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The previous night, Wenyao explored her new phone based on her memory.
At first, she thought this brick-like thing was just for making calls and sending messages. Why were people so addicted to it, constantly playing and watching it?
What's so fun about it?
But once Wenyao became familiar with it, she couldn't get enough! She had never imagined that such a small device could contain so much, allowing her to access any information she wanted.
Wenyao searched for all the strange thoughts that had come to her mind but couldn't find answers for in Daxing. Here, there were official answers and even responses from experts.
In addition to solving her own puzzles, she could also access news and information from around the world.
Wenyao couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
This was real knowledge at the touch of a button!
As long as she was connected to the internet, the content on her phone would update every day—it was like an endless abyss. No wonder everyone was addicted to it.
After a while, Wenyao stopped, not wanting to follow the same path as everyone else.
Later, Wenyao thought of something and picked up her phone again. This time, however, she didn't browse useless content but directly opened Weibo.
Weibo was currently the most popular social media platform in Huaguo, with a massive user base.
Celebrities who relied on popularity naturally wouldn't miss out on this platform. Nearly every artist in the circle had an account for promoting their work and interacting with fans to maintain their popularity.
Wenyao's ID had been confiscated by Wenrou, so she couldn't get a phone card. Not having a phone card meant she couldn't register for a Weibo account, but she could still use it.
Wenyao familiarized herself with the page and looked through the hot topics.
Among the mix of news, entertainment, and fashion recommendations, she felt it was disorderly and switched to the search bar.
Everyone in the circle has a Weibo, so Wen Rou must have one too. Wen Yao quickly typed out the name "Wen Rou" on the screen, but before she could finish writing the first character "Wen", a series of options popped up.
Wen Yao was immediately drawn to one of them: "#Tender Girl with Strong and Courageous Personality, Saves People#". Tender and strong, saving people? Wen Yao clicked on it with curiosity. The first Weibo was posted by a user named "Desiring to Occupy Your Tenderness," and it was clear from the profile picture that they were a fan of Wen Rou.
The content of the Weibo claimed that the author had always thought of Wen Rou as a gentle and weak girl, evoking a strong urge to protect her. However, to their surprise, Wen Rou was hiding such high martial arts skills, which hadn't been noticed by the fans for so many years - she was truly a hidden gem of a girl. Below the Weibo, there were nine photos in a grid, with only the middle one being a selfie of Wen Rou, and the other nine being screenshots.
Wen Yao was startled when she opened the screenshots. Wasn't this the scene from yesterday when she saved that woman? Based on the angle of the screenshots, the photographer was positioned diagonally above and not too close. At the time, she was only focused on saving the woman and had only checked the surroundings briefly, neglecting the location diagonally above.
Wen Yao, with a perplexed expression, quickly scrolled through Weibo and soon found the uploader of the video. The uploader thought her actions were heroic and it was a positive act to save someone, and since they didn't capture her face, they posted the video without any infringement of image rights - it turned out the video became popular.
As the video gained traction, the several people in the video were identified by netizens. The woman who was being harassed turned out to be the popular actress Su Nan, but nobody knew about Wen Yao's existence, so naturally the woman who had saved was mistaken for Wen Rou.
Since a fan claimed the woman as Wen Rou, the entire internet started praising her for being brave and fearless, with her hidden talents. Seeing her contribution attributed to Wen Rou once again, Wen Yao not only felt indignant but also realized that she must speed up the process of revealing the truth.
This year, because Wen Rou had to take the college entrance exam and art exam, she couldn't take on many acting jobs openly worrying about being reported by media and criticized by netizens for not focusing on her studies. But if Wen Rou didn't take on acting jobs, it would interfere with her original plan.
As Wen Yao was contemplating how to modify the plan, she heard the sound of the door opening downstairs. The residence of an artist was very secretive, and only Wen Rou and Yuan Min had keys, in addition to the artist and her manager, assistant, and driver.
After checking the room, Wen Yao found a hiding spot to stash her phone, and then left the room. Downstairs, Wen Rou was sitting on the couch, constantly rotating her ankles, complaining, "Wearing high heels for three days straight has exhausted me to death."
Yuan Min placed the luggage in the corner for her and comforted her, "Rou Rou, you really worked hard this time, but with great results, it's worth it." Thinking of the promises that the bigwigs had made to her, Wen Rou nodded satisfied.
