The Film Empress White Moonlight Wants To Be A Salted Fish - Chapter 23

Back in the bedroom, Lu Yiran changed her clothes and lay on the bed, feeling exhausted. It had been a long time since she had exercised that much, and she was almost completely worn out outside.

Wen Shiyan poured two cups of water and handed one to Lu Yiran: “Young people need to exercise more.”

Lu Yiran took a sip of water: “Ha, Wen Shiyan, you’re only 28, you sound so experienced, be careful not to age fast.”

Wen Shiyan: “…”

Seeing that Wen Shiyan was about to leave, Lu Yiran got off the bed and blocked Wen Shiyan’s path: “I was just joking, Wen Shiyan, don’t be mad.”

Wen Shiyan hadn’t actually taken Lu Yiran’s words to heart, and she was a bit amused: “What do I have to be angry about?”

Lu Yiran was a little skeptical. “Really?”

“Really. Alright, I’m going to take a shower, want to join?”

“No, no, you go ahead, please.” Lu Yiran said, making a ‘come in’ gesture for Wen Shiyan, opening the door for her.

Looking at Lu Yiran’s expression, Wen Shiyan pursed her lips. Teasing Lu Yiran was indeed quite interesting.

After Wen Shiyan left, Lu Yiran collapsed onto the bed. Thinking about what Wen Shiyan had just said, she couldn’t stop tossing and turning on the bed.

Wen Shiyan was acting really strange today. Setting aside the fact that she agreed to hold hands when Lu Yiran deliberately reached for her, she even teased her just now. She had changed, Wen Shiyan had really changed; this was completely different from the Wen Shiyan she knew.

Wen Shiyan entered the room while drying her hair and said to Lu Yiran, who was lying on the bed: “I’m done, do you want to go now?”

“Ah-ah-ah, it’s different, it’s really different!”

Looking at the suddenly “crazy” Lu Yiran, Wen Shiyan looked confused. She only asked Lu Yiran to take a shower, was that worthy of such a big reaction?

Lu Yiran quickly got up, grabbed her change of clothes, and dashed into the bathroom. With the plot and characters’ personalities changing so much now, she didn’t know when Xie Shuyao would fall for Wen Shiyan. This was out of her control.

“Sister Yiran, are you here?”

Opening the door, Wen Shiyan found Du Mian standing outside. “She’s not in, but she should be back soon. Why don’t you wait for her here for a bit?”

Du Mian nodded and obediently sat on a chair, waiting for Lu Yiran.

Upon returning to the room, Lu Yiran saw Du Mian, put down her towel, and crouched in front of her: “Xiao Mian, what’s wrong?”

“Grandma asked me to bring this to you.” Du Mian said, pulling out a small tube of ointment from her pocket. “Grandma said to put it on the mosquito bites, it’s very effective!”

Lu Yiran had indeed noticed that the insect repellent spray Wen Shiyan gave her wasn’t working well.

She smiled and accepted the ointment: “Thank you, Xiao Mian. Tell Grandma thank you for me.” Lu Yiran finished and stood up to get Du Mian a snack.

Du Mian accepted it and politely thanked Lu Yiran. Watching Du Mian leave, Lu Yiran rolled up her sleeve and applied the ointment to the itchy spots. Just as she was about to rub some on her back, Lu Yiran realized she couldn’t reach.

Lu Yiran’s gaze turned to Wen Shiyan. Wen Shiyan put down her book, stood up, and walked over to Lu Yiran. “I’ll do it.”

“Thank you, Teacher Wen” Lu Yiran lay on the bed without ceremony.

Wen Shiyan washed her hands, lifted Lu Yiran’s shirt, and gently applied the ointment to the red areas. It was her oversight; she hadn’t considered that the insect repellent spray wouldn’t be effective against the country mosquitoes. Looking at Lu Yiran’s profile, Wen Shiyan’s hands involuntarily slowed down.

“Haha, that tickles, Wen Shiyan, hurry up.” Lu Yiran couldn’t help but laugh as she urged her.

“Almost done.” Wen Shiyan said, speeding up her movements. After applying the ointment, Wen Shiyan put Lu Yiran’s shirt back down: “Alright, you can get up now.”

Lu Yiran got up and stretched: “Ah, it’s so nice and cool.” She walked to the door and told Wen Shiyan: “Then I’m going to find Chen Ziyun first, I’ll be back later.”

“Mmm…” Wen Shiyan looked down at her hands, her expression inscrutable.

She was crazy, she was probably really crazy.

Lu Yiran went to Chen Ziyun and Xiao Yu’s room, and seeing that Xiao Yu wasn’t there, she sat on Chen Ziyun’s bed: “Chen Ziyun, lend me your phone for a bit.”

“Oh, it’s on the bedside table, just take it.”

