I Fell in Love With My Cold-Hearted, Flirtatious Roommate (GL) - Chapter 13

At this time, for the commercial voice-over celebration, the Lesser Freesia Studio was still holding urgent rehearsals.

Since the original collaboration between Ran Jiu and Yu Lai was not very impressive, they decided to go with a yuri drama that Ran Jiu was accustomed to voicing. Her partner was the junior colleague, Li Weilin.

For the first few takes, Ran Jiu was already familiar with the script, and her lines were smooth, with accurate tone and emotion.

Li Weilin was quite nervous because it was her first recording, and she misread the lines several times.

Li Weilin suddenly felt a sense of awkwardness, afraid of being disliked or thought too slow. She had worked hard to get into the studio. Thinking this way, her mind became flustered, and she rushed several beats again.

A blush of shame rose on her face, and the hand holding the microphone was trembling from tension.

Ran Jiu did not blame her. While reciting her own lines, she used her mouth to silently tell Li Weilin not to be nervous during the recording gaps.

Li Weilin slowly calmed her mind and entered the emotion that Ran Jiu brought to her.

The lines for this recording were precisely the emotional climax of the drama. The two characters in the book were immersed in an ambiguous and enchanting atmosphere, and even the dialogue consisted of lovers’ soft, whispered sweet nothings.

During the recording process, every time Ran Jiu gave a gentle confession and a deep gaze, it made Li Weilin’s emotions surge, nearly causing her bl00d pressure to spike.

As the two continued to practice, they finally completed the recording on the seventh take.

After the recording, the sound editor leaned on the workstation and nodded approvingly, “Much better than the previous segment, and the emotion is right.”

The two scriptwriters also finally breathed a sigh of relief, no longer needing to look for a new script.

Wei Feng still found it incredible, “Little Jiu, every time you record something like this, you gain some inexplicable spirituality.”

Yu Lai: “Little Jiu’s method of immersion is special. Haven’t you noticed that in every drama she voices, she is the emotionally dominant party?”

Wei Feng seized the opportunity to joke: “So, no one in our studio can conquer you. It’s better for you to conquer us.”

Xiao Zhi maintained a balance, praising both: “Weilin is very hardworking, the most promising newcomer we’ve recruited. I saw her auditioning over and over even before pairing her with Little Jiu. She didn’t even go home yesterday noon. She is a very diligent child.”

Ran Jiu also nodded and said sincerely: “I’ve recorded this script before. Lina works much harder than me. You really must be tired.”

At this moment, Li Weilin’s face was red, her head shaking like a rattle drum, and the two sheets of script paper in her hands were tightly rolled into a scroll.

She wasn’t without personal motives. Before, she had taken advantage of the studio resources to listen intently to Ran Jiu’s audition reels. It must be said that she was worthy of being someone who had taken on many commercial dramas; her grasp of emotion and character was spot on.

As a long-time fan of the voice-over circle, the key was that just listening to Ran Jiu’s cool voice could conjure up many scenarios. Sometimes, her admiration and curiosity towards Ran Jiu were barely contained. She wished to get closer to her, and at times, she even harbored thoughts of surpassing her.

Upon hearing the news of partnering with Ran Jiu, she was too excited to sleep for two consecutive days. When she entered the recording booth, she even felt overwhelmingly happy, her feet not quite touching the ground. Especially listening to the other person’s cool yet deeply affectionate confession, she felt it was completely worth it, even if it was just acting.

Li Weilin stammered: “S-Senior Sister’s performance was better. I kept failing to get into the emotion at first. Thanks to Senior Sister for comforting me and guiding me.”

Ran Jiu showed no strong emotion, still smiling faintly.

Xiao Zhi squinted her eyes encouragingly: “You are both excellent.”

The sound editor on the side beckoned, saying there were a few fragments that Li Weilin needed to re-record. If the final effect was good, they could use this directly as their performance segment.

Li Weilin hastily nodded to go in, but suddenly paused, turning back shyly to look at them: “Senior Sister, does our studio have any extra tickets for the voice-over celebration?”

“Ah?” Xiao Zhi was genuinely stunned for a moment when this was brought up, then quickly reacted: “The organizers did save a few for me. Wei Feng took one for his girlfriend. I should have two left.”

