Chapter 175 Friends are Friends
"Tu Xiaomao, aren't you with Teacher Tu? Wenyu, aren't you going to an audition? And Jiang Ye, you've participated in so many music festivals, don't you need to rest...?"
Then he looked at Xu Bai: "...You just brought Wolf Fang here like this, won't it bite you!"
Xu Bai smiled smugly: "It won't bite. I told it that I brought it to see my older sister."
"Look how happy it is now."
The wolfhound that had been glaring menacingly at Xu Bai the whole way was now sitting quietly and politely beside Tu Yao, its tail wagging back and forth.
As Cheng Sangsang watched, she couldn't help but smile.
The group of people breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
At this moment, the hashtag #ChengSangSang's production team used substandard materials# is still at the top of the list.
Once you click in, the bottom section is mostly filled with casual chatter from netizens.
[Is there any further witness who can tell me if they really went to find Cheng Sangsang?]
I didn't see my sister and the others, but I did see Xu Bai leading a dog into a hotel about twenty minutes ago.
[Alright, there's no escaping it now, even the Wolf Fang has arrived.]
In Hong Kong, Bai Chumeng looked at the comments below with a grim expression.
"This idiot, he just appeared on a variety show and he already has so many friends..."
It actually shifted part of the wind direction.
The butler standing nearby said meaningfully, "Miss, aren't you also Miss Cheng's friend?"
Bai Chumeng scoffed: "What kind of friend am I to her? I was deliberately scheming against her."
"And she only ever saw me as a substitute for her older sister."
The butler praised, "That's right. There's no such thing as true affection in this world; it's all about mutual exploitation."
Upon hearing this, Bai Chumeng felt a surge of irritation.
For some reason, she suddenly remembered the first time she met Cheng Sangsang ten years ago.
At that time, Cheng Sangsang's sister had just passed away, and she changed her style of dress to deliberately get close to her.
She thought it would take a lot of effort, but all she did was wear the same white dress as her sister, a matching green headband, and ask her a question.
"Want me to take you along?"
That silly ten-year-old kid actually followed me here.
After that, she said a few words of concern to her in a slightly pretentious manner, and she really started to treat her as a friend.
The Bai family is embroiled in internal strife, and she will step in to help her argue with her cousins.
The Cheng family doted on her, never restricting her money or resources. But a fool is a fool; she actually let her choose all these things.
This little fool listens to whatever she says.
...
The more Bai Chumeng recalled, the more intense her agitation became, until it suddenly made her feel suffocated.
A few seconds later, she closed her eyes, forcibly expelling the restlessness.
When she opened her eyes again, she said coldly, "When will the base's material identification and official report be released at the earliest?"
"One week."
"Alright, I'll see how this idiot turns things around in a week!"
...
Inside the room, a group of people were helping to pick up the scripts on the floor, each one representing Cheng Sangsang's hard work over the past two months.
Wen Yu picked up the book and read it as she went: "Sang Sang, it's really well written. You only mentioned a little bit of your idea back in Crane Village, and I wanted to audition for your role back then."
"When we set a time, I'll come for the audition, okay?"
Cheng Sangsang's eyes welled up with tears again. She wiped her nose and said helplessly, "...But the whole set has collapsed."
"Everyone has disappeared."
She kept getting calls from people trying to terminate her contract, but she didn't dare answer any of them.
As Tu Yao picked up the dog's head, she stroked Wolf Fang's head. "We don't necessarily need to build a scene. I checked before I came."
“The Yanjing Film and Television Base has ready-made sets, they may be a bit dilapidated, but if your script has horror elements, it seems better if they are a bit dilapidated.”
"Hmm... If things don't work in Yanjing, we can rent a venue. Since your background is in winter, the students will be on holiday then, so it won't bother them."
Xu Bai: "That's right. The venue issue is the easiest to solve. As for the people, if they run away, so be it. At least Teacher Tu hasn't run away yet."
Jiang Ye lowered his head and said, "If you need someone for the interlude, you can contact me. I'm not busy in the second half of the year."
Tu Yao continued, "Teacher Ma, have you acted before? I think the headmaster in your script who makes people write self-criticisms all day long is perfect for him. I'll go and trick him when I get back."
She muttered to herself, "Anyway, Teacher Ma has nothing to do."
One sentence after another, Cheng Sangsang quickly looked up, holding back the tears that were about to fall.
After holding it in for an unknown amount of time, she suddenly whispered, "...I consider her a friend."
"He was once... my only friend."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone paused in their work.
Tu Yao turned her head and looked at her quietly.
Cheng Sangsang smiled and said, "Tu Xiaomao, I'm sorry. Before today, I couldn't forget her."
Even after learning Bai Chumeng's true colors in Crane Village, she still chose to run away.
I dare not face it.
Ten years is far too long.
“At that time, my sister had just passed away. It seemed that everyone thought that I became friends with her because she looked somewhat like my sister, and that I treated her as a substitute for my sister.”
She shook her head. "But no."
“I admit, she’s like my older sister, in the way she speaks and dresses.”
"But I can tell the difference."
"An older sister is an older sister, and a friend is a friend."
Her voice suddenly trembled, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"...I became friends with her simply because that afternoon, she came over and asked me if I wanted to play with her."
No one had ever run over to her like that and taken her hand.
For the past ten years, Bai Chumeng has pretended to be gentle and kind, but these feigned gentleness and kindness have genuinely touched her heart.
...
A few seconds later, Cheng Sangsang took a deep breath and looked up again, "But from now on, I will also be clear that she is no longer a friend."
“My uncle said that the base has initiated an official accident investigation, and he will send an investigation team over tomorrow. I will be on my toes and find out the source of that batch of substandard materials before the official announcement.”
She continued looking at Tu Yao, "Tu Xiaomao... I... this is the first time I've done something like this."
After hesitating for a moment, she gritted her teeth and asked, "Can...can you come with me?"
Tu Yao smiled and said, "Of course."
"Let's do it together!"
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