The Film Empress White Moonlight Wants To Be A Salted Fish - Chapter 52

“Nonsense!” Lu Yiran playfully slapped Chen Ziyun.

Lu Yiran lowered her head and pondered for a moment before saying to Chen Ziyun, “I just feel like all of this is very unreal, after all, it came too suddenly…”

“I understand.” Chen Ziyun nodded thoughtfully. “If I encountered something like this, I’m afraid I would feel the same way as you.”

“Oh, right, Wen Shiyan’s movie is set to premiere during the Spring Festival. There will be a premiere ceremony before that. After it ends, you should go give her a bouquet of flowers. Maybe if you interact more, things will get better.”

Lu Yiran felt that what Chen Ziyun said made some sense, but because of the note, she decided to first clarify the content of the note herself, and then contact Wen Shiyan after some time.

Lu Yiran didn’t mention the note to Chen Ziyun. After staying at Chen Ziyun’s house for a few days, she returned to the residential compound.

Wen Shiyan had been staying in the compound, waiting for Lu Yiran to come home. Hearing the sound of Lu Yiran’s door opening, Wen Shiyan didn’t bother to put on her jacket and pushed open her own door.

“Yiran…” Although it had only been a few days since she last saw Lu Yiran, she felt as if it had been years.

Lu Yiran’s hand, which was opening the door, paused. She put down the hand that had unlocked the door and said to Wen Shiyan, “I’m back.”

Wen Shiyan joyfully hugged Lu Yiran. “Welcome home.” Recalling that Lu Yiran had previously said not to get too close to her, Wen Shiyan quickly let go of Lu Yiran.

Lu Yiran had intended to hug Wen Shiyan back after being embraced, but Wen Shiyan let go so quickly.

Lu Yiran pulled the backpack, which was about to slip off her shoulder, back up.

“Well, I need to go home. I need to put these things away.” Lu Yiran pointed to her backpack and luggage as she spoke to Wen Shiyan. She opened the door, went inside, and closed it. Wen Shiyan returned to her own home.

Around lunchtime, Wen Shiyan used the same tactic and knocked on Lu Yiran’s door again.

Lu Yiran opened the door for Wen Shiyan only after she had changed her clothes.

“What is it?” Lu Yiran said, then noticed some white powder sticking to the cuff of Wen Shiyan’s black shirt.

Noticing the flour on her cuff, Wen Shiyan lightly patted her sleeve.

“Have you eaten?” Wen Shiyan asked Lu Yiran.

Lu Yiran glanced at the instant noodles on her desk and shook her head. Wen Shiyan was definitely going to invite her to eat together. With good food available, why would she eat instant noodles!

“Shuyao’s mother sent over some dumplings for lunch.” Wen Shiyan said, looking at Lu Yiran and extending an invitation, “If you don’t mind, come over and eat together.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Yiran followed Wen Shiyan back to her house. Mind? Why would she mind? Wen Shiyan’s house had dumplings to eat. She decided to put the matter of the note aside for now.

Sitting at the dining table, Lu Yiran propped her head up and watched Wen Shiyan in the kitchen.

What could Wen Shiyan possibly deceive her about? She had nothing herself, only a pretty face. Could it be “deceiving for lust?”

Thinking this, Lu Yiran saw Wen Shiyan come out. Seeing Wen Shiyan, she couldn’t help but smile.

Although Wen Shiyan and she were different types of beauties, she thought Wen Shiyan was even more beautiful. If she were Wen Shiyan, she would definitely fall in love with herself.

Seeing Lu Yiran smiling at her, Wen Shiyan absentmindedly placed a plate of dumplings in front of Lu Yiran. Why was Lu Yiran suddenly smiling at her? She shouldn’t have done anything, right?

After finishing the dumplings, Lu Yiran returned to her own house. Wen Shiyan didn’t try to keep Lu Yiran this time. She smiled and said goodbye to Lu Yiran. After all, Lu Yiran would be coming to her house again in the evening. There would be plenty of opportunities in the future, no need to rush.

