I Want To Retire From the Circle but Become Famous by Acting Poorly

Graduating from high school was a lie.

It was the image her former talent agency had created for her.

In fact, Su Chengyang had never attended school for a day.

After being poked twice in a row within half a day, Su Chengyang became even more silent.

The past scenes began to play in her mind frame by frame.

She was not a sentimental person, just not particularly emotional.

On the show, Su Chengyang was mostly silent, but not uninteresting.

She wouldn’t speak unless it was something she was interested in, didn’t care if the camera was on her, and usually just listened and did her own thing quietly.

But at this moment, her silence seemed to be held back by something.

After nearly six hours of driving, they arrived at a coastal city.

The program team took them to a villa by the sea, with an endless blue ocean just tens of meters away.

Qin You carried his backpack and looked at the beach in amazement, “Wow!”

She exclaimed softly.

Su Chengyang walked up to her and handed her a book, saying, “You forgot your book in the car.”

Qin You was stunned. It was her first time seeing the sea, and she was too excited when she got off the car. She stuffed the book into her bag hastily and couldn’t wait to get off the car, but she didn’t expect to leave one behind.

She lowered her head shyly, took the book from Su Chengyang’s hand, and quietly looked at her from the corner of her eye, stuttering, “Thank you, sister.”

“You’re welcome.”

After getting off the car, Su Chengyang didn’t want to appear any different from usual in front of Han Songxue and the others. She went along with their jokes, except for the time on the car when something seemed off.

After changing into the clothes prepared by the program team, the nine guests went to the beach together.

Qin You lagged behind in the crowd, staring blankly at Su Chengyang in the center, surrounded by a bunch of people.

Han Songxue and Jiang Shanqi walked on either side of her and bickered. She responded occasionally, and occasionally others joined in, even Tan Qi, who was usually reserved, joined in with the banter.

“Poems about the sea? Is this question specifically for the top student?”

While chatting, Su Chengyang turned around and looked at Qin You, and everyone else turned their heads as well.

“Xiaoyou, we were just talking about poems about the sea. Can you recite one or two lines for us?”

“Yeah, it’s fun to watch the top student recite poems.”

Qin You was surprised when Su Chengyang suddenly cued her, almost forgetting to take a step. She blushed and recited a few lines.

After she finished reciting, the group continued on towards the seaside.

Qin You watched Su Chengyang’s back and became even more certain that she wasn’t very happy right now.

Was it because she didn’t get to eat what she liked?

Qin You had always been curious about Su Chengyang, often observing her in secret. Her behavior on the car was a bit unusual.

Su Chengyang helped her out and even fetched her book. She should repay her kindness.

After playing at the seaside for a while, the staff prepared a seafood feast for them.

It was mid-afternoon and the sky was as gloomy as Su Chengyang’s mood.

The sky over the sea was even darker, with dark clouds churning, as if there could be a heavy rain at any moment.

Eating a seafood feast on a beach in this kind of weather would have a special flavor.

“Chengyang, feel free to eat!”

Passing by Xiao Lu’s side, she gently tugged at Su Chengyang’s sleeve.

Su Chengyang smiled and walked past her.

Xiao Lu’s palm was empty.

“Cousin brother, is Chengyang not happy?” Xiao Lu looked at Su Chengyang’s departing figure, worried.

Her thoughts were different from those of typical girls, straightforward and not fond of beating around the bush, nor very delicate. She was not sure why, but having known Su Chengyang for so long, she clearly felt that Su Chengyang was in a bad mood.

This was the first time Su Chengyang had not shown a bright-eyed expression when seeing her favorite food.

Lin Yu’s gaze fell on Su Chengyang.

She sat quietly next to Han Songxue. The latter occasionally brought up topics related to her, and she would answer with one or two sentences. In the face of a table full of delicious seafood, she seemed to have little appetite.

“Does she not like seafood?” Xiao Lu whispered.

Lin Yu frowned unconsciously, “She’s not a picky eater.”

“Right, Chengyang isn’t a picky eater, why is that? Is it because she’s not feeling well?” She turned her head to look at Lin Yu and said, “Could it be because you always make her eat vegetables and fruits to lose weight, that she’s now sick of them?”

Lin Yu’s eyebrows furrowed deeper.

At the dining table, the program team suggested playing a game before sitting down to enjoy the meal, which elicited sighs from the guests.

“Making a fuss just to eat a meal.”

“What if we starve Chengyang to death?”

Su Chengyang indeed had no appetite at the moment, so she stood up and took the lead in cooperating with the program team.

The staff played music and everyone followed the rhythm, shaking their bodies and raising their hands to answer questions.

Almost as soon as the prelude started, the usually silent Shen Fu raised his hand.

“Wanxi Sand.”

Su Chengyang listened carefully to his voice for the first time, it was cold, just like his personality.

“Congratulations to Shen Fu for the correct answer!”

Shen Fu sat down immediately, probably starving after all the excitement, and began to eat on his own.

The second song started playing and after singing a couple of lines, Han Songxue started to get anxious and stomped her feet. “What…what…what’s the name of this song? Why can’t I remember it suddenly?”

After speaking, she looked towards Su Chengyang for help.

Su Chengyang innocently blinked her eyes. She hadn’t heard either of these two songs before. The prelude seemed vaguely familiar, but she had been too busy like a spinning top before, so she didn’t have time to listen to songs.

“Ah…ah…ah…the future! Is it the future!” Han Songxue finally blurted out the song title.

“Correct answer!”

So, Han Songxue became the second person to sit down and enjoy the meal.

It was now the turn of the third song, and after the female voice sang a few lines, Han Songxue fiercely pushed her, “This song! It’s very easy to guess!”

Su Chengyang looked confused. “What?”

