, Clara is dazzling like this."

The two walked in the snow at night, talking about the past and the future, heading towards their home in the distance, until the laughter and backs slowly disappeared in the drifting snow in winter.

The New Year's bell rang slowly, and everything in the past was gradually left behind, and a brand new future slowly arrived.

I wish you all a happy new year in advance~

(End of this chapter)