Then her gaze swept around the house, just about to call for Wen Yao, but she saw Wen Yao appear within her line of sight. Wen Yao had her hair tied in a high ponytail, dressed in a simple T-shirt and shorts.
Although it was a very ordinary outfit, it exuded a vibrant and energetic aura, in stark contrast to her exhausted appearance with makeup for three days. For a moment, Wen Rou felt like she had aged several years compared to Wen Yao, who seemed to be the epitome of youthful vigor and radiant beauty. Despite immediately denying this thought in her mind, she couldn't shake off the uneasiness.
She asked in a displeased tone, "Wen Yao, where have you been these past few days?" Wen Yao looked straight into Wen Rou's eyes, without any evasion. "I've been at home."
"Then why didn't anyone answer the home phone when I called?" Wen Yao earnestly asked with widened eyes, "Did you call? But the phone never rang."
"That's impossible." Although that's what she said, Wen Rou still took out her phone to dial the number. The call went through, but there was no ringing in the house. Wen Rou felt a bit embarrassed, got up from the sofa and prepared to check the home phone, "Could it really be broken? Wen Yao, are you playing tricks?"
The home phone was placed next to Yuan Min, who checked and found that the screen was lit up and the receiver was properly placed, there was really no problem. "Rou Rou, it must be the phone that's broken."
When Wen Rou went over to pick up the home phone to check, she found that nothing had been tampered with, and she had indeed wrongly accused Wen Yao. But even if she had made a mistake, she couldn't just back down in front of Wen Yao. She swiftly put down the home phone and said, "Let's forget about not answering the phone, I'm not going to argue with you."
Wen Yao, with an unchanged expression, looked at the fleeting embarrassment on Wen Rou's face, feeling very disdainful inside. How could her actions be easily discovered by Wen Rou?
Yuan Min tugged at Wen Rou's clothes and, after giving a meaningful glance, patted the couch beside her, gesturing to Wen Yao, "Come, Yao Yao, sit over here."
Wen Yao was well aware of these two people in front of her. In the memories of the original host, Wen Rou bullied her, and Yuan Min was an accomplice who never spoke up for her.
And she came through, it made the two aware that the steamed buns in the past were not so easily handled, then Min began to play the role of peacemaker.
Wen Yao looked at Min's hypocritical performance and felt that she was even more disgusting than gentle.
She didn't pass, but sat on the nearby single chair, pretending to care and said, "Sister Min, do you have something to tell me?"
Min didn't say anything, but instead took the initiative to approach.
After getting closer, Min asked, "Yao Yao, do you know martial arts?"
Upon hearing this, Wen Yao instantly understood, it must be because of the video online.
Although the video did not show the face, everything else could be clearly seen, and denying it was useless.
In addition, she brought her martial arts skills from her previous life to a world where almost no one knew martial arts, so she could make good use of it.
But of course, she wouldn't confess truthfully.
Wen Yao slightly lowered her head, then pretended to look panicked, and asked, "Sister Min, how did you know?"
Wen Yao's reaction was obviously known.
Even though they had already established that the person in the video was undoubtedly Wen Yao, hearing the answer in person still felt shocking.
When did the person living under their noses learn martial arts?
In addition to being shocked, they were also extremely delighted.
The joy was that Wen An's movie finally had hope.
Min and gentle exchanged a glance.
Gentle furrowed her brows and asked, "We grew up under the same roof, when did you learn martial arts and why didn't I know?"
Since Wen Yao realized that no one in this world knew martial arts, she had been thinking about how to explain if she was asked, so she had already prepared an answer to gentle's question.
So Wen Yao asked in response, "Jie Jie, do you remember Uncle Liu who used to live next to our house when we were young?"
"Uncle Liu? Who is that?"
Obviously, gentle did not have a deep memory of this person, and it took her a while to recall: "You mean the barefooted man who begged in the town?"
Before gentle entered the entertainment industry, the Wen family was very poor and lived in a backward village, and at that time, their neighbor was a single man who constantly wielded knives and spears shirtless in the village.
This single man did not farm, but carried those weapons to perform in the town every day.
