After Rebirth, I Became My Ex's "White Moonlight" - Chapter 33.1

The next day, a knock at the door woke Cheng Siyu. She rubbed her head, dizzy from the previous night’s drinking, pulled Ji Yun’s hand off her own, and picked up a nightgown from the armchair to put on before heading to open the door.

“Sister Siyu! Why aren’t you up yet? You’re going to be late for filming today…”

The person at the door was Li Yexing. She had arrived with her makeup bag to wake Cheng Siyu up, but she never expected to see this scene upon opening the door.

Cheng Siyu’s nightgown was only haphazardly buttoned, revealing fair skin flushed with pink and faint hickeys.

“Sorry, my alarm didn’t go off,” Cheng Siyu said. Her voice was much deeper and sultrier due to the alcohol and the post-drinking “exercise.” Li Yexing silently swallowed.

“It’s fine. Go wash up quickly; I’ll tell the driver to wait a bit longer.”

“Wait—”

Before Cheng Siyu could stop her, Li Yexing pushed her into the bathroom and walked in herself, carrying the makeup bag.

However, as she walked to the table to set down her supplies, she turned around and made eye contact with a half-asleep Ji Yun on the bed.

“Ah…”

The air froze for three seconds. Then, she saw the clothes scattered on the floor and certain “supplies.” As a mature and qualified lesbian, she naturally understood exactly what had happened.

“You.” She pointed at Ji Yun.

“You.” She turned back to look at Cheng Siyu, who was closing the door.

“You two.” Li Yexing froze for a few seconds.

“AAAAAAAAAH!”

Cheng Siyu hadn’t expected to come out of the closet so easily, but since it had happened, she accepted it. She admitted it frankly: “It’s exactly what you think.”

Ji Yun also realized there was a stranger in the room and quickly grabbed a piece of clothing from the bedside to pull on.

Fifteen minutes later, a fully awake Ji Yun returned to her own room, leaving only Cheng Siyu and Li Yexing.

“Aren’t you straight?” Li Yexing still hadn’t recovered from the shock of the person in Cheng Siyu’s bed being Ji Yun.

“Mhm, I lied.” Cheng Siyu changed into her casual clothes and walked out of the bathroom. “Let’s go, don’t keep the driver waiting.”

Cheng Siyu acted as if nothing had happened, grabbing her filming gear and heading for the door.

“Wait for me!” Li Yexing jogged to catch up. “So your boyfriend is fake? You and the Boss’s daughter are actually…”

“Mhm.” Cheng Siyu didn’t argue further. She got into the car, and even after Li Yexing sat down, she still hadn’t fully processed the news.

“Sister Yexing, what’s wrong with you today? Why so quiet?”

About four or five minutes into the drive, Lin Zhizhi noticed the eerie atmosphere and asked.

“I… I…”

“She’s heartbroken.” Li Yexing was interrupted by Cheng Siyu. Following the lead, she blankly echoed, “Right, I’m heartbroken.”

“Siyu, regarding what I asked you to consider yesterday, have you reached a decision? There’s also a movie invitation in the works, and you’re on the shortlist.”

Zhao Xixi didn’t deal with Li Yexing’s small drama. Instead, she asked Cheng Siyu about yesterday’s business. Now that her fans and traffic were steadily increasing, Cheng Siyu had some say in her own resources.

“I’ll do it.” Cheng Siyu knew she needed to establish a firm foothold in the entertainment industry, so she needed more mainstream resources.

“I really didn’t expect that in less than a month, you’d become the top artist at Xiyu. I knew I didn’t misjudge you.”

Zhao Xixi spoke with excitement, not just for Cheng Siyu, but out of the immense satisfaction of being a first-time manager and bringing up such a talented artist.

Suddenly, Cheng Siyu spoke up. “Sister Xixi, do you have any plans to jump ship?”

“Why the sudden question?” Zhao Xixi froze for a moment, seeing that Cheng Siyu didn’t look like she was joking.

She had seen many artists leave their original companies after being there for a long time due to resources or profit-sharing issues, but she hadn’t expected Cheng Siyu to have such thoughts already.

“It’s nothing.” Cheng Siyu hesitated. If she were to jump to the Xi Corporation, she wanted to take her team with her, but it was too early to say.

“If you’re planning to run away from Xiyu, remember to tell me in advance,” Zhao Xixi said in a serious tone.

“I will.” Cheng Siyu wasn’t an ungrateful person; she would always remember Zhao Xixi’s chicken leg rice.

“But if you leave, I’m not staying either,” Zhao Xixi added, explaining further, “Xiyu is fundamentally a magazine company. Even though it’s backed by the Ji family, you’re the only artist worth mentioning right now. Everyone else is just scraping by. This whole car of people signed with Xiyu basically because of me.”

Recalling something, Zhao Xixi added, “Also, I’ve always wanted to open my own studio.”

Hearing this, Cheng Siyu fell into thought and didn’t speak further.

A few days later on set, the crew was rushing to film the final scene of the original script. Cheng Siyu saw Jiang Shizi, who had been missing for days. Only a few days had passed, but her face looked much paler.

Seeing this, Cheng Siyu handed her a cup of lemon water during a break.

“Siyu, thank you.” Jiang Shizi’s voice was much rasper, as if she had overused her voice.

“Did you disappear for a few days to record a wilderness survival show?” Cheng Siyu, usually silent, took the initiative to make a joke. Jiang Shizi forced a small smile.

“No, it’s just that after this movie, I might have to go back into hiding.”

