Su Er overslept this morning due to her indulgence last night, and had to reschedule for noon.
She bought a cup of coffee and carried a large suitcase filled with her belongings.
Oh, and there's a suit that doesn't belong to her.
Wearing a mask and hat, I took a taxi to the airport.
After a two-hour flight, she arrived home around 3 p.m.
As I entered the apartment building, I ran into the grandma who lived next door. She stared at me, who was fully covered up in protective gear, for a while before recognizing me: "Xiao Er? It's been a long time since you've been back. You've become even more beautiful."
Su Er took off her mask and smiled, "Grandma Li, how are you feeling?"
"Good, you're in good health."
After exchanging a few pleasantries downstairs, Su Er carried her suitcase up to the fourth floor.
She took out her keys from her bag, turned the lock, and found no one home at that time.
This journey had exhausted her already meager energy. Although her stomach was empty, she couldn't resist the overwhelming drowsiness and went straight to bed in her room.
When she woke up, it was already completely dark.
Su Er opened her eyes and reacted for a while, accompanied by the aroma of food wafting in from the crack in the door, and the familiar sounds of conversation.
"Don't go and call her, she looks tired."
"How long has she been sleeping? Her days and nights are completely reversed, look at her condition."
"Her job is special."
"So I said she started this way from the very beginning..."
Before returning to that familiar topic, Su Er pushed open the door and called out, "Dad, Mom."
The two stopped talking and looked at her simultaneously.
He Yi served the dishes and asked, "When did you get back?"
Su Er took the plate and placed it on the table. "Around noon."
"Why didn't you call us? I could have come back and cooked you something to eat."
"It's alright. You and Dad have classes this afternoon, so it won't make a difference if you stay a little longer."
Su Boyuan frowned slightly and asked from the side, "You only slept for an afternoon?"
Su Er replied calmly, "Yeah, I'm a little tired."
The conversation abruptly ended, but fortunately the rice cooker was just in time, preventing the silence from continuing.
The rising steam softened the serious atmosphere in the room. He Yi served the rice and called out to them, "Come and take your food, it's time to eat."
At the dinner table, apart from the inevitable soft clatter of bowls and chopsticks, the only sounds were chewing and swallowing.
Their family doesn't have the habit of chatting at the dinner table; they strictly adhere to the principle of "no talking while eating or sleeping."
It wasn't until after the meal that the family finally sat down to chat about everyday things.
It started off well, but in the end, the conversation always revolved around the same issue and ended on bad terms.
Su Boyuan took a sip of tea. "I heard from Lao Wang that your drama academy also has opportunities to take the civil service exam, and then you can stay on to teach."
Su Er paused for a moment, but still nodded, "Mm."
"What do you think?" Su Boyuan asked.
Su Er said, "I... don't have that plan for the time being."
Su Boyuan took a deep breath, her brows furrowing even more. "So what are your plans? Tell me and your mother."
She said calmly, "Just focus on filming, that's all."
Su Boyuan sneered in anger: "Hmph! Look at yourself now, you have no plans for yourself, no goals for the future, and you're just wasting your time!"
What is a proper job? Su Er wondered.
Is it a job with high public recognition?
He Yi took a sip of tea, and his gaze towards Su Er became solemn: "Er'er, your father is right. Look at this past year, and you too..."
Su Er's shoulders slumped, her eyes revealing a deep weariness: "Dad, Mom, I don't want to argue."
She couldn't quite remember how many times they had had such arguments.
From the time Su Er chose to pursue art in her second year of high school, every conversation she had with her parents ended up with the same conclusion.
Su Er was always the so-called "other people's child" since she was a child.
My parents are professors at Nanjing University, and going back further, both sets of grandparents were also learned people, making us a true scholarly family.
Su Boyuan and He Yi put a lot of effort into raising her from a young age, and Su Er lived up to their expectations, consistently ranking among the top students in her class from elementary school to high school, even in a prestigious elementary school.
Outside of class, although she wasn't proficient in all the arts, she was still quite skilled.
According to Su Boyuan and He Yi's plan, Su Er should aim for one of the top universities in the country.
Choose a profession that will benefit your career in the future, and continuously delve into it.
Whether it's scientific research or further studies.
They arranged the most suitable and safest route for Su Er.
But everything changed when Su Er was a sophomore in high school.
When it came time to choose between arts and sciences, their usually obedient daughter took the subject selection form and told them that she wanted to apply for the performing arts program.
At first, they thought Su Er was just under a lot of pressure and wasn't quite used to the pace of her second year of high school.
It wasn't until she handed in the subject selection form that her homeroom teacher called.
It means that it's a real shame that she's pursuing an art career with such good grades, and I'm asking if she's discussed it carefully with her family.
Su Boyuan was so angry that she scolded Su Er severely, and He Yi also asked her if she had lost her mind from studying.
That was the harshest scolding Su Er had ever received, but it didn't change her resolve.
Of course, in order to stop Su Er from making the same mistake again, Su Boyuan and the others also made a lot of efforts, using both hard and soft methods.
Kind words of persuasion were useless, and cutting off her allowance was also ineffective.
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