A Star Reborn: The Queen's Return

Chapter 1213: Audition

It was quiet all around.

A shooting star streaked across the skylight and dragged out a long rhyme.

At last, Xia Yingluo thought of an excuse to alleviate the awkwardness. She said, “Shall we go out and watch the stars? Didn’t you say that there was some Skatana star? Can you show me where it is?”

Wei Lingnan’s expression eased a little. He brought her onto the second-floor terrace.

The summer breeze blew on the terrace.

He opened another bottle and poured half a glass for her and half a glass for himself.

The two sat on deckchairs while drinking, and he looked up at the starry sky, pointing to a place in the brilliant night sky. “There it is. The Skatana star is ten times larger than Earth, ten times more desolate, and on it lives the most combative race in the universe. All other ethnic groups are frightened. It is a deep purple planet that’s very beautiful.”

Xia Yingluo looked hard for a long time. “Liar, I can’t see anything.”

There was only a hole in the place where he was pointing.

Wei Lingnan lowered his eyes and took a sip of wine slowly. “It exploded.”

Xia Yingluo didn’t expect such an answer. After hesitating, she humped again. “Liar, you can continue lying.”

He drank a lot of wine and didn’t speak.

Xia Yingluo also drank slowly. Her petite body curled up comfortably on the chair and she looked up at the black hole he had just pointed to. Somehow, the black hole seemed to have magical powers that attracted her deeply. It fascinated and confused her. “How did it explode?” She asked after a long time.

“Do you want to know?”

“Mmhmm.”

“Remember it yourself.”

“What?”

“Ah Luo, don’t pretend to be stupid. You know the reason why it exploded. Don’t try to pretend you’re innocent and that it has nothing to do with you.” Suddenly displeased, he put down his wine glass and turned over to look at her. “Back then, you were the one who chose me as your guardian. You brought me out of the barren plateau. You wanted me to follow you forever... Now, how could you forget everything and let me bear so many memories alone? Ah Luo, don’t be too cruel.”

She couldn’t understand what he was talking about. Frightened by his appearance, her body stiffened slightly.

Wei Lingnan looked like a beast staring at its prey, wanting to swallow her alive.

Her mouth was dry. “I, I’m not...”

“You are!” Wei Lingnan interrupted her. “You are Ah Luo! I became your guardian and watched as you grew up little by little from a stumbling little girl. I watched as you were bullied by your sisters. I desperately become strong so that I could help you fight. Every time I got hurt, you would cry and treat my wounds with the energy that you had gathered with much difficulty. They all said you were silly, why were you so good towards your guardian, a lowly creature? You would then scold them and tell me that one day, you’ll climb up to the highest position so that nobody would dare mock me. Ah Luo, have you forgotten all these?”

She looked at him for a moment, wondering if it was because of the alcohol that was making her head buzz.

After a long time, she said laboriously, “What highest position? That’s so lame... the thing I want to do most in my life is to eat and wait for death. Whoever believes that I want to climb to the highest position, is a... fool.”

He looked down at her. She was very different now than she was then, but her heartlessness had not changed.

His eyes narrowed dangerously and he wanted to lecture her, but she had already closed her eyes. Her long curly eyelashes cast a faint shadow under the starlight and she fell asleep peacefully. Looking at her unsuspecting sleeping face, his expression softened gradually. He carried her into the bedroom and kissed her gently before covering her with the blanket.

The next day, she woke up with a splitting headache.

When she remembered what had happened last night, she only felt like it was a dream.

What Skatana? Guardian? Planet explosion? Her dreams were becoming more and more bizarre.

Pushing open the door, she saw that the huge painting was still inlaid in the corridor on the second floor. She stared at it for a long time until at last, she attributed the illusion to looking at the painting while drunk.

Wei Lingnan didn’t show up.

He had probably already left.

Xia Yingluo washed and changed her clothes before returning to the training camp alone. Then, she devoted herself to intense training.

The Dean came to her and told her that in order to make up for the mishap in the last movie incident, the school had fought for a very good audition opportunity for her—she was to audition in a large-scale film as a female killer. There were many fighting shots suitable for a girl like her who was charismatic and had solid basic skills.

Xia Yingluo hesitated for a long time.

The Dean glared at her. “You still dare to be pretentious? It was so hard to get an audition opportunity for you. Do you know how many people want this role? You’re not going? If you don’t go, don’t ever think of debuting from our training camp!”

Xia Yingluo’s head throbbed painfully. She couldn’t help but curse Imperial’s training camp for being oppressive and perverted. Serves Pei Ziheng right for not being able to marry...

Sigh, that was a little too much.

However, since she had already entered this perverted training camp, then she could only obey its rules. Wasn’t it just an audition, the crew didn’t even say that they wanted her. She could just ruin the audition on purpose and retire easily and happily.

After making up her mind, Xia Yingluo went to the audition without any mental pressure.

The audition took place in Imperial Entertainment’s Film industry building. It turned out to be a film made by Imperial. It was a big production with a big director. From the male and female lead roles to the supporting roles, various stars had already been selected. There were still a few less important roles such as the killer left. They opened an audition and recruited people in the industry. More than a dozen people had received an invitation for the audition.

Xia Yingluo walked into the lounge outside the audition room and saw that many people had already arrived.

Several actors awaiting the audition raised their heads and glanced at her, then lowered their heads.

Xia Yingluo had no plans to pass today. She only had on light makeup with her long hair tied into a ponytail. She wore half-old and cheap casual clothes and was not in the least bit attention-grabbing in the group of beautiful actresses. Those who knew her knew she was here for the audition, but those who didn’t thought that she was some actor’s assistant.

She sat down in a humble corner, took out her mobile phone and started playing games.

A young actress was sitting next to her. Her exquisite face looked a little familiar, and she had probably appeared on the screen a few times. The actress glanced at Xia Yingluo. “Hello, I’m Yu Fei, did you come to audition?”

“Hello, I’m Xia Yingluo.” Xia Yingluo had no choice but to put away her cell phone. She smiled back at her. “Yeah, it’s so lively here, I don’t know when I have to wait until.”

Yu Fei also smiled. “I haven’t seen you before, which company are you from?”

“I haven’t made my debut yet,” Xia Yingluo said without hesitation. “I’m in Imperial Entertainment’s training camp. Our Dean is extremely fierce and forced me to come audition. Otherwise, I won’t be able to graduate. Actually, I don’t really like acting.”