The Film Empress White Moonlight Wants To Be A Salted Fish - Chapter 33

The older colleague took out her phone and booked a private room at a nearby restaurant. “Alright, my treat this time.”

After eating for a while, the elderly lady was in high spirits. She called a waiter and asked for a small bottle of white wine, saying to the others with a smile, “I’m happy today, let’s all have a drink.”

Lu Yiran poured wine for the elderly lady, and seeing that Lu Yiran hadn’t poured any for herself, the elderly lady personally filled Lu Yiran’s glass as well.

Seeing Lu Yiran about to drink, Wen Shiyan took the wine glass from Lu Yiran’s hand and said to the elderly lady, “She has gastroenteritis and can’t drink, Auntie. I’ll drink with you.” Wen Shiyan then exchanged several rounds of drinks with the elderly lady.

Seeing Wen Shiyan’s composure after drinking, the elderly lady nodded in satisfaction: “Good, good. Xiao Yan is truly something.”

After dinner with the teachers, the elderly lady and Wen Shiyan agreed to drink together again next time. Lu Yiran and Wen Shiyan bid them farewell at the hotel entrance.

Seeing Wen Shiyan constantly checking the watch on her wrist, Lu Yiran tentatively asked, “Wen Shiyan, how are you feeling?”

Wen Shiyan looked up, straightened her back, and looked at Lu Yiran: “Feeling great.” After saying that, Wen Shiyan told Lu Yiran, “Let’s go, Sister Xiao Yu is waiting for us in the car.”

Walking ahead of Lu Yiran, Wen Shiyan suddenly stumbled for some reason, and Lu Yiran quickly stepped forward to steady her.

“Wen Shiyan, can you still walk by yourself?” Lu Yiran bent down, looking at Wen Shiyan worriedly.

“I’m really fine…” Wen Shiyan held onto Lu Yiran’s sleeve.

Lu Yiran looked at the drunken Wen Shiyan, who was still trying to sound sober, and said, “Alright, then you go ahead.”

After Lu Yiran spoke, Wen Shiyan stood still, motionless. Lu Yiran sighed and called Xiao Yu.

Seeing the drunken Wen Shiyan, Xiao Yu said, “Didn’t you have a good tolerance for alcohol?”

Lu Yiran explained from the side, “She drank baijiu (white spirit)…”

“Fine, help me out.” Xiao Yu said, and she and Lu Yiran helped Wen Shiyan together. “No need, I can walk by myself.” Wen Shiyan broke free from Lu Yiran and Xiao Yu and went back into the car on her own.

After driving for a while, Wen Shiyan was looking for something in her bag. “Take your medicine.” Wen Shiyan handed a bottle of water and some medicine to Lu Yiran.

Looking at Wen Shiyan, who still remembered to make her take her medicine, Lu Yiran asked her, “Wen Shiyan, are you really drunk?”

“No.”

Wen Shiyan’s answer was firm, making Lu Yiran even less convinced. Just as she was about to ask Wen Shiyan another question, Wen Shiyan told her, “I’m going to sleep now. Don’t wake me up.” After saying that, Wen Shiyan closed her eyes.

Lu Yiran poked Wen Shiyan’s face with her finger, and finding no reaction, she felt bored and started chatting with Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu said to Lu Yiran, “She can handle red wine, but not baijiu. Don’t be fooled that she can still talk to you so clearly; she’s actually already drunk.”

Lu Yiran looked at Wen Shiyan’s sleeping face. “That’s quite impressive then.”

“Sigh, it’s actually all because of her dad. I’m telling you this, but don’t tell anyone else.” After Xiao Yu said that, Lu Yiran nodded quickly.

“Actually, it’s not something that can’t be told. It’s just that before she entered the entertainment industry, her irresponsible dad’s company hadn’t gone bankrupt yet, and he often loved to drag her to the company to drink with various men and women. And since she’s so good-looking, when she got drunk, those girls in the company would practically want to take her home.”

“She is indeed good-looking,” Lu Yiran agreed, but she didn’t expect Wen Shiyan to have such an experience, no wonder she didn’t want others to know. Lu Yiran secretly chuckled at Wen Shiyan.

