"Calm down."

"How do you want me to calm down."

"I'm willing to let you go if I make you so miserable."

"For example?"

……

"Divorce."

……

Washington's Chinatown is home to hundreds or thousands of Chinese in the center, and at the annual grand parade, you will see yellow faces with signs, mostly residents of Chinese mainland. Few of the other people who immigrated to or worked in the U.S. chose to live here, and they all wanted to integrate into the Western society more quickly.

But Chinatown is like a huge piece of fat that is clung to the mouth, and merchants often come to it with a curious eye.

Not so long ago, among the greasy streets and crowded apartments, a modern office building appeared. It is not high, only 3 floors, but it can be seen that there is a certain scale, especially the words "entertainment company" on the billboard are particularly conspicuous. At this moment, a small group of people are gathering on the third floor of the building, watching an argument.

The **** girls in the center of the crowd should only be between 20-23 years old, and they are Chinese rising star acting talents who stand out from the selection of colleges and universities in Washington. The two of them attracted the attention of the audience for some reason, and when they gathered around to listen, they realized that it was because of a novel that changed the position of the idol drama protagonist.

Exactly, this cannot be called an argument. Because from beginning to end, it was just a high-profile silence.

The slightly taller one, with the advantage of height, looked at each other with a slight condescension in their eyes. There is nothing vulgar about the words, but maybe I have spent a lot of time in the United States, and I occasionally speak Chinese mixed with authentic American English, but I always express a meaning.

"They were also chosen together, why is the heroine you and not me?"

The girl being questioned was petite, with her long, straight hair neatly draped over her shoulders, and if you looked closely, you would see horror in her eyes. The kind of surprise rhetoric and bombardment seemed overwhelming.

And the tall girl continued to go down the road without stopping.

"To be honest, I don't really feel like I'm inferior to you in the slightest."

The little girl originally opened her mouth to say the word "I", as if she was about to defend something, but she was robbed by the other party.

"If I have to say that I am inferior to you, it should be your harmless expression and weak appearance."

It can be seen that the little girl should be full of confidence in herself, otherwise how can she have the courage to participate in the event? But that courage disappears as soon as you meet a sharp opponent. Her non-speech increased the arrogance of the tall girl, and she even publicly asked for a change in the heroine, or the two of them competed once, and the winner was on.

The media planning manager on the side hesitated.

"This ...... The candidates are all set by the top management of the headquarters, and I am afraid it will be difficult to change them without authorization. ”

As soon as this remark came out, it aroused everyone's suspicion even more. Could it be that this little girl has not officially stepped into the entertainment industry before she has been subjected to unspoken rules? After all, this little girl looks left and right, except for that kind of unclear pure temperament, there is really no other characteristic. How did he get into the finals in the first place, it is estimated that it can only become a mystery that cannot be guessed.

As if she had finally caught a breakthrough in the problem, the tall girl had been staring at the little girl, and there was something called disdain in her arrogant eyes.

Hearing those baseless speculations, the little girl almost cried, she hurriedly raised her hand to explain, "It's not that you want to ...... like this" But this weak explanation didn't seem to reach the ears of others, and the crowd only sighed slightly.

The tall girl took advantage of the victory to pursue.

"How is it otherwise? You explain, who condemned you? ”

"I don't know ......"

"Then who knows! Do you not know, or do you dare not say? ”

The little girl was speechless for a while.

Seeing that the other party's psychology was about to be crushed by himself, the joy of victory almost drowned out the tall girl. And just when she thought she was going to win big, she suddenly felt someone poke her back in the back. She turned around, and the crowd followed.

What caught my eye was a small, round girl's face. The visitor tied his slightly long curly hair in a bun at will, revealing his forehead, and wore a pair of elegant black-rimmed glasses, with a calm expression.

The woman took out the pen and notepad she had brought with her, turned a new page, and carefully wrote something on it. In the end, she held up the notebook to everyone's eyes, and there were only a few words on it.

