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After briefly responding to the information provided by Miss Anhe, Chen fell silent again.
When helping Rencai, the deeply ingrained belief that "learning is the right path" constantly influenced his decisions.
He achieved his goal; he temporarily balanced the relationship between Nina's parents and Nina.
But so what? This isn't what Nina wanted at all; she wasn't happy about having her daily routine restricted again.
Nina will eventually have the courage to confront her parents about her thoughts and walk the path she wants to take.
The phrase "treating Lingmeng Lu Ba Zhou Wu Si" (治灵梦路巴诩无紀*丝~林标不治本事) perfectly describes his interference, which is ineffective and doesn't address the root cause.
"Miss Anwa, do you think everything I did by bypassing Rencai was really useful?"
Miss Anhe paused slightly as she rubbed her hair.
Before she could offer her opinion, the boy in front of her continued speaking on his own.
"Isn't it the right thing to do not interfere with Rencai's choices?"
"I inadvertently became a barrier preventing Nina from communicating with her parents, preventing them from truly exchanging their inner thoughts face-to-face."
"All my efforts were in vain; Nina will ultimately have to face her parents alone."
"If I had never met Momoka... if I had never met Nina... if I had never met you... and if I had never met Satoshi and Rupa..."
With each name he uttered, his heart ached as if it were being torn apart by a thousand knives.
"If I had never existed"
His voice gradually choked with sobs due to the pain.
He denied the meaning of his own existence, denied everything about himself.
Things will get better, right?
"Am I right, Miss Anhe? Am I right?"
"wrong!"
The fact that Ms. Anhe exhibited such unprecedented self-denial and self-destructive tendencies in Chen was truly terrifying.
She was incredibly grateful that Chen was now in her living room.
It would be strange if nothing happened if Chen, in this mental state, was allowed to wander around outside!
"Sisi's group isn't here, so I can't give Chen their answers."
"But I'm right here beside Chen now, and I want to tell Chen that I absolutely do not agree with his idea!"
Miss Anhe walked around to Chen's front and cupped the boy's face in one hand.
She turned on her phone and played the song Chen had once given her.
"null"
"I really want to be myself before I become an adult."
"I'd rather destroy myself than the world."
"I've already formally told my grandma that I don't want to be an actress."
"That courage comes from who you were back then."
Wiping away the tears that had already streamed down Chen's cheeks, her shoulder offered solid support to the young man, Lin Silingwu.
Chapter 128 Miss Anhe's Round
Generous, well-mannered, and polite
Add to that a touch of beauty to be proud of.
This is Miss Anhe's character design at the performing arts school.
For someone like her, "friends" have never been a scarce commodity.
At the performing arts school, she got along well with classmates of all types.
She repeated her daily routine, responding to her grandmother's somewhat unfulfilled obsessions.
Yes, in every sense, Ms. Anhe's starting point in entering the entertainment industry was beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Anhe Tiantong, her grandmother
Having dedicated almost all of her youth to the entertainment industry, she had already amassed countless connections and wealth for Ms. Anhe.
Anhe never lacks opportunities for practice; she is already used to playing various roles in different filming locations.
The scripts she guest-starred in were never obscure, and she has appeared on screen many times.
If she really makes up her mind to pursue a career in acting
It's estimated that many viewers will find her face familiar.
This was merely a tiny, insignificant power possessed by her "senior" grandmother.
For most people with dreams of acting, her starting point in the entertainment industry is already an end point they may never reach in their lifetime.
But she doesn't like performing.
Or rather, she didn't like performing this "dream" that her grandmother had forced upon her.
The things that Grandma was so attached to were once also entrusted to her mother.
Her mother ran away.
As a child, she once questioned her mother about why she wouldn't accept her grandmother's expectations, and proudly declared that she would definitely make her grandmother proud.
Her mother didn't argue with her then; she just patted her head and said, "You'll understand when you grow up."
Her mother hadn't lied to her; now she truly understood the reason her mother had run away.
Her grandmother, who works in the entertainment industry, has achieved countless accomplishments.
While she enjoyed the resources her grandmother brought her in the entertainment industry, she also endured immense pressure from all sides.
