Because they had chatted on WeChat recently, Shu Nian quite liked Ke Yi Qing: “Not in a hurry.”
Ke Yi Qing asked: “Where are you going?”
Hearing this, Shu Nian looked at Xie Ru He, as if asking him.
Xie Ru He answered for her: “Going nearby to buy some food, then going back.”
Shu Nian explained: “Going to take the subway.”
“Then I’ll go with you since we’re headed the same way.” Ke Yi Qing took the sunglasses hanging on her collar and put them on, then took out her phone from her pocket, “Let’s talk while walking, it won’t take up your time.”
Shu Nian walked beside her: “What did you want to ask?”
Xie Ru He pulled the suitcase, silently following behind Shu Nian.
“I was filming somewhere else recently,” Ke Yi Qing said casually. “This apartment was rented for me by my friend, you probably know why…”
Shu Nian thought for a moment, then shook her head: “I don’t know.”
Ke Yi Qing immediately went quiet. Noticing Xie Ru He standing right behind, she carefully leaned closer to Shu Nian and whispered two words, “He—You—”
Seeing this, Shu Nian also lowered her voice: “Officer He? What about him?”
Ke Yi Qing coughed lightly: “I want to pursue him.”
Shu Nian thought she had misheard: “But didn’t you say before…”
“That was just…” Ke Yi Qing didn’t know how to continue, so she changed the subject, “Has He You moved too? I’ve been here for a week and never seen him, and no one answers when I knock on his door.”
Shu Nian wasn’t very clear either: “I don’t know, but Officer He’s work hours aren’t fixed.”
“Then do you know his normal working hours?”
“I don’t know,” Shu Nian answered honestly. “Because my working hours are quite long, they probably don’t overlap with his. And when I get home, I shower and go to sleep, so I haven’t paid much attention.”
Ke Yi Qing scratched her head: “Why do I feel like he’s deliberately ignoring me?”
Shu Nian hesitated: “I don’t think so.”
Hearing this, Ke Yi Qing’s eyes brightened a bit: “Why?”
Shu Nian looked at her: “You’re good-looking.”
“That’s right,” Ke Yi Qing raised an eyebrow, unable to hold back from complaining. “I really can’t believe it, I look like this and he’s still picky, avoiding me like I’m a ghost. Is there something wrong with his aesthetic?”
Shu Nian found her way of speaking amusing, and the corners of her mouth turned up.
After speaking, Ke Yi Qing remembered something else: “By the way, the theme song for ‘While He’s Still Here’ that was recently released, you sang it, right?”
Shu Nian was taken aback, then remembered it had already been released: “Mm.”
Ke Yi Qing asked again: “You were Miao Man’s voice actor?”
Miao Man was the second female lead in the movie.
Shu Nian said: “Yes.”
“Hey, the dubbing was pretty good.” Ke Yi Qing gossiped, “This movie has been getting slammed recently, called a melodramatic trash film with wrong values, and both the ratings and box office are terrible.”
Shu Nian hadn’t been paying attention to this and made a sound of surprise: “Really?”
“Yeah,” Ke Yi Qing said. “They say they spent several dozen yuan on movie tickets, and only the song was worth listening to. I even saw a post talking about how Miao Man still uses voice dubbing on the big screen.”
“…”
“Hey, don’t mind it,” Ke Yi Qing spoke straightforwardly. “I went to see that movie, and the fact that you could dub Miao Man’s acting to that level is really impressive.”
Shu Nian responded conventionally: “It’s normal to find voice actors when the voice doesn’t suit the character.”
“It’s mainly interesting to see her getting criticized again,” Ke Yi Qing said a lot, and once she started, she couldn’t stop. “I was on a variety show some time ago, the one I told you about before.”
“Hmm?”
Ke Yi Qing looked back at Xie Ru He, saw that he didn’t seem to be listening to their conversation, and didn’t pay much attention: “They originally invited Teacher A He, but he didn’t come. So the program team invited Xu Ze Yuan, and Miao Man was there too.”
Shu Nian didn’t know much about these things, so she could only nod in response.
Ke Yi Qing: “Those two seemed to hit it off.”
Shu Nian nodded again.
“But I feel it’s one-sided from Miao Man, sigh, she’s also a pitiful person.” Ke Yi Qing sighed, “Let’s not talk about it, it reminds me of myself.”
Shu Nian opened her mouth, thinking about how to comfort her.
“Ah, I won’t bother you anymore.” Ke Yi Qing waved at her, her enthusiasm suddenly rising, “I’m going that way, to see if I can catch him. Let’s chat another day.”
Seeing that she didn’t seem upset, Shu Nian didn’t say more, just responded with a “sure.”
Shu Nian turned back, looking at Xie Ru He who had been silent the whole way: “What are we going to buy?”
“Some toast.” Lost in thought about something, Xie Ru He’s tone was absent-minded, “Is there anything you want to eat?”
Shu Nian’s cold hadn’t gotten better, and in this hot summer, she only wanted to eat cold things. But feeling that Xie Ru He probably wouldn’t let her eat them, she just shook her head: “No.”
They walked in silence the rest of the way.
Xie Ru He suddenly said: “The variety show your friend just mentioned was broadcast recently.”