Chapter 20 You said you were the most unaccepted lonely whale in the world.
Even the British princess might not have been as nervous as Chen Qingqing about meeting her brother-in-law. In the following days, Chen Qingqing went on a shopping spree, shopping at Hema, Sam's Club, and Ole. She even had a fishery merchant send her an aquarium for her to raise Australian lobsters... After the aquatic merchant installed the tank for her, Chen Qingqing flatteringly took a photo of the Australian lobsters in the tank and sent it to Wang Meng, saying, "I bought some Australian lobsters. When can you come over for dinner?"
Wang Mang replied, "Friday after school."
Chen Qingqing looked at the date. It was Monday, four days until Friday. Seafood has less meat the longer it is kept. She sent a WeChat message to Sun Ziyi, asking him to come over for dinner. She would buy new food for Wang Mangan on Friday. Chen Qingqing and Sun Ziyi had their own emoticons. They were very simple. Chen Qingqing sent an "Eat?" emoticon, and Sun Ziyi replied with an "I'll be there soon."
But after sending the WeChat message, she suddenly discovered that Sun Ziyi’s Moments was set to be visible for three days, and she immediately felt something was wrong.
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Sun Ziyi sat on the bus, his mouth slightly open, his eyes somewhat vacant. The eyes of the people around him were indifferent, no one was looking at anyone, everyone was checking their phones.
These days, she has been turning off her phone. After arguing with Li Bei, she walked out and didn't find Sasa. With her hands in her pockets, she felt helpless. Then she found two coins in her pocket and went to the bus stop to find a bus to go home.
The bus was surprisingly empty, so Sun Ziyi chose a seat in the back. Two stops later, an elderly man got on and sat next to her. It was already the end of the year, and the bus's mobile ads were filled with promotional videos for the Lunar New Year shopping festival and several blockbuster movies.
Suddenly she heard a line from the boy. "Salamander, do you know how I remember your name?"
Sun Ziyi suddenly raised his head and whispered to the male protagonist on TV, "Back then you said you were the most unacceptable and lonely whale in the world."
Her voice echoed the lines in the play word for word, and she laughed after she finished. The old man sitting next to her also heard her "dialogue" and asked her, "Little girl, you really like watching the show, you even know the lines by heart."
She smiled and turned around and said to the old man, "Uncle, I wrote that TV series."
The old man was a little surprised and said, "Then you are very talented, little girl."
Sun Ziyi nodded and said, "Yes, uncle, I am actually very talented."
The mobile ad was playing "The Awakening," and she thought she'd cry, but she didn't. She'd acted like a big shot twice before to save face, and this time she told the truth, but reality made it difficult for her to verify it.
She talked to the old man about her creative ideas for a while, and the old man chatted with her all the way through, and said goodbye to her happily before getting off the car. After getting off the car, Sun Ziyi took a deep breath, pounded his left chest with his right fist, and shouted "Come on!"
People around looked over, but Sun Ziyi didn't take it seriously. He just scanned a bicycle with his phone and left.
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Chen Qingqing was very worried about Sun Ziyi. When the "Three Days Visible" feature was first released, Sun Ziyi had firmly stated that he would not use it. After so many years of friendship, Chen Qingqing knew that something must have happened to Sun Ziyi. Chen Qingqing called Sun Ziyi directly, but it was Sasa on the other end of the line who said that she was waiting downstairs for Sun Ziyi to finish his meeting.
When Chen Qingqing found Sasa, Sasa said that Sun Ziyi hadn't come down for a long time. Sasa was about to go up to look for someone, but Chen Qingqing stopped her and said, "Give her some space. She's an adult and won't get lost. Let's go look for her downstairs at her house."
Chen Qingqing drove the car to Sun Ziyi's house, and the two of them sat in the car waiting for Sun Ziyi. As a result, on the way, they saw Sun Ziyi who had just gotten off the bus. She rode her bicycle past Chen Qingqing's Levante. She was wearing a hooded coat, and she put the hood on when riding the bike. It was Sasa who recognized the coat as the one she had found that morning, and Chen Qingqing quickly honked the horn.
Sun Ziyi braked suddenly, propped herself up on one foot and turned her head. She was wearing headphones, but her mouth was still smiling. When she turned around, Shen Qingqing waved at her, afraid that she couldn't see. As a result, Sun Ziyi's smile suddenly bent down, and tears flowed down in three seconds.
Shen Qingqing hurried down to greet her, and Sun Ziyi leaned on her shoulder and began to cry.
"I heard it all from Sasa!" Chen Qingqing hugged her back.
Sun Ziyi exclaimed. "How can they call me untalented? I wouldn't be angry even if they called me ugly."
Shen Qingqing didn't know what to say for a moment. She knew that Sun Ziyi valued her talent very much.
Sun Ziyi hugged Shen Qingqing and said, "My client fired me because of this video."
Shen Qingqing said, “Don’t be afraid. The online world is the online world. It does not conflict with the real world. This matter will pass sooner or later.”
Sun Ziyi nodded, still not in high spirits.
Chen Qingqing said, "Hurry up and get in the car. I'll buy some groceries. We'll go to your house to have hot pot tonight!"
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After meeting Chen Qingqing, Sun Ziyi felt much more stable. Chen Qingqing was older than her, and although she was spoiled, she could see some things more clearly than her.
They have always relied on each other, firmly believing that the other person can always straighten the mast in their hearts that has been blown messy by the wind.
