Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
After hearing Zhang Yan’s words, Ning Huanxin immediately nodded.
She was happy just to be able to have a place to rest here. As for clothes or meals, she could temporarily stick around with the crew.
After all, there were so many people in the production crew. There are never too many extras or too few extras.
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The production team had their dinner in the courtyard. Perhaps it was because they were about the same age, Zhang Yan and Ning Huanxin got along pretty well.
After dinner, she brought Ning Huanxin to her study room.
“Sister Ning, look, this is it.”
Zhang Yan opened the door to her study room. Instantly, Ning Huanxin’s line of sight was filled with numerous books. Many of them were even professional books about performance.
“Little Yan, do you want to be an actress?”
Acting is a very special career. In this profession, you would be given all sorts of glory and privileges, and you would be known far and wide by everyone.
Back then, why did Ning Huanxin leave her home to become an extra?
Of course, It’s because she is a wonderful young lady, born with beauty and talent.
Alright, fine, it was because she had no other choice. After being fired by the 27th shop she was working at, she accidentally came across the grand entrance of Lan Dian Cinema Studios.
This terrible cinema studio couldn’t get any worse1.
At that time, an idea popped into Ning Huanxin’s head. She took out all of the money that she had with her, got a health check-up done, got an ID to become an extra, and even rented a temporary home.
Ning Huaxin thought since she was so beautiful, and trained with martial arts since young, she would definitely catch the eye of a wise and smart leader who would know how to recognize talent. Then she would become a supporting female lead who would trash the female lead, and from then on, walk down the starry road of fame.
Her goal wasn’t to earn money. Her goal was to let everyone in the world see her, so that…
Her parents, who were all the way back in her hometown, would know where she was and would come and fetch her back home.
That’s right, actually… Ning Huaxin really just wanted to go home. However, she didn’t want to give in so easily. Hence, she thought of what seemed like a flawless and brilliant plan.
However, the reality is way more harsh and cruel than the innocent and beautiful dreams.
Ning Huanxin had been running around acting as an extra for two months in the cinema studios, but she only managed to get two and a half lines in the script.
If she continued talking about it, she might cry.
Sigh sigh sigh!
Ning Huanxin gathered her thoughts back. Compared to playing as an extra in the production team, right now, she had been sent back ten years in time by that weird WeChat on her phone. This was the most unfortunate thing!
……
Currently, Ning Huanxin’s head was filled with all those thoughts. Next to her, after Zhang Yan heard Ning Huanxin’s question, she just lowered her head and smiled bashfully. “Sister Ning, please don’t tease me, I didn’t get a lot of education, and neither do I have any professional knowledge. However, many production teams often come to our small town to film. I really want to be an actress, but my mother simply refuses, so I secretly bought a few books and decided to slowly learn on my own. See.”
As she spoke, Zhang Yan dragged Ning Huanxin to a corner of the study room. She pulled aside the curtain, and there was a full-length dressing mirror hidden behind the curtain.
The mirror was clean and bright and made of wooden frames. It looked rather old, and much like an antique with beautiful flowers and patterns carved around the frame.
“A beautiful elder sister gave this to me. She was part of a production team that used to rent this place, and so I hid this mirror here. Every time after I am finished reading a book, I face the mirror and use it to practice my acting skills.”
As she spoke, Zhang Yan’s eyes shone brightly.
It looks like she really loved acting, however…
Ning Huanxin frowned as she thought about the inn she was living in 10 years later. At the inn, other than her production team, she had only seen the lady boss. She never heard about the lady boss having a daughter?
However, calculating the time and age, ten years later, Zhang Yan perhaps might have gotten married and moved out.
With her happy life with a husband and children, perhaps Zhang Yan might have long forgotten about her acting dream that she had when she was younger.
“Little Yan, your place is really clean. You don’t have to clean it up anymore. I can just sleep on this small bed. And during the time when I don’t have to act, I can even read some books here. Well, if I read your books, you wouldn’t mind, right?”
“Of course I won’t mind. Why would I?”
Zhang Yan held onto Ning Huanxin as she walked towards the door. “Sister Ning, come with me, I’ll bring you to my bedroom. I’ve even more books under my bed!”
As the two of them chatted, they left the study room. Zhang Yan forgot to pull back the curtain in the corner. And that ancient-looking old dressing mirror stood there quietly.
The moment the door closed, a fleeting glint of light flashed across the mirror, and instantly disappeared…