When I Woke Up, I Had Three Romantic Partners - Chapter 21

“A gift?”

Luo Wanshuang saw that Chi Jinqing really didn’t want to talk about the matter with Si Jiamo, so she followed Chi Jinqing’s lead, saying, “What kind of gift? A gift from my idol, I will definitely treasure it.”

Chi Jinqing tapped her head affectionately and said with a spoiled tone, “A small gift.”

She had been thinking about it for a while but hadn’t prepared it yet. Today was the last day, and they would all go their separate ways tomorrow. Although the entertainment industry is small, they really wouldn’t have time for each other once they got busy.

After a few days of rest, she could walk normally again, as long as she didn’t run while wearing high heels.

Su Yunhui said she was coming to pick her up today because they had to go to H City to shoot an advertisement next, followed by an audition.

Su Yunhui’s connections could only allow her to skip the preliminary rounds and go straight to the final interview. As long as the director was impressed with her acting, the role would be hers.

Before this, Chi Jinqing specifically asked her to bring some things over.

The daytime filming ended, and the final gathering tonight was for everyone to discuss their feelings about each other over the past few days. Since the topic would involve some permitted personal privacy questions, everyone had to attend.

In the evening, everyone sat around the table in their pajamas. The lighting was not very bright, casting a somewhat ambiguous glow on everyone. The seating arrangements were basically defaults, with people who had gotten along well sitting close together.

Compared to how close the others were, there was a gap between Chi Jinqing and Si Jiamo, enough to fit two fists.

Luo Wanshuang was leaning directly on Feng Yan’s shoulder, stifling a yawn out of boredom.

She was a little sleepy, but she forced herself to stay awake and said, “Today is the last day. We’ll be leaving here starting tomorrow. I’m really going to miss all the older sisters.”

Feng Yan followed suit, saying, “Sister will miss you too.”

Luo Wanshuang lay down in Feng Yan’s arms, pretending to cry, “Waaah, Sister, I haven’t even been in a relationship yet, and you’ve already claimed my first love.”

Feng Yan smiled affectionately, raised her hand, and rubbed her hair: “Mm-hmm.”

“Sister doesn’t mind that this is your first time in a relationship.”

Chi Jinqing watched Luo Wanshuang shamelessly acting spoiled in Feng Yan’s arms and couldn’t help but laugh, “Alright, you two are the only ones getting all mushy.”

“I’ve prepared farewell gifts for everyone. Let me go get them.”

Chi Jinqing went upstairs and brought down five small boxes. There were sticky notes with names written on them on the boxes. She handed them out one by one according to the names.

“Thank you all for your hard work and for taking care of me these past few days.”

Luo Wanshuang held up the box: “Can I open it now?”

The small, palm-sized box looked quite exquisitely packaged.

Chi Jinqing: “You can.”

Luo Wanshuang opened her box, and inside was a small, cute clay doll figurine that looked just like her.

She excitedly took out the figurine and showed it to Feng Yan: “This is me!”

Feng Yan opened hers, and sure enough, it was also a figurine that looked like her.

She guessed everyone would have the same type of figurine.

Seeing how overjoyed Luo Wanshuang was, she praised it, “It’s so cute.”

Si Jiamo opened her box. There was no difference; it was also a figurine that looked like her.

The tiny figurine looked especially adorable.

However, she didn’t say anything. This gift clearly must have been prepared by Su Yunhui; that person was always so good at managing relationships.

“I’m going to keep it. When I have kids, I’ll tell them this was a gift from my idol.”

Luo Wanshuang beamed, showing a mouthful of white teeth.

Chi Jinqing was instantly amused and exasperated. She felt that if Luo Wanshuang kept saying things like this, she’d likely have a lot of ‘kids’ in the future.

Feng Yan: “Then you can take your kids fan-Girling with you.”

Luo Wanshuang: “Exactly.”

Ou Nannan sighed, “Looking at the way you two interact, I suddenly remembered my first love.”

Luo Wanshuang was curious: “Sister Ou, what was your first love like?”

Ou Nannan used the opening to start tonight’s journey down memory lane.

Her voice, full of narrative recall, said, “My first love… well, it started when I first entered the entertainment industry. I had just accepted my first role, and she was still an ordinary person.”

Young love was exceptionally pure. Every day, all they thought about was working hard. Even when they were busy making a living, eating the cheapest boxed lunches, they held hands and walked openly on the streets, where no one recognized them.

Feng Yan nodded as she listened. She, too, had done many crazy things for love when she was young, but unfortunately, that person ultimately let her down.

She had remained single ever since.

After meeting the innocent and adorable Luo Wanshuang, she felt like she had found the feeling of being in love again. However, she was not the person she used to be. In adult relationships, bread is more important than feelings.

Everyone shared their love stories, and then the focus shifted to Chi Jinqing and Si Jiamo, as neither of them had spoken yet.

Luo Wanshuang blinked her eyes and asked with extreme curiosity, “Idol, have you ever been in a relationship?”

Chi Jinqing was silent for a moment, then said, “A relationship…”

“Yes, I have.”

