Jiang Ye: "?"

She was slightly stunned before saying, "It's me. Who is this?"

"... Jiang Zhou."

The person on the other end paused for a moment, then repeated, "Jiang Zhou. Do you remember this name?"

He Zhou's heart was pounding.

He had searched for Jiang Ye for a long time, following the trajectory of his dream, but he hadn't found any trace of her.

He also tried to make himself feverish again and have the dream, but no matter how many times he got a fever, the dream, so real it made him feel terrified, never came back.

But from then on, he started to have frequent dreams, all about Jiang Ye.

So many years had passed, but he recognized her voice almost instantly.

However, Jiang Ye was stunned for a moment, she strained for a long time before finally finding this person from the depths of her memory.

She remembered, of course, but...

Jiang Ye was puzzled, "Didn't you get taken in a long time ago—"

She glanced at the camera and stopped herself from saying "adopted".

He Zhou immediately understood what she was about to say, "Yes, so I've changed my name to He Zhou now."

"But I came back tonight because—"

"Ah."

Jiang Ye glanced at the camera and quickly stopped him from continuing, "Sorry, Jiang—He Zhou, I'm recording a show right now."

Her tone was light, but her meaning was clear.

The camera is on, don't mention the orphanage.

He Zhou seemed to understand, he was silent for a while, then said with difficulty, "... Recording a show?"

Jiang Ye looked at the other side.

The staff member gave her a gesture indicating that she could talk.

Jiang Ye adopted a tone of advertising her own show, "Yes, recording Chasing Light Girls. Wow, this is the hottest talent show this year, you haven't seen it?"

"..."

There was another long silence on the other side, as if the computer had been unplugged and restarted, "... Talent show?"

"You really haven't seen it? That's a pity."

Jiang Ye continued to diligently advertise, "It's not too late to watch now. I'm doing pretty well in it, if you haven't seen it, go watch it quickly, our Chasing Light Girls is very worthwhile."

After a pause, she made a lighthearted joke, "Remember to vote for me."

He Zhou: "..."

He didn't know what to say for a moment.

He couldn't tell her the story of the dream he had about her.

No doubt, Jiang Ye would think he was crazy.

He Zhou realized at this moment.

From the beginning, his desire to find Jiang Ye seemed pointless.

On the other side, Lin Zui passed by Jiang Ye's recording room and waited for her outside.

Jiang Ye glanced out the door and immediately said, "Ah, I have to go, tell Grandma Happy New Year for me."

Before hanging up, she paused for a moment, as if she thought it was impolite, and added, "Happy New Year to you too, bye."

After finishing, Jiang Ye hung up the phone, waved to the staff, and went to find Lin Zui.

"No way, you've been on the phone for so long."

Lin Zui looked at her, clicked her tongue, "Don't tell me you were deliberately being sentimental."

"No, how could I?"

Jiang Ye blinked, her innocence was overwhelming, "Do I look like that kind of person?"

•••

On the other side, He Zhou heard the other end hang up, he froze for two seconds, then called back.

The other end was a cold, mechanical voice, "The number you dialed is currently unavailable..."

He Zhou lowered his eyes.

After a long time, he softly said, "Happy New Year."

•••

The trainees finished their calls and went back to prepare for New Year's Eve dinner.

But it was obvious that many trainees had cried while talking on the phone.

Tan Meng's eyes were also red.

But she denied it, "I didn't cry, okay, it's just the wind blowing when I walked over."

Jiang Ye tilted her head, thoughtfully, "But it's only two corridors from the recording room to here, there aren't even any windows, where's the wind?"

Tan Meng: "..."

She's going to make her mad, Jiang Ye is doing this on purpose!

The last dish for New Year's Eve dinner was the dumplings they had made earlier.

Jiang Ye usually didn't eat much, she planned to stop after three or four.

And to be honest, some of the trainees' dumpling-making skills were really not good.

Jiang Ye picked up a dumpling that looked like a bun, she deeply suspected that Cheng Zhen had thrown her failed products in as well.

When she bit into the last one, Jiang Ye suddenly felt her rabbit teeth hit something hard.

She took the dumpling out and picked out a coin, "...?"

Was this a hidden Easter egg prepared by the program team?

Jiang Ye: "Who put the coin in?"

A trainee across from her enthusiastically raised her hand, "I did!"

She explained, "This is a custom in my hometown, whoever eats the coin in the dumpling will be super lucky in the coming year!"

"It was eaten by Jiang Ye!"

The trainee was obviously a Jiang Ye fan, her tone was a hundred times more excited than if she had eaten the dumpling herself, "I'm so lucky!"

The trainee next to her laughed at her, "Who still puts coins in dumplings, that's so silly."

She puffed up her cheeks, "I like it! So what!"

"It's okay."

Jiang Ye picked out the coin, then said, "Actually, when I was a child... there was a similar custom in my hometown."

Unfortunately, she wasn't very lucky.

