A few days later.....
Ying Xuan sat in the library with Lu Zuan.
'So....if I write it like this, is this correct?' Xuan signed.
Lu Zuan sighed, "No. You're still doing it wrong. If you write it this way, it'll completely change the meaning of the sentence."
Ying Xuan groaned and pulled her hair. She slumped back on her chair and signed, 'I'm gonna fail Chinese grammar. I'm definitely gonna fail it!'
Lu Zuan put her head on the table. She repeated for the thousandth time, "You'll be fine Xuan. You're just a little confused."
Ying Xuan opened her eyes and was about to reply when the two suddenly heard Weiwei's voice shrieking, "I did it!! I did it!!!!!!!"
Ying Xuan and Lu Zuan turned their heads to look at Shi Weiwei, as the librarian shushed her angrily.
Shi Weiwei guiltily stuck out her tongue as she walked over to the two and whispered, "I did it! I did it!! I got Jingyu to agree!!! He agreed to play the male lead!"
Lu Zuan raised her eyebrows in a very surprised look as Ying Xuan's mouth hung open. She stared at Shi Weiwei as she signed, 'He...agreed!!!!!!??'
Shi Weiwei jumped up and down. "He did! Yeah, he did!!!"
Ying Xuan's eyes were so wide it was a wonder they didn't fall out of her face. She asked, 'Why?'
Shi Weiwei tilted her head as Lu Zuan chuckled, "What she means is, how did you get him to agree?"
"Well, it was really simple. He agreed at once when we said that Xuan would play the female lead." Su Shaoyan's voice was heard as he came into view, carrying an English reference book under her arm.
He kept the book on the table with a thud and said, "Xuan, once you're done. I think I'm gonna need you to tutor me in English. Otherwise I'm gonna fail that!"
Ying Xuan stared at him with a dazed expression. She was still having trouble processing the fact that she was about to play the female lead in a play.
Xuan thought back to her conversation with Shi Weiwei a week ago, when she had put this condition. Ying Xuan mentally kicked herself as she went over the conversation in her mind.
A week ago....
Ying Xuan was sitting in her room with her headphones on, reading a book.
Shi Weiwei had barged in her room looking like she was tired of life and had snatched the packet of chips in Xuan's hand.
'What happened?' Ying Xuan asked.
Shi Weiwei pouted, "It's impossible to find leads for my play. Nobody wants to play. The girls keep saying that it's gonna take a lot of time to learn sign language and the boys say that the character is too serious for them."
Ying Xuan felt really bad as she watched over her little friend, stuffing her face with chips, stress eating.
'Who was your inspiration for the male lead? It really is a difficult character.' Xuan tried to divert the topic in another direction. She did not like the one in which it was headed.
Shi Weiwei swallowed and said, "You won't laugh at me right?...I.....It was Wei Jingyu."