The exceptionally honest Chi Jinqing answered without hesitation, “I’m not trying to establish a persona of never dating.”

Si Jiamo: “…”

Ou Nannan: “…”

Lao Shi: “…”

Feng Yan chuckled lightly. She played with a strand of her long hair around her finger. She somehow understood. Chi Jinqing probably didn’t realize that everyone was talking about their ‘first love’ that was made public in the entertainment industry, not the one that wasn’t publicly disclosed.

So, the overly honest Chi Jinqing was probably talking about her private first love.

Luo Wanshuang suddenly turned to Si Jiamo and asked, “Idol has dated, so what about Sister Si, have you?”

Si Jiamo: “…”

Having been suddenly cut in when her mind was elsewhere, it took her a moment to process the question. She pursed her lips and whispered, “Yes, I have.”

Luo Wanshuang put down the figurine and curiously pressed, “Was Sister Si’s first love someone in the industry?”

Si Jiamo: “Yes.”

Luo Wanshuang: “Is that so? Then you two must have been very in love back then?”

Si Jiamo looked down, her eyelashes trembling, her voice extremely soft: “She never liked me.”

Chi Jinqing: “…”

Si Jiamo gave a self-deprecating smile: “First love is always bittersweet.”

“But after understanding her feelings, we broke up.”

Luo Wanshuang looked slightly nervous and awkward: “Ah…”

She hadn’t expected that. Just as she was about to try to lighten the mood, she heard Si Jiamo continue, “The other person was a very qualified actress. Her acting was excellent. I never doubted the look in her eyes when she looked at me, but now that I think about it, liking someone and not liking someone is very obvious. I can only blame myself for being too young back then.”

Chi Jinqing: “…”

Si Jiamo propped up her chin and suddenly looked at Chi Jinqing, her voice slightly higher, with a hint of teasing: “Compared to my unbearable first love, what was Teacher Chi’s first love like?”

Chi Jinqing’s expression was calm. She didn’t seem affected by Si Jiamo’s words and said calmly, “My first love was an idiot.”

Si Jiamo’s smile froze: “…”

The word ‘idiot’ slammed into her head, making her slightly uncomfortable.

Her smile grew colder: “Oh, it seems Teacher Chi’s first love wasn’t particularly wonderful either.”

“No, it was quite wonderful.”

Chi Jinqing proudly lifted her chin, glanced at Si Jiamo, and said lightly, “She was very good to me, but the beginning of our relationship wasn’t too great. Later, we separated because of a few things.”

“We were both ordinary people who didn’t understand anything back then.”

Piglet Warrior: This atmosphere… could these two be each other’s first love? I smell gossip. Garfield: No, why do I feel like these two might have had the same first love?

Love Is So Bitter: You guys are really bold with your guesses. Unlike me, I just think these two were love rivals before, but they didn’t know it. The person they liked dated them both separately. That person was good to one and bad to the other, stringing them along and making them desperate for more, and eventually, they both broke up. Chi Jinqing and Si Jiamo came to this show years later, developed feelings for each other, but only realized while talking about the past that they had dated the same person during the same time period. They couldn’t accept it, which is why they are acting like this now.

Siren: Give the person above a pen, hurry up and write it down! I want to read it!

Love Is So Sweet: These two seem a little dense. Everyone else talks about the public ones and pretends not to know about the private ones, but these two open their mouths and spill the beans about their real first love. It’s hilarious. Are they so dense because they were both spoiled by the same manager?

Ou Nannan noticed that Si Jiamo seemed to be targeting Chi Jinqing. Although she didn’t particularly like Chi Jinqing, she didn’t want to see Si Jiamo gloating either: “Is that so? It looks like that person holds a significant place in Jinqing’s heart.”

“Jinqing is truly a very emotional person.”

Lao Shi pouted and said gloomily, “Maybe it’s because some things went too far, making it unacceptable to others?”

Ouyang Nannan glanced at her: “Jinqing is not that kind of person.”

Lao Shi looked at her faded manicure: “Who knows?”

Luo Wanshuang saved the moment: “Idol is very honest, but first love is really important. They say it can influence your choice of future partners.”

“To be able to be with idol, that person must have been very outstanding.”

Chi Jinqing: “She is a very good person.”

Si Jiamo’s lips curled down: “No matter how good a person is, if they don’t meet a good person, they will still be betrayed.”

“Feelings are the most unreliable thing.”

Chi Jinqing didn’t refute: “Teacher Si is right. Teacher Si looks very experienced. I will take Teacher Si’s advice and be more considerate of my loved ones in the future.”

Si Jiamo ignored her, leaning back on the sofa, sitting lazily.

The distance between the two of them widened a little more.

When the conversation finally ended, everyone could finally leave. Chi Jinqing called out to Luo Wanshuang, took another box from her room, and handed it to her: “I said I’d give you a gift before.”

Luo Wanshuang was thrilled, hugging the box and extremely excited: “I… I thought the previous one was it.”

Chi Jinqing rubbed her head: “It’s different. The previous one was for everyone. This is the one I promised specifically to you.”