Exactly three weeks after Lu Yiran had given the bodyguards the deadline, the flood arrived as scheduled. This time the village was completely destroyed by the flood, but fortunately, the villagers had been arranged to evacuate to the town beforehand.

Lu Yiran also breathed a sigh of relief. The scenes from her dream should not appear again.

Going out onto the balcony, Lu Yiran called the bodyguard.

“Sister Yiran!” Du Mian’s voice came through.

“Xiao Mian, how are you and Grandma?” Lu Yiran asked, leaning on the railing.

“Good! The older sister who gave me the phone just now and the other sisters are super nice!” Du Mian then sounded a bit lost. “But we don’t have a home anymore.”

Lu Yiran listened to Du Mian’s every word. She comforted Du Mian. “Don’t worry, later I will make sure Xiao Mian and Grandma live in beautiful houses.”

After talking to Du Mian for a while longer, Lu Yiran hung up the phone.

Lu Yiran went to the piano and fixed her phone to a stand. Turning on the recording mode, Lu Yiran sat down at the piano and played the piece she had first played in front of Wen Shiyan.

“Boss, Wang Pei has been sent in.”

“Hmm, who told him to be disobedient? I clearly told him not to act on his own.” Qin Mo said, placing a chess piece on the board.

Checkmate…

Qin Mo smiled and muttered to the empty seat in front of him, “I’m definitely winning this time.”

Lu Yiran stayed in the residential compound until Wen Shiyan’s movie was released. Every day, she either went to Wen Shiyan’s house to freeload meals or to freeload snacks and fruits.

Looking at Lu Yiran lying on the sofa watching TV, Wen Shiyan walked over to her and said, “How about we go out for a walk? You haven’t been out for a long time.”

After Wen Shiyan spoke, Lu Yiran closed her eyes and thought for a moment. Wen Shiyan was right, she hadn’t been out for a long time. Every time she wanted to eat something, Wen Shiyan would know. If she didn’t know Wen Shiyan was an ordinary person, she would have thought Wen Shiyan could read minds.

Looking out the window at the falling snow, which seemed to be the first snow of winter, Lu Yiran shook her head and wrapped her small blanket tighter.

“No, it feels so cold outside. I want to stay at home forever and not go anywhere.” Lu Yiran said, wrapping herself even tighter.

Wen Shiyan helplessly tried to pull back Lu Yiran’s blanket, but Lu Yiran had some unknown strength, and Wen Shiyan couldn’t pull it off. Wen Shiyan made as if to leave. Hearing Wen Shiyan’s footsteps moving away, Lu Yiran loosened the stuffy blanket a little.

Standing behind the sofa, Wen Shiyan suddenly pulled the blanket away.

“Wen Shiyan!” Lu Yiran knelt on the sofa, wanting to snatch back her blanket. Unexpectedly, she lost her balance, and grabbing Wen Shiyan’s arm, she pulled Wen Shiyan down onto the sofa with her.

Lu Yiran covered the back of her head and looked at the person lying on top of her. Her eyes were teary as she asked Wen Shiyan, “Wen Shiyan, are you okay…”

Wen Shiyan was tightly pressed against Lu Yiran at this moment. Feeling the warmth from Lu Yiran’s body, Wen Shiyan momentarily didn’t want to leave.

Seeing that Wen Shiyan wasn’t speaking, the temperature on Lu Yiran’s face gradually began to rise.

“Wen Shiyan, don’t just stay silent, get up quickly.” Lu Yiran said, trying to push Wen Shiyan away and get up.

Wen Shiyan didn’t speak. She got up and went to the bedroom. Lu Yiran was stunned on the sofa. After a while, Lu Yiran saw Wen Shiyan, who had changed clothes.

“Let’s go. I’ll wait for you to change.” Wen Shiyan said, pulling Lu Yiran towards Lu Yiran’s house.

