The Unexpected Rise Before My Exit from the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 368

Qin Wei was not annoyed either, pretending she didn't hear it, and muttered to herself in a low voice:

"Such a bad temper, is it because work is too tiring? Then you go rest, I'll go cook, how about steamed cod fish for dinner today? And I bought lemons, just made some red tea, we can have lemon tea after dinner~"

Without waiting for a response, she went off to get busy.

Xiao Wang lowered his head, looking at the lunchbox in his hand that he hadn't had a chance to put down yet, and said in a low voice:

"Sis, I bought shrimp dumplings and boiled spinach and fragrant..."

"That's your dinner now."

Qiao Sixiao said with a smile to her,

"You're still standing here, are you planning to stay and have dinner with me?"

Xiao Wang shook her head like a rattle drum. As the rattle drum turned around to leave, Qiao Sixiao called her back:

"Go back and help me check if the studio needs an editor. If so, contact the kid and ask if she's willing to come."

...

"You didn't throw away everything I bought, did you?"

When dinner was ready, Qin Wei asked her while she was eating.

She clearly heard her say that on the phone yesterday, she thought she didn't like the mess at home and was going to throw everything away and restore it to how it was before after she left. Qin Wei felt quite sad.

But when she came back from school today, there were obvious signs of cleaning in the house, but everything was still there, and the placement of items hadn't changed. Even the building blocks she had scattered all over the floor, every piece was still in its original position.

Qiao Sixiao looked at her:

"How heartbroken you must feel every time you come home... Or do you want me to throw them away?"

She shook her head, her eyes suddenly red.

Without saying much, Qiao Sixiao lowered her head to continue eating seriously. Now her left hand had also gotten used to holding chopsticks, so eating was no longer so awkward.

"Eat faster, don't you have to go back to school later? What's wrong with you, staring at me all the time?"

Qiao Sixiao felt a little annoyed by her stare.

"The spinach is a little hard, and this fish..."

She was suddenly gently hugged by the other person. Qiao Sixiao was surprised.

"Did you get bullied at school..."

Qiao Sixiao asked her softly.

She put down her chopsticks and reached out to pat her back, carefully comforting:

"Not used to it yet? Then move back home, it's just a ten minute drive. Your school doesn't have strict requirements for boarding. Being a day student is also possible..."

"Okay!"

Qin Wei let her go, relieved as if a weight had been lifted, picked up her chopsticks and started serving food to Qiao Sixiao, then ate by herself.

Qiao Sixiao: "???"

Qiao Sixiao: "..."

Qiao Sixiao: "Get out, now! Don't even finish eating, just get out!"

Qin Wei hugged her bowl of rice, blinking her eyes innocently at her:

"Hmm? Didn't you ask me to move back?" I've already processed the paperwork, too late to change now."

Qiao Sixiao pressed her throbbing temples and said through gritted teeth:

"I just talked about it for less than a minute..."

Qin Wei ate a piece of spinach and calmly explained to her:

"But I had a hunch you would say that today, so I applied in advance."

"To be honest..."

Qiao Sixiao stared at her, seeming a little angry.

Qin Wei obediently confessed:

"The school dormitory requires re-application for occupancy each semester, but there are no vacant dorms this year due to increased enrollment. Also, the school does not recommend boarding for juniors, seniors and artists who have already debuted. The dorm management has a curfew, if I work late I can't get back in...

Most importantly, Li Yao didn't apply for me in the first place."

Qiao Sixiao: "Very well, no problem. I happen to know some of the leaders at your school. Let's ask them to figure something out and provide you a place to stay. That should still be doable."

"Hmm hmm hmm???"

...

"Is it okay if there's no dorm to live in?"

On the way to class together the next day, Ye Jiahe asked Qin Wei,

"Or let me keep an eye out for you? I heard that at the beginning of each semester there are students taking time off, we can apply then?"