Although it was called a performance, in gentle's eyes, it was no different from begging, and she looked down on him from the bottom of her heart, so she really disliked this uncle, and even refused the candies he gave.
In her memory, Wen Yao was quite close to this uncle.
Gentle suddenly realized, she widened her eyes and exclaimed, "You mean you...?"
Wen Yao nodded, looking sincere, "I just found it fun at that time, I played with Uncle Liu until I was bullied by Er Gou in the village, and then Uncle Liu taught me some martial arts for self-defense."
Wen Yao's thoughts were comprehensive. That Uncle Liu had already died five years ago, and there was no evidence.
Wen's family was poor, and Wen Yao was timid, being bullied by all the children in the village.
Upon hearing Wen Yao's explanation, gentle still did not believe it and felt that something was off.
"If he has such ability, why did he stay in that rundown place?"
"But what can he do in the big city?" Wen Yao countered.
For a person who was illiterate, martial arts would be useless, considering it's a rule of law society now.
Gentle finally truly believed Wen Yao, since there were no other possibilities.
Gentle looked at Wen Yao, and curiously asked, "How are your martial arts skills now?"
"Uncle Liu only taught me some self-defense skills, just superficial knowledge," Wen Yao replied.
At this point, Min finally interjected, "The situation, Yao Yao, is that a director invited Jie Jie to audition for a martial arts film, to play a female general, so the situation can only trouble you."
Wen Yao's thoughts quickly turned, upon hearing that a director invited gentle to play a female general, she immediately thought of her own video.
Before, gentle only played innocent roles like a neighbor girl, and it was impossible for her to make such a big leap to play a heroic and powerful female general, so it definitely had something to do with that video.
She had been worrying about not having the opportunity, and now the opportunity had come.
Wen Yao just nodded and agreed, while gentle beside her said, "Director Wen's auditions are known to be strict. I personally attended the auditions for the previous plays, and you have no audition experience, so you need to start practicing quickly."
If Wen An's film gets released, she can directly rise to the top, this is a rare opportunity, so gentle did not want to give up.
"Gentle is right, this film is very important. Yao Yao, you must take it seriously. How about this, first perform the martial arts part, Director Wen values that the most."
Wen Yao did not refuse upon hearing this.
She thought for a moment, and then casually demonstrated a few simple movements. As long as they were practiced well, they were no less powerful than any martial arts moves.
She was from a martial family, began martial arts training at the age of three with her father and brothers, for a full twenty years. While she wasn't remarkably proficient, she could say that in the whole Daxing Dynasty, there was no one who could match her.
With her martial arts skills, she was rejected for being too gentle.
"What kind of flower fist and embroidered legs are these? Your movements are so light and airy, there's no sense of strength at all, can you really do it?"
Yuan Min watched the movements, which were far from the clean and neat ones in the video, and queried, "Do you need to find someone to spar with? You need a target to better demonstrate the movements, right?"
A true master never uses brute force, neither of them understands.
Wen Yao was too lazy to explain, and knew that saying more would be useless, so she just nodded.
"Maybe sparring with someone would be better for me. There's no suitable candidate right now, Yuan Jie, let's rehearse another day."
"No, the audition is in three days, I don't have time for you to dawdle."
"But there's no one to spar with me."
Wen Yao, feeling wronged, but as soon as she finished speaking, she heard Wen Rou say, "I'll do it!"
Wen Yao hadn't expected Wen Rou to offer to do it herself. She was overjoyed inside, but on the surface, she looked surprised and worried.
She refused, "Rou Rou, you can't do this. I'm not proficient in kung fu, I can't control my strength well. What if I hurt you..."
Wen Rou was very eager to get this role, and she believed that Wen Yao's martial arts skills were not high, so she dared not do anything to her.
Wen Rou put on a pretense of punching and said, "Enough talk, if I get hurt, it's on me. Just show the best of yourself."
Wen Yao blinked and reluctantly replied, "Okay."
Then, she wouldn't hold back.
Wen Rou threw the first punch, which missed, but the second punch hit Wen Yao's shoulder.
In her heart, she disdained her, saying she would be hurt, and this was it?
But at that moment, her arm was suddenly grabbed by someone, and her whole body lunged forward. Then the hand that had grabbed her arm suddenly loosened, and she lost control and crashed into the wall in front of her, immediately fainting.
