The Whole World Is Waiting for Them to Divorce [Transmigration Into a Book] - Chapter 17

When acquaintances met, wasn’t it usually something like, “Long time no see, ah, you’ve gotten prettier again, I missed you so much, mwah, give me a hug”? What was this “I’d still recognize you even if you turned to ashes”?

Anyone who did not know better would think they were enemies, not former desk mates.

This woman either had low emotional intelligence and did not know how to speak, or she was doing it on purpose.

Si Yu examined the woman in front of her, whose features were covered by heavy makeup but who still looked fairly pretty, and confirmed she had never seen her before. She asked Little B, “Who is she?”

Little B: “Her name is Lin Shuang. She was your middle school classmate, and the two of you were desk mates for two years. Once, when your grade voted for grade belle, you won by ten votes over her.”

Little B had simple profile summaries for everyone who had ever interacted with the female supporting character.

After hearing this introduction, Si Yu rolled her eyes hard in her heart.

What kind of grade belle contest were they holding in middle school? They must have had too little homework and too much free time.

It had been almost ten years since middle school, right? How had Lin Shuang recognized the female supporting character in such a short time?

Si Yu put on an expression as if she had suddenly remembered and said, “So it’s you! If your makeup weren’t so heavy, maybe I would’ve recognized you.”

For today’s interview, Lin Shuang had dressed herself up carefully. She was very satisfied with her makeup, only to have Si Yu say it was too heavy. Noticing the varied looks the others were giving them, Lin Shuang smiled awkwardly and lowered her voice. “You haven’t changed at all. You’re still so… pretty.”

Si Yu could tell that her “pretty” was not very sincere, so she also replied insincerely, “Thank you.”

Lin Shuang moved her chair over and sat beside her, asking quietly, “Are you here for the interview too?”

Si Yu put on a professional fake smile. “Yes. I heard they’re recruiting actors, so I came to take a look.”

Lin Shuang’s unrestrained gaze swept over her from head to toe again, and she said, not quite believing it, “You transferred schools in ninth grade, and none of us heard anything about you over the years. I really didn’t expect you to enter the entertainment industry too. But I’ve never seen you before.”

“I haven’t entered it yet,” Si Yu said frankly. “I’m a newcomer.”

Lin Shuang paused. “You’ve never acted before?”

“No.”

“Then have you studied acting?”

“No.” Si Yu lied through her teeth.

It did not exactly count as lying. The female supporting character really was a newcomer who had never studied acting.

Lin Shuang was extremely surprised. “Then how did you… get invited to this interview?”

Before Si Yu arrived, Lin Shuang had roughly learned about the other ten people’s situations. There were two actresses she recognized. Although they were both eighteenth-tier, they had still filmed plenty of dramas. The remaining eight people were in similar circumstances, all “veterans” who had struggled in the entertainment industry for two or three years.

Lin Shuang had a professional acting background. Counting everything, she had debuted five years ago, but she had never become popular. Still, her acting skills were solid. After terminating her contract with her previous company, she had wholeheartedly wanted to enter Guangying and only received an interview invitation after submitting her resume three times.

Guangying Entertainment was the strongest entertainment management company in the country, with the most resources. The intensity of competition could easily be imagined.

Lin Shuang had fought tooth and nail just to get this opportunity. She absolutely refused to believe that Si Yu, someone with zero foundation, could also come for an interview.

Could she be someone with connections?

But if she had connections, why would she need to interview?

The more Lin Shuang thought about it, the more confused she became.

Si Yu smiled sweetly and said shamelessly, “Maybe the handsome guy who screened the resumes was conquered by my breathtaking beauty.”

Lin Shuang: “………………”

Those words were truly hateful. Lin Shuang could not help remembering how, in seventh grade, Si Yu had beaten her by ten votes and stolen the title of grade belle, as well as the heartbreaking past when the class heartthrob she had a crush on rejected her because he liked Si Yu. Secretly, she thought: Let’s see how proud you can be during the interview later.

So what if she was pretty? Guangying had never kept pretty vases.

The other woman had applied her foundation too thickly, so Si Yu could not see through what Lin Shuang was thinking. She did not want to keep pretending with this person, so she lowered her head, looked at her phone, and said, “I’m going to the restroom.”