"Why do you care so much about her situation? Doesn't she have a place to stay?? Doesn't she have a home?"

Now Zhou Fang no longer targeted Qin Wei, but whenever Ye Jiahe spoke, she just had to retort.

Ye Jiahe was a little annoyed and slapped Zhou Fang's back hard twice:

"That's too much! Don't you live on campus too? Do you not have a home?"

Zhou Fang winced in pain but didn't dare fight back. She felt a little wronged and muttered to her softly:

"You misunderstood, misunderstood! Where we are from, home is just a house..."

"No need to keep an eye out for me, thanks. I do have a home now. I'd prefer to move back home."

Seeing their play fight, Qin Wei also smiled

"How nice it would be if you two shared a dorm room!~"

Ye Jiahe: "..."

Zhou Fang squinted at her:

"I know what you're thinking, but no way, there are 4 people per dorm room, each has their own bed. Read less comics and novels, stop making Ye Jiahe worry about you, that's the best thing."

Qin Wei looked at Ye Jiahe.

"Don't let your drama be subpar, okay? They've all been working hard to promote your new drama, editing videos, writing copy...trying their best to ensure no public backlash. Every day your fans are..."

"Oh shut up."

Ye Jiahe glared at Zhou Fang, then told Qin Wei,

"Don't listen to her exaggerating. We just feel flooding timelines with self-promotion is useless, it only annoys people. So we're trying another approach to let more people know. Don't worry about any of this, and don't lecture me!"

Seeing Qin Wei was about to speak, Ye Jiahe immediately stopped her,

"Alright, you'll have to attend Film and TV Appreciation class yourself now. Shen Jie is busy teaching today so she can't escort you, I only brought you here because I was afraid you'd get lost. I need to go back to edit videos now, bye."

Qin Wei waved goodbye to her, and suddenly remembered Zhou Fang's matter:

"Zhou Fang, I'm very sorry about that job..."

"The editing position is still pretty good, matches her major. Being able to contribute with her skills and fulfill her internship, I haven't even figured out how to thank you yet..."

"?"

"You'll understand when you ask about it after going home... Ye Jiahe wait up for me!!!"

Zhou Fang saw her friend was already far away and hurriedly said goodbye before jogging to catch up.

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Film and TV Appreciation Class is one of the school's signature courses. There are 5 sections of the same course in total, all students have to take one of the five. So students from various grades and majors are in this class.

Also, the instructor is a film director, he doesn't just recite the textbook during lectures. Sometimes he talks about things he witnessed and experienced while filming, so the class is very popular.

Li Jing was lucky to get a spot in the class.

When Qin Wei arrived, there were still many vacant seats, so she chose a seat in the corner and sat down.

Before class started, Qin Wei browsed her phone for a while, going through the promotional videos made by fans that Zhou Fang mentioned.

They were mostly short clips of one to two minutes or just a few seconds. They used behind-the-scenes footage from her new drama that was previously released, plus clips of Qin Wei's previous works. The creators let their imagination run wild and put together brand new little stories.

Quite a few of them had pretty good view counts, with mostly positive comments underneath -

[Wow, this is what million-level editing means?]

[The title says it's Qin Wei and Qiao Sixiao's Three Lives Three Worlds, why is there only one world? What about the rest?]

[Author: The second world has to wait until Star Ignition airs, otherwise there's no footage. I plan to edit "Jiang Xuan x Luo Yang", look forward to it if you're interested!]

[Star Ignition? When will it air? I want to watch! ]

[I checked - it also has Su Yang! Qin Wei looks so cool in this, is Xiao Qiao playing a fairy? Shen Kai is so handsome too! And many veteran actors I recognize but can't name! What a great lineup, why aren't they promoting it?]

[Author: Just finished filming, still in post-production. A big production like this is still worth looking forward to!]

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Qin Wei was quite touched that she has fans who silently work hard for her like this. At least she didn't take this drama for granted, otherwise it would be failing them.