In the early years, the fifty thousand from selling the car by Ning Hao was used by Hua Yan for film and television investment. Over the years, his tuition and living expenses all came from investment returns.

The initial fifty thousand has now appreciated to over two hundred thousand. The house wasn’t sold, as during weekends and holidays, a haven is needed. Moreover, now they have dogs; both huskies are over a year old and are quite a handful. The living room doesn’t dare to have any furniture as the sofa has long been moved into a room and locked up. Hence, Ning Hao is eager to send one over to Hua Yan.

Hua Yan didn’t want to raise it either due to her work and study commitments and feared she couldn’t look after it well. However, keeping the two huskies together would only result in the house being destroyed.

At this moment, Liang Tian unexpectedly chimed in, "You can raise it in the space. I’m bored anyway, and can play with it."

Hua Yan turned her head in astonishment, "No way, aren’t you just a voice? Do you actually have a true form? Come out quickly and let me see what you look like."

"You can’t see it now. Whether I have a true form depends on your achievements. Even without a body, I can play with it. After all, it’s a living creature, right?"

So, after the May Day holiday, there was an additional dog in the space, named Erxi, and she is female.

Erxi happily played in the space; it was only during breaks from class that Hua Yan would let it out to play for a while in the dorm, then throw it back into the space again.

While practicing the piano and composing in the space, Erxi rolled around on the grass, acting cute, licking her feet affectionately, and nudging her head in comfort, symbolically stroking its fur in exchange for moments of peace.

After the May Day holiday, apart from intense studies, music composition, script drafting, and continuous short video creation occupied all her extracurricular time.

So even when not taking on acting roles, she was still extremely busy.

The airing of "Healing Life" let more and more people see that at just twenty-four years old, she became an all-around artist. When on the show, she demonstrated a myriad of skills—woodworking, cooking, agriculture, fishing, making tofu, brewing, sashimi— seemingly, there’s nothing she can’t do, astonishing the production team. Even the subtitles joined in the fun, claiming they found the right person, inviting a genius girl.

Many people said she was trying to redeem herself through this variety show, only to encounter a major backlash from netizens.

"Redeem? Redeem what? What has she done wrong that needs redeeming? She’s inherently good and needs no redemption!"

"The more understanding and capable she is, the more I feel for her. In comparison, at a similar age, I’m barely scraping by with a salary of several thousand yuan, whereas she thrives in adversity, striving upward to become elite. Am I the only one who sees her life as a growth saga?"

"Speaking of growth sagas, have you read the novel ’Hua Yan’? Why do I feel the female lead and the super star Hua Yan seem increasingly alike? Is it just me? Even their names match. Seriously, everyone should check it out; their life experiences strikingly parallel each other. Moreover, the author’s name is [Miss Yan herself], geez, have we missed some major secret?"

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As more and more people went to read the book, some began searching for the Weibo of the author [Miss Yan herself], named [Miss Yan’s Self-reliant Life]. Then video platforms revealed that the platinum author [Miss Yan herself] might very likely be the famous actress Hua Yan’s alias.

The first piece of evidence is the novel "Hua Yan". Previously, some questioned it, but at the time Hua Yan wasn’t quite famous, so it went unnoticed, with posts submerged. Nowadays, as more dig into the novel, they unexpectedly find many clues.

The second piece of evidence is that during a live broadcast on a certain video platform, [Miss Yan herself] consistently wore a mask, which is unusual. Particularly, Hua Yan’s yoga skills, body shape in "Healing Life" closely match [Miss Yan herself], conspicuously similar in height, build, and even weight.

The third piece of evidence: "Heiress Strategy" was produced by Jingling Company, where everyone from actors to directors are from her company. Apart from some veteran actors, basically internal personnel were selected, which, while not unique in the industry, is akin to in-house productions, boiling down to the same concept.

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