Sitting in the passenger seat of Shen Qingqing's car, listening to the faint breathing sound coming from the back seat, Sun Ziyi whispered, "She has been with me these days and has not slept well." Without waiting for Shen Qingqing to speak, Sun Ziyi asked again, "Have you and Mr. Wang reconciled?"
Shen Qingqing smiled and said, "We've made up. There's no such thing as an overnight grudge between husband and wife. His brother is coming to our house for dinner this Friday."
Sun Ziyi exclaimed, "It seems that you really need to be flexible with men. He gets anxious when you're away from him for a few days."
Shen Qingqing hummed, “Maybe.”
Knowing that Chen Qingqing and her husband had reconciled, Sun Ziyi was no longer worried and returned to her own sad little world. Looking out the window, her brows were furrowed, like a sad child in adolescence.
Chen Qingqing knew that this incident must have made her feel very bad, especially since her name was not on the last Jingzhe issue. Chen Qingqing could see that she was forcing herself to smile. This time, Mai Bai was lost, and even her talk show job was lost. Sun Ziyi was like a lonely boat in the sea, not knowing where the shore was.
Shen Qingqing thought about it and spoke. "Sasa has a colleague named Xiaoshi, who is my college classmate."
Sun Ziyi hummed and replied sickly, "What a coincidence."
Shen Qingqing said, "She is now the most powerful photographer in Sasa Company and has even been published in international magazines."
Sun Ziyi gave another perfunctory "Oh" and said, "That's great."
Shen Qingqing continued. "A few days ago, I was curious and checked her Weibo, and saw that it was all scolding her."
Sun Ziyi then turned his head, glanced at her, and asked in confusion, "Why are you scolding her?"
Shen Qingqing said, "Because fans felt that the color tone of one of Sisi's pictures was too bad, and if it was spread abroad, it would bring shame to the Chinese people."
Sun Ziyi's face was full of question marks, and he couldn't help but raise his voice and ask, "Are they sick?"
Shen Qingqing said, "Isn't it just that I'm sick..."
Sasa was awakened by their voices, stretched in the back seat, and continued with Shen Qingqing’s words, “Sissi’s depression is very serious. She invited me to go to Anding Hospital with her some time ago.”
Sun Ziyi turned his head to look at Sasa and said, "Netizens are like this, just ignore them."
Sasa said, "In fact, the backend of our official account and my email are all cursing me."
Sun Ziyi was skeptical and didn't say anything.
Sasa pulled out her phone, opened her email, and handed it to her. "Take a look at how outrageous their insults are. Read them out loud for Qingqing to hear too."
Sun Ziyi took the phone and saw an email address called @miouu. She read: "Why do you only interview actors and not scientists? What have you contributed to society? Do you deserve your salary?"
Sun Ziyi pulled the corner of his mouth awkwardly, turned his head to look at Sasa, and said, "Don't they know which channel to go to to watch scientists?"
She flipped down again and found that the first one was already very polite. Sun Ziyi sat in the passenger seat and moved the phone far away from her face. When she read to the end, her face became hideous because of the obscene language. After taking several deep breaths, Sun Ziyi returned the phone to Sasa.
Sasa took the phone and said, "Anything that gets exposure will attract attention, both good and bad. This is a normal pattern."
Sun Ziyi hummed a sound, but still couldn't laugh. She mustered up her courage, took out Chen Qingqing's phone, and looked at the comments under her interview. Only then did she see that starting this morning, there was a person named "Chengcheng" on every floor who was angrily attacking and responding to netizens, and each curse was dirtier than the last, and it took a whole day to respond.
She pronounced the word "Chengcheng" aloud, subconsciously guessing, could it be Xu Zecheng? Then she logged into WeChat, which she had left for two days, and discovered that Xu Zecheng had sent her more than fifty messages in the past few days.
She read through the messages one by one. All Xu Zecheng posted were random little things, sharing his daily life, taking pictures of green land and blue sky, and even a little hedgehog that suddenly appeared on his lawn. But there was not a single message about him being cyberbullied. She was even a little confused, as if a naughty kid had suddenly broken into her world and was now rolling around and throwing a tantrum.
Sun Ziyi replied, "I haven't been on WeChat these past two days."
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Chen Qingqing parked the car at the nearest Jingkelong store downstairs from Sun Ziyi's house. It was almost Chinese New Year, and Andy Lau was working there. Jingkelong was cheerfully singing "Gong Xi Fa Cai" (Gong Xi Fa Cai). They could hear it before they even got out of the car. After getting out of the car, the three of them simultaneously wrapped themselves up tightly. Sun Ziyi put on the hood of his woolen coat and lowered his head to rush towards the supermarket door.
She suddenly remembered a time when she was very young, when Tianjin always snowed heavily. She and Xu Zecheng would cross the street hand in hand, though she couldn't recall the exact year or day. They were so young then, and there were no boundaries between men and women. The adults would send her brother to the snack bar to buy milk tea to warm their hands. They would hold hands and walk from underground to the surface to buy Yolemei, a milk tea drink made with powdered milk tea. The moment they left the underground, the wind would pierce their necks like a knife, and Xu Zecheng would turn around and tighten his scarf around her.
She wanted to tighten her collar, but when she raised her arm, someone suddenly grabbed her. She looked up and saw it was Xu Zecheng. He was holding her arm with one hand and holding a large bag of vegetables with the other.
Xu Zecheng asked Sun Ziyi, "Why didn't you reply to my WeChat message?"
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