Su Yanyan was about to leave when she heard Mo Fan say, “We can’t find the right person. Senior Su, just consider it a favor. Five hundred yuan per episode, twenty episodes in total.”
“It should only take a few days to film!” Afraid that Su Yanyan might think it would take too long and refuse, Mo Fan quickly added.
Mo Fan’s words made Su Yanyan’s already lifted foot drop back down instantly.
A flicker of temptation crossed her eyes. Five hundred yuan per episode—twenty episodes would be ten thousand yuan.
She knew about the short dramas Mo Fan mentioned—those viral two-minute or five-minute short video series that were all the rage on certain platforms right now.
Seeing Su Yanyan hesitate, Mo Fan quickly said, “You can do it during your free time after classes and on weekends. It won’t interfere with your coursework!”
Mo Fan’s eyes were full of anticipation. The girl’s conditions were excellent. If Su Yanyan agreed to participate, he’d be even more confident about the short videos going viral.
A perfect story also needs the perfect person to bring it to life—that would be the best arrangement.
Su Yanyan did the math in her head and finally said, “When do we start filming?”
Mo Fan knew Su Yanyan had agreed, and he broke into an instant smile. “We’re still in the preparation stage. It’ll probably be about a week or two before we officially start filming!”
As he spoke, he pulled out his phone. “I can pay you a deposit upfront, and I’ll contact you when we officially begin!”
After saying that, Mo Fan paused. “Let’s add each other’s contact info. I’ll reach out to you when filming starts.”
Su Yanyan’s mind suddenly flashed with what the older man had said, and her expression turned hesitant.
Mo Fan smiled and added, “I can’t exactly come find you in your classroom or shout through a megaphone for you, right?”
Su Yanyan was momentarily stunned, then mentally reasoned with herself.
This was for work—it wasn’t the casual phone-number-giving that the older man had warned her about.
“No need for a deposit. I’ll add you instead.” Su Yanyan took out her phone.
After successfully adding Su Yanyan on WeChat, Mo Fan smiled. “I’ll contact you then!”
“Okay.” Su Yanyan nodded and said, “I’m off to class.”
With that, she quickly left.
There weren’t many people on this path at the moment, but the scene between the two had still been witnessed by some.
Immediately, whispers broke out.
“Oh my god, was Mo Fan just talking to that girl?”
“Who is that girl? What’s her relationship with Mo Fan? It looked like he just handed her breakfast!”
“She seems to be a freshman. A really pretty girl.”
“She’s genuinely beautiful. She and Mo Fan make such a good match.”
Su Yanyan’s presence wasn’t particularly prominent, so being recognized as a freshman was already something.
Students passing by were all murmuring among themselves. Listening to the chatter around her, the face of a girl walking under the shade of the trees grew increasingly sour.
One of the girls quickly whispered, “She’s just average-looking. How does she match Mo Fan at all? These people must have problems with their eyes!”
After saying that, she didn’t forget to turn to the other girl and add, “If we’re talking about beauty, our Yaoyao is the beautiful one—fair skin, gorgeous face, long legs. She’s the absolute definition of a rich, beautiful, and elegant young lady. Zhou Ting, don’t you think?”
The girl named Zhou Ting froze for a moment, then quickly chimed in, “Right, right.”
Whatever you say.
She had seen that girl just now—she was truly beautiful. Even though her clothes were plain, it didn’t diminish her looks in the slightest.
Compared to that girl, the only thing Song Siyao could compete on was probably her family background. As for looks… let’s not even go there.
Saying things against one’s conscience really was uncomfortable.
Upon hearing her two roommates’ words, Song Siyao’s expression immediately improved considerably.
She then raised her chin and asked, “Zhang Lan, you should go find out about that girl later.”
Hearing the commanding tone in Song Siyao’s voice, the girl named Zhang Lan’s face instantly turned sour, but she still forced a smile.
“Alright, leave it to me.”
Su Yanyan was usually very alert during class, but today, for some reason, she kept dozing off.
“Yanyan, what’s wrong with you today?” After returning to the dorm, Zhou Yun was the first to ask.
Su Yanyan’s condition was really off.
The girl who usually worked so hard in class kept wanting to sleep today, and if not for her reminders, she would have been caught several times.
Su Yanyan didn’t know what was wrong with her either. She wasn’t usually like this, but these past few days she kept feeling drowsy. Even at the uncle’s house, she would fall asleep at the drop of a hat.
Could it be that because she didn’t sleep well at the uncle’s house, she wasn’t getting enough rest?
“I don’t know either. It should… it should be because I didn’t rest well last night.”
When Wu Jiaxin heard that Su Yanyan hadn’t rested well, she immediately thought of something. “It’s not that your uncle is still lecturing you about the karaoke thing, is it?”
Hiss.
Wu Jiaxin couldn’t help but draw in a sharp breath. It was just going to sing karaoke—they only drank soft drinks and ate fruit, didn’t even touch alcohol. Did he have to be that strict?
What a rigid, stern, and harsh guardian. No wonder Yanyan wasn’t very lively—she was too suppressed.
Li Mengchen didn’t quite agree with what Wu Jiaxin said and immediately retorted, “I don’t think Uncle Su is that kind of person. Uncle Su is so good and gentle to Yanyan. He probably wouldn’t scold her.”
Uncle Su?
Su Yanyan lowered her head very low. She didn’t know whether she should explain that the uncle’s surname was Gu, not Su.
But if she explained now, would her roommates start to suspect something?
After all, she hadn’t denied it that day!
Forget it, she’d leave it for now.
It was just a surname.
“No, he didn’t scold me. Don’t overthink it. It’s probably because I’ve been tired from my part-time job lately.” Su Yanyan quickly found an excuse.
Hearing Su Yanyan say this, Wu Jiaxin immediately reacted. “Right, right, it should be related to that.”
But Li Mengchen propped her chin on her hand and said with some confusion, “That’s not right, Yanyan. Your uncle is so rich, so your family shouldn’t be badly off. Why do you still work so hard at your part-time job?”
After all, those three 100,000-yuan membership cards from that night were still shocking them.
Wu Jiaxin, prompted by Li Mengchen’s words, immediately reacted.
“Right, right! Your uncle whipped out three 100,000-yuan membership cards that night and scared us to death! We were so scared we ran off without even eating the fruit!”
With that, Wu Jiaxin quickly added, “But we didn’t take the membership cards either! By the way, does your uncle always throw money at people like that?”
100,000-yuan membership cards? Throwing money at people?
At this moment, Su Yanyan’s head was starting to ache. She didn’t know what the uncle had done, and she didn’t know how to answer.
Just as Su Yanyan was struggling to come up with some excuse, Zhou Yun spoke up before her.
“Alright, let’s stop asking. Every family has its own troubles! Just because the uncle is rich doesn’t mean Yanyan’s family is rich!”
“That’s true!” Wu Jiaxin nodded.
Li Mengchen also caught on and said with a smile, “That’s true, but Yanyan’s uncle is really good to her. Yanyan, is your uncle married?”
Married?
Those two words struck Su Yanyan like an electric shock, leaving her whole body numb.