Huai Jian actually really wanted to stay, but she felt that if she did, things would only get weirder. There was a high chance she would become exactly what the netizens claimed—someone who… well, someone who liked Yun Duoduo.
For now, she only wanted to be friends with Yun Duoduo. Yes, just friends; she couldn’t afford to have any other improper thoughts.
Huai Jian said, “The company has some matters I need to handle tomorrow, so… I probably won’t have the chance to stay and play.”
Yun Duoduo sighed with regret. “It’s okay, there will be plenty of chances to play in the future. I’ll send you back tomorrow. I have about a week of filming left, then I’ll come find you!”
Huai Jian hummed in agreement. Yun Duoduo thought for a moment, pulled out her phone, and said, “Then, Sister Huai, let’s add each other on WeChat. That way, if anything comes up, it’ll be easier for you to contact me. How about it?”
WeChat? Huai Jian’s brows twitched. She only had the account that Yun Duoduo had already added. If she gave that to her, the secret would be out instantly. But if she didn’t give her anything, Yun Duoduo would probably be heartbroken.
She said, “I… I don’t have WeChat.”
In this day and age, anyone with a phone has a social media account for easy communication. Huai Jian handled so many contracts every day; she definitely had an account.
There were only two possible reasons: either she didn’t want to give it, or there was a secret in her WeChat that she couldn’t let Duoduo know.
Yun Duoduo narrowed her beautiful eyes, a hint of suspicion glinting within. “Sister, you wouldn’t happen to… have an account, but…”
“I’ve been abroad all this time, so I mostly use Instagram,” Huai Jian lied. For some reason, she was so nervous she nearly bit her tongue.
Yun Duoduo studied her for a moment and believed her a little more. “My phone can’t log into Instagram, otherwise I could add you there,” she sighed.
Huai Jian froze for a second and added, “Um… I don’t use it much anyway.”
Yun Duoduo walked over and sat on the edge of her bed. “Then let me help you sign up for one. It’s very convenient; you just use your phone number.”
Huai Jian felt a secret sense of relief. Her phone had two SIM cards: one for work and one for private matters.
She swapped out the old card and said, “Then help me sign up. I really don’t use WeChat often.”
Yun Duoduo looked at her with “pity.” “Alright, just follow what I say. Tap here first, then poke there. What nickname do you want?”
“Let me think.” Huai Jian’s first account name was just the letter “J.”
After a moment, she said, “Let’s just go with ‘H’.”
“Isn’t that too simple?” Yun Duoduo felt such a plain nickname didn’t match Huai Jian’s commanding presence. She said, “Let’s pick something high-end and grand!”
With that, she went to Baidu to search for #DominatingNicknamesForGirls#. A bunch of “cringey-cool” (Fei-Zhu-Liu style) names appeared, filled with strange symbols.
#Ur_Sorrow_I_Dont_Get#, #Dominant_Queen_Is_Me#, #Wild_&_Unrestrained_Woman#…
“Emmm…” Yun Duoduo was about to skip past them.
Beside her, Huai Jian suddenly spoke up, “That looks quite nice.”
“Huh?” Yun Duoduo’s eyes widened in shock.
“It’s quite interesting.” Huai Jian looked at it again, seemingly unable to understand why Duoduo was so shocked. “The symbols are cute, don’t you think?”
“Um… I guess they are kind of cute.” Having lived through that era, Yun Duoduo couldn’t help but ask, “Have you never seen these before? This was super trendy when I was in middle school, but now…”
When Yun Duoduo was in middle school, Huai Jian was in high school. Back then, she was abroad and had no time to encounter such things, her mind entirely focused on her studies.
Huai Jian shook her head. “No.”
Yun Duoduo sighed. The world of a top student was truly tragic; they didn’t even have these kinds of memories. “Then pick one from the list.”
Huai Jian said, “The last one is pretty good.”
Yun Duoduo typed it in for her and waited for the verification code to arrive.
Once everything was set up, Yun Duoduo looked at the empty contact list and said excitedly, “I’m going to be your first contact! Come on, scan me!”
“Okay.” Huai Jian added her.
Yun Duoduo set a nickname for her and said goodnight.
Before sleeping, Huai Jian sent the contract to her.
“Thank you!” Yun Duoduo opened the electronic contract and read it seriously, discovering the terms were exceptionally good. “Sister Huai, this is an A-level contract, isn’t it? It might not be appropriate for me to take this right now.”
Huai Jian: “There’s nothing inappropriate about it. I believe in you. Don’t feel pressured; once the contract is signed, I’ll arrange everything for you.”
Yun Duoduo didn’t know how to thank her anymore. “Then I’ll get the contract ready when I see you off tomorrow. Goodnight for now.”
“Mm, goodnight.”
That night, both of them slept exceptionally well.
The next morning, Yun Duoduo ran up the mountain. When she returned, she was carrying a lot of fruit neatly packed in bags. She handed them to Huai Jian very carefully, saying, “Sister Huai, there’s a small bag in here for Sister Anna. I’m so grateful to her for what happened before.”
Even though she was Sister Anna, for some reason, Huai Jian felt uncomfortable. She felt that Yun Duoduo shouldn’t be giving things to “Anna” because the real Anna hadn’t actually done anything!
“Yun Duoduo,” Huai Jian called out to her seriously.
Yun Duoduo looked at her in confusion. “What’s wrong?”
Huai Jian took a deep breath. “I want to ask you a question.”
Yun Duoduo: “Go ahead.”
“After spending so much time together, do you think Anna and I have anything in common? Or are we different?” Huai Jian had made up her mind: if Yun Duoduo said they were very similar, she would immediately tell her that she was the one who saved her and had just borrowed Anna’s name.
“Why do you ask?” Yun Duoduo felt she was being unusually solemn and didn’t know how to answer at first. But since Huai Jian asked, she had to say something. “I think you guys are a bit…” Like the same person!
Yun Duoduo could feel it; Huai Jian and Anna were very similar at times. She often had the illusion that Huai Jian was Anna. But then she’d think: Huai Jian is a famous Best Actress who is so busy—why would she boredly impersonate someone else to chat with her?
Besides, Huai Jian had just applied for a new WeChat account to add her. Normally, one wouldn’t go through such unnecessary trouble, right?
She said, “There are still big differences.”
Big differences?
Could this be the legendary gap between the internet and reality? Even if they were the same person, did they have different personalities?
Yun Duoduo said earnestly, “Sister Huai, you are cold and not very passionate. Sister Anna is different; she started off very cold, but later she became ‘passionate as fire’ and even knows how to flirt with girls.”
“Flirt?” Huai Jian looked at her in confusion. She didn’t know she possessed that skill; she had always thought of herself as quite reserved.
However, she could see something different on Yun Duoduo’s face. For instance, whenever Yun Duoduo mentioned “Anna,” her face wore an expression that clearly said, “I like her so much, she’s wonderful.
If Huai Jian had to summarize, it meant Anna was more important in her heart. She said, “If one day you found out Anna wasn’t who you thought she was—that she was very boring and had lied to you—what would you do?”
“That wouldn’t happen,” Yun Duoduo said firmly. “I think Sister Anna is exactly as I described. Maybe she’s different from others, but I think that just shows I’m special to her.”
Huai Jian hummed. she wanted to smile but couldn’t quite manage it.
Yun Duoduo didn’t understand her meaning and didn’t dwell on it. She went over to help her pack. Huai Jian’s luggage was very simple—just some clothes and a few books. The small suitcase felt light in her hand.