The previous night, Wenyao explored her new phone based on her memory.
At first, she thought this brick-like thing was just for making calls and sending messages. Why were people so addicted to it, constantly playing and watching it?
What's so fun about it?
But once Wenyao became familiar with it, she couldn't get enough! She had never imagined that such a small device could contain so much, allowing her to access any information she wanted.
Wenyao searched for all the strange thoughts that had come to her mind but couldn't find answers for in Daxing. Here, there were official answers and even responses from experts.
In addition to solving her own puzzles, she could also access news and information from around the world.
Wenyao couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
This was real knowledge at the touch of a button!
As long as she was connected to the internet, the content on her phone would update every day—it was like an endless abyss. No wonder everyone was addicted to it.
After a while, Wenyao stopped, not wanting to follow the same path as everyone else.
Later, Wenyao thought of something and picked up her phone again. This time, however, she didn't browse useless content but directly opened Weibo.
Weibo was currently the most popular social media platform in Huaguo, with a massive user base.
Celebrities who relied on popularity naturally wouldn't miss out on this platform. Nearly every artist in the circle had an account for promoting their work and interacting with fans to maintain their popularity.
Wenyao's ID had been confiscated by Wenrou, so she couldn't get a phone card. Not having a phone card meant she couldn't register for a Weibo account, but she could still use it.
Wenyao familiarized herself with the page and looked through the hot topics.
Among the mix of news, entertainment, and fashion recommendations, she felt it was disorderly and switched to the search bar.
Everyone in the circle has a Weibo, so Wen Rou must have one too. Wen Yao quickly typed out the name "Wen Rou" on the screen, but before she could finish writing the first character "Wen", a series of options popped up.
Wen Yao was immediately drawn to one of them: "#Tender Girl with Strong and Courageous Personality, Saves People#". Tender and strong, saving people? Wen Yao clicked on it with curiosity. The first Weibo was posted by a user named "Desiring to Occupy Your Tenderness," and it was clear from the profile picture that they were a fan of Wen Rou.
The content of the Weibo claimed that the author had always thought of Wen Rou as a gentle and weak girl, evoking a strong urge to protect her. However, to their surprise, Wen Rou was hiding such high martial arts skills, which hadn't been noticed by the fans for so many years - she was truly a hidden gem of a girl. Below the Weibo, there were nine photos in a grid, with only the middle one being a selfie of Wen Rou, and the other nine being screenshots.
Wen Yao was startled when she opened the screenshots. Wasn't this the scene from yesterday when she saved that woman? Based on the angle of the screenshots, the photographer was positioned diagonally above and not too close. At the time, she was only focused on saving the woman and had only checked the surroundings briefly, neglecting the location diagonally above.
Wen Yao, with a perplexed expression, quickly scrolled through Weibo and soon found the uploader of the video. The uploader thought her actions were heroic and it was a positive act to save someone, and since they didn't capture her face, they posted the video without any infringement of image rights - it turned out the video became popular.
As the video gained traction, the several people in the video were identified by netizens. The woman who was being harassed turned out to be the popular actress Su Nan, but nobody knew about Wen Yao's existence, so naturally the woman who had saved was mistaken for Wen Rou.
Since a fan claimed the woman as Wen Rou, the entire internet started praising her for being brave and fearless, with her hidden talents. Seeing her contribution attributed to Wen Rou once again, Wen Yao not only felt indignant but also realized that she must speed up the process of revealing the truth.
This year, because Wen Rou had to take the college entrance exam and art exam, she couldn't take on many acting jobs openly worrying about being reported by media and criticized by netizens for not focusing on her studies. But if Wen Rou didn't take on acting jobs, it would interfere with her original plan.
As Wen Yao was contemplating how to modify the plan, she heard the sound of the door opening downstairs. The residence of an artist was very secretive, and only Wen Rou and Yuan Min had keys, in addition to the artist and her manager, assistant, and driver.
After checking the room, Wen Yao found a hiding spot to stash her phone, and then left the room. Downstairs, Wen Rou was sitting on the couch, constantly rotating her ankles, complaining, "Wearing high heels for three days straight has exhausted me to death."
Yuan Min placed the luggage in the corner for her and comforted her, "Rou Rou, you really worked hard this time, but with great results, it's worth it." Thinking of the promises that the bigwigs had made to her, Wen Rou nodded satisfied.
