Reborn Superstar

  Mei Yu returned to her rented house, just in time for the evening. The quadrangle courtyard was filled with the fragrance of dinner wafting from each household. Mei Yu greedily took a sniff, she had previously only focused on acting and knew nothing about household chores, her life had always been taken care of by her assistant.

  Her stomach growled on cue, and she rummaged through the plastic bag in her hand to pull out a loaf of bread she had bought along the way, grasping it tightly and taking a big bite.

  Pushing open the door, she came face to face with Han Jiali, who was holding a wok and wearing an apron. Han Jiali immediately put down the wok in her hand and snatched the bread from Mei Yu's hand without saying a word, complaining: "How can you just eat one bread and get by like this? You should pay attention to your figure too."

  Han Jiali carefully wrapped up the bread, put it aside, pulled Mei Yu to sit in front of the small square table, bent down and smiled: "You wait for dinner, Qin Rong just called back and said he wouldn't be back for dinner, but it's good for you."

  Mei Yu immediately stood up, awkwardly spreading out his hands and smiled: "Then let me help with something."

  Han Jiali held up the wok with one hand and a stainless steel basin with the other, inside which were neatly stacked chopped beans and shredded meat. She nodded towards the windowsill: "Then you help me get out the salt."

  Mei Yu happily agreed and took a light salt bottle, following Han Jiali's back.

  The houses in the quadrangle courtyard did not have a stove, so the girls set up an iron bucket at the door, simply laid some bricks and added some charcoal to make a simple coal stove.

  Plum rain looked at the familiar coal stove, circled around it twice, and couldn't help but burst out laughing. This coal stove had been in use since she lived here before, and after ten or twenty years, it was almost an heirloom.

  Han Jiali quickly put the iron pot on, inside which had already been added oil, this was loose vegetable seed oil from the grocery store. Soon, white smoke floated up from the dark yellow surface of the oil. Han Jiali added some ginger shreds, watching as they instantly turned golden. She hastily poured in the meat shreds, using a spatula to stir while smiling at Mei Yu: "Now meat is getting more and more expensive, so we have to cut it into thin strips."

  Mei Yu smelled the aroma of ginger bursting meat, her whole heart was attracted by the dishes in the pot, and she replied absent-mindedly: "Nothing, it's better to lose weight after getting fat."

  Han Jiali glanced at Mei Yu and joked: "If you get any thinner, you'll become a rack of ribs."

  "Ah, yes, yes, it would be great if I really became a spare rib, meat is so expensive now."

  Han Jiali chuckled and continued to stir-fry the beans, adding more seasonings, and after a while, the green beans were cooked to perfection. Mei Yu closed her eyes, savoring the aroma, and murmured: "It smells like mom's cooking."

  Han Jiali was driven to tears and laughter by her, snatching the salt bottle from Mei Yu's hand, sprinkling it into the pot twice, stir-frying it, holding the iron pot handle with both hands, taking the iron pot off the stove, and putting the kettle on.

  After doing all that, Han Jiali stretched out her leg and kicked Mei Yu, who was staring at the bean sprouts with drool, and said in a bad tone: "Let's go, kid, mom is taking you to eat."

  Mei Yu shrugged her shoulders, playfully stuck out her tongue, and neatly picked up the iron pot. Han Jiali saw how capable she was and let her off easy, tidying up her things and following behind Mei Yu. When they reached the door, she quickened her pace, hurrying to get in front of Mei Yu, and used her shoulder to push the door open.

  The rice was already steamed, and Han Jiali took out two large celadon bowls, filling one to the brim for each person. Mei Yu had already poured out the beans, looking at the huge bowl in surprise, saying: "This rice bowl is really big."

  Han Jiali handed Mei Yu a pair of chopsticks and tapped the edge of the bowl with her own chopsticks, saying with a smile: "Hehe, because small bowls are always troublesome to fill with rice, we bought two big bowls. By the way, I'll buy one for you another day."

  Mei Yu giggled as she took the chopsticks, picked up a big mouthful of bean sprouts and shredded meat, stuffed her mouth full, and chewed while exclaiming: "Delicious! Delicious!"

  Han Jiali looked at her stuffed cheeks and laughed: "If it's delicious, eat more, there's plenty."

  Mei Yu swallowed two mouthfuls of food, and her eating speed naturally slowed down. After swallowing a small mouthful of vegetables, she pointed to the plastic bag on the bed and said: "I bought two sets of clothes when I came back today. This set of clothes will be returned to you after washing."

  Han Jiali picked up a chopstick of dishes and smiled: "That's nothing, haven't asked you how was yesterday's audition yet?"

  Plum rain chopsticks a pause, then smiled as if nothing had happened: "Was rejected."

  Han Jiali felt a bit embarrassed, she was also in this line to make a living, naturally knew what it was like to be rejected, especially seeing Mei Yu's seemingly tight economic situation, it was the first time she saw a girl who didn't even have clothes to change into just drifting around.

  Han Jiali secretly guessed that Mei Yu had probably quarreled with her family and ran out secretly.

  Mei Yu saw Han Jiali looking a bit embarrassed, and her heart warmed up. This girl was genuinely concerned about her. She picked up a dish with chopsticks and handed it to Han Jiali, smiling: "By the way, I came here in a hurry to try on glasses, but I haven't asked you what plays you've been acting in recently?"

  Han Jiali's body relaxed, Mei Yu looked young, but she was very mature in her dealings with others. When she was with her, she wouldn't feel embarrassed. She ate the dish that Mei Yu had given her, stretched lazily, and said proudly: "I just finished filming an ancient costume movie, I'm going to rest for a few days before taking on another role."

  Mei Yu was very interested in what he said, and his chopsticks stopped at the edge of the plate. He looked at Han Jiali and smiled: "What's the play? If it's shown, be sure to tell me."

  Han Jiali's eyes narrowed with a happy smile: "It's a small investment film called 'Beauty Plan', I only played a small supporting role in it, similar to the role you're playing this time, a maid by the young lady's side..."

  Mei Yu was like being struck by lightning when Han Jiali mentioned the name of the movie, her whole body stiffened and didn't move, to the point where she almost completely didn't hear what Han Jiali said afterwards.

  The Beauty Trap is actually a movie she filmed when something happened to her. Unexpectedly, Han Jiali also participated in the performance.

  Han Jiali didn't notice Mei Yu's abnormality and continued to talk: "Unfortunately, when the filming was almost completed, the second female lead suddenly passed away, and as a result, the director changed the script again, which gave me the opportunity to play this small supporting role."

  Mei Yu's consciousness gradually recovered, and Han Jiali's voice also became clear. "Do you know? It was that female star named Yu Mei, what a pity. I heard that this play relied on her to hold it up, the director had no choice but to add many flower vase roles in the back."