Chapter 7 When Wen Tang received the reply, she was wearing casual home clothes with her long hair loosely gathered into a bun on top of her head. She sat barefoot on the carpet, holding a pen and making notes on a script. Whenever she had free time, she loved studying scripts—it helped her develop a deeper understanding of the characters within them. After what happened in the afternoon, a hearty meal and a shower had already soothed her emotions. Years of acting had made her quite skilled at regulating her own feelings. The only downside was that today she had indulged her appetite, which meant she’d have to go hungry for the next few days. Being a female celebrity wasn’t easy. Setting that aside, what still bothered Wen Tang was the man she’d encountered in the elevator. Just thinking about meeting him in such an embarrassing situation, and the fact that he was her neighbor, made her feel incredibly awkward. She just hoped they wouldn’t run into each other again! She was deeply absorbed in studying the script when she heard her phone buzz. After finishing the final two lines of dialogue and their psychological annotations, Wen Tang picked up her phone to check. Little Cool Guy had finally replied to her message. Wen Tang glanced at the time—she’d sent the message just after five in the afternoon, and he’d only replied close to ten at night. It was really hard to get a response! Looking at the reply content, she almost had a heart attack. It was just a single, lonely character. Simply: “Oh.” ? She’d written so many words, and he replied with just an “Oh”—that was it? That was all?? Was he really that brief?!!! …… Oh. …… What did he mean by that? Was she boring? Did she have nothing interesting to say? That couldn’t be possible?? There were so many topics to discuss, so why just an “Oh”!! She’d called him Senior, shouldn’t he at least ask who she was? Didn’t he have even a tiny bit of curiosity about why she’d added him? She’d said she was a fan of Jiang Qianya just like him—shouldn’t that spark some empathy and get him to chat with her about it?? This Little Cool Guy really was the strong, silent type. He wasn’t just playing it cool; he genuinely was cool! Originally, Wen Tang’s plan was that after they became friends, when he asked who she was, she would fabricate a false identity as an eighteenth-tier actress under Gathering Star Entertainment, claiming she’d meant to add someone else but accidentally added him instead—a mistake. Of course, the “mistake” was just an excuse. Whether it was a real mistake or not didn’t matter; they were already friends. Once they were on each other’s friend lists, how things proceeded afterward was entirely up to her. She’d already prepared all her talking points, but now… Little Cool Guy was different and didn’t play by the rules. Wen Tang pondered the meaning of that single “oh,” thought for a moment, and replied: [One Candy: Senior! Finally got your reply, I’ve been waiting for you so long!] [One Candy: Did you collect all 50 likes? Did you get Jiang Qianya’s poster? Ahhhh I’m so jealous, I want Jiang Qianya’s poster too!] Never forgetting to maintain her persona, her tone was sweet and coquettish—men loved cute, flirty girls! First, she’d trigger his sense of guilt, then ask with an innocent tone. On this specific matter, surely he couldn’t brush her off now?! She sent the messages and waited for a reply. The response came slowly. After about ten minutes, just as Wen Tang was thinking he might ignore her again and considering whether to send another message, she finally got a response. This time, only four characters. [Y: Didn’t succeed.] Wen Tang didn’t understand these four characters at first glance. After reading them twice more, she finally grasped what they meant. Didn’t succeed? …… Did that mean he didn’t collect all 50 likes? Fifty likes just meant fifty people. Thinking of her massive friend circle, let alone 50, she could easily collect 500. How many WeChat friends did Gong Yue actually have?! It was hard to imagine there were such solitary people in the world. Though she could pretty much guess the reason, when there’s no real topic to discuss but you want to keep chatting anyway, sometimes you need to play a little dumb. [One Candy: Aww, what a shame!] [One Candy: Why?] …… Looking at the nearly instant reply, Zhou Jingyu felt a bit surprised internally. Grandfather said she was cultured and well-mannered? If he wasn’t mistaken, cultured and well-mannered shouldn’t be like this, should it? She seemed overly enthusiastic, too familiar too quickly. Zhou Jingyu didn’t want to have too much contact with his blind date—ideally, they’d just lie dormant in each other’s friend lists. But he hadn’t expected that once she started chatting, she’d be this kind of overly familiar type. When others asked questions, it was hard for him not to respond. So he politely replied once more. [Y: I have very few WeChat friends.] After replying, he thought this should be the end of it, right? Zhou Jingyu lifted the blanket, preparing to get into bed. But before he could even lie down properly, another message came through. He didn’t even need to think about who it was—it had to be his chatty blind date. He really wanted to ignore it, but after a moment’s hesitation, he finally picked up his phone from the nightstand.