The Film Empress White Moonlight Wants To Be A Salted Fish - Chapter 29

Seeing Lu Yiran run up, panting, from outside the door, Xiao Yu was pulled out by Lu Yiran by the arm before she could even react.

On the way, Xiao Yu followed behind Lu Yiran, looking at her anxious profile: “What happened?” Lu Yiran opened the door to the restroom, only to see Wen Shiyan washing her face as usual.

Seeing both of them looking at her, Wen Shiyan touched her face in confusion: “What’s wrong?” Seeing Wen Shiyan return to normal, Lu Yiran breathed a sigh of relief. “Thank goodness. I noticed you weren’t quite right just now, so I called Sister Xiao Yu over.” After Lu Yiran finished speaking, she told Xiao Yu to try and reduce Wen Shiyan’s workload in the future. Although Xiao Yu was a little confused, she agreed.

Seeing that Wen Shiyan was fine, Xiao Yu was relieved. She said to Wen Shiyan, who was standing in front of the mirror: “Since you’re fine, let’s go back and eat. The dishes must be cold by now.” It was a false alarm, and Xiao Yu was already hungry, so she urged the two of them to hurry back with her.

At the dining table, Lu Yiran kept putting food on Wen Shiyan’s plate. Wen Shiyan looked at Lu Yiran and put down her chopsticks: “Did I do something just now?” Lu Yiran quickly shook her head: “No, no. I just purely wanted to put food on your plates.” As Lu Yiran spoke, she added a shrimp ball to Xiao Yu’s plate.

Looking at Lu Yiran in front of her, Xiao Yu suddenly felt as if the Lu Yiran she first met was a fake, and that the Lu Yiran in front of her was the real one.

Seeing Xiao Yu staring at her in a daze, Lu Yiran waved her hand in front of her: “Sister Xiao Yu, is something wrong?” Xiao Yu snapped back to reality. Her phone rang, and Xiao Yu excused herself to the two of them and left with her phone.

“Sister Xiao Yu is really busy,” Lu Yiran couldn’t help but say. Wen Shiyan nodded in agreement.

After Xiao Yu left, there was some awkwardness between the two of them, so Lu Yiran found some topics. “Will you join a film crew after the variety show ends?” Wen Shiyan looked at the schedule recorded on her phone and shook her head: “It depends. If there is a good script, I will consider it.”

After they finished eating, Xiao Yu wanted to drive Lu Yiran home. Lu Yiran was not ready to tell the people around her about her family situation, so she asked Xiao Yu to drop her off near her home.

After Lu Yiran got out of the car, Xiao Yu asked with concern: “Can you get back on your own?”

“It should still be a bit of a distance from my place. Be careful on the road,” Wen Shiyan said, and Lu Yiran looked at her.

Lu Yiran didn’t know how Wen Shiyan knew where she lived, or maybe Wen Shiyan just said it casually and she was overthinking it. Lu Yiran pretended to be calm: “Okay, I’ll send you a message when I get home.”

On the sidewalk, Lu Yiran thought to herself that she definitely hadn’t revealed anything; she must be overthinking it.

In the car, Wen Shiyan propped her head on her hand and looked out the window. She didn’t know exactly where Lu Yiran lived, but the most upscale residential area in this vicinity must be the one nearby.

Seeing Lu Yiran return, Lu Chiu put down her cup: “You’re back? I heard you went out early this morning.”

Lu Yiran put her bag on the sofa: “A friend was sick and hospitalized, so I went to see them.”

Hearing Lu Yiran mention a friend, Lu Chiu smiled: “Friend? Is it that person you have a crush on?”

“Cough, cough.” Lu Yiran was choked on a sip of water. She looked at Lu Chiu with watery eyes: “What crush? Just a friend.”

Seeing Lu Yiran choke, Lu Chiu stopped teasing her. Fearing her mother might say something even more shocking, Lu Yiran said she had things to do and returned to her room.

As soon as she returned to her room, Lu Yiran opened her phone and saw several messages from Director Zhang.

Director Zhang: [Yiran, are you busy tomorrow? If not, our program team is participating in a small charity event. I’ll send you the address later. You can join us tomorrow.]

Director Zhang: [If possible, bring an item of your own, regardless of its value. We will have an auction on-site, and all the money raised will be donated.]

After Director Zhang finished speaking, he attached the address and time for the charity event.

Lu Yiran replied to Director Zhang that she wasn’t busy and would definitely attend tomorrow, then began rummaging through her things.

Lu Yiran muttered to herself while searching: “Where is that watch I bought before…”

“Ah, I found it.” Lu Yiran took the watch out of the box and looked at it. Her mothers bought it for her half a year ago when they went on a trip. Although it had been put away for a while, it was still as good as new.

Lu Yiran held the watch up to her wrist: “It’s a shame it doesn’t quite suit me.”

Although the watch was still like new, Lu Yiran still asked the housekeeper to take it to the store for urgent maintenance.

The next morning, after changing her clothes, Lu Yiran picked up the watch on the way to the charity event.

Bringing the watch to the site, Lu Yiran realized that this was not the “small charity event” Director Zhang mentioned; many famous people from the entertainment industry had come.

Director Zhang saw Lu Yiran and waved to her: “Yiran, over here!” Lu Yiran looked towards Director Zhang. Wen Shiyan and Xie Shuyao were also standing beside him.

Lu Yiran walked over to Director Zhang, who said to her: “Ruan Ning and Shi Ran are waiting inside. Let’s go in.”

