"Who washes the dishes after eating?"

After dinner, Chen Jie asked while patting her stomach.☆→

"I'll do it!" Alice took the initiative to clean up the dishes on the table, folded them up and moved them to the kitchen: "You made the meal, I can't do nothing."

"Then please, Miss." Chen Jie waved her hand with a smile, and then said to Meng Huo: "She washes dishes, then will we play something now? How is your chess skills?"

"On average." Meng Huo got up and poured a glass of water, then sat down in the living room: "Don't play Go, you'll be a rare thing to come back, just chat here."

Chen Jie sat next to him: "Okay, I have a lot of things I want to tell you,"

She chatted with Meng Huo happily, and Alice joined after washing the dishes. The three of them kept talking until nine o'clock in the evening, from comics to life, and from life to work, but they were not tired at all.

"It's like I've finished saying half a year." Chen Jie said when she took the elevator to leave the apartment, "It would be great if I wasn't so busy at work. I can have countless topics to share with Meng Huo every day."

Alice shook her head: "That's probably impossible. You and Meng Huo are too busy."

This sentence stabbed Chen Jie's heart, her face changed, and then she frowned: "So I also know... it's not OK to change the status quo..."

Alice was stunned: "What does it mean?"

"It's the surface..." Chen Jie turned her head and looked at Alice and said, "I can't continue like this. My current work makes me very anxious. No matter how hard I try to relieve it, I still can't get rid of this anxiety."

"Why?" Alice was surprised: "You are doing very well. Your popularity has been rising. Your career is going well. What's the point of being anxious about?"

"It's not a matter of popularity..." Chen Jie stared at Alice. Her inner anxiety did not come from the 'progress of voice actor career', but from the pressure from Alice, Meng Huo, and other peers.

Chen Jie did not regret being a voice actor, but as her career grew bigger and bigger, she found that voice actors could not give her a sense of security.

A star or an artist, are these titles really important to Chen Jie? Can voice actors really make her valued by Meng Huo? Of course - the answer is yes, Meng Huo attaches great importance to her. However, compared to Alice, Chen Jie feels that her status is optional.

One day, more talented voice actors will emerge, and Chen Jie's status will not be consolidated as it is today.

"If this continues, I will get farther and farther away from Meng Huo." After the elevator door opened, Chen Jie and Alice walked out side by side: "I don't believe in long-distance relationships, and the more popular the stars are, the more they will have, and the less time they have to do."

Without her own time, she could only meet Meng Huo once every few months or once every other time. This made Chen Jie feel very insecure, and she realized that she could not continue like this. And time was not on her.

"I'm twenty years old and don't have much time to give me. I want to learn something else. If I don't find the right path earlier, I will have to hang myself from the voice actor in the future."

Not long ago, Chen Jie spent her 20th birthday. After she was twenty years old, Chen Jie realized how unwise it was to give everything to the "voice actor". This was her most precious time. She should have been working as a "voice actor" while stepping up learning other things.

Only in this way can she have the opportunity to become someone like Alice who can stay by Meng Huo's side and truly help him.

"..." Alice understood Chen Jie's words, and she asked, "After all, you just want to work with Meng Huo, right?"

Chen Jie nodded. This was her purpose. It was not that the voice actor was bad, but that a simple voice actor could not get close to Meng Huo. Chen Jie envied Alice very much, and even she envied Qin Ya, Zhou Qian, He Qian and others.

These women can see Meng Huo every day, but Chen Jie is out of reach. She wants to change this situation.

"What do you want to do?" Alice asked again, and she found that Chen Jie's expression was extremely firm, but this was not a sign of an inquirer or a person in a hesitation period, but a sign of having made a decision.

"I want to learn." Sure enough, Chen Jie gave her answer: "I will continue to be a voice actor, but at the same time I will learn something I need. Please give me the right to choose the performance freely."

Chen Jie wants to strengthen her abilities, which will certainly inevitably affect some performances. Therefore, she wants to obtain Alice's consent. As long as she agrees, Chen Jie is like having the Shangfang Sword and can freely arrange her time - before that, her time is not managed by herself.

Alice was a little embarrassed. She had high hopes for Chen Jie. Now it is the time to shine. Once she relaxed, Chen Jie might have to fall from the clouds.