Comparison
Because she is Anwa Tendo's granddaughter, she will inevitably be compared to her grandmother by others.
She knew very well that the opinions of everyone she met, except her grandmother, were never true.
Regardless of how well she performs, everyone else will flatter her.
Grandma loved watching her perform, seeing her try out all sorts of different roles.
Miss Anhe has lost count of how many roles she has played.
She is A, B, C, D; she is just another passerby.
She was a shadow, the shadow of her grandmother in her youth.
She played her grandmother's debut work, "...", countless times.
So similar, so very similar
How much she resembled her grandmother in her prime!
So similar, even her name comes from her grandmother's debut work.
The only thing she never tried to act out, the thing she never managed to become, was herself.
She tried to put up a small act of resistance.
She started to enjoy playing video games, relishing the feeling of venting her emotions.
Playing against other players in the game is also part of her gaming experience.
Whenever there's a holiday, her schedule changes to the time on the other side of the ocean.
I fall asleep as dawn breaks and wake up before the streetlights come on.
She joined the school's light music club and chose the instrument she wanted to play.
Guitar? Bass? Keyboard?
No, for Miss Anhe, all of this was too mundane.
Only the recoil from the drumhead when the drumsticks struck the drumhead in front of her was enough for her to release the pressure that had been building up inside her.
Then, by chance, I saw Tao Xiang's online advertisement recruiting band members.
I met Chen, I met Nina, I met Rupa, and I met Satoshi.
They are members of Miss Anhe's band, and also Miss Anhe's friends (without needing to be in quotes).
In front of them, she didn't need to painstakingly maintain that rich young lady persona.
She can laugh, cry, and rant as she pleases; she just needs to be herself.
She cherishes the band members who are by her side.
However, the band's existence conflicts with what she calls the "right path".
The conflict between band activities and performing arts has occurred several times already.
Choosing a band meant abandoning her grandmother's expectations of her.
By choosing her grandmother, she would lose the band members she cherished.
Miss Anhe only found the courage to face this difficult choice after receiving the song that Chen Suo gave her.
She wanted to be herself; she didn't want to continue wasting her energy on performances she didn't like.
She wanted to be with everyone in the band!
Shortly after receiving the answer from Chen, Miss Anhe embarked on her journey to confront her grandmother.
Before she met her grandmother, the song "The Courage the Boy Gave Her" played continuously in her headphones.
Grandma wasn't surprised by her candor, as if she had known what she was thinking all along.
She succeeded; aside from completing her studies at performing arts school, her grandmother no longer asked her to do anything extra.
After that, she began to really care about this band member who wasn't actually in the band.
Feeling her shoulder gradually becoming damp
Miss Anhe reminisced about the moments she spent with Chen.
Chen is a special case.
He had already been around Miss Anhe before the band was officially formed.
The qualities the boy displayed were similar to hers.
A perfectly balanced sense of distance, an unconscious willingness to put oneself in another's shoes, and subtle mischief in unimportant ways.
This was Chen's first impression of Miss Anhe, and it was quite good.
In terms of age, Tao Xiang is much older than Chen.
However, in their interactions, Chen was actually the one who was more tolerant of Tao Xiang.
Miss Anhe initially didn't pay attention to this minor anomaly.
The first appearance of Miss Toyokawa changed Miss Anwa's perception of Chen.
Carrying the lives of others
Chen, who is the same age as her, said these words and genuinely made this decision.
For Miss Anhe, this was far too advanced for her.
Chen displayed an extraordinary maturity, which was fully reflected in the events that followed.
The meticulous planning in inviting Nina rendered her now-displayed, easily provoked personality completely useless.
At the same time, he even has a large following online, and she has heard the songs he wrote.
Even in handling the recent issue of Nina not wanting to go to school, Chen's plan could be considered flawless, had it not been for a small mishap at the end.
After the truth came out, Chen never considered explaining himself to Rencai, and he didn't even show the slightest anger at Rencai's slap.
Miss Anhe admitted that she couldn't do that.
This side of Chen gave Miss Anhe a feeling of unreality.
Bearing sin and embracing everything—that's something only someone with holes in their hands can do.