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Chapter Forty-Two
The two looked at each other.
Pei Xilin still had one hand resting on the car door, and the other hand was holding the phone.
With the light of the parking lot, he looked at Sang Ning in front of him.
For a moment, Pei Xilin shifted his gaze down to her eyes, and landed on her hand that was holding her coat.
Following his gaze, Sang Ning shivered slightly.
She regained her senses, pretending to be calm and said, "Has it been a long time?"
Pei Xilin: "A few minutes."
He took the clothes she gave, because it was warm after covering her body for a long time.
"Did you sleep well?"
Hearing this, Sang Ning was silent for two seconds and said, "It's okay."
She tried to recall it, and it seemed to be more comfortable than she imagined.
Pei Xilin smiled, "That's good."
He tilted his head, "Let's go."
Sang Ning: "Let's go?"
Where are you going?
Pei Xilin put on her clothes, slightly curled her lips, "I'll take you to the elevator."
Sang Ning wanted to refuse, but he had already circled the front of the car again to the side of the co-pilot, and opened the door for her naturally.
Noticing his hand on the roof of the car, Sang Ning closed her eyes unconsciously.
After sending Sang Ning to the elevator, Pei Xilin left.
It seems that there is not much nostalgia.
The elevator door closed, and Sang Ning leaned against the wall and looked up at the top of the elevator.
The elevator roof is like a glass material, which can reflect her appearance at this moment, and reflect the bewilderment in her eyes.
If she had doubts about Pei Xilin's attitude towards her before today, then after this meal tonight, she had a certain question and answer for herself.
Even if Pei Xilin didn't say anything.
None of them are fools, and some things can be felt.
She felt that the reason why Pei Xilin didn't tell her clearly was that on the one hand, he felt that it was not the time, and on the other hand, he thought that Sang Ning could feel it.
...
It took only a few tens of seconds for the elevator to go up, but Sang Ning felt that it had been a long, long time.
After changing her shoes at home and collapsing on the sofa, she was still thinking about this problem.
When Jian Hui called, Sang Ning had just taken a shower and hid under the blanket.
"Hey."
Listening to her weak voice, Jian Hui was worried: "You didn't go well in the audition tonight?"
"No." Sang Ning turned over, thought for a while and said, "It went well."
Jian Hui raised her eyebrows, "Then your tone is, are you tired?"
"A little bit." Sang Ning said truthfully, "What's the matter?"
Jian Hui: "Caring about sisters."
Sang Ning smiled, "I don't think you are here to care about me."
"Don't be so straightforward." Jian Hui's voice was treacherous, and she couldn't help but say, "I'm here to gossip about how you and Mr. Pei went to Director Chen's for dinner tonight."
Sang Ning hummed, pretending to be stupid, and said, "What's the situation? We just had a meal and auditioned, and then went back to our respective houses."
"What?" Jian Hui was shocked, "Ms. Pei didn't even send you home?"
Sang Ning: "..."
She was speechless, and explained: "If you send me home and he goes back home, it will be considered as going back to each house, right?"
"Then what counts?" Jian Hui snorted softly, "It doesn't count."
"..."
Sang Ning has always been unable to refute Jian Hui on such trivial matters, so she is smart enough not to speak.
Quiet for a while, Jian Hui asked, "Are you sure?"
Jian Hui asked this question without beginning or end, but Sang Ning still understood what she was asking in a second.
She was silent for a few seconds, and said vaguely, "What?"
Jian Hui snorted at her, "Don't play dumb with me, you know what I'm asking."
Sang Ning hummed, thought for a while and said, "Almost."
Jian Hui: "Did I guess correctly?"
"...Well." Sang Ning was not sure, "but it's just a guess."
Jian Hui was speechless, "Ms. Pei confessed?"
"How is it possible." If Pei Xilin had confessed his love to her, she would not have answered and just guessed this sentence.
Jian Hui was puzzled, "Since he likes you, why didn't he confess his love?"
Sang Ning: "He won't."
At least for the time being, even if Pei Xilin likes her, he won't confess his love to her. Sang Ning couldn't say the reason, but she just knew that Pei Xilin couldn't.
He will definitely not rush forward when he has a good impression of himself.
Jian Hui originally wanted to ask Sang Ning why she was so sure, but she thought about what she knew about Pei Xilin, and it seemed that she was indeed the case.
He will not make a decision until he is sure.
"What about you?" Jian Hui asked.
