The Film Empress White Moonlight Wants To Be A Salted Fish - Chapter 16

Wen Shiyan: “……”

Seeing Wen Shiyan silent, Lu Yiran reluctantly let go of his hand.

“Yiran-jie, are you there?” Xie Shuyao’s voice came from the stairs. Wen Shiyan suddenly grabbed Lu Yiran’s hand and pulled her into an empty room, hiding.

“Shh…” Wen Shiyan lightly covered Lu Yiran’s lips.

After going upstairs, seeing no one in the corridor, Xie Shuyao felt a little strange: “No one? I just heard a noise…”

Hearing Xie Shuyao’s footsteps gradually fade away, Wen Shiyan breathed a sigh of relief.

“Why are you hiding from Shuyao?” Lu Yiran asked, confused. Suddenly, she seemed to understand something, and a hint of loss flashed in her eyes.

“It’s nothing, let’s go.” Wen Shiyan got up, reached out, and pulled Lu Yiran, who was squatting on the floor, to her feet.

Following behind Wen Shiyan down the stairs, Lu Yiran started thinking more and more.

Seeing Lu Yiran and Wen Shiyan coming down together, Xie Shuyao walked up to them: “Ah, you were upstairs, why couldn’t I find you?”

Wen Shiyan glanced at Xie Shuyao: “Is that so? Maybe you weren’t looking carefully.”

“Strange…” Xie Shuyao muttered.

Director Zhang appeared, clapped his hands, and said to everyone: “Alright, everyone, start packing now. We’ll be leaving at one o’clock later.”

Lu Yiran and Wen Shiyan had already packed their luggage in advance. Hearing that they were about to leave, Lu Yiran was a little excited.

“It seems Yiran is already eager to set off,” Director Zhang said, looking at Lu Yiran with approval.

“Of course!”

After getting off the plane and then into a car, the sleeping Lu Yiran woke up and saw the road outside the window start to become bumpy. She sat up straight and gradually realized that something was wrong.

Lu Yiran asked weakly: “Teacher Wen, aren’t we going on a trip?”

“It is a trip, but we are going to a remote village.”

“What!” Hearing it was a village, Lu Yiran was so shocked that she almost stood up.

No, how was this different from what she had thought? The variety shows she watched by Director Zhang were clearly about travel and fun, so why did reality mean going to a remote village?

However, since she was here, she might as well make the best of it. Experiencing a different life in the countryside this time was an opportunity she wouldn’t normally have, Lu Yiran comforted herself.

Seeing that Lu Yiran had digested his words, Wen Shiyan took the insect repellent spray out of his backpack and handed it to Lu Yiran.

Lu Yiran silently looked at the insect repellent spray in her hand. No wonder Wen Shiyan had asked her if she had any insect repellent. It turned out Wen Shiyan had known where they were going all along, and after knowing that she didn’t know, he still hadn’t told her. Bad, too bad!

A light drizzle started outside the window. Before the rain got heavier, the group arrived at a dilapidated house.

Lu Yiran thought this was where they were going to stay. She looked out the window hesitantly. The house looked old and run-down, as if it was about to be blown down by the wind.

Under Director Zhang’s urging, Lu Yiran and Wen Shiyan ran into the house, braving the rain.

“Let’s rest here first. We’ll set off again when the rain is lighter.”

Although they were only half an hour away from their final destination, Director Zhang decided to stop and rest for safety’s sake before leaving. After Director Zhang spoke, he went to thank the owner of the house.

Seeing a little girl in the corner of the room, Lu Yiran came over, squatted down in front of her, and took out a bag of candy from her backpack for her.

The little girl opened her eyes wide, looked curiously at the candy, and then at Lu Yiran. Lu Yiran smiled at her.

“Thank you, sister,” the little girl said in a soft, sweet voice. She was happy and a little shy as she held the candy and thanked Lu Yiran.

“You’re welcome.” Lu Yiran smiled and stroked her head.