“I’ll go with you,” Lin Shuang said.

Si Yu asked a staff member where the restroom was, and the other party told her that the women’s restroom on this floor had a leak and was under repair, so they should go to the tenth floor. The tenth floor was where meetings were held, so there were relatively fewer people.

They went to wait for the elevator.

The elevator doors opened. Inside stood two women, one dressed in black and the other in white. Both were dressed like capable workplace elites.

Si Yu instinctively moved to enter, but when she saw that tall white figure, she froze.

On the way here, Si Yu had been wondering whether she might run into Lu Xi, and if she really did, whether she should greet her. Before she could mentally prepare herself, Lu Xi had appeared, and she even had Special Assistant Chen Yan with her.

Lu Xi clearly had not expected to run into her here either. A strange look flashed through her clear, cold eyes.

Si Yu steadied herself and walked in calmly.

Lin Shuang followed her in.

The gleaming elevator walls reflected everyone’s faces. Si Yu stood in front, and her eyes inevitably met Lu Xi’s. She pretended not to see and looked away.

Cold air blew out from the vent with a whooshing sound. In the quiet, a clear voice said, “What are you here for?”

“President Lu, are you talking to me?” Chen Yan asked.

Lu Xi stared directly at the back of Si Yu’s head.

Si Yu looked left and right. Only when her gaze met Lu Xi’s again did she realize Lu Xi was asking her. Under the strange gazes of the other two people, she cleared her throat and said, “Here for an interview.”

“What position?”

Si Yu had originally planned to tell the family after the interview results came out. She had not expected to run into Lu Xi so soon, so she could only tell the truth. “Actress.”

Lu Xi frowned, as if she did not understand, and repeated, “Actress?”

Si Yu gave a soft “Yeah.”

“Ding—”

The elevator reached the tenth floor.

Lu Xi and Chen Yan’s destination was also the tenth floor, except they had come down for a meeting.

Watching Si Yu walk toward the restroom, Lu Xi looked thoughtful.

Chen Yan did not recognize Si Yu. She had followed Lu Xi for several years and knew very well that Lu Xi was cold by nature. Just now in the elevator, Lu Xi had actually taken the initiative to ask someone a question. Although her tone was still chilly, it carried a strange familiarity. Chen Yan could not help asking, “President Lu, do you know that person?”

Only after Si Yu entered the restroom did Lu Xi withdraw her gaze. Her face returned to its usual clear, cold indifference, and instead of answering, she said, “Is everyone here?”

Chen Yan realized she did not want to say and put away her gossiping thoughts, saying seriously, “Everyone is here.”

“Let’s go.”

Lin Shuang went crazy.

“Ahhhhh, oh my god!”

Si Yu’s eardrums hurt from her dolphin scream, and her body was shaken hard by Lin Shuang as she listened to the other woman speak as if she had taken a stimulant. “That was Guangying’s CEO, Lu Xi! She’s even more beautiful in person than in photos! Why is there someone this beautiful in the world?”

What else could the reason be? The author gave it to her.

Si Yu was shaken so badly her head felt dizzy. She pushed Lin Shuang away and pretended to be infatuated. “Yes, yes, so beautiful. I almost fainted from her beauty just now. Being able to ride the same elevator as her is truly the luck of three lifetimes.”

“…” Lin Shuang slowly calmed down and said, “You don’t have to say it that exaggeratedly.”

Si Yu waved her hand and prepared to enter a stall.

Lin Shuang grabbed her. “Do you know President Lu?”

Si Yu’s thoughts shifted. “No.”

“Then why did she ask you a question?”

Si Yu threw her a wink, pointed at her smiling face, and said, “Because I’m beautiful.”

Lin Shuang: “………………”

Lin Shuang was truly speechless. She had seen narcissistic people, but she had never seen anyone as shameless as Si Yu.

Si Yu did not care what she thought. Sitting on the toilet, she let out a long sigh.

As a female supporting character with no status, outsiders did not even know about something as explosive as her two-year marriage to the CEO of Guangying.

