I Miss You Chapter 41

Chapter 41 – I’m Falling in Love

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After the new member joined the drama ‘Hua Chao’, Qingcheng led everyone to rehearsals for three consecutive days. After the first rehearsal, it was not bad.

During the intermission, Qingcheng gathered everyone and talked about a few things that could be improved.

When everyone was gone, Qingcheng walked up to Han Chen and said, “Thanks for your hard work in these two days. Thank you for coming to the rescue.”

“It’s not hard. I’ve long admired the senior sister.” Han Chen is a man of great stature and speaks frankly.

Qingcheng smiled, “Thank you.”

Han Chen: “Senior sister, it’s a pity that you are not an actor with such a good looks. I remember the last time I saw you on stage at the Kun Opera lecture at school, your aura was not less than that of Tong Anzhi on the same stage.”

“Do I still have aura that day?” said Qingcheng heartily. “It’s already quite impressive for me not to be out of course.”

“You were there that day?”

Han Chen laughed, “To tell you the truth, I belong to the Yafeng Kunqu Opera Club at the school.”

Yafeng Club is a Kunqu Opera Club of Bai Opera. Normally there are teachers to practice singing every Saturday. From time to time, there will also be singing performances. Although there are not many members, they have also won the school’s outstanding club award.

“Who is Miss Xu Qingcheng?” A little brother in a takeaway uniform poked his head at the door and asked.

“It’s me.” Qingcheng walked over inexplicably, “but I didn’t order food.”

“Oh.” The takeaway boy looked at the order and said, “It was a direct delivery service ordered by Mr. Su. The phone number ends in 6255.”

It’s Su Po.

Seeing her expression and make sure he had delivered it correctly, the little brother put two large bags in his hand on the chair by the door.

Qingcheng was going to invite everyone to dinner tonight. Because they have been rehearsing against time in the past two days, she always send someone to the school cafeteria to pack fast food and it was often cold when it arrived.

“Wow! It’s Yulongxuan’s takeaway! It’s still hot!”

“Senior is as rich as ever.” “

“Senior, I don’t think I’ve heard of take-out in such a fancy hotel as Yulongxuan?”

Curious as she was, Qingcheng let everyone eat first and went outside the classroom to call Su Po.

Su Po had just finished practicing and was about to drink some water when the phone rang. He saw the name displayed on the screen and picked it up with a smile.

“Is the dinner arrive?”

“Um.” Qingcheng answered softly on the other end of the phone, and then asked, “Can Yulongxuan order takeaway?” 

Su Po naturally replied, “Using back door with the lady boss.”

Qingcheng smiled, “It costs Boss Su so much.”

“It’s my duty to make you eat well.”

“What about the others?” Qingcheng couldn’t help joking.

Su Po paused, and replied, “Love the house, love the crows¹.”

[1] 爱屋及乌 (ài wū jí wū): a metaphor for loving a person and caring about people or things related to him/her.

“……” Qingcheng couldn’t answer for a moment. She looked through the window and saw Han Chen passing by with a lunch box. “This time,” she said to Su Po, “the new classmate who joined is a fan of Kunqu opera.”

“Then next time if there is a free ticket in the troupe, you can give it to him.”

It was just a slip of tongue, Qingcheng didn’t expect him would be so ‘good’…..he really loves the house and the crows.

The two chatted for a few more words, and someone at Qingcheng’s side told her to hurry up and eat, otherwise it would get cold again.

Su Po laughed and said, “You go eat.”

“Okay.”

Su Po put down the phone, and Shen Jiajue who had just finished working, asked hesitantly, “Are you having a girlfriend?”

Su Po thought, Brother Shen already saw it, so he nodded, “Yes, I have a girlfriend.”

After the accident, Senior Brother Shen asked curiously, “Who? Do I know her?”

“You know her. Xu Qingcheng.”

“Oh…” Shen Jiajue thought about it, these two were a good match. “The girl is good. You have to treat her well.”

“You sound like my mother.”