Lu Yiran took Chen Ziyun’s phone and used a burner account to enter the anti-fan chat group.

chen: [Did you guys watch the previous live stream?]

Totally Ignorant: [Yeah, I watched. Did Lu Yiran use connections to get into the variety show?]

Lu Yiran felt a pang of guilt when she saw this message. According to Chen Ziyun’s information, it was actually very likely she got into the show because of Wen Shiyan.

Lu Yiran’s Eternal Anti-fan: [Lu Yiran seemed to get along well with everyone else during the live stream, what’s going on? Isn’t her family poor, how does she know Qin Mo?]

At this message, the group suddenly fell silent.

Seeing the words “family poor,” Lu Yiran was reminded of how others perceived her. Because she couldn’t use her family’s connections before, she did appear quite poor on a normal basis. So, Wen Shiyan helping her pay before was probably due to this reason…

Achieved Immortality: [I never thought Wen Shiyan and Lu Shiran would be on a dating show.]

Lu Yiran: “?” What did she just see, a dating show?

Lu Yiran couldn’t quite believe her eyes. A dating show in the countryside, a farming dating show? Who would be her CP? Could it be Wen Shiyan?

Impossible, impossible, Lu Yiran dismissed the idea.

Lu Yiran returned the phone to Chen Ziyun. Chen Ziyun took it: “Done using it?” Lu Yiran nodded.

“Is this variety show a dating show?”

Hearing Lu Yiran’s question, Chen Ziyun lightly coughed: “Yeah, how come you’re only just finding out?”

Lu Yiran: “…” So she was the only one who didn’t know.

“I’m going back now, Wen Shiyan is waiting for me.” Lu Yiran stood up, said goodbye to Chen Ziyun, and returned to her room.

Seeing Lu Yiran return, Wen Shiyan told her: “The filming is about to start, get ready.”

“Oh, okay.”

Lu Yiran put on sunscreen and had initially wanted to ask Wen Shiyan why she didn’t tell her it was a dating show, but since the filming was about to start, she decided to ask later.

Seeing everyone gathered in the yard, Director Zhang said: “The afternoon is free time for everyone, but the dinner tonight depends on your efforts. Oh, and the vegetables in the yard can be picked freely.”

Seeing everyone looking at the vegetables in the yard with no idea what to do, Director Zhang mentioned: “They’re harvesting pumpkins in the field to sell tomorrow, you can go help. The production team will provide wages.”

Lu Yiran looked at Wen Shiyan. Wen Shiyan nodded after hearing Director Zhang’s words. “Then let’s go help, Sister Shiran, can you do it?”

Lu Shiran smiled: “No problem, Shiyan, don’t underestimate me.”

The six people followed the staff to learn how to properly pick pumpkins before heading to the field.

Seeing the group head to the field, Grandma brought over some straw hats and handed them out. “Girls, put on your hats, the sun is still strong now.”

Seeing Wen Shiyan working in the field while wearing a straw hat, Lu Yiran felt a strange and inexplicable feeling.

Wearing gloves, she held the vine with her left hand, supported the pumpkin with her right, and with a gentle twist, the ripe pumpkin came off.

Looking at the pumpkin in her hand, Lu Yiran thought: It’s quite simple.

Half an hour later, Lu Yiran flexed her sore wrist: “I can’t do it anymore, my wrist hurts a little.”

Over here, Xie Shuyao covered her arm: “Director Zhang, I got pricked by the thorns on the pumpkin leaves.”

“Everyone take a break for a while. Shuyao, come with me, medical staff prepare.”

Director Zhang and Xie Shuyao left. Finally able to rest, Lu Yiran was tired and sat down on a stone stool.

Seeing Lu Yiran constantly fanning herself, Qin Mo found a large sun umbrella from somewhere, set it up, and it perfectly shaded Lu Yiran. “Are you tired, Yiran? Do you want some water?”

“Thank you, but I don’t need water.” Lu Yiran said coldly. After saying that, she smiled and waved to Lu Shiran and the others: “Teacher Lu, everyone, come and get some shade from the sun.”

Watching the four of them sit side-by-side under the umbrella, Qin Mo refused Lu Yiran’s invitation and continued picking pumpkins alone.

Looking at the sweating Qin Mo, Lu Shiran exclaimed: “This Miss Qin is really capable.”

Without the cameras, Lu Yiran’s comments were bolder. “Indeed, I didn’t realize Miss Qin was so capable.”

Hearing Lu Yiran’s words, Qin Mo’s eyes lit up. She walked up to Lu Yiran and bent down: “Are you complimenting me, Yiran?”

“Uh, I guess so…”

Watching Lu Yiran happily chatting and laughing with Qin Mo, Wen Shiyan felt inexplicably jealous.