With a thump, Natalie fell onto her bed and buried her head in the blankets, rummaging around for a while before lifting her head. She stared blankly at the small items on the bedside table for a long time, her pouted lips finally relaxing.
Although the standoff at the dinner table lasted for quite some time, with her mother's intervention, her father eventually agreed to her request. But Natalie just couldn't feel happy, the thought of her father's stern look brought a sense of irritation surging into her heart. The last time the talent scout introduced Sandy, he opposed her going to act in movies without giving any reasons.
Natalie didn't understand why she couldn't act in movies, just like she didn't understand at the age of six why she had to become a vegetarian, or why she had to strictly adhere to all those rules at the age of four. Perhaps she understood, after all, she was unusually intelligent for her age, she just didn't want to acknowledge them.