“Just…whose is it! It’s…very simple!”

“Ahem! No reminders from the person next to you!”

The assistant director glared at Han Songxue, but Han Songxue, who was fearless, even stared back at him, her eyes bigger than anyone else’s.

Assistant director: “…”

Su Chengyang still couldn’t guess the song title in the end.

One by one, the people behind her sat down, leaving only Su Chengyang alone in the end.

She was confused, really confused.

How could she feel like she hadn’t heard any of the songs before?

“This song… you don’t know it either?”

“Really?”

In the end, they even forgot about the feast in front of them, shocked to see how shallow Su Chengyang’s song library was, so no one reminded them.

Three songs were played in a row, but Su Chengyang still had a confused look and couldn’t guess the song titles.

The staff were embarrassed, playing the simplest, most popular, and oldest songs, but Su Chengyang still couldn’t answer.

Xiao Lu stomped her feet nearby and said, “If you can’t guess it, just give up. Why keep guessing? Su Chengyang must be hungry…”

After speaking, she wanted to walk up and stop the staff from continuing.

Lin Yu gave her a glance, “Su Chengyang shouldn’t be treated differently from the others.”

Xiao Lu paused for a moment. “But…”

Lin Yu withdrew his gaze and looked at Su Chengyang, who was standing alone by the dining table, trying hard to listen to the lyrics.

Su Chengyang seemed to be inspired and insisted on answering one of the songs. The guests also cheered him on.

During the commotion, Han Songxue didn’t forget to peel some shrimp for Su Chengyang and feed her.

Han Songxue peeled some, Jiang Shanqi also peeled some, and after Jiang Shanqi finished, Song Mingan and Qi Fu also joined in the fun.

Su Chengyang’s mouth was stuffed full, and her cheeks were puffed up like a hamster.

Lin Yu lowered his head and whispered something to Xiao Lu. After hearing it, Xiao Lu ran to a staff member to listen. The staff member then ran to the assistant director and whispered something to him.

The music started playing the next song.

As the prelude began, the guests at the dining table instantly became excited, and Su Chengyang was surprised and opened her mouth wide.

“What is this…”

The guests looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what the program team was up to.

“Su Chengyang hasn’t even heard of ‘Future’, how could she has heard of this song, and does this song even have a name?” Han Songxue wondered.

“Su Chengyang, you should keep standing while eating. With your music library, you’ll never make it in your lifetime,” Jiang Shanqi added, pouring cold water on her.

Su Chengyang swallowed what was in her mouth and said, “I actually know this song.”

Everyone: “?”

Su Chengyang continued, “It’s the background music for a certain fried chicken shop’s third-quarter promotional video, ‘I Want to Drink Coke.'”

She thought for a moment and added, “The promotion was for a combo of pineapple pizza and dragon fruit pizza. I’ve been craving it for so long.”

Everyone: “…”

“Pineapple pizza…”

Xiao Lu muttered these words, as if reminded of something, and turned to look at Lin Yu beside her.

The latter’s expression was somewhat complicated.

Even though he liked Chinese culture, he was still half Italian.

“Congratulations to Su Chengyang for the correct answer!”

Su Chengyang’s mood finally lifted after being sulky all day.

She sat down with a smile and looked at the plate, only to realize that it had been piled high with food and she couldn’t see the bottom.

“Come on, eat a little more.”

“Is it because you haven’t eaten enough that you’re in a bad mood?”

“You’re recording a program now, your Manager Lin won’t dare to manage you.”

“Eat and drink what you should!”

Su Chengyang looked at the piled up food in the plate and felt as if her heart had been hit by a small hammer.

So, did they all see through her?

Su Chengyang, your acting skills are really terrible.

“Thank you, but I can’t eat so much,” Su Chengyang murmured.

“Forget it, this morning you were showing off like a top in front of us, didn’t you?”

“It’s okay, Chengyang. After dinner, we may have to do some physical work.”

“Eat more, eat more, and your mood will improve.”

Su Chengyang laughed, but at the same time, she felt a bit uneasy.

She lifted her head and looked in the direction of Lin Yu.

He stood in the middle of a beach, with a slender figure.

The sea breeze blew his hair, and in the moment when Su Chengyang looked over, it seemed to have also blown the corners of his mouth, evolving into a soft smile.

“Eat.”

He slightly opened his thin lips and said silently.

Although they were separated by several meters, Su Chengyang seemed to hear his voice.

Her heart, uncontrollably, twitched again.

She thought, maybe she had done something to make Manager Lin happy again.

What did she do?

Su Chengyang was curious.

Because of this, she only felt a little better in her mood.

. . . . .

Su Chengyang’s visibly improved mood finally made Lu Yin breathe a sigh of relief.

“Cousin brother, do you know about Chengyang’s background? I asked her this morning and she said she’s an orphan. It seems that’s when she started to feel a little unhappy,” Lu Yin said with a heavy heart.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu didn’t react and simply said, “Is that so.”

“Did I hit a sore spot with her? I…I feel sorry for her,” Lu Yin said guiltily, lowering her head.

Lin Yu paused and turned to look at her, asking, “What did you say after she told you?”

“Nothing, I just felt sorry for her and didn’t want her to feel sad.”

“So, after listening to her, the attitude you showed was that you felt sorry for her?” Lin Yu asked.

Lu Yin trembled.

Lin Yu looked at Su Chengyang, who was happily eating with a stomach full of food not far away.

“There is nothing pitiable about Su Chengyang.”

The sea breeze was still gentle, like a pair of warm palms gently stroking the top of his head.

“She made herself a bright color in a pale background.”

In the vast expanse of the world, the smallest and gentlest things are the easiest to touch people’s hearts.

“She doesn’t need anyone’s pity.”