Hearing their voices, Wen Shiyan opened her eyes and looked at them with a displeased expression. “What are you two talking about?”

“We weren’t talking about anything.” Seeing Wen Shiyan looking pained, Lu Yiran asked, “Do you have a headache?”

Wen Shiyan nodded.

Lu Yiran took out a hangover pill for Wen Shiyan. After taking two pills, Wen Shiyan asked Lu Yiran, “You don’t drink, do you? Why do you carry hangover pills with you?”

Lu Yiran put away the remaining medicine and said to Wen Shiyan, “My mom and the others used to need them when they drank, so I keep them just in case.”

After arriving home, Wen Shiyan refused the well-meaning attempts of Lu Yiran and Xiao Yu to support her and followed them into the elevator herself.

“Later, please call housekeeping to clean up my room. Sister Xiao Yu, I trouble you.”

When the elevator arrived, Wen Shiyan got off and was the first to enter the room.

Lu Yiran was initially afraid that she might be unsafe bathing while drunk and advised her to wait until she woke up, but Wen Shiyan stubbornly pushed Lu Yiran out of her bedroom. “I’m fine, you don’t need to worry about me.” After saying that, she closed the door.

Lu Yiran didn’t leave but moved a chair and sat in front of the door, listening to the sounds inside, just as Wen Shiyan had accompanied her before when she was afraid of thunder.

“Look how dedicated I am, staying here to keep you company. Wen Shiyan, you can’t bully me when we go film the variety show later, okay?” After Lu Yiran spoke, Wen Shiyan didn’t say anything, as if Lu Yiran was talking to herself.

“Wen Shiyan?” Lu Yiran called Wen Shiyan a few more times. When she didn’t hear Wen Shiyan’s voice, she quickly opened the door. Before entering the bathroom, Lu Yiran held a bath towel in front of herself.

“Wen Shiyan, are you okay…”

Seeing Lu Yiran push the door open and enter, Wen Shiyan, who was in the bathtub, raised her head and looked at her.

Water streamed down her neck. Wen Shiyan’s cheeks were slightly flushed, her moist eyes were half-closed, and the stray hair on her forehead was wet.

“What are you doing?”

Wen Shiyan’s cold voice startled Lu Yiran. She closed her eyes and said nervously, “I called you just now, and you didn’t answer me!” She swore she really hadn’t looked at Wen Shiyan!

“I didn’t have the strength just now, sorry.” After Wen Shiyan said that, she tried to stand up. She said to Lu Yiran, “Come closer.”

Lu Yiran timidly walked over bit by bit. Wen Shiyan used Lu Yiran’s support to stand up out of the water.

Lu Yiran quickly used the bath towel in her hand to cover Wen Shiyan. She opened her eyes, her face flushed as she looked at Wen Shiyan. “Why did you suddenly stand up without clothes!”

“You were closing your eyes, weren’t you? What’s the problem?” Wen Shiyan said as she stepped out of the water.

Lu Yiran realized that the drunken Wen Shiyan was becoming particularly unreasonable.

Hearing Xiao Yu return, Lu Yiran immediately ran to Xiao Yu to complain. Xiao Yu smiled and comforted her upon hearing the story. “It’s alright, she’s like this when she’s drunk.”

Wen Shiyan came out wrapped in a bath towel and saw Lu Yiran talking to Xiao Yu. She pulled Lu Yiran back into her room and said to her, “Lu Yiran, help me find clothes.”

“Hmph, can’t you find them yourself? This Miss won’t help you.” Lu Yiran said, turning her head away, refusing to look at Wen Shiyan.

“Lu Yiran, do you really have the heart to let a drunk person walk around wrapped only in a bath towel?”

Listening to Wen Shiyan’s illogical words, Lu Yiran helplessly got the clothes Wen Shiyan needed to wear.

Seeing Wen Shiyan about to untie the bath towel on her body, Lu Yiran quickly said, “Wait until I’ve left before you change, okay?” After Lu Yiran said that, she quickly left Wen Shiyan’s room.