[I have set it. 】

The audience was in an uproar.

Who is she? How did it end up here? actually said that the person was set by her. Moreover, she doesn't seem to be able to speak.

None of the people present had ever seen her, as if she was a person who had jumped out of thin air. The tall girl gave the planning manager a puzzled look, only to get the same questioning look. So she remained arrogant.

"Who are you?"

When the other party heard this, he lowered his head again and wrote on the paper.

[It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that the heroine will not change. 】

This sentence angered the beautiful girl, and her tone changed instantly.

"Why do you say that whoever the protagonist is whoever he is, who gave you this right!"

The woman was about to write something in the notebook, but a lazy male voice suddenly reached everyone's ears.

"I give the right, can not."

When she turned around and saw the person who came, the woman who was originally indifferent finally raised the corners of her mouth slightly. She saw him in a formal suit and walked slowly towards her. Immediately afterwards, the planning manager called out in surprise, "Mr. Gu." ”

So everyone's faces and attitudes changed in an instant.

The man who was called Mr. Gu did not stay on the others for a second, only locked the plain face in front of him, and his tone changed from hard just now to a slight soft smile.

"Ada is my man, why didn't she report your whereabouts in time?"

The girl pursed her lips and raised her right hand to make a slow gesture.

[I heard that the newcomers who were selected have already received the script before, and they will go to the company to rehearse today, so let's take a look at the situation. Don't blame Ada, it's really boring to stay home every day. 】

The man no longer pursued the issue, as if it was fruitless to pursue it. He just turned to the side and whispered to the respectful manager.

"There will be no change in the selection of candidates, and the creative team will submit a proposal that satisfies me within three days."

Then no longer giving anyone a chance to refute, he grabbed the girl's shoulders and wanted to walk out, but unexpectedly felt a slight resistance from the other party. Lowering his head in confusion, he saw that the woman made a gesture of waiting, then turned to the tall newcomer again, took out his notebook and wrote a long paragraph.

[She may be nothing better than you, but you are no better suited for this role than her.] What the heroine of the novel needs is precisely the harmlessness, cowardice, and weakness that you just disdained. The main purpose of the article is to reflect the painful process of the heroine who has experienced pain again and again, and after walking through those thousands of mountains and rivers, she slowly understands and grows up. 】

[You don't even read the script, or carefully understand the meaning behind it.] Since you don't have a certain understanding of the work, what qualifications do you have? 】

[Also, as the author of this novel, I think I am qualified to decide who is the best heroine in my heart.] 】

Everyone didn't expect that the author of this novel that touched thousands of people was actually the ordinary woman in front of him. Earlier, many domestic media asked for interviews with the new writer, but they were all rejected one by one, as if someone was deliberately pressuring him not to show up.

I didn't expect it to be her! Or one, dumb.

At first, I knew that the man who came was actually the manager of the head office, and the dissatisfaction in the tall girl's heart increased. Can we rely on relationships to be taken care of everywhere? In a country that is so fair? However, after seeing the black letters on the white paper, the insistence in her heart dropped a little. was originally arrogant, and if she really wanted her to play the heroine who was not worthy of the name, it was really difficult to perform.

Seeing that the other party stopped talking, the woman turned her gaze to the innocent little girl on the side.

She...... It's like the original self, the self in front of someone, humble and low. A glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but write a short sentence on the paper.

[I once heard a saying: It is better to rely on yourself than to look forward to a hand. If you want not to be bullied, you can only make yourself strong enough, and blindly giving in will not arouse sympathy. Did you understand? 】

After reading it, the girl nodded cautiously, her eyes were a little more firm, and she no longer flickered abnormally. Then seeing that the other party was leaving, a request blurted out without thinking.

"Can you tell me your name?"

The woman's back hesitated in place for dozens of seconds, and finally she started to write heavily on the snow-white page.

Stroke by stroke, stroke by stroke, the tip of the pen almost cut through the paper.

【Nguyen En】