Xia Liang ran upstairs, opened the door with doughnuts in hand, and happily trotted to the front of Lin Qian. Her eyes shined. "Cici, doughnuts! I specifically bought these for you!"
Lin Qian glared at the doughnuts. "Go away, do you know how many calories they have? ! I'm losing weight right now! Do you think everybody is like you who can keep eating but never grow fat?! Disgusting. Go eat it yourself!"
Despite being rejected, Xia Liang was hardly frustrated. "You don't want to eat any? Then I will eat it, ha!"
Lin Qian rolled her eyes and waved her away.
Xia Liang happily brought the doughnuts back to her room to enjoy.
This was the doughnuts Bei Yan Da Da bought! Huh╭(╯^╰)╮, it was her loss! Xia Liang gladly sat in front of her desk and ate the first doughnut. Then she rubbed her already filled stomach...
Oh, I ate too much TAT.
Xia Liang turned on her laptop. She was going to surf the internet and take a break. Right after she turned on the laptop, she discovered that she was bombarded by her text messages from a good friend reminding her to turn in her recordings ...After she sadly read through all the messages, Xia Liang turned on AA to start recording...
Because the recording was for the main character of an audio drama, there were more lines than usual. Xia Liang carefully worked through each sentence. She spent more than an hour to finish the first rendition before sending it to the director's mailbox. She finally breathed a sigh of relief, before she found a small chat window had jumped out at the lower right corner of the screen.
[Xiaoyu:Zi Xia Da Da. I have a drama here called <Ting Yin Gu>[1]. It is a lengthy audio drama adapted from a classical style novel. We plan to have 4 parts plus the preview. Hope that I can invite you to voice the lead actress role. The lead actress role is of a 16 years old young girl. I have listened to your work and felt that your voice would be a perfect match. Can you try it? This drama is to be produced by our workshop. Hope you can join us; you are the poster child of our studio after all~]
Xiaoyu was a minor screenwriter at the workshop that Xia Liang belonged to and got along very well with Xia Liang. It was said that Xiaoyu was able to join the workshop because of Xia Liang. She had read the novel <Ting Yin Gu> before; it was a novel with a classical aesthetic style and very popular on the internet these past two years. She liked it. It was no small feat for Xiaoyu to have gained authorization for a production. She looked at the time, it should be 8 in the morning in China.
She thought about it and typed a response.
[Zixia:Uhm, I have more work recently. But I can take the job if it's for our workshop. Can you give me the cast list if possible? How is the script going?]
The reply from the other end was surprisingly quick.
[Xiaoyu:Thank you Zi Xia Da Da dear(づ ̄3 ̄)づ╭~. I will send the cast list to your mailbox right way. The preview script's already done. The script for the first part is being edited. Most of the cast has already been determined. Only the lead actor has not determined yet ┭┮﹏┭┮ . If Zi Xia Da Da decides to join us, then the lead actor should be easier to find. It's just that we don't know who would be more suitable. After all, the lead male character, Tan Taixin, was such a prince charming...]
Xia Liang roughly reviewed the list. There were rookies as well as experienced members from the circle. There was nobody in the list she could not work with, so she accepted the job.
[Zixia:OK, I could try. Keep searching for the lead actor~If I see any suitable person, I will help to recruit, too. Thanks for your hard work, Xiayu~]
[Xiaoyu:Zi Xia Da Da dear, I love you(づ ̄3 ̄)づ╭~]
She accepted one more job. Xia Liang went through her mailbox and continued to clear her to do list ┭┮﹏┭┮.
They hadn't seen each other for over half a month since that day.
The 'next time' that Song Qiyan promised never materialized. It was not because he broke his promise but before he could carry out his next plan, he was assigned another lab experiment by the professor. During this half a month, Song Qiyan had been either in the laboratory or the library the whole day for that experiment. He had no time for any distractions.
As for Xia Liang, after she worked diligently for two weeks to catch up on her voice over projects, it was finally midterm week. For this------Lin Qian's comment to Xia Liang was------You asked for it.
The original comment was actually: "It's good enough just to be a normal college student. Who asked you to take two majors plus a minor. You'll be lucky if you don't die from exhaustion during sophomore year."
Xia Liang's dog-tired days had just begun. She shuffled between the Business School and Psychology department buildings. Once she returned to her apartment at night, she plunged headlong into her books to study and take notes. She also had to find time for recordings after 10 o'clock every night...she was too busy to remember anything else.