Sang Ning was startled, "I don't know."
Jian Hui was surprised: "Don't you also like getting along with Teacher Pei?"
"That's different," Sang Ning said.
It's different from liking to stay with him and wanting to fall in love with this person.
Jian Hui only had a puppy love in high school, when she was young and young, she rushed forward if she liked it, without so many worries and twists and turns as adults.
She originally wanted to persuade Sang Ning, since she likes to stay with him, then the other party must have brought her a sense of comfort. But when the words came to her lips, she felt that Sang Ning could see clearly about feelings.
She knows exactly what she needs right now.
Be quiet for a while.
Jian Hui said: "Well, anyway, I will support you in whatever decision you make."
Sang Ning raised her eyebrows and deliberately teased her, "Then if Teacher Pei really likes me, you can also refuse him?"
Jian Hui: "Idols are more important than girlfriends!"
"Oh." Sang Ning bent her lips and teased her, "Then if we fall in love, you won't be angry?"
"Why should I be angry?" Jian Hui was confused, "I can't take Teacher Pei, but if my best friend takes it, I won't have to set off fireworks for a month to celebrate?"
Jian Hui has her own rational thinking when it comes to chasing stars.
She likes a person, and will spend money on endorsements for this person to offset sales and so on. But she doesn't want to take this person as her own, and even when she learns that the other person has someone she likes, or is a girlfriend's wife, she respects and blesses her.
She chases stars to satisfy her spiritual world, not to chase him to be her boyfriend.
Of course, if she has the kind of heart for the opposite sex, it's fine if she can catch up.
Sang Ning was amused by her, "I was wrong."
Jian Hui knew that she was joking with herself, so she groaned and said, "Of course, if you are really with Teacher Pei, I still need some compensation."
Sang Ning raised her eyebrows: "What?"
"You are not together, you ask."
Sang Ning said happily, "Let me ask first, if it's compensation I can't afford, then I don't have to think about being with your teacher Pei at all."
Jian Hui choked.
She pondered for a moment and asked her, "Does Teacher Pei know that we are talking about him behind his back?"
Sang Ning paused, rubbed his nose, "Probably never will know."
"..."
Jian Hui: "That's right, don't let him know."
She said casually, "If you want to fall in love, you have to buy me two bags, right?"
Sang Ning looked at the ceiling, "Hang up."
Jian Hui smiled, "Why, two can't do one, but one can do."
Sang Ning sighed, "Wait until I fall in love in a few years."
"How many years?" Jian Hui raised her voice, "How many years will it be before you fall in love?"
Sang Ning: "For the time being, I think so."
Jian Hui: "...then I'm already in love."
"Then you buy it for me." Sang Ning agreed with her, yawning, "I'm a little sleepy, I'm sleeping."
Jian Hui: "Okay, you go to sleep, I will come to see you tomorrow,"
"it is good."
After hanging up the phone, Sang Ning tossed and turned on the bed for a while before compulsively letting herself fall asleep.
On the other side, as soon as Pei Xilin got home, he received a call from Huang Ming, asking him about the result of his dinner with Sang Ning.
Pei Xilin told the truth.
Huang Ming praised Sang Ning, then changed the topic: "Why did you recommend her to Director Chen?"
"..."
Pei Xilin: "Do I have any?"
Huang Ming: "What do you think?"
If it weren't for Pei Xilin's recommendation, it would be impossible for Chen Song to consider a newcomer actor like Sang Ning. Even if you don't talk about coffee status, in terms of Sang Ning's acting skills and works at this stage, it is not in the scope of Chen Song's consideration.
He can train|teach a good actor, but it is time-consuming and laborious for the director to train|teach an actor.
There are better ones, and he will definitely choose the better ones.
Pei Xilin didn't speak.
Huang Ming was silent for a moment, and vaguely caught something.
He frowned, and suddenly asked, "Are you interested in Sang Ning?"
Pei Xilin didn't admit it, but he didn't deny it either. He kept the silence he should have kept.
Huang Ming said to himself, "I said, why are you so kind to Sang Ning? It's not just because of Gu Wenjing, is it?"
Before Pei Xilin was kind to Sang Ning, Huang Ming would always think that it was because of Gu Wenjing, the two of them had a good relationship.
But looking back carefully now, it is absolutely impossible that it was just because of Gu Wenjing.
Pei Xilin has not been considerate enough to help her brothers and friends consider her sister's future development, and personally act as a driver to pick her up and introduce resources to her.
