The Film Empress White Moonlight Wants To Be A Salted Fish - Chapter 28

Seeing Lu Yiran was deliberately called away by Wen Shiyan, Qin Mo didn’t get angry. She just gave a slight smile and said, “Know what? I’m not sure what Miss Wen is talking about.”

“See the trending topic for yourself,” Wen Shiyan said, showing Qin Mo the content on her phone.

Qin Mo’s expression shifted when she saw the content, but she quickly recovered. She smiled faintly at the two of them: “Miss Wen, don’t you know how much truth there is in online matters?”

“Since the two of you don’t welcome me, there’s no reason for me to stay here.” Qin Mo said and then left.

Lu Yiran looked at the well reasoned Weibo post and asked Wen Shiyan, “Is this fake, then?” Wen Shiyan shook her head: “No, it’s definitely true, so you should interact with her less in the future.”

In the car, Qin Mo angrily pounded the steering wheel: “How are you people handling things?”

“I’m sorry, Miss! We didn’t know he could find out so much! But he just contacted us and said that if you are willing to cooperate with him, he will personally clarify the situation.”

“Useless!” Qin Mo hung up the phone angrily and threw it onto the seat. Despite all her careful planning, she never expected her subordinates to expose their flaws. Relying only on her own statement to clarify the trending topic would be difficult to make people believe; only a personal clarification from the involved party would be effective. Although one wrong step leads to a cascade of errors, she was now backed into a corner with no retreat.

Qin Mo took a deep breath and picked up the phone: “Director Wang, how have you been?”

“Heh heh, I knew Miss Qin would come to me. Do your parents know what you’ve been doing?”

Hearing her parents mentioned, Qin Mo sneered. “What does my business have to do with them? Tell me, what do you want?”

“It’s very simple. Lu Yiran has provoked me, and I find her displeasing. Since Miss Qin feels the same way, why don’t we join forces to make her disappear from our sight not through any illegal means, of course. If possible, I would very much like to clarify that Weibo post.”

Interesting, Qin Mo rotated the ring on her finger. She didn’t expect someone else to dislike Lu Yiran this much. “Hahaha, alright, we’ll do everything as Director Wang says. I’ll contact you if anything comes up later.”

Director Wang didn’t mind Qin Mo’s sudden laughter; he only heard the content he wanted to hear.

After hanging up, Qin Mo covered her face and couldn’t help but laugh out loud. “Interesting, truly interesting! Lu Yiran… this time you won’t escape…”

Lu Yiran was carefully reading the content of the Weibo post. When she pressed the back button to view other things and then returned to the post, she found that the publisher had canceled the top-pinned status. Looking at the latest Weibo post, Lu Yiran saw the publisher’s apology for slandering and defaming Qin Mo.

“Wen Shiyan, look quickly.” Lu Yiran came to the bedside and showed Wen Shiyan her phone.

Wen Shiyan frowned after reading it. “How could this be…” she said, and then her head started to ache. Lu Yiran carefully held Wen Shiyan’s arm: “Wen Shiyan, don’t think about it, I’ll stay away from her.”

Wen Shiyan felt like her head was about to explode. She was only trying to recall some ordinary things from the past, but whenever she thought of certain matters, she would get an indescribable headache.

“Shiyan, take some medicine,” Xiao Yu placed the medicine and water in Wen Shiyan’s hand.

Wen Shiyan took the medicine, got up, got dressed, and told Xiao Yu: “Let’s check out, I’m fine now.”

“This…” Xiao Yu hesitated, unsure what to do. The phone rang, and Xiao Yu found her phone and told Wen Shiyan: “Wait a moment, I need to take a call.”

Xiao Yu’s expression changed after hearing what was said on the phone. “Shiyan, this is bad. Your dad has been hospitalized.”

“Which hospital?” Wen Shiyan asked. “It’s the same hospital you’re staying at,” Xiao Yu said, and then they heard a knock on the door. “I’ll get it, I’ll get it, it’s Xie Shuyao.” Lu Yiran said, running to open the door.

Xie Shuyao placed flowers next to Wen Shiyan. “Teacher Wen, I came to see you.” Wen Shiyan looked helplessly at Lu Yiran. “You told Shuyao I was in the hospital?”

Xie Shuyao quickly explained for Lu Yiran: “No, Yi Ran jie didn’t tell me. I saw someone say Teacher Wen was hospitalized and then contacted Yi Ran jie. Besides, my family is also at this hospital.”

“Have you seen your family?” Lu Yiran asked Xie Shuyao. “Yes, I have.” However, because they weren’t close, Xie Shuyao only took a quick look and left.

“Then I’ll leave now. I don’t want to disturb Teacher Wen’s rest,” Xie Shuyao said and departed.

“Let’s go, let’s go find your dad.”

Arriving at Father Wen’s hospital room, he was leaning back in bed, looking at the group. “Cough, cough. I’m fine now. Your sister just came to see me, but it’s a pity you two didn’t run into each other.”

Lu Yiran didn’t know Wen Shiyan had a sister. She asked Wen Shiyan, “Sister? Wen Shiyan, you have a sister?” Wen Shiyan whispered to her, “I’ll tell you later.”

Father Wen noticed Lu Yiran next to Wen Shiyan. He smiled and said, “Oh, isn’t this Yi Ran? Do you still remember me, Uncle? I even held you when you were little.” Father Wen finished and laughed.

Lu Yiran looked at Wen Shiyan and Father Wen after hearing this. Why did she have no memory of what Father Wen said?

Wen Shiyan sat by Father Wen’s bedside and looked at him: “Dad, you must be mistaken. How would you know Yi Ran?” Father Wen thought back and realized he didn’t know Lu Yiran at all, and he felt he had made a mistake. He rubbed his head: “Is that so? Getting old, getting old, I even mixed up people.”