On this Saturday, it was rare that Xia Liang did not sleep in. She woke up at 7am and rushed to the school library after she had washed her face in a daze. She weaved through rows of bookshelves and shortly found books she needed.
Xia Liang was a student in the Business School majoring in Finance and International Trade, with a minor in Psychology. In the beginning she just thought psychology was very interesting and would be helpful for business negotiations. So she happily chose the class, but later found it to be quite different from what she expected once class started. Her old psychology professor was very knowledgeable and kind, but his lecture was so helplessly hypnotizing…...usually putting a big chunk of the class to sleep. The result was that everybody had to study very hard for the midterm exam. They needed to catch up on lectures and memorize concepts they had missed when they had fallen asleep in the first half of the semester.
It was so sad....
Xia Liang spent the whole morning in the library. She went to a nearby coffee shop to buy a pastry and coffee to tide her over. Then she went back to a corner in the library and continued taking notes.
This Saturday was a rare sunny day. Sunlight was spreading everywhere in Seattle which was normally a rainy and wet city. The warm sunshine came in through the windows and made her drowsy.
Song Qiyan and his lab team finally finished their discussion about each individual's responsibilities for the final report. He rubbed the side of his head, he was very tired after running nonstop for three weeks. And next month, he was going to start an internship at a local hospital. It was really...
"Hey, Albert, are you ok?" A blonde beauty sitting at the opposite side from his lab team asked with concern.
Song Qiyan gave a slight nod. "I'm fine." Then he stood up. "I am getting some drinks."
"I'll go with you." The blonde beauty followed him attentively. Song Qiyan successfully earned a few weird looks from his other two male Chinese teammates.
Song Qiyan, with hands in the pockets of his pants and his usual cap, walked towards the coffee shop outside the library without any emotion on his face. He was not in good mood probably due to exhaustion. His eyes noticed a person sitting next to the window as he walked around the corner and he paused a bit.
"What's up?" The blonde beauty noticed his pause. She could not tell what had attracted his attention because of the cap.
Song Qiyan looked back and shook his head. He continued to walk.
Under the warm afternoon sunlight, Xia Liang sat next to a window, with half closed eyes. Her head was getting closer and closer to the open book on the table.
After Song and the blonde lady walked to the coffee shop, she ordered herself a coffee first then stood aside waiting for Song Qiyan. The man glanced at the menu then spoke with a little hoarse voice, "Two black teas please." He still remembered that she was next to him last time when he was ordering from a menu like this.
The blonde beauty standing next to him was a little bit confused after she heard his order. She kindly reminded him, "Albert, I already ordered mine." Therefore, there's no need to order another drink for her.
Song Qiyan did not bother to answer. He kept silent and took out his cellphone to browse Weibo, which he had not visited for quite some time. Then his finger moved and typed a name into the search box.
"Sir, your order is ready." The waitress reminded him.
Song Qiyan put down his cell with a blank expression. He picked up the two cups of black tea from the counter, "Thanks." He paid for the black teas and left.
The blonde beauty followed him closely. When she tried to drag Song Qiyan's sleeve at an intersection, Song Qiyan moved away to avoid it without thinking.
The blonde beauty's hand hung in the air with some embarrassment. "Sorry, I just….Albert, you are going the wrong way."
Song Qiyan, "You can go back first." Then he walked in another direction without looking back.
The blonde beauty lowered her eyes in disappointment. She was planning to go back to the team with her coffee, but she suddenly stopped walking. She felt a bit curious and also a bit indignant. Why did Albert go in that direction with two black teas? Was the tea for someone? A girl?
She could hardly believe it. That was Albert, the very same Albert of the medical school who was famed for his coldness. He would avoid physical contact with everyone. He was always perfunctory. He never lived in the dorms but rented an apartment off campus. He never went to any parties...
She saw Song Qiyan leisurely walked toward a small desk behind a large book shelf next to the window. Finally he stopped at the side of a girl resting her head on her arms on the desk sleeping. He stood there for a little while and quietly looked at the girl's delicate sleeping eyes. His lips relaxed. Then he moved his hand to touch the coffee on her desk. The cup was almost empty and completely cold, just as he had expected. He put down the black tea, then threw the coffee cup into the a nearby trash can.
He did not return to her desk, but continued back to where his team was at.
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