"I'm asking you something." Huang Ming got impatient when he didn't get an answer, "When did you have thoughts about Sang Ning?"
Pei Xilin was silent for a long time, and gave Huang Ming an unsatisfactory answer: "I don't know."
In fact, he himself didn't quite understand the origin of this relationship.
When he realized that Sang Ning was special to him, it was too late to think about why he was special to her, and because of something that made him special to her.
Pei Xilin thought about it, but didn't think about it.
Huang Ming choked, and couldn't help saying: "You can fall in love if you want, but Sang Ning is an artist of Wen Xi, if you just want to have fun, you can change someone."
"..." Pei Xilin was speechless, "I said I don't know, because I don't know when it started."
Huang Ming: "Oh, what do you think now?"
Pei Xilin: "I don't know."
Huang Ming gritted his teeth, "You still said you didn't want to play around."
Pei Xilin was dumbfounded, and said seriously: "Sang Ning doesn't mean that to me."
"?"
Huang Ming was shocked, "What?"
Pei Xilin: "What?" He looked at the night scene outside the window with a calm tone, "Is it normal for her to mean something to me?"
He never felt that he could please everyone.
Huang Ming was silent, "Yes. Although you are handsome, you are not to the point where everyone likes you."
Pei Xilin: "Are you praising me or belittling me?"
Huang Ming said to himself, "Your fans are no less than other artists, don't they know you are handsome? Yes, but they still don't like you."
"..."
Pei Xilin resisted the urge to hang up the phone, and said in a deep voice, "It's okay to hang up."
Huang Ming: "Yes."
He quickly mentioned Pei Xilin's recent work arrangements.
Pei Xilin hummed: "Understood."
Before hanging up the phone, Huang Ming did not forget to tell: "You should think about the matter between yourself and Sang Ning. If Sang Ning really has no idea about you, you should give up as soon as possible."
Pei Xilin listened, and hung up the phone without hesitation.
After hanging up, he stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows for a while before returning to the room.
The next day, Sang Ning glanced at the mobile phone that had no news, and had a massage with Jian Hui at home comfortably.
After finishing, Wen Xi arrived.
Chen Song was very fast, and contacted Wen Xi this morning to talk about the signing and various cooperation agreements.
After reading the draft contract for Sang Ning, Wen Xi asked, "Have you thought it through?"
Sang Ning raised her eyes, "Sister Wen Xi thinks this deal is not worth it?"
"No." Wen Xi told her with the intuition of her professional agent, "As long as you play this role well, the deal will definitely be a bargain."
Sang Ning frowned, "Then we don't seem to have any reason to hesitate."
Wen Xi nodded, "How did Chen Song audition for you?"
"He didn't." Sang Ning said honestly, "I didn't even seriously audition in front of him, he just asked me a few questions."
Wen Xi frowned: "That's it."
"Hmm." Sang Ning looked at her, "Is there any problem?"
Wen Xi shook his head: "He has never played his cards according to common sense in auditions, and it's normal not to audition in the normal way."
She looked at Sang Ning, "Pei Xilin accepted this movie?"
"..."
When Pei Xilin was mentioned, Sang Ning lost his mind: "Yes."
Wen Xi didn't notice this change in her, and said softly, "Then you two are working together."
Sang Ning was silent, and couldn't help saying: "We are not equal in coffee positions, so it's no match for each other."
"Why not?" Wen Xi laughed and said, "As long as it's the same movie, let's talk about how many years Pei Xilin has been in the industry, and how long have you been in the industry? Don't feel inferior because of your low status."
Sang Ning was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously said, "I haven't."
She's not ashamed of herself in this matter.
"Then what do you mean by what you just said?" Wen Xi looked at her curiously.
Sang Ning glanced at her, "Just say it casually."
Wen Xi smiled, "Okay, just say it casually, don't put too much pressure on yourself. Director Chen said that the first version of the story will be sent to me in a few days, and you can read it then."
Sang Ning agreed.
Three days later, Sang Ning received a message from Pei Xilin.
Pei Xilin: "The contract is signed?"
At that time, it took only 20 minutes for Sang Ning and Wen Xi to walk out of the box after signing the contract together.
Sang Ning endured it, but couldn't resist replying: "Mr. Pei, aren't you very well informed?"
Pei Xilin: "It's okay."
Sang Ning: "."
She wasn't really praising him!
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