As soon as the group entered, they immediately attracted attention because of Wen Shiyan. The people inside all looked their way, and some even started discussing Lu Yiran out of curiosity.

“Why did Lu Yiran come? Isn’t she not qualified?”

“Oh, it must be Teacher Wen and the others who brought her in. Otherwise, do you think she could get in on her own?”

Because there were no cameras here, the two people spoke freely. After they finished, they laughed out loud.

Lu Yiran heard them as she walked past, but she couldn’t be bothered to argue with them.

The group went to one side to hand over the items they had brought for auction to the bidders and registered their information.

Wen Shiyan also heard their words. After arriving at their seats, she said to Lu Yiran: “Yiran, sit next to me.”

Xie Shuyao heard this and sat down on Lu Yiran’s right. Director Zhang originally wanted to sit there but was beaten to it by Xie Shuyao.

Lu Yiran was surrounded by Wen Shiyan and Chen Ziyun on her left and right, and after she could no longer hear the voices of those two people, she felt great.

After the ceremony was over, the auctioneer said: “Next, let’s look at today’s first item.”

After she spoke, she had the item brought onto the stage. It was a painting.

“This painting was personally done by Teacher Lu Shiran, and the starting price is 700,000 yuan.” As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, voices rose and fell in the audience.

“Five million yuan!”

The auctioneer said: “That gentleman offered five million yuan. Is there any more bidding?” As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, someone immediately increased the bid. “Seven million yuan!”

“Ten million yuan.” Ruan Ning casually increased the bid.

The auctioneer heard this and excitedly said: “Ten million yuan! Is there any higher?”

“Fifteen million yuan!”

“Twenty million yuan!”

“Forty million yuan.” When Ruan Ning said this, the entire venue fell silent.

Although it was personally painted by Lu Shiran, those who wanted to buy her painting only wanted to build a connection with her. Once the price became so high, the value exceeded the benefit of that connection, so there was naturally no point in them bidding any further.

“Forty million once! Forty million twice! Forty million three times!” The auctioneer immediately hammered down and shouted: “Congratulations to Miss Ruan, this painting is yours!”

Looking at Ruan Ning, Lu Shiran smiled helplessly: “Ruan Ning, if you want my paintings, I can paint more for you.”

Ruan Ning shook her head: “No, I only want this one.”

“Next is Miss Wen Shiyan’s…”

Finally, Wen Shiyan’s item was bought by Lu Shiran.

The two people in front of Lu Yiran whispered to each other: “It must be Lu Yiran’s turn soon. Look at her impoverished appearance; what valuable item could she possibly have?”

“Exactly, exactly. There will be a good show to watch later.”

“Next is Miss Lu Yiran’s watch, with a starting price of seven million yuan.” After the auctioneer introduced the watch, the stage was quiet for a while, and then bidding began.

“Forty million yuan.”

The auctioneer said: “That lady in front offered forty million yuan. Is there anyone who wants to add more?”

“Seventy million yuan.” Wen Shiyan directly raised the price. After she spoke, no one else added any more bids.

Finally, Wen Shiyan successfully won the watch. The people in the audience were shocked, but they were not shocked by the price; they were shocked that Lu Yiran actually had such an expensive watch.

“How could she have such a valuable item? Didn’t they say this watch is one of only forty in the world? Where did she get it?”

“Could it be a fake?”

“Yes, it’s possible. I knew she couldn’t have the genuine article.”

There were whispers in the audience, and the auctioneer heard them from the stage. She couldn’t help but vouch for Lu Yiran: “Don’t talk nonsense if you don’t know the facts; this watch is real.”

Hearing the auctioneer’s words, the audience fell silent.

Subsequently, this matter became the number one trending topic. Of course, Lu Yiran did not know yet.

Lu Yiran wondered why Wen Shiyan spent so much money on a watch. Thinking Wen Shiyan liked watches very much, she said to her: “If you like watches, I’ll give you one next time.” She had already figured out what to give Wen Shiyan for her birthday.

Wen Shiyan was stunned for a moment after hearing this. “Thank you…”

Director Zhang asked Lu Yiran curiously: “Yiran, how come I didn’t know your family was so rich?”

Seeing that the matter could no longer be kept a secret, Lu Yiran said helplessly: “But you never asked me before, did you?”

The people in front of Lu Yiran all lowered their heads when they heard this. Yes, Lu Yiran had never said her family was poor, so how could they be so sure? Now it was too late to build a good relationship with Lu Yiran.

The people who had just said that Lu Yiran was not qualified to be here felt so ashamed they wanted to leave the venue immediately.

Xie Shuyao took out her phone and, seeing the trending topic, showed it to Lu Yiran. “Sister Yiran, look at Weibo!”

The trending topic #Lu Yiran Is Super Rich# had topped the hot search list.

Lu Yiran looked at the title with a look of distaste on her face. Who wrote this? The title is so tacky.

However, she did not expect to top the hot search list again in this manner.

Lu Yiran was flipping through the comment section when Chen Ziyun called. Lu Yiran answered the phone, and Chen Ziyun asked: “Do we need to take down the trending topic?” However, Chen Ziyun personally felt that it didn’t matter whether it was taken down or not. If the hot search truly became uncontrollable, the two people in Lu Yiran’s family would directly intervene themselves.

“No need,” Lu Yiran said, then looked at the content of the trending topic. The comment section was a mess, with people questioning, disbelieving, and trying to latch on, all sorts of comments.

Lu Yiran turned off her phone and took a deep breath. This moment had finally arrived; her identity was about to be exposed.