Then her gaze swept around the house, just about to call for Wen Yao, but she saw Wen Yao appear within her line of sight. Wen Yao had her hair tied in a high ponytail, dressed in a simple T-shirt and shorts.
Although it was a very ordinary outfit, it exuded a vibrant and energetic aura, in stark contrast to her exhausted appearance with makeup for three days. For a moment, Wen Rou felt like she had aged several years compared to Wen Yao, who seemed to be the epitome of youthful vigor and radiant beauty. Despite immediately denying this thought in her mind, she couldn't shake off the uneasiness.
She asked in a displeased tone, "Wen Yao, where have you been these past few days?" Wen Yao looked straight into Wen Rou's eyes, without any evasion. "I've been at home."
"Then why didn't anyone answer the home phone when I called?" Wen Yao earnestly asked with widened eyes, "Did you call? But the phone never rang."
"That's impossible." Although that's what she said, Wen Rou still took out her phone to dial the number. The call went through, but there was no ringing in the house. Wen Rou felt a bit embarrassed, got up from the sofa and prepared to check the home phone, "Could it really be broken? Wen Yao, are you playing tricks?"
The home phone was placed next to Yuan Min, who checked and found that the screen was lit up and the receiver was properly placed, there was really no problem. "Rou Rou, it must be the phone that's broken."
When Wen Rou went over to pick up the home phone to check, she found that nothing had been tampered with, and she had indeed wrongly accused Wen Yao. But even if she had made a mistake, she couldn't just back down in front of Wen Yao. She swiftly put down the home phone and said, "Let's forget about not answering the phone, I'm not going to argue with you."
Wen Yao, with an unchanged expression, looked at the fleeting embarrassment on Wen Rou's face, feeling very disdainful inside. How could her actions be easily discovered by Wen Rou?
Yuan Min tugged at Wen Rou's clothes and, after giving a meaningful glance, patted the couch beside her, gesturing to Wen Yao, "Come, Yao Yao, sit over here."
Wen Yao was well aware of these two people in front of her. In the memories of the original host, Wen Rou bullied her, and Yuan Min was an accomplice who never spoke up for her.
And she came through, it made the two aware that the steamed buns in the past were not so easily handled, then Min began to play the role of peacemaker.
Wen Yao looked at Min's hypocritical performance and felt that she was even more disgusting than gentle.
She didn't pass, but sat on the nearby single chair, pretending to care and said, "Sister Min, do you have something to tell me?"
Min didn't say anything, but instead took the initiative to approach.
After getting closer, Min asked, "Yao Yao, do you know martial arts?"
Upon hearing this, Wen Yao instantly understood, it must be because of the video online.
Although the video did not show the face, everything else could be clearly seen, and denying it was useless.
In addition, she brought her martial arts skills from her previous life to a world where almost no one knew martial arts, so she could make good use of it.
But of course, she wouldn't confess truthfully.
Wen Yao slightly lowered her head, then pretended to look panicked, and asked, "Sister Min, how did you know?"
Wen Yao's reaction was obviously known.
Even though they had already established that the person in the video was undoubtedly Wen Yao, hearing the answer in person still felt shocking.
When did the person living under their noses learn martial arts?
In addition to being shocked, they were also extremely delighted.
The joy was that Wen An's movie finally had hope.
Min and gentle exchanged a glance.
Gentle furrowed her brows and asked, "We grew up under the same roof, when did you learn martial arts and why didn't I know?"
Since Wen Yao realized that no one in this world knew martial arts, she had been thinking about how to explain if she was asked, so she had already prepared an answer to gentle's question.
So Wen Yao asked in response, "Jie Jie, do you remember Uncle Liu who used to live next to our house when we were young?"
"Uncle Liu? Who is that?"
Obviously, gentle did not have a deep memory of this person, and it took her a while to recall: "You mean the barefooted man who begged in the town?"
Before gentle entered the entertainment industry, the Wen family was very poor and lived in a backward village, and at that time, their neighbor was a single man who constantly wielded knives and spears shirtless in the village.
This single man did not farm, but carried those weapons to perform in the town every day.