Seeing Lu Yiran come out with a tearful expression, Xiao Yu heard Lu Yiran’s words. “Sister Xiao Yu, is Wen Shiyan really like this when she’s drunk?” She really couldn’t believe that the person she used to like would be like this.

Xiao Yu patted Lu Yiran’s shoulder, confirming the fact.

“Well, I’m going to leave now. I’ll rely on you to take care of Shiyan, but she’ll go to sleep soon anyway.” After Xiao Yu said that, she left.

Lu Yiran looked at her own home and saw that the cleaning had already started inside.

Going to Wen Shiyan’s bedroom, sure enough, Wen Shiyan was already asleep in bed, just as Xiao Yu had said.

“Troublemaker,” Lu Yiran muttered as she squatted beside Wen Shiyan’s bed and looked at her.

Lu Yiran stood up and returned to her own room.

When she woke up again, it was already evening. Wen Shiyan got up and walked to the window, looking at the moon outside.

Wen Shiyan was planning to cook but saw that Lu Yiran was already sitting at the dining table waiting for her.

Lu Yiran was about to go call Wen Shiyan, but seeing Wen Shiyan walk over, she said to Wen Shiyan, “I made this, have a taste.” Handing Wen Shiyan a bowl and chopsticks, Lu Yiran confidently said, “I guarantee it will be an eye-opener.”

Wen Shiyan took one bite and put down her chopsticks. Under Lu Yiran’s expectant gaze, Wen Shiyan only said one word.

“Salty.”

Wen Shiyan got up and took all the dishes into the kitchen. “Let’s order takeout. Don’t eat these.”

Seeing Wen Shiyan say this, Lu Yiran had no choice but to put down her chopsticks. “Alright, actually, I thought it tasted okay…”

“It’s just a bit salty, everything else is fine, but it’s better not to eat food that’s too salty.” Wen Shiyan said, ordering some light dishes. She said to Lu Yiran, “Let’s wait a bit.”

After the takeout arrived, Wen Shiyan ate a little and was full.

Seeing Wen Shiyan put down her chopsticks, Lu Yiran looked up and asked her, “You’re only eating this much?”

Wen Shiyan glanced at Lu Yiran. “Mhm.” She said and poured herself a glass of juice. Lu Yiran was a bit startled by Wen Shiyan’s small appetite. Wen Shiyan was eating even less than she did while filming the variety show.

After eating, Wen Shiyan watched some TV with Lu Yiran. Seeing that it was still early, she said to Lu Yiran, “Let’s go for a walk downstairs.”

Lu Yiran had finished all the remaining food. She patted her stomach and followed Wen Shiyan downstairs.

Seeing Wen Shiyan go straight downstairs, Lu Yiran worriedly asked her, “Is it okay for you to go downstairs just like that?”

“It’s fine. It’s very dark outside, so no one will see us. We can just walk around nearby downstairs.” After Wen Shiyan said that, the two went downstairs.

Before going out, Lu Yiran always had to “armor” herself, but it wasn’t because she was too famous and afraid of being recognized. Rather, her public opinion was inexplicably very poor at the time. At first, she hadn’t done anything, yet somehow, a bunch of people started criticizing her.

After wandering around downstairs for a while, because the area they went to was dimly lit, no one actually recognized them.

“If only we could always come out like this, freely,” Lu Yiran couldn’t help but sigh.

“You mentioned that you came to the entertainment industry to be closer to an actress. Is it convenient to tell me who it is?” After Wen Shiyan asked, Lu Yiran shook her head. “She already retired and won’t be acting anymore.”

“I see…” Wen Shiyan had originally wanted to know who it was so she could arrange for her and Lu Yiran to have dinner together.

After this topic was discussed, the atmosphere between the two changed slightly.

Lu Yiran suddenly spoke, “Actually, I changed my college application goal. I was originally going to go to my mom’s alma mater… but then it turned into this.” After saying that, Lu Yiran gave a self-deprecating smile.

If she hadn’t changed her college application, perhaps everything now would have been different…