“Fuck off.” Shen Jiajue twisted the water cup and drank two sips of water, “Let’s go, I invite you to dinner. I have a few hot pot coupons, they’re going to expire soon. “

Su Po thought that eating hot pot would take too much time. Besides, he had to continue to practice in the evening. It’s not suitable to eat too much. It’s good as long as he had something to cushion his stomach, so he said with a smile, “If I have time to dinner, I better find my girlfriend.” Mainly, she is also busy.    

Brother Shen rarely teased, “Oh.. paying more attention to girlfriend than friends i see.”

“False praise².”

[2] 谬赞 (miù zàn / wrong praise): this expression often used for self-humility, generally refer to words used to express humility after others have praised themselves.

At this time, Lin Yi, who was not far away preparing to leave, excitedly sent message in the ‘minions’ group. “Senior Brother Su has a girlfriend! Really!! He told Senior Brother Shen himself!”

Junior Brother No.1: “Who?”

Lin Yi: “Xu Qingcheng! Sister Xu! As expected.”

Junior Brother No.2: “Is it true or false?”

Lin Yi: “Of course it is true. Senior brother is very gentle on the phone with Sister Xu. It’s not like him at all.”

Junior sister No.1: “Congratulations! Now only Senior Brother Shen is left in our group of older unmarried men and women.”

Junior Brother No.3: “Senior Brother Shen is a bit difficult.”

Junior Brother No.4: “Hahaha, don’t say that.”

Junior Brother No.2: “Brothers and sisters, I want to confess something… Didn’t Miss Xu bring her own lunch box when she first came to the group? That day, I saw that she had something so she put down the box lunch and walked away. Brother Su saw it too and then… Senior Brother Su actually went to take her box lunch… Without changing his face, he keep telling me, ‘Little girl, just ignore it.’ Then I just…. acted like I didn’t see it’.”

The rest of the people: “…”

Lin Yi: “The black-bellied Senior Brother Su!” 

Lin Yi raised his head and found that Su Po was looking at him. “Xiao Linzi, come here,” called Su Po.

Lin Yi jumped over in shock.

“Show me your phone.” said Su Po.

Lin Yi offered his phone as if he were dead.

After reading the chat record displayed on the screen, Su Po used Lin Yi’s account to send a sentence in the group: “Another day, pick an auspicious day and invite everyone to have a big meal. Su Po.”

The group was silent for a few seconds, and then sent one after another they send out emotional or cute emoticons.

Lin Yi whispered, “Choose a lucky day? Isn’t it more suitable for marriage?” 

Su Po chuckled, “You are really smart.”

Shen Jiajue on the side finished sorting things, picked up his messenger bag, and patted Lin Yi’s shoulder. “Su Po has to work hard, let’s not disturb him. I invite you to eat hot pot.”

Lin Yi immediately said dogmatically, “Thank you Brother Shen!”

The day of the ‘Red Mansion’ final happened to be the first day of the school anniversary of Baixi opera.

This morning is the last rehearsal of ‘Hua Chao’. Although the previous rehearsals went well, the tension was still obvious before the performance. Early in the morning, everyone arrived one after another, dressing up, practicing silently, and taking their place.

As the director, Xu Qingcheng was the first to call. Taking advantage of the actor’s putting on makeup, she seized the time to give everyone a final reminder. When it was Han Chen’s turn, Qingcheng summarized the previous scenes in detail to deepened his understanding of the character and the script. Because he joined temporarily, although his acting skill is really good, he has only came into contact with the script for only a few days, which was hard for him.

Just then, a student came over and shouted, “Senior, it’s your ‘Hua Chao’ turn next.”

“Okay.” With a clap of hands, the people quickly gathered.

The morning rehearsal went well, basically reaching the level of the original competition. At the end, Qingcheng told the actors to have a good rest in the afternoon and go all out to prepare for the evening performance.

Everyone left one after the other, leaving Qingcheng alone in the rehearsal hall. She was really tired after spinning around for a few days. But she still can’t relax, after all, this evening is the official performance. At this time, she thought of Su Po again. Tonight is also his final competition. She don’t know what happened to him over there. As she was thinking about it, Su Po’s call came, as if he had a soul in her heart.