Although it was called a performance, in gentle's eyes, it was no different from begging, and she looked down on him from the bottom of her heart, so she really disliked this uncle, and even refused the candies he gave.
In her memory, Wen Yao was quite close to this uncle.
Gentle suddenly realized, she widened her eyes and exclaimed, "You mean you...?"
Wen Yao nodded, looking sincere, "I just found it fun at that time, I played with Uncle Liu until I was bullied by Er Gou in the village, and then Uncle Liu taught me some martial arts for self-defense."
Wen Yao's thoughts were comprehensive. That Uncle Liu had already died five years ago, and there was no evidence.
Wen's family was poor, and Wen Yao was timid, being bullied by all the children in the village.
Upon hearing Wen Yao's explanation, gentle still did not believe it and felt that something was off.
"If he has such ability, why did he stay in that rundown place?"
"But what can he do in the big city?" Wen Yao countered.
For a person who was illiterate, martial arts would be useless, considering it's a rule of law society now.
Gentle finally truly believed Wen Yao, since there were no other possibilities.
Gentle looked at Wen Yao, and curiously asked, "How are your martial arts skills now?"
"Uncle Liu only taught me some self-defense skills, just superficial knowledge," Wen Yao replied.
At this point, Min finally interjected, "The situation, Yao Yao, is that a director invited Jie Jie to audition for a martial arts film, to play a female general, so the situation can only trouble you."
Wen Yao's thoughts quickly turned, upon hearing that a director invited gentle to play a female general, she immediately thought of her own video.
Before, gentle only played innocent roles like a neighbor girl, and it was impossible for her to make such a big leap to play a heroic and powerful female general, so it definitely had something to do with that video.
She had been worrying about not having the opportunity, and now the opportunity had come.
Wen Yao just nodded and agreed, while gentle beside her said, "Director Wen's auditions are known to be strict. I personally attended the auditions for the previous plays, and you have no audition experience, so you need to start practicing quickly."
If Wen An's film gets released, she can directly rise to the top, this is a rare opportunity, so gentle did not want to give up.
"Gentle is right, this film is very important. Yao Yao, you must take it seriously. How about this, first perform the martial arts part, Director Wen values that the most."
Wen Yao did not refuse upon hearing this.
She thought for a moment, and then casually demonstrated a few simple movements. As long as they were practiced well, they were no less powerful than any martial arts moves.
She was from a martial family, began martial arts training at the age of three with her father and brothers, for a full twenty years. While she wasn't remarkably proficient, she could say that in the whole Daxing Dynasty, there was no one who could match her.
With her martial arts skills, she was rejected for being too gentle.
"What kind of flower fist and embroidered legs are these? Your movements are so light and airy, there's no sense of strength at all, can you really do it?"
Yuan Min watched the movements, which were far from the clean and neat ones in the video, and queried, "Do you need to find someone to spar with? You need a target to better demonstrate the movements, right?"
A true master never uses brute force, neither of them understands.
Wen Yao was too lazy to explain, and knew that saying more would be useless, so she just nodded.
"Maybe sparring with someone would be better for me. There's no suitable candidate right now, Yuan Jie, let's rehearse another day."
"No, the audition is in three days, I don't have time for you to dawdle."
"But there's no one to spar with me."
Wen Yao, feeling wronged, but as soon as she finished speaking, she heard Wen Rou say, "I'll do it!"
Wen Yao hadn't expected Wen Rou to offer to do it herself. She was overjoyed inside, but on the surface, she looked surprised and worried.
She refused, "Rou Rou, you can't do this. I'm not proficient in kung fu, I can't control my strength well. What if I hurt you..."
Wen Rou was very eager to get this role, and she believed that Wen Yao's martial arts skills were not high, so she dared not do anything to her.
Wen Rou put on a pretense of punching and said, "Enough talk, if I get hurt, it's on me. Just show the best of yourself."
Wen Yao blinked and reluctantly replied, "Okay."
Then, she wouldn't hold back.
Wen Rou threw the first punch, which missed, but the second punch hit Wen Yao's shoulder.
In her heart, she disdained her, saying she would be hurt, and this was it?
But at that moment, her arm was suddenly grabbed by someone, and her whole body lunged forward. Then the hand that had grabbed her arm suddenly loosened, and she lost control and crashed into the wall in front of her, immediately fainting.