Although the house was old, the child in front of them was dressed neatly and cleanly, which seemed completely out of place with the dilapidated house.

“Xiao Mian, did you thank the sister?” An old woman leaning on a walking stick looked kindly at the little girl.

“Yes, yes, I did!” Du Mian said, taking out the candy and sharing some with the elderly woman. The elderly woman didn’t refuse and put it in her pocket, planning to save it for Du Mian later.

Because Du Mian was a little shy, she went to the elderly woman’s room to read after speaking to her grandma.

“Grandma, is this your child? She’s so pretty,” Xie Shuyao said to the elderly woman after seeing Du Mian.

“Xiao Mian, she’s raised by the whole village.” The elderly woman sighed and sat down on a stool.

Seeing that the elderly woman was about to continue speaking, Lu Yiran moved a few stools, and she and Xie Shuyao sat down around the elderly woman.

The elderly woman lowered her voice and said: “I found Xiao Mian by the river in the village. At that time, she wasn’t even as long as my arm. I couldn’t raise her alone, so the elders in the village decided to raise her together.”

Lu Yiran couldn’t believe that a child as healthy and cute as Du Mian would be abandoned by her parents.

“These parents are too irresponsible. What kind of people give birth but don’t raise them!” Xie Shuyao clenched her fists in anger.

The elderly woman shook her head: “Things like this happened too often in the past. Never mind, have you all eaten yet?” The elderly woman got up, leaning on her walking stick, and went to the kitchen.

“Director Zhang, is there a school in this village?” Lu Yiran asked Director Zhang, who was eating a biscuit beside her.

“No, most of the residents here are elderly people. There are probably less than five children, so there is no school. Families with a little money have already sent their children to the city to study…”

Lu Yiran was silent for a moment after hearing this and looked at Du Mian, who was quietly staying in the elderly woman’s room.

Director Zhang gave the elderly woman money, but she kept refusing, saying she didn’t want it. Helplessly, Director Zhang quietly pressed the money under a bowl when the elderly woman wasn’t looking.

It was getting dark, but the rain still showed no sign of stopping.

Director Zhang asked the elderly woman: “Grandma, can we stay overnight tonight?”

“Of course you can. Although this house is old, the good thing is that it has many rooms.”

The elderly woman smiled happily, squinting her eyes as she looked at everyone. The village was quite quiet, and young people were rarely seen. It hadn’t been this lively in a long time.

Director Zhang called out to everyone: “Let’s sleep here tonight. We’ll set off tomorrow.”

Wen Shiyan and the others were arranged by Director Zhang to sleep in the rooms, while Director Zhang and the rest planned to manage by sleeping in the car.

“Director Zhang, I can sleep in the car. You’ve all been busy all day, so you should sleep on the bed.” Lu Yiran said, pulling Director Zhang towards the room.

“No need…” Director Zhang looked at Wen Shiyan for help.

“Yiran is right, Director Zhang, you should rest well.” Wen Shiyan got up and followed Lu Yiran to the car.

Seeing this, Director Zhang had no choice. She respectfully accepted the offer and slept in the house with the producer.

“Why did Teacher Wen follow me?” Lu Yiran asked, holding a blanket.

Wen Shiyan bent down to help Lu Yiran tidy up the inside of the car. “Because I don’t want to sleep with Director Zhang and the others.”

“So you want to sleep with me?” Lu Yiran blurted out the words without thinking. After saying it, she lowered her head awkwardly.

What made Lu Yiran even more embarrassed was that Wen Shiyan didn’t say anything. Lu Yiran lay in the car, curled up, closed her eyes, and decided to forget everything that had just happened.

“Well, you sleep quite peacefully.”

Hearing Wen Shiyan’s voice, Lu Yiran sat up abruptly and looked over, only to see that Wen Shiyan had already fallen asleep.

Lu Yiran covered her head with the blanket, her heart pounding with excitement, and she didn’t fall asleep until very late.