“Is it related to your ex?” Cheng Siyu asked.

“More or less.” Jiang Shizi smiled bitterly. Cheng Siyu sensed she had hidden troubles, but she wasn’t the type to pry. She believed Jiang Shizi, like herself, had reasons she had to do what she did.

After the final scene was finished, the director’s team invited all the actors to a wrap party. At that moment, Xi You appeared on set again. However, she wasn’t there for Cheng Siyu; she went straight to Jiang Shizi.

Of course, she didn’t forget to cast a seductive glance at Cheng Siyu when they met.

Unluckily, Ji Yun saw this. Ji Yun pulled Cheng Siyu aside and said jealously, “Is she still trying to hit on you? You need to stay away from her.”

Cheng Siyu simply soothed her: “Mhm, I will.”

In the evening, Ji Yun had to return to the Ji family mansion to see Ji Wanli, so she didn’t attend the wrap party.

Without Ji Yun around, Cheng Siyu felt a bit more at ease, not needing to worry about her getting jealous over nothing.

After listening to Su Mingshu complain all night about the hardships of not finding a rich woman, Cheng Siyu finally found a gap to head to the restroom.

When she came out, she heard the voices of two people talking in an adjacent empty private room. Peeking through the door crack, she saw Xi You and Jiang Shizi.

“Are you really just going to give up like this?” Xi You’s voice carried a tone of frustration.

“Mhm.” This indifferent voice belonged to Jiang Shizi.

“Jiang Shizi, have you thought about nothing but Qi Yan for the three years you were out of the industry?”

“I don’t want to ruin her anymore.” In the darkness, Jiang Shizi seemed to be smoking. The glow from the cigarette tip faintly illuminated her profile.

“What? You coming back is called ‘ruining’? What does their unhappy marriage have to do with you?” Xi You’s voice steadied.

Facing Xi You’s string of questions, Jiang Shizi only looked silently at the white wall in front of her.

“I’m done talking to you. Figure it out yourself. If you give up this opportunity, I won’t help you again.”

An angry Xi You left the room and bumped right into Cheng Siyu, who hadn’t had time to move away.

“I was just passing by.” Cheng Siyu wasn’t guilty at all.

“It’s fine. If you’re willing to give me a kiss, I can tell you everything.”

Seeing it was Cheng Siyu, Xi You instantly changed her tone, sounding like a predator luring prey. Cheng Siyu didn’t take the bait, repeating, “I was just passing by.”

“I really can’t do anything with you.” Xi You’s gaze lingered on the bracelet Cheng Siyu was still wearing, a flash of joy appearing in her eyes.

Then, Cheng Siyu heard a version of the story from Xi You that was completely different from the one Ji Yun had told.

Three years ago, Jiang Shizi had long planned to come out and spend her life with Qi Yan. But everything changed on the day of her mother’s funeral.

Qi Yan’s mother had come to deliver flowers to Jiang Shizi’s mother. Afterward, she pulled Shizi to a corner and said some words that made Jiang Shizi decide to give up the relationship.

Because it had been so long, Xi You only remembered one sentence: “You’ve already ruined your own life, do you have to ruin Xiao Yan’s life too?”

At that time, Jiang Shizi’s mother had just passed away, saying before her death that she would pretend she never gave birth to Jiang Shizi. Those words were a massive blow to her.

She finally decided to stand Qi Yan up, letting herself be hated by Qi Yan for three years.

Xi You had finally managed to pull Jiang Shizi out of the shadow of those words and started trying to bring her back into the spotlight.

But Mother Qi didn’t intend to let her go. On the day He Jinnian was caught entering a love hotel with a beautiful woman, she somehow found Jiang Shizi’s residence. She used moral kidnapping again, saying it was because of Jiang Shizi’s appearance that her daughter’s marriage became unhappy, accusing her and saying people like her should go to hell.

She blamed all of Qi Yan’s misfortunes on Jiang Shizi, even though the one cheating was He Jinnian.

“I don’t understand her.” Since her parents divorced, Xi You had been raised with a hands-off approach. She didn’t understand Mother Qi’s control over Qi Yan, nor why Jiang Shizi’s mother’s words could crush her so deeply.

Hearing this, Cheng Siyu couldn’t help but sigh. So this was Jiang Shizi’s secret.

“I don’t understand either. My mom passed away when I was ten.” She had countless fantasies about what life would be like if Lin Shuyu were still around, but what was gone was gone; fantasies remained fantasies.

“When did you two get together!”

Hearing this, Cheng Siyu and Xi You turned around to see a composed Jiang Shizi. Even though her eyes carried some exhaustion, she still joked with the two of them.

“We haven’t yet. I’m still pursuing her,” Xi You responded half-jokingly.

“Aren’t you afraid your backyard will catch fire?” Jiang Shizi looked at Cheng Siyu, as if she could already see Ji Yun’s aggressive behavior.

“She didn’t come today. It’s just occasional acting, that’s all.”

Cheng Siyu said this as if to both of them, and also to herself.

In her previous life, Cheng Siyu definitely wouldn’t have associated with people like Xi You and Jiang Shizi. But in this life, she could blend in perfectly.

“She seems to really like you, though,” Jiang Shizi teased. She saw Ji Yun’s possessiveness and the way she looked at Cheng Siyu, just like Qi Yan looked at herself three years ago.

“She isn’t as devoted as you think.” A hint of coldness appeared in Cheng Siyu’s eyes. “Putting all