But after walking along the street with Chen Jie, Alice finally had to nod. She chose to believe Chen Jie, but in the same way, she had to remind Chen Jie: "I promised your conditions, but the firm will not be as enthusiastic as it is now. Some support given to you will be transferred to other people. Is this okay?"

"Yes." Chen Jie disagreed.

"And we can't help you with what you want to learn, you have to find a way for yourself." Alice asked again, "This is OK?"

Chen Jie continued to nod. She had her own method and was not short of money. All she lacked was time. After getting Alice's relief, she was no longer worried about anything.

"Thank you for your generosity, so that... I can get closer to you." She said to Alice: "You have always been by Meng Huo's side. I am very grateful to you, but this situation must be changed."

Chen Jie knew very well that the current "He Xi" cannot be without Alice, but Chen Jie can be without Chen Jie. Her decision is also to prepare for the future. If Alice is not by Meng Huo one day, Chen Jie hopes that she can fill this vacancy - for this she must act.

Maybe her thoughts are a bit despicable, but the love scene is like a battlefield. Chen Jie will not give up on Meng Huo, and she will not allow Meng Huo to rely on Alice forever.

Alice obviously saw Chen Jie's thoughts, and when she walked under a tree, she suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Chen Jie turned around and looked at her.

"I'll say, Chen Jie." Alice took a breath and smiled, "Do you think you're happy tonight?"

“…I’m quite happy…”

Chen Jie nodded.

"So too..." Alice put her hands behind her back, trembling a little: "I also feel very happy. When I was chatting tonight, I was thinking that if the three of us could be together like this, we might not feel bored..."

The air freezes in an instant.

Chen Jie looked at Alice, her eyes were filled with confusion, shock, and disbelief: "Alice, don't joke around, okay? This is not a house, no one in this world is willing to be with her rival..."

"I do!" Chen Jie's words were interrupted by Alice. Alice looked at her and repeated: "I do!"

Suddenly, Chen Jie felt that the whole world had become absurd, and she took a step back slightly and stared at Alice like a monster.

"I told you when your legs were not yet well, maybe you thought I was joking. If so, I could repeat it..." Alice lowered her eyes: "If it were you, I would like to share Meng with you..."

"Stop!" Chen Jie shouted: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

Alice nodded slowly: "Of course, I don't think your actions are meaningless. You don't need to become a person like me. Meng Huo can still accept you... and I don't have a special pursuit of status. You can marry Meng Huo and be his wife, and I will give up... but I want half of him."

Alice had this idea a long time ago. Perhaps it was because of family factors, she did not have the mentality of having to monopolize Meng Huo like Chen Jie, and marriage was not particularly important. As long as Meng Huo could accept her, she would not mind taking any losses.

However, as she expected, Chen Jie refused firmly: "I'm sorry, this is impossible!"

Chen Jie's voice contained anger. She could accept Alice as her rival and her competition. But Chen Jie was a woman. No matter how generous a woman was, she would never share something - that was a man.

"Isn't this great?" Alice shook her head and advised, "We will not have nothing. If you promise me, if I win, you will not lose Meng Huo. I will give him to you... Isn't this also a safe haven for you? Or do you have to be confident that you can beat me?"

She smiled and said, "Chen Jie, don't underestimate me too much. I don't know the outcome..."

"This is not a underestimation!" Chen Jie endured her anger. Although she wanted to go up and slap Alice to wake her up, Chen Jie still chose to express her persistence in words: "Alice, this is not a business, Meng Huo is not a commodity, he cannot be shared."

"If you win, I will choose to quit... I swear, I will never disturb you! But the same goes!" Chen Jie gritted her teeth and said, "Unless I die, I will never agree to this matter. Even if Meng Huo agrees, I will not agree!"

Alice's smile disappeared. Chen Jie's words said that things were dead. They could not die anymore. No matter how much she persuaded her, it would not be useful.

"Ah, right!" Alice's eyes also turned cold: "Chen Jie, you must not understand my mood... In fact, after all, you still have the same idea in your heart. You don't believe that I will win. You have never really thought about what will happen if you lose Meng Huo, but I know very well..."

It is precisely because Alice knew the result of losing Meng Huo that she was humble and looked for another way.
Chapter completed!