It really was miserable, but Si Yu was actually very glad the author had arranged it like this. It saved her a lot of trouble.

The interview was scheduled to begin at nine thirty, leaving them half an hour to prepare.

There were thirteen people interviewing this time. They would pair up in twos and draw scripts and partners by lottery. This meant one person would inevitably be left over.

Si Yu was the one left over.

The staff gave her an A4 sheet of paper. It contained the scene she was supposed to perform later. Si Yu glanced over it and fell silent.

She was playing a widow whose husband had just died, and the scene partner acting opposite her was a “dead person.” The role had no lines, so they could just casually find someone to lie on the floor.

The others who had been paired up pulled their respective partners away to rehearse. Si Yu could only silently memorize her lines by herself.

The interview order was also drawn by lottery. Only Si Yu did not need to draw; she was arranged to go last.

Lin Shuang and her partner drew second place.

After the interview ended, Lin Shuang returned to the lounge, her face covered in gloom.

Si Yu did not ask how her interview had gone and lowered her head to read the script.

Seeing her pretending to be serious, Lin Shuang inwardly mocked: I never saw you this hardworking back in school. Being serious won’t help. If you don’t know how to act, won’t you still be eliminated?

“The last one, Si Yu.”

After waiting for almost an hour, it was finally her turn. Si Yu rubbed her sore butt from sitting and walked steadily into the interview room.

There were four interviewers in total: one artist director, and the other three were Guangying’s senior gold-medal agents.

Si Yu bowed ninety degrees and first introduced herself.

All four interviewers were amazed by her outstanding appearance and temperament, and they exchanged glances.

The director looked at the resume in front of him and said, “Si Yu, zero acting experience. We all watched the video you recorded. You performed very well, very vividly, and your acting was very mature. You truly don’t seem like a newcomer who has never studied acting or acted before.”

When submitting her resume, Si Yu had recorded a video, a blind woman’s monologue. It was a film role she had once played, and with that role, she had won Best Supporting Actress.

She bowed again and said neither humbly nor arrogantly, “Thank you for your recognition, Director Xu.”

“Among these thirteen people, your situation is the most special, so we separated you out alone. We want to see you perform a section live,” Director Xu said.

Videos could be adjusted again and again, filmed repeatedly to select the most perfect shot, making it difficult to judge one’s real level. Improvisational performance, however, was clear at a glance.

Was it because they did not trust her and were worried her real acting ability might not be good enough, affecting the normal performance of other interviewees, that they had not arranged a partner for her?

Si Yu smiled. “Understood. I’m already prepared.”

“Then begin. Have the staff help you…”

“Knock, knock, knock—”

Before Director Xu could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the sound of knocking.

A staff member hurried to open the door. Seeing who had come, he sucked in a breath and exclaimed, “President Lu, why are you here!”

The four interviewers all stood up in unison and looked toward the door. Once they saw the person clearly, each of them called out, “President Lu.”

Si Yu turned around and saw Lu Xi, and her heart gave a thud.

Why had Lu Xi come here?

Lu Xi seemed to sweep a careless glance over her, then looked past her toward the four respectful interviewers behind her. In an indifferent tone, she said, “I heard there were artist interviews, so I came to take a look.”

Director Xu immediately gave up his seat and gestured for her to sit.

Lu Xi waved a hand. “I’m just casually looking.”

The staff immediately added a chair for her.

Chen Yan stood behind Lu Xi expressionlessly, like a bodyguard.

Lu Xi sat casually with her long legs crossed, brushed her hair back, and said, “Don’t mind me. Continue.”

With the CEO suddenly appearing, the four interviewers all became somewhat restrained. Director Xu tugged at his tie, gathered himself, and said to the dazed Si Yu, “You may begin.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the staff member lay stiffly on the floor.

Lu Xi asked in confusion, “What is he doing?”

Staff member: “President Lu, she doesn’t have a partner, so I’m helping act as the corpse.”

Lu Xi’s interested gaze landed on Si Yu’s face. “And you?”

Si Yu stood ramrod straight and said solemnly, “Reporting to President Lu, I’m playing the widow.”

Lu Xi: “…”

Was she cursing her to die???