Wen Shiyan told Lu Yiran: “Don’t mind it. Why don’t you wait for me outside? I’ll be out soon.” After Xiao Yu and Lu Yiran left, Father Wen asked Wen Shiyan, “How are you feeling? I heard you’ve been having bad headaches.”

“I’m fine now, you don’t need to worry.” Wen Shiyan chatted with Father Wen for a while longer before leaving the hospital room.

“Let’s go,” Wen Shiyan told the two of them. Xiao Yu got up and pulled the suitcase: “I’ve already handled the discharge, and the clothes are all packed. We can leave immediately.”

Sitting in the car, Wen Shiyan relaxed and leaned against the backrest. Her untamed long hair fell loosely in front of her, the black hair making Wen Shiyan’s face look even paler. Lu Yiran was starting to worry if she had other health problems.

“My dad got married again,” Wen Shiyan said. Xiao Yu, who was drinking water, choked on it. She looked at Wen Shiyan in disbelief: “What the hell? Your dad got married again?” Hearing Xiao Yu’s words, Wen Shiyan gave a self-deprecating smile.

Seeing their reactions, Lu Yiran sat between them, afraid to speak. She felt like she had just heard something major.

Xiao Yu suddenly turned to Lu Yiran and said, “Since you heard what we said, then you…” Lu Yiran dramatically swung her limbs: “No! Please let me go! I didn’t hear anything!”

Wen Shiyan chuckled lightly: “Alright, stop messing around. I’ll take you out for lunch.” Xiao Yu immediately dropped the act on her face and returned to her usual demeanor. Lu Yiran was impressed by Xiao Yu’s ability to switch expressions so smoothly.

“I came to see you early this morning, so you need to compensate me well,” Lu Yiran said, yawning. Wen Shiyan took a blanket, covered Lu Yiran with it, and nodded: “Okay.”

Lu Yiran closed her eyes without realizing it. In her dream, she vaguely heard Wen Shiyan calling her name. She rubbed her eyes and opened them. “Awake? Let’s go then,” Wen Shiyan said, opening the car door and pulling Lu Yiran out.

“Wait, don’t move.” Wen Shiyan said, embracing Lu Yiran. “Eh?!” Lu Yiran was shocked, her hands unsure of where to rest. Xiao Yu watched the two of them in surprise from a short distance away.

“In public! Wen Shiyan! What are you doing!” Lu Yiran struggled to break free from Wen Shiyan. Wen Shiyan released Lu Yiran. “So that’s how it is.” As if nothing had happened, she took Lu Yiran’s hand again.

Lu Yiran was led by Wen Shiyan. She looked at the people around them who were staring at them and pulled away from Wen Shiyan. “Wait, wait!” She stood still, checked that her disguise was complete, and looked at Wen Shiyan strangely. “We’re on the street, Wen Shiyan, are you crazy?” Lu Yiran finished and then angrily walked toward Xiao Yu.

Seeing Lu Yiran leave, Wen Shiyan couldn’t help but shed tears. She anxiously touched the corner of her eye with her fingertip; the touch was cold. “I…” Wen Shiyan only managed to utter one word before she choked up and couldn’t speak. No, what was wrong with her…

Seeing Wen Shiyan enter the room wearing sunglasses, Xiao Yu placed the menu in front of her and said: “There are no strangers here, take off your sunglasses.” Wen Shiyan hesitated and looked at Lu Yiran. Noticing Wen Shiyan looking at her, Lu Yiran just snorted and turned her head away. Wen Shiyan sighed and took off her sunglasses.

“You… you cried?” Xiao Yu looked at the slightly red-eyed Wen Shiyan as if she had seen something terrifying. She then looked at Lu Yiran with a complicated expression. “It has nothing to do with me!” Lu Yiran quickly explained to Xiao Yu.

“I didn’t cry,” Wen Shiyan said and put her sunglasses back on.

Seeing Wen Shiyan’s demeanor, Lu Yiran went to her side, pulled her up, and left. In the restroom, Lu Yiran grabbed Wen Shiyan’s wrist, took off her sunglasses, and asked: “Wen Shiyan, why are you crying?” Someone who didn’t know better would think she had made Wen Shiyan cry, when it was clearly Wen Shiyan bullying her!

“I said I didn’t.” The moment Wen Shiyan’s voice fell, Lu Yiran felt a cold liquid drop onto her arm.

Before her, Wen Shiyan seemed like a different person. She grabbed the corner of Lu Yiran’s clothing and cried: “Yi Ran, please don’t leave.”

Seeing the beauty in tears, Lu Yiran blushed and avoided Wen Shiyan’s gaze. “I’m telling you, Wen Shiyan, the honey trap won’t work on me.” Wen Shiyan acted as if she hadn’t heard Lu Yiran and moved closer to her.

Even Lu Yiran, as slow as she was, sensed that something was wrong with Wen Shiyan. She worriedly grabbed Wen Shiyan and shook her arm: “Wen Shiyan, what’s wrong with you?” Thinking of Wen Shiyan’s sudden faint yesterday and her strange behavior today, she wanted to take out her phone to contact Xiao Yu.

She thought that perhaps it was too much work in the past, causing some kind of breakdown. She decided she must tell Xiao Yu later to reduce Wen Shiyan’s workload.

Not finding her phone, Lu Yiran remembered it was left in the car. She pushed away Wen Shiyan, who was leaning on her, and made her stand straight: “Wen Shiyan, I know you might be under too much stress. Wait here, I’ll go call Sister Xiao Yu.” Fearing that Wen Shiyan would follow her out and hug her, Lu Yiran left Wen Shiyan alone and went to find Xiao Yu.