Wandering among the heavens, learning has no end.

"Brother, what do you think?"

Li Jianjian looked at Ji Yuan and asked.

Ji Yuan shook his head: "Difficult."

"What do you mean? Bro, you think she won't get elected?"

Li Jianjian asked curiously.

Whether she gets selected or not is uncertain, but I feel it will be very difficult for her to make it in the entertainment industry.

The entertainment industry is not an easy place to make a living. If you don't have some family connections, you probably won't make a name for yourself.

And look at her now, she doesn't study properly, she might not even get into film school.

If you don't have a powerful family background and can't even get into a film academy, you'll definitely find it difficult to make a living.

If she gets selected by that big director Zhou this time, she'll still have a chance to make a name for herself. But if she doesn't, then it's really over.

As Ji Yuan spoke, she added in her mind.

Especially next year, major capital will be entering the market.

For someone with no connections, this makes it even more difficult to break into the entertainment industry.

"Aren't there people in the entertainment industry who rose from humble beginnings to become big stars?"

Qi Mingyue thought for a moment and then said.

"Think about it yourself, how many are there?"

Ji Yuan countered with a question.

"It seems...it seems there aren't many."

Qi Mingyue couldn't think of many right away.

"Forget it, why bother with her? What does she have to do with us? Let's ignore her. Moon, want to come to my house after school?"

Li Jianjian immediately put Tang Can's matter out of her mind and started chatting with Qi Mingyue again.

"Okay."

Qi Mingyue nodded in agreement.

……

Over the next few days, the house suddenly felt much emptier, and Ji Yuan and the others found it quite strange.

In the past, meals were a lively affair, with several people sitting around a table.

Now there are only five people left.

However, we live in the internet age now, and communication is convenient.

It's just that being so far apart makes it feel a little different.

One day at school, Li Jianjian looked at Ji Yuan and asked, "Brother, do you think our eldest brother and younger brother will stay in the capital or come back after graduation?"

"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

Ji Yuan asked curiously.

"I've found that even though we can still keep in touch when we're far apart, it just doesn't feel the same."

After I graduate from university, I still want to go back to Xiamen and stay with my dad.

Li Jianjian said somewhat emotionally.

Ji Yuan smiled and rubbed Li Jianjian's head: "Do whatever you want."

"We'll come back after we graduate."

"real!?"

Li Jianjian asked with some delight.

"real."

"You said it yourself, you can't go back on your word."

"My only concern is that you might stay abroad for a few years and then decide you don't want to come back."

"Impossible! No matter how good it is outside, it's not as good as home!"

Li Jianjian said confidently.

"After school, I'm going to ask my older brother and younger brother if they're coming back after graduation."

Li Jianjian continued speaking.

"It's not certain whether they've made up their minds or not, so don't make any demands on them, like asking them to come back later."

Ji Yuan gave a word of advice.

"Okay, I won't be that insensible!"

Li Jianjian nodded in agreement.

……

school.

Li Jianjian contacted Ling Xiao and He Ziqiu on QQ. When Li Jianjian asked them about their plans after graduation, they both told her without hesitation that they wanted to go back to Xiamen.

The capital city may offer more opportunities and could potentially see better development.

But they still long to return to their familiar hometown and to be with their families.

Besides, Xiamen is no less impressive.

It certainly can't compare to the capital, but it's much better than most cities.

Returning to one's hometown to develop one's career is not necessarily all bad.

Let's not even talk about whether the money earned could be better spent in the capital.

At least they themselves would feel more comfortable, and Li Haichao and the others would be happier.

For Ling Xiao and He Ziqiu, that was enough.

……

Late September.

Tang Can, who had taken leave shortly after the start of the semester, returned home crying one day with a dejected look on her face. She buried her head in her hands and lay down on the table as soon as she got back to her seat.

Qi Mingyue looked at Tang Can with a puzzled expression, then looked in the direction of Li Jianjian.

Li Jianjian and Qi Mingyue exchanged a glance, shrugged, and indicated that they didn't understand either.

"It must be about the audition. I heard her say in class that filming would start in October, and it's about to start. Now she's back looking like this, so she must have been rejected."

Ji Yuan noticed Li Jianjian's appearance and whispered.

"What!? You really weren't selected..."

Li Jianjian was also taken aback for a moment.

She used to dislike Tang Can a lot, but she's not so hostile towards him anymore.

The main reason is that after overhearing about Tang Can's family situation at the restaurant last time, Tang Can sent Li Jianjian a box of rather expensive chocolates the next day and asked Li Jianjian to keep it a secret.

Because of that box of chocolates, Li Jianjian felt that Tang Can was actually a decent person.

Well, the chocolate was secondary. After all, they had been classmates for so long, and she could slowly sense that Tang Can might have a lot of minor flaws, but he wasn't a bad person.

Anyway, she herself wouldn't dare say that she has no minor flaws.

It's normal for people to have some minor flaws.

……

After class, Li Jianjian and Qi Mingyue immediately started whispering to each other, and Li Jianjian told Qi Mingyue about Ji Yuan's guess.

Upon hearing this, Qi Mingyue realized it was true.

If Tang Can hadn't been eliminated, she wouldn't look like this.

At this moment, many people gathered around Tang Can. Seeing that Tang Can had her head down, they assumed that Tang Can had suffered some injustice and tried to comfort her.

However, this comfort only lasted for a day.

When they got home that evening, they soon saw the news that Tang Can had failed the audition.

The next day, they began to avoid Tang Can somewhat.

Actually, it's not that they're materialistic.

A bunch of high school sophomores, they're not that realistic.

They had been praising Tang Can for so long, saying that she would definitely be selected, but now that she hadn't been selected, they felt a little embarrassed when they saw her again.

Actually, Tang Can's failure to be selected has nothing to do with them, but it's still awkward.

They couldn't pinpoint the source of this awkwardness, but avoiding Tang Can did make them feel much more comfortable.

This is true not only at schools, but also in other places.

Those who had previously praised Tang Can have begun to disappear.

This made Tang Can feel as if her entire life had failed, and her mood worsened.

……

noon.

In the cafeteria, Tang Can sat alone in a corner eating.

She used to be surrounded by a large group of people when she ate, but now she seems very lonely.

After Li Jianjian finished getting her food, she saw Tang Can eating alone with his head down and felt a little sorry for him.

He looked at Ji Yuan and Qi Mingyue and said, "Let's go, I see some empty seats."

As she spoke, Li Jianjian led the two to the seat where Tang Can was sitting alone. Li Jianjian plopped down opposite Tang Can, saying, "Why is there so many people in the cafeteria today? We finally found an empty seat."