Chapter 9 Part2 (1/2)
Oh my, what a lovely awakening. ? But hahahaha! I'm feeling second-hand embarra.s.sment with that last part.
Chapter 9.2 — Slowly Enjoying the Dating Process (2)
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She forced a dry laugh. ”Yes. What a coincidence.”
Then in a few words, she explained that day's incident to him. When she was finished, downstairs, Wu Zhilun still had not spoken, as if he was considering something. After what felt like an endless wait, he gave her an ambiguous, specious reply. ”If we do have the opportunity to work together, you will see her again.”
With that, he exchanged a few words in a low tone with the person beside him and then, moving on to the next candidate, continued with the screen tests.
”Will Wu Zhilun take her?”
That young girl was quite good. This film of theirs was considered a relatively large production and, coupled with the fame of the two bosses, promoting it would not be a difficult task. If someone wanted to catch some eyes, this was a good opportunity.
He shook his head. ”Based on his personality, he likely won't.”
Jia He was surprised. ”Just because she mentioned the thing about the rumoured girlfriend?”
Yi Wenze smiled. ”Yes, but not for the reason that you are thinking. With so many people auditioning today, saying those words allows people to very easily remember her. That is a very clever topic to choose. I have a quite few friends who are more easygoing and like this type of actor or actress who can jump out and draw attention onto himself or herself. But unfortunately, Lun is not that type of person.”
”Oh, right.” Jia He agreed, ”He went through a lot of hards.h.i.+ps to reach this point. He should prefer people who are grounded and take the steady route.”
Yi Wenze did not express anything in reply.
Suddenly recalling the remarks a bunch of Joe Blows had made in jest at a dinner the other day, Jia He turned on him a grinning look with much implied meaning. ”You say, Wu Zhilun is both a celebrity and the boss of a production company. Does he have beautiful women knocking on his door in the middle of every night?” As soon as the words came out, she regretted them. Why was it that in her ears, they sounded like she was just using Wu Zhilun to allude to him? …
Yi Wenze was smiling, a very veiled type of smile but because they were so close, it was infinitely enlarged before her.
”I can't really say for sure with him,” he answered in a very solemn manner, his voice purposely lowered, ”but I have a good habit: I lock my door before I go to bed.”
She forced a laugh. ”… Indeed, a good habit.”
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Downstairs, things were still continuing. The two of them watched for a while and then went back into his office. Jia He could see that he was very busy and she could not simply sit here idly the whole time either, so tentatively she asked him, ”Do you have any extra computers here?”
She had nothing to do anyway; she might as well write up the character descriptions that had been discussed in the previous two days' meetings.
When Yi Wenze looked at her, she immediately pulled out her flash drive. ”My work habit. I carry the things around with me, and when I find the time, I'll write.”
He made a phone call, and before long Qing delivered a laptop computer over.
Right as she plugged in her flash drive, Wu Zhilun strode into the room, and there were even several people following him. From the looks of things, they were likely going to be talking business. Jia He was vacillating over whether or not she should step outside, lest she end up not partic.i.p.ating and just becoming a live piece of backdrop, when Yi Wenze suddenly pointed at another room. ”It's a little noisy here. You can go inside to write.”
Jia He said an ”mm-hmm” and picked up the laptop. As she walked past Wu Zhilun, the latter gave an obvious lift of his brow, and there was much to be construed in his smile. She returned a bewildered gaze at him, but as there were many people and many pairs of observing eyes, she felt too awkward to ask him what in the world was up with him. But the next moment, when she pushed open the door to that room, embarra.s.sment struck her.
This room… was a bedroom.
The people behind her had slipped into working mode already, and it was not fitting for her to say anything either; hence, she could only brazen it out and step inside. Her eyes went from that large bed, to the sofa, then back to the bed, then… Decorously, she took a seat on the sofa, bowed her head, and looked at the computer. However, once she powered it on and went to switch the keyboard input method, she uncovered an even more awkward problem. This computer only had one Chinese-character input method—Jyutping input for Cantonese.
In other words, there was nothing for her to do.
In the end, she could only walk over to the window and stare out vacantly.
Through the one door, she could indistinctly hear those voices outside. The discussion seemed to be in full swing. While amusedly trying to recognize which was Yi Wenze's voice, she also carefully recollected their itinerary and what they had done today, until she ultimately realized that she had not done a single thing of any value.
Yi Wenze appeared not to have any plans. But this was their first official date. Should it be a little more special? Go watch a movie? But that was equivalent to throwing themselves into the gunfire of the media. Go out to eat? It seemed, their lunch today had actually been pretty good.
Ah, forget it. If they were going to watch a movie, they might as well just watch DVDs; if they were going to go out to eat, they might as well just order takeout.
She was in the middle of talking herself around when, behind her, there was the sound of the opening door.
She turned her head. Yi Wenze, holding a cup of coffee, was closing the door behind him.
”What are you looking at?”
Quickly spinning around, she leaned her back against the windowsill. ”Not looking at anything. Why'd you come in?”
He smiled. ”We're done talking.”
Saying this, he placed the coffee onto the coffee table and walked over to Jia He.
As she watched him drawing closer and closer, Jia He all of a sudden became a little fl.u.s.tered. This was an honest-to-goodness bedroom. To her left was that huge bed and to her right was a loveseat sofa. This honestly was not her overthinking things… This s.p.a.ce just put too much pressure on a person.
Eventually, he stopped in a spot three steps away from her and pulled out a few DVDs from a metal rack.
”I need to go to Yi Hua. Would you like Qing to go out and stroll around with you?”
Jia He secretly gave a sigh of relief. ”No, it's okay. I'll wait for you here.”
With a mild ”mm,” he took out a disc from its case. ”If you're hungry, there are sandwiches in the fridge.”
She answered, ”Mm-hmm.”