Chapter 21: He Suyan Just Ignored You

Su Yuqing walked in with Xiao Zhu, where a staff member was already waiting to receive them.

"Are you Miss Su?" the staff member approached and said, "This way, please."

Following the staff member, Su Yuqing found a spot and sat down.

There were quite a lot of people here for auditions. This was for a leading female role in a period drama. The leading lady had already been cast—an in-demand actress with accolades to her name.

The male lead was also confirmed, and they were currently selecting side characters. Compared to the third female lead, the role of the second female lead was much-coveted.

Because the character of the second lead was favorable as she was the leading lady's staunch supporter - a confidante and a guide.

She never betrayed the leading lady, had plenty of screen time, and even her own love line, making her extremely likable.

Most people here were auditioning for the role of the second female lead.

"Miss Su? You're also here to audition?" While Su Yuqing was pondering over the script, she suddenly heard Lu Minglan's voice.

She opened her eyes and saw Lu Minglan, with her delicate makeup, smiling gracefully.

The people around were drawn to her voice, and they looked at Su Yuqing with thinly-veiled scorn in their eyes.

"Yes, Miss Lu, who's role has caught your eye this time?" Su Yuqing hooked the corner of her mouth and spoke slowly and deliberately.

Upon her words, the atmosphere on set shifted.

Lu Minglan's face stiffened for a moment but she quickly regained her composure and looked at Su Yuqing in shock, "Miss Su, during the Reverse Draft, I didn't mean to cozy up to God He intentionally, it was all because…"

"Stop!" Su Yuqing raised her hand, "You did it on purpose, it's just that He Suyan didn't give you face, that's all."

Su Yuqing…

Inwardly, she cursed the Truth System. Once those words were out, who knew how others would interpret them.

"Don't worry, Miss Lu, I'm not here for the second female lead, so there won't be any conflict between us. You don't need to harbor such hostility towards me," Su Yuqing added.

The role of the third female lead was reserved by Chengtian, merely requiring a formal appearance.

Chengtian had invested in this drama, and she was, in essence, a candidate pushed forward by the investors, which was why Lu Minglan was so apprehensive.

The others were clueless as to why Lu Minglan felt wary of Su Yuqing.

With Su Yuqing's acting, even if she came to audition, so what?

Could the director possibly fancy her?

"Sis, look at Weibo," an assistant to one of the onlookers suddenly came forward with their phone.

The break room was already quiet, so everyone heard her.

Hearing this, people took out their phones.

"Su Su..." Xiao Zhu handed her phone to Su Yuqing.

The Weibo page that opened was topped by the trending search #HeSuyanSignedSuYuqing#

Followed by a bold, highlighted "Hot."

Su Yuqing's lips twitched slightly. What's with this trending search? Could they not replace He Suyan's name with Chengtian?

She clicked on the entry and what met her eyes was Chengtian's official Weibo account, with a post saying, "Welcome to Chengtian @SuYuqing."

Beneath it was an image of the cover of a contract.

"Su Su, Brother Fu sent a WeChat message, asking you to reply on Weibo," Xiao Zhu whispered.

Su Yuqing nodded, logged into her own Weibo, followed Chengtian's official Weibo, and then retweeted their post with a mention, "I am very happy to join the Chengtian family."

A second after her post, her Weibo was besieged.

A swarm of fans and rubberneckers flooded in.

[Spring Planting One Grain: Su Yuqing, what sorcery have you used on my God He?!]

[Overnight Fortune: Su Yuqing, by what right do you join Chengtian? With your crashing public persona? With your rumor-mongering mouth? Or that brain full of holes?]

[Milk-flavored Bun: Could it be that Su Yuqing has some dirt on He Suyan?]

[Fugitive Maid: Su Yuqing, spreads rumors with that mouth, die mother, die whole family!]

Reading this, Su Yuqing's eyebrows shot up, and she directly 'liked' the post from this netizen!

Xiao Zhu, who saw her action, was speechless: "..."

It wasn't long before a new wave of spectators dived into the fray.

"Holy shit, am I seeing this right? Su Yuqing actually liked this post?! What does that mean?"

"To the person above, it probably means exactly what you think. During the Reverse Draft live broadcast, she liked a similar post."

"Epic! How much does she hate her mom?"

"Filial piety dead! Funny·jpg"

"Filial strength is immense! Respect·jpg"

The comments below were varied and colorful, and in no time, the fact that Su Yuqing liked comments cursing her dead mother and dead family was trending on social media.

Once again, her Weibo was slaughtered.

Su Yuqing logged out of Weibo, closed her phone, and looked up to see a bunch of complicated gazes.

With a curl of her lips, she said, "Does anyone have any advice for me?"

Lu Minglan stared deeply at Su Yuqing, unable to understand why Chengtian would sign someone like her.

In her heart, she couldn't help but follow the speculations online. Could it be that He Suyan really had some dirt in Su Yuqing's hands?

"Next, Lu Minglan!"

At this moment, the actor who had been auditioning before her came out, and it was Lu Minglan's turn.

She quickly composed herself, took a deep breath, and walked into the audition studio.

"Miss Su, which role are you gunning for?" Zhao Siyao suddenly looked at Su Yuqing.

Su Yuqing turned her head and met her eyes, "You'll know when the time comes, Teacher Zhao."

Zhao Siyao, a rising starlet who gained notable success with an idol drama last year, also hailed from a child actor background with a decent family history, not lacking in resources.

Seeing how defensive Su Yuqing was, Zhao Siyao suddenly laughed, "Miss Su, are you afraid I'll steal your role?"

"No," Su Yuqing shook her head quickly.

Amid the puzzled looks of the others, she slowly said, "Even if you wanted to, you couldn't take it away."

Everyone: "..."

This straightforward persona was being marketed too hard.

Su Yuqing withdrew her gaze, ignoring Zhao Siyao's somewhat rigid expression, and fiercely asked the system in her heart, "Are you crazy? I'm going to offend everyone!"

"Host, but if you don't tell the truth more, you will die!"

Looking at the blood bar that was barely a sliver left, Su Yuqing choked, caught between inhalation and exhalation.

She decided to block out the system entirely, out of sight, out of mind.

Soon, Lu Minglan came out.

Seeing her unchanged smile, everyone was uncertain about the result of her audition.

But considering her acting skills, most people felt pressured.

Lu Minglan glanced at Su Yuqing's spot, saw her resting with eyes closed, and a flash of mockery crossed her eyes; she returned to her resting spot.

Subsequent actors went in one after another.

When they came out, their expressions were all somewhat grim, suggesting they didn't make the cut.

Around eleven, it was finally Su Yuqing's turn.

"Su Su, you got this!" Xiao Zhu clenched her fist at Su Yuqing.

Su Yuqing gave her a reassuring look.

She went inside, the door closed, and the waiting room exploded.

Because the official Weibo account of the Reverse Draft posted the test paper from the live audition.

Su Yuqing's name was listed first along with He Suyan, shining brightly.

Below were their papers, both with perfect scores!

What did a perfect score mean?!

Everyone scrambled to check the papers, the questions, and eventually concluded that many top students might not be able to achieve full marks.

The scope of knowledge was too broad!

Less than half an hour after the post went live, Su Yuqing's scholar persona trended again on social media!