Andrea: "You didn't even have the decency to tell us before you applied! Now you want us to congratulate you now?"
Rachel: "We thought you were going to Germany!"
"Why would I go to Germany?"
Sunny: "To chase your first love, duh!"
"What first love?"
Andrea crackled her fist, "Nie Linzhi, are you trying to get on my nerves? Cause my fist really itchy right now."
"I really don't understand what you guys saying, I choose NUA because it's aligned with my plan. That's all."
Sunny took off her glasses, "Did the Royal Highness come back and will be transferred to NUA?"
"What Royal Highness?"
"God damn it, Linzhi! Your first love, His Royal Highness, The Fifth Young Master Lynn, Aiden Lynn!"
Rachel's passionate sarcasm finally sank into Linzhi's brain.
Right.. Linzhi was obsessed with medical school because she wanted to impress the Fifth Young Master Lynn, Aiden. She didn't remember this because it was a lifetime ago; even his face was blurred in her mind. No wonder the girls were acting weird, so it was the reason. They knew better than anyone that the young Linzhi was studying like crazy to enter Germany's top medical school.
"Don't worry about it; it's all in the past. I'm interested in business now, and NUA has the best business school."
The trio scrutinized her, suspicious because her change was 175 degrees. The remaining 5 degrees was still the shortest of the bunch.
"You should've told me you're going to NUA, I've chosen another Law School!"
Sunny took out her laptop, "We still have time to change it, do you want to change?"
Rachel sat beside her, "If there's a way, I would."
"Yeah, me too," Andrea chipped in.
Sunny scanned the screen seriously, "Early admission is closed; the only plan was to pass the national entrance exam or the school. The national exam has a bigger quota, but so did the competitor, the school exam has a higher fee, and most people avoided it. So here's the plan.."
"Guys? Hello?" Linzhi was like an empty wind because her best friends were discussing their strategy without her.
Finally getting rid of her sulking best friends from the dorm, Linzhi played her HANN playlist. Did he ever open his mini-blog? He was the only one who didn't reply to her message about recruitment. Other artists were either considering or flat-out rejecting her proposal. Although connected to NET, HANN didn't set his mini blog as public.
Having multiple accounts for social media was important, one as the main account and the other as a personal one. The second type is largely known as ghost accounts. Those accounts were usually used more freely, while the main account was for public relations.
Linzhi had one; it was the same ghost account she used even after being an actress because her old main account was never been used in her original timeline.
Crazhi
She could've chosen a better name but really settled for that weird name. But it perfectly captured her essence. She personally thinks she is a crazy beauty.
WHAT IS THIS BEHAVIOR???!
Linzhi choked on her drink when she saw that 89 post of hers was snapshots of a guy in a Neo Academy uniform.
Did she use to stalk someone? What is wrong with you, Linzhi?
There was a boy in a mask sleeping in class, another picture of him washing dishes in a restaurant, him wearing a helmet, and another snapshot of him with two small children. Based on the publishing date, it was from her middle school year.
'Did he my real first love or something?'
Princess Syndrom (4)
Linzhi: [picture]
Linzhi: [picture]
Linzhi: [picture]
Linzhi: Does anyone know who this is?
It didn't take long for her to get an answer.
Andrea: I know something was wrong when she said she's moved on!
Rachel: Han Junjie got a mark behind his back again.
Sunny: You really never change your type, huh?
Han Junjie.. Han Junjie..
Why is this name sounds familiar..
Where did I hear this?
'RIGHT!'
Zhang Yunxi's first artist!
Han Junjie was a rising actor and soon gathered popularity from his solid acting and down-to-earth personality. At that time, Linzhi was still a newcomer while he was riding the wind, but good times didn't last long, and he soon caught up in a scandal. Not just any scandal but an affair with the director's wife of his latest project.
- "People with defective morality must retire from the industry!
- "Who doesn't know he was using his connection to get this role and robbed his junior's resources!"
- "Boycott Han Junjie !"
- "Boycott Han Junjie !"
