Rebirth: It's Not You, It's Me

After the funeral, I stayed one more day. Song Yi and Zhiyou hurried back to work.

Everyone in the ESL group invited me to have dinner together.

As soon as I entered the box, everyone gathered around me, and Xiaoshi was still the first one to run over and hug me.

"Fortunately, you are developing in China!" said the eldest brother.

"Fortunately, you are Chinese." Jin Yi said.

"Don't worry about me, I'm safe. No one can make me do something I don't like unless I want to. I have the ability to protect myself."

"Do you know what Xueying has been through?" Candu asked.

"How could I not know the attitude towards female artists here? Moreover, Xueying is so beautiful, how could she not be violated? But she just kept it to herself and never told us."

"I never thought that she would be treated like this. She debuted as a child star and everyone watched her grow up."

"The environment here is like this, so what we are most worried about is your safety." The team said.

"I'm really fine. Since I entered the entertainment industry, I've met very nice people."

"Even during this year of training, I was able to pass it very smoothly. You all know that apart from training, I also took care of Xiao Shi every day."

"Women are not treated as human beings here. Even if they are top stars, they can only be tools for the entertainment of high-ranking chaebol officials. Not only that, these female stars are also responsible for the business of external cultural dissemination. They are tools that can be given away with applause. It's very dark." The eldest brother said.

"So you only look for amateur girlfriends, or girlfriends that are familiar and not tainted by chaebols, right?"

"Yes! Everyone knows what kind of industry this is from the first day they join the group, so many seniors don't consider getting married, or get married at a very old age."

"Keep yourself clean! Make some money first, and then you can stay away from these bad things."

"Only if you are safe, we can all feel at ease."

"Everyone, rest assured. Even the chaebols can't control me with my personality."

"Everyone, please sit down. We're talking about eating. Why are you all blocking the door?"

"Well, everyone sit down. I'm going to wash my face and will be back in a moment." I handed my bag to Xiaoshi and went to the bathroom to wash my face.

I subconsciously gave the bag to Xiaoshi. I didn't think much about it because since we met, Xiaoshi often helped me carry the bag when we went out, and we both assumed that he should hold the bag.

But now Chan on the side was obviously unhappy.

After washing my face, I came out with my bare face, not treating everyone as outsiders at all.

"Luo Luo, your fair skin is even whiter without makeup than with makeup. How come you're even whiter than Xiao Shi?"

"intrinsic."

"I thought there was some other solution. They all said I lowered the appearance of the team and that I was too dark."

"You are not black, just listen to other people's nonsense."

"But I am indeed the darkest in the team."

"So what? Your skin color is different from others, that's called uniqueness. There's no need to compete with others on this. If you want to compete, compete with others in dancing. You're the best dancer and they can't beat you!"

"Luo Luo, I really like chatting with you."

"You didn't even tell me that you had a girlfriend, and I only found out about it through the news. You don't even consider me a friend!"

"No, I wasn't sure if it would last long, so I didn't say anything. But the paparazzi caught us, so I had to admit it."

"Well, what's going on now?"

"They have already separated."

"What?"

"Two people are not suitable for each other, so they separate."

"All right!"

"Xueying's incident is over. Don't be sad anymore. Let's work together for a better life."

"Okay, come on!" Everyone put their hands together and encouraged each other!

After that, Xiaoshi pulled me to sit next to him, and Candu sat on the other side of me with some annoyance.

Everyone ate and talked about their recent lives.

After dinner, everyone went to Xiaoshi's house and continued drinking until late. Everyone was drunk and lying on the floor.

I went back to the room and got some blankets to cover everyone. Then I went back to the room, took a shower and prepared for bed.

Chandu suddenly opened the door and rushed in.

"Aren't you drunk? Why are you here?"

"Why do we have to be like this? We can obviously be together, but now it's like you're still our brother or sister. I can't get close to you at all."

"So what do you want to do? Xiao Shi's condition has just improved."

"I know, but I'm so jealous that he can hug you in front of everyone, that he can sit next to you all the time, and that it's your natural reaction to give him your things."

"what?"

"I was also beside you, so you naturally passed your bag over me and put it in Xiaoshi's hand."

"Really? Maybe I'm used to it!"

"what about me?"

"You're fine, we're happy together, aren't we?"

"Are we just going to keep our relationship secret?"

"Wait until Xiaoshi gets better. I can't let him get hurt."

"Can I be hurt?"

"Can you just watch Xiao Shi get hurt? Can you bear to do that?"

Chan didn't say anything. I knew he was reluctant to leave, but the discomfort in his heart made him unable to control himself.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Shi walked back to the room staggeringly.

"We were talking about some work stuff."

"Brother, you can't just go into your sister-in-law's room! She's mine!"

"Okay, let's go out together!"

"I'm not going out. I'm going to sleep here."

"Xiao Shi, be obedient. Go outside with your brother Chandu and join the brothers, okay?"

"Okay then! But you are not allowed to leave, understand? You are not allowed to leave the house."

"Okay, I promise you, you will be able to see me when you wake up tomorrow."

After coaxing Xiaoshi, Candu took Xiaoshi downstairs.

I got some peace and quiet and had a good sleep in bed.

The next morning, after I got up and washed up, everyone was still asleep, so I went out and bought a lot of breakfast.

As soon as everyone woke up, they saw the various types of breakfast I bought and they all scrambled to get their favorites.

After a meal, everyone ended their rare gathering and went their separate ways.

Xiaoshi and I saw everyone off.

When we returned to Xiaoshi's home, he started speaking as soon as he entered the door.

"Luo Luo, can I take you shopping? I'm taking a break these two days."

"No! I want to go back."

"We've known each other for such a long time, but I've hardly ever gone shopping with you. Before, I didn't have the money, and later I didn't have the time! Now I have everything, let me go shopping with you!"

"Have you forgotten that we just met for a short time and you used the money you saved from your frugal life to buy me this." I took out the plain silver ring hanging on my key.

"You've kept it for so long."

"It looks great, I like it so much that I always wear it!"

"Let's go and change it for gold."

"There's no need to spend money."

"No, I can't give you many things, so I will make it up to you with all the things I wanted to buy you over the years."

“You really don’t need this!”