“I wanted to find you at noon, but I was stopped by the leader.”

Su Po’s voice was warm and it struck her heart. Qingcheng originally tense emotions eased a lot. “Today’s your final, so you’d better practice hard. I have a performance at night, I can’t go to your game. You… jiayou (do your best).”

“I will. Where are you? It sounds a bit empty there.”

“Still in the rehearsal hall. I’ve just finished rehearsing.”

“Don’t get too tired. Go to eat and take a good rest in the afternoon.”

“Hmm.”

“If it’s not too late, I’ll come and see you in the evening.”

“Okay.”

Qingcheng really has no appetite today. She went to the cafeteria to eat a bowl of plain noodles, then she returned to the bedroom and turned on the computer. There’s a folder in her computer named SP. Open it, the inside are the videos of various Su Po’s performances she has collected after the end of “Jade Hairpin”. She always wanted to edit them into a MV, so she planned to take advantage of the time in this afternoon to perfect the whole editing concept.

She opened one of the new videos. It was an old TV series. It took her a while to search for it. It was called “The World of Flowers”, which was a drama that Su Po had participated in many years ago. He said on the Internet that he just appeared in one episode, and there were only few lines.

Halfway through the play, the bedroom door suddenly burst open. Shi Yingying walked in, dragging a huge suitcase.

“Oh my god!” Shi Yingying stopped abruptly, staring at Qingcheng’s computer screen. “How long has it been?” she said incrediously. “You actually started watching such an old dog-blood soap opera?!” Then she threw the suitcase away, stretched out her hand to touch Qingcheng’s forehead, making sure she didn’t have a fever.

Qingcheng ignored her and continued to watch intently.

“You’ve been under a lot of stress lately, haven’t you? But you can’t choose this kind of drama. Look at the quality of the film, it must be from when we were kids.” She was talking to herself when she suddenly noticed a teenager passing by the screen, “Hey, this little brother is not bad!” As she spoke, she completely forgot how she had dissed the show just now and leaned over.

At this time, the boy in the play has already turned around, leaving only a bleak back. There’s a girl lying on the floor next to him, crying aloud to his brother.

“Hey, look!” Shi Yingying pointed to the screen and said in surprise, “Doesn’t this little girl look a bit like you? Like the photo you sent me before, right?”

Qing Cheng also thought they were a bit similar.

Just then, the episode ends and the ending song begins. 

“Oh, you rewind it back again. Let me look at the little brother just now!” urged Shi Yingying, rubbing Qing Cheng’s shoulder.

Qingcheng was rub dizzy by her, so she directly pressed the screen of her laptop, looked back at her and said, “Auntie, you have such a strong taste.”

Shi Yingying was almost fooled by her, but fortunately, she figured it out in time and returned her, “What? You look at the era of this TV series. This little brother has grown up now, maybe a few years older than me!”

Qingcheng thought to herself: He is indeed older than you.

“Yingying, I’m in love.”

Shi Yingying: “…with whom?”

“Su Po.”

Shi Yingying was silent even longer this time. “If someone else tells me that, I’ll just say, ‘He is my husband!’ Thinking back, you have never talk nonsense… So, are you and Boss Su have a sex?”

“Please use civilized language.”

“So you and Boss Su really have become a couple?” Shi Yingying suddenly thought of something, and smirked, “So that’s why you two held hands at that time, right?”

“No, that time we weren’t together yet.” Qingcheng saw Yingying’s expression calmed down, “You accepted it very quickly.”

Shi Yingying rolled her eyes and said, “No matter what strange things happen to you, I won’t think it’s too unexpected, because you are so crazy that you can even get full marks in college subjects. Is this something ordinary people can do?!”

“…”

At this moment, the information of the cast and crew moved up on the screen. She reached out and pressed the pause button because she saw Su Po’s name, but the name followed by his name made her stunned——Mu Mu.

Mu Mu?

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