And various scolding from netizens swarmed the agency's official page. The hashtag stayed number 1 for days, and Han Junjie suffered from contract termination, harassment, verbal abuse, and cyberbullying. Linzhi was busy filming at that time but still checking on his news; who would've thought when her drama became a hit, the news of Han Junjie 's suicide also broke out.
Her name and the other cast were trending for days, while his funeral's news only stayed for a second and disappeared. The agency just posts an official statement, the fans express their condolences, and the haters just keep quiet like they never harass the man.
Zhang Yunxi left the domestic entertainment circle soon after.
After 5 years of hard work, Nie Linzhi became a powerhouse. Her position granted her access to the dark secret of the industry, and she knew that Han Junjie 's case was a deliberate frame-up. One of the movie's investors was interested in him, but he rejected the man and caused a consecutive blow to his career.
Scrutinizing the picture, there was something about this that bugging her.. She just couldn't place it where. She soon forgot it because she realized that HANN didn't block this account!
That means HANN allowed her ghost account to follow his mini-blog!
Unsurprisingly, there's no update, no reply, no interaction. Deserted like a long-abandoned account.
*****
After finishing his lesson, Han Junjie was about to turn off the laptop when a small box popped up in the lower corner of the browser: You have 99+ mini blog notifications.
'Mini blog?'
He paused and clicked on the bullet box.
It was his secret profile on the platform NET. When he was younger, he used to upload his original music or piano cover here. His other identity, HANN, was quite popular, and he would get generous gifts from the so-called fans.
After debut, social media is usually handled by the company, and their personal social account is usually deleted. After being reborn, he even forgot that he still had a mini blog and NET.
Most notification from NET was asking about his inactivity and gifts announcement, but the latest comment caught his attention.
"Hello HANN, my name is Nie Linzhi, and my company is interested in cooperating with you. I hope you can approve my follow request to your mini blog for further discussion."
He wasn't interested, but below the notification was another notification of the following approval.
It was the only account he followed, and the page popped up.
Spiritually he was a man in his mid-30s; when he saw the series of his picture and all kinds of childish rainbow farts, he was mortified.
Why would he use his HANN account to follow each other with this Crazhi? Did his younger self want to reveal his identity or something? Judging from these sneak shots, they definitely went to the school at some point.
'Was I crazy back then? Why would I like this kind of stalker?'
He was contemplating when the posts disappeared before his eyes.
A new post was made: "It's a brand new day, Linzhi."
Call him superstitious, but he had a weird hunch. Clicking the profile from top commentator on NET, he compared it to one of Crazhi's pictures.
It's the same person, indeed.
His younger self would be ecstatic to have this opportunity, but he's done. He blocked his followers and deleted his following before locking HANN. This account was the beginning of hell in his previous life.
This time he just wants a normal life.
On the other side of the screen..
Linzhi was religiously stalking HANN when her playlist stopped, and the page reloaded.
'The account is not found!'
Linzhi changed her profile, and her main account also had the same notification. Itched by the 'mystery', Linzhi made a new account and searched for HANN. As expected, the page was there, but it was locked, and he had zero following and followers.
"What is wrong with you, HANN!"
*****
The regular training time stipulated by H Media is from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, with a one-hour break at noon. But most of the trainees will practice extra, and it is not uncommon to practice until eleven or twelve o'clock in the evening. They gave up their studies and signed a ten-year contract. Apart from working hard to make their debut, they have no way out. Han Junjie used to be the leader among them, he was the first to go and the last to leave, but now he seems to be the least promising.
Wei Haoran had already sweated in the training room with the other trainees, and Han Junjie came late.
He wore a black baseball cap and didn't talk to anyone. The brim of the hat was pulled down very low, covering what wasn't covered by his mask. He finished the dance that needed to be practiced today under the distressed eyes of the dance teacher, then sat in the corner like a statue.
Han Junjie stared out the window in a daze.
After cleaning up HANN's account, he remembered that Nie Linzhi was actually his first love. She was the same girl he helped yesterday and the one he gave a lift to Dream Valley. No wonder she asked him to bring her there; she was actually a young lady from the most prominent family in Beiling.
That's also the reason she gave him cash like it was nothing each time.