Wen Shiyan sat on the sofa in Lu Yiran’s house, waiting for Lu Yiran to change clothes. At first, Lu Yiran just randomly put on an outfit and came out. Seeing Lu Yiran wearing such thin clothes, Wen Shiyan made her go back in and change again.

Unexpectedly, Lu Yiran didn’t come out after a while. Wen Shiyan pushed open Lu Yiran’s door and saw Lu Yiran wrapped in a quilt.

Seeing Wen Shiyan silently looking at her, Lu Yiran lightly coughed and said to her, “Well… I think I forgot to bring thicker clothes.”

Upon hearing this, Wen Shiyan returned to her own house and brought some of her clothes for Lu Yiran.

Finally, Lu Yiran left with Wen Shiyan.

The snow fell on her neck, and Lu Yiran felt a chill. She couldn’t help but shiver.

Wen Shiyan had initially advised Lu Yiran to wear a scarf, but Lu Yiran insisted on not wearing one. Seeing Lu Yiran shivering and almost curling into a ball, Wen Shiyan took off her scarf, which still had her body warmth, and put it around Lu Yiran’s neck.

Feeling the warmth of the scarf, Lu Yiran looked at Wen Shiyan. “You gave it to me, aren’t you cold?”

Wen Shiyan shook her head.

As they continued walking, Lu Yiran accidentally touched Wen Shiyan’s cold hand. Wen Shiyan’s hand had no warmth, like an ice block.

Seeing Wen Shiyan, who was cold but didn’t know to put her hands in her pockets, Lu Yiran anxiously said to Wen Shiyan, “Quickly put your hands in your pockets.”

“My pockets are cold too…”

After Wen Shiyan spoke, Lu Yiran held Wen Shiyan’s hand and put both their hands into her own pocket.

“Five hundred yuan per minute, how will Miss Wen pay?” After Lu Yiran spoke, she saw Wen Shiyan actually pull out her phone. Lu Yiran saw that Wen Shiyan really transferred money to her.

Lu Yiran hadn’t brought her phone and didn’t know how much Wen Shiyan had transferred. She was stunned for a moment and said, “I was just kidding, why did you actually transfer it…”

Wen Shiyan put away her phone. “The snow is falling quite heavily right now, so I can’t personally buy you a gift. You can buy whatever you like yourself. If the money is not enough, come find me again.”

Wen Shiyan had wanted to say that she wished to keep being held by Lu Yiran’s hand, but she decided against it for fear of scaring Lu Yiran.

“I have money too. I can buy things myself.”

After Lu Yiran spoke, Wen Shiyan shook her head and said, “That’s different. Your money is yours, and this is my token of affection. The amount is a bit small, but it seems that’s all I can transfer. Next time, just use my card to buy things.”

Lu Yiran stopped talking about it after hearing this.

The two walked in the snow for a while longer. A thin layer of white snow covered their heads.

Lu Yiran suddenly bent down, grabbed a ball of snow, molded it into a snowball, and unexpectedly threw it at Wen Shiyan.

Wen Shiyan couldn’t dodge in time and was hit squarely in the chest by the snowball. Wen Shiyan wiped the water off her clothes and smiled at Lu Yiran.

Lu Yiran let down her guard. Just then, Wen Shiyan picked up a snowball and threw it at Lu Yiran.

Wen Shiyan played in the snow with Lu Yiran for a while. Tired from playing, Lu Yiran sat down on a long bench, panting. Wen Shiyan sat down beside her.

Looking at the footprints on the snowy ground that were quickly being covered by snow, Lu Yiran looked at the sky and sighed, “It’s so nice like this now, no one disturbing us, and I don’t have to talk to so many people. I can also do what I like.”

“If you like it, it can always be like this.” Wen Shiyan said, taking Lu Yiran’s hand.

Held by Wen Shiyan, Lu Yiran didn’t pull away, allowing Wen Shiyan to hold her hand.

It was very warm…

The two didn’t speak but sat silently on the long bench, watching the snow slowly fall.