Every year, the orphanage would put five coins in the dumplings, but she hadn't eaten one in ten years.

But one year, someone around her ate one, washed the coin clean, and gave it to her, saying it was a New Year's gift.

The children in the orphanage didn't have any personal belongings, this coin, and the blessing it carried, was the best New Year's gift a child could give.

Who was it?

Jiang Ye thought for a moment, she couldn't quite remember.

Since she couldn't remember, she didn't care, she just put the coin away and smiled at the trainee, "Thank you."

•••

After New Year's Eve dinner, the program team said they would set off fireworks for the trainees.

All the trainees went to the rooftop to wait.

"I'm not saying, it's too cold."

The trainees could only sit together, huddling together to keep warm, "Will they really set off fireworks?"

"The program team won't be fooling us, will they?"

"Then we'll go beat up the production team together."

"Right, right, are you guys making wishes when the fireworks go off?"

"Of course I'm making a wish, I hope I can stay until the next round."

"Don't think about it, don't think about it, it's New Year's Eve, let's not talk about such sad things."

Jiang Ye was very cold.

Even though she went back to her room and got her down jacket, her ears were still red from the cold.

She looked for something to talk about with Lin Zui, "Are you making a wish?"

"No."

Lin Zui said without hesitation, "It's stupid."

Jiang Ye blinked and said, "Oh."

"Are you going to make a wish?"

Lin Zui said casually, "Then I'll give you my wish."

"You make two, with double the power, maybe there's a one percent chance it'll come true."

Jiang Ye: "..."

"Anyway, I don't believe it."

"You're saying that heaven hears so many people's wishes every day, can it really fulfill them all?"

Lin Zui rested her hand on her knee, her palm supporting her chin, she smiled nonchalantly, "If I were heaven, I would think, how noisy humans are."

"So, if you really want something, just go and get it yourself."

"What's the use of just making wishes? If wishes worked, everyone in the world would be able to achieve their life dreams, I would say that wishing is one of the top ten unreliable things humans do."

Jiang Ye laughed.

Lin Zui looked at her, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

Jiang Ye blinked innocently, "I think you're right."

But what she was thinking was, not necessarily.

If wishing is unreliable, then her chance of being reborn this time is even more unreliable.

Since heaven granted her one wish, it wouldn't be impossible for it to grant her a few more, right?

Jiang Ye looked up.

The weather was very good today, the night sky was clear, and the stars were all over the sky.

She was surrounded by the chattering voices of the trainees, some were talking about the future, some were talking about tomorrow, some were talking about their hometowns.

She even heard Cheng Zhen playing a boring clapping game with Tan Meng next to her.

Cheng Zhen cheated three times, which made Tan Meng very angry.

She often thought that everything in her last life was just a dream.

After all, she now had such a good, such a happy present.

But without everything in her last life.

How could she be here in this life?

Jiang Ye looked at the starry sky and silently warmed up her wish in her heart.

When she made a wish later, she would first thank heaven for giving her this chance to be reborn.

Then, in the new year, she hoped to stand on a bigger stage, to be seen by more people.

Then, she hoped that more people would like her and support her to go further.

She also wanted to stand longer, to stand higher.

To not waste this chance of being reborn.

She don't know how long it took.

The LED screen in the middle of the opposite dormitory building suddenly lit up.

It showed a countdown.

All the trainees immediately stood up.

"It's here, it's here!"

"I'm freezing to death, finally!"

Jiang Ye glanced at the time and chuckled to herself, the program team really likes to create this kind of pointless sense of ceremony.

They said they would set off fireworks, they had to wait until midnight.

The trainees were excited and followed the countdown together.

"Five—"

Some station sisters who weren't going home for the New Year were still guarding outside the recording base.

They had just finished sharing their snacks, and when they saw the LED screen light up, they quickly urged their friends to stand up and take out their cameras.

"Four—"

The children in the orphanage were sitting in front of the TV, half-asleep.

He Zhou covered them one by one, then sat alone in front of the TV, lost in thought.

He had an old photo album on his lap, the page he turned to was from ten years ago.

"Three—"

The fans who were staying up late to control comments and vote were busy, but they stole a glance at the TV.

The host of the New Year's Eve gala was counting down.

They looked at the photo of the girl on their phone wallpaper, thinking about the injustice she suffered a few days ago, they immediately switched to two other accounts to vote, they had to make sure she was in the C-position.

"Two—"

All over the world, people at this moment unconsciously held their breath and focused their attention.

"One—"

Pink fireworks shot up into the sky.

The trainees stood under the starry sky, their eyes shining.

At the moment of the new year, the fireworks exploded in their pupils, forming the most beautiful and brilliant starry sky.

The new year had arrived.

They were all rushing towards a new future with their dreams.

Their cheeks were flushed, their eyes were shining, they all raised their hands and shouted at the fireworks and stars, "Happy New Year!"