Li Weilin quickly waved her hands, her eyes full of anticipation: “I… I only need one. I have a roommate who really likes Lord Ting and wants to come and listen too.”

She took one ticket. Xiao Zhi still had one left in her hand. She thought for a moment and handed it to Ran Jiu: “I originally wanted to save one for my husband, but he said he wasn’t interested in these things, that it was all just antics for young people. It makes me so mad.”

Ran Jiu expressed understanding: “There’s a chasm between people in and outside the circle. Some seek solace in voices, while others can’t make heads or tails of it. Don’t be too hard on your brother-in-law.”

As she spoke, she couldn’t maintain her composure because she was always surprisingly articulate in these moments. Yet, there were times when she felt equally confused.

She couldn’t see clearly things that others could easily comprehend.

How wonderful it would be if everything could just be simpler.

Xiao Zhi agreed, recalling the distant past: “It really is. I’m considered an old fan from the beginning of the voice-over scene. Back then, there were only a few CV actors and no audio dramas. People thought the lines spoken by actors on TV were their own voices, hahaha.”

Ran Jiu also smiled briefly. Her smile was subtle, her lips slightly curved, and a shallow dimple appeared on her left cheek.

Xiao Zhi said meaningfully: “Take this. This one’s for you. If any young friends around you want to go, you can win them over.”

Ran Jiu was about to say she didn’t need it, but thinking of something, she took the ticket: “Thank you, Sister Xiao Zhi.”

Rehearsal went late into the evening. When she got home, the living room light was on, and Rong Ting’s bedroom door was open, revealing the sound of keyboard clicks.

She really is a hard-working little grey rabbit.

Perhaps hearing the movement, the sound of the keyboard weakened for a moment, then resumed.

Ran Jiu was a little puzzled. Usually, when she returned, the little grey rabbit would come out to greet her.

Thinking this way, what was this inexplicable feeling of loss in her heart?

The next second, “Ran Jiu?”

She was inexplicably relieved.

Rong Ting walked out of the bedroom and asked her as usual: “Have you eaten?”

Ran Jiu truthfully answered that she had, as Xiao Zhi treated them to crayfish and street food because they finished work late, and she wasn’t hungry now.

But she felt much warmer inside, and the corners of her eyes subtly curved up.

“Oh.” Rong Ting stood there without moving, seemingly wanting to ask something else.

“What is it?”

Rong Ting thought for a moment: “That, our school is having a voice-over celebration in a couple of days. I heard many famous CVs will be attending. Are you going to participate too?”

Ran Jiu raised a thin eyebrow: “So, in your eyes, I’m already considered famous?”

At this question, Rong Ting’s face immediately turned red. She remembered secretly going through Ran Jiu’s Weibo, filtering photos by date, looking for clues, and even specifically searching for her videos on Bilibili. At this moment, it felt as though she had been completely seen through by the other person.

“Well, the venue is at our school, so I was just curious.” Rong Ting spoke nonsense with a straight face, “I don’t know your circle, but I think you’re really great.”

“Great in what way?”

“Just, just that you have videos on Bilibili, and fans leave lots of comments, and also…” She seemed unable to recall anything else.

Illogical statements naturally couldn’t continue. Rong Ting stuttered for a long time, unable to speak, and deflatedly said: “Never mind, I was just asking. I can take you into the school then. The gymnasium is hard to find.”

Saying this, she noticed the smile at the corner of Ran Jiu’s mouth deepening. She remembered Ran Jiu had been to her school many times, so she surely wouldn’t have trouble finding the gymnasium.

Ran Jiu stopped teasing, giving her an out: “It’s fine, there will be a designated car to pick up and drop off attendees.”

Rong Ting nodded, disappointed: “Okay then.” After saying this, she prepared to return to continue working on her assignment.

“Roommate.” Ran Jiu called out to her.

“Hmm?”

Ran Jiu said in standard Cantonese: ”

” (You are so cute!)

Rong Ting didn’t understand the phrase and was completely puzzled.

Why was she being called delightful ,(which can also mean ‘proud’ or ‘satisfied’ in Mandarin)?