Chapter 1976 — Uncle Qing's Request
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It was an extra, a face in the crowd from first to last, sitting at a desk and never stirring once; and the girl beside him was an extra of the same sort. Bai Weituo could not fathom it — why on earth had Wei Zhao picked a role like that?
There were plenty of such walk-on parts, after all, and Wei Zhao had chosen just one of them. But beyond these, there were also any number of supporting roles trailing after Xu Shilan...
"Huh? Brother Lin, are you sure? You'll just play an extra?" Bai Weituo asked, somewhat taken aback.
"I'm no good at acting. An extra is quite good enough for me," Wei Zhao said.
Wei Zhao had little interest in standing out at the freshman gala. He wasn't there to chase girls, nor to curry favor with anyone; he'd take an extra's part because this was a group activity, and one Bai Weituo had organized — it wouldn't have been right to bow out.
"All right then..." Seeing Wei Zhao hold firm, Bai Weituo said no more. "And what about Sister Xinyan?"
"She's the same as me — she'll play an extra like this." Wei Zhao knew Wang Xinyan's temperament well enough: she too disliked crowds and the spotlight, so he had answered for her.
For the rest of the rehearsal there was essentially nothing for Wei Zhao to do. He said a word to Bai Weituo and left the dorm.
On his way downstairs, a figure came charging up at breakneck speed, and if Wei Zhao hadn't dodged in time, it would nearly have run straight into him. He had no wish to say anything to such a reckless fool — but to his surprise, the reckless fool turned out to be someone he knew!
"Brother Wei Zhao!" Han Jingyi looked at him with delighted surprise.
"Han Jingyi? What are you doing in the boys' dorm?" Wei Zhao stared at her in puzzlement. Weren't girls barred from wandering into the boys' dormitories at will? Or did the boys' dorm have no such rule?
"Weren't we supposed to rehearse the performance? So I came. Bai Weituo called me, didn't he?" Han Jingyi looked at Wei Zhao with even greater puzzlement. "Why aren't you rehearsing?"
"I mean, how did you get into the boys' dorm? Didn't the old man at the gate stop you?" Wei Zhao asked.
"No. Why would he stop me? He even smiled at me!" Han Jingyi said, her face a picture of bewilderment.
"Then go on up. Room 444. I'm playing an extra, so there's no rehearsal for me," Wei Zhao said.
"Why does an extra need no rehearsal?" Han Jingyi asked.
"No reason." Wei Zhao simply refused to answer her; otherwise there would be no end to it.
"Then I'll play an extra too, and skip rehearsal as well." Han Jingyi nodded. "Brother Wei Zhao, where are you off to?"
"I'm going home," Wei Zhao said.
"Then I'm going home too. Give me a ride back," Han Jingyi said.
"...Let's go." Wei Zhao couldn't be bothered to refuse. It would only waste his breath, and in all likelihood the words would be wasted anyway.
Uncle Qing was leaving that very afternoon. Gu Pengzhan knew he had found the wife he had lost touch with for so many years, but there was still a great deal of business with the group, and Uncle Qing had to report the findings of his survey back as soon as possible. If it proved feasible, a branch company would be set up here, and then Uncle Qing could see Grandma Sun often. So an hour or two more or less made no difference.
"Brother Wei Zhao, you and Wang Xinyan are a couple, so why are you also living with Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu?" Once in the car, Han Jingyi's mouth was no more idle than before.
"First, Wang Xinyan and I are not a couple. Second, that's sharing a house, not living together," Wei Zhao explained.
"Oh, then Brother Wei Zhao, you're single?" Han Jingyi said happily. "That's wonderful."
"No, I have a girlfriend," Wei Zhao said.
"Then why haven't I seen her? Where is she?" Han Jingyi asked.
"None of your business," Wei Zhao said.
"But you sit beside Wang Xinyan every day, and you share a house with Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu — doesn't your girlfriend get jealous?" Han Jingyi asked again.