The Film Empress White Moonlight Wants To Be A Salted Fish - Chapter 53

After returning home, Lu Yiran saw the money Wen Shiyan had transferred to her and accepted it.

Waking up in the morning, Lu Yiran went to Wen Shiyan’s house as usual. After breakfast, Wen Shiyan said to Lu Yiran, “Yiran, Shuyao invited us to her house for a meal. If you don’t want to go, I’ll tell her.”

Eating the fruit Wen Shiyan had cut for her, Lu Yiran thought for a moment. She hadn’t seen anyone else for a long time lately, and it was indeed time to go out.

Lu Yiran said to Wen Shiyan, “Okay, when?”

Wen Shiyan had originally thought Lu Yiran wouldn’t go and was prepared to politely decline Xie Shuyao. Upon hearing Lu Yiran’s words, Wen Shiyan re-edited the message she had typed and sent it.

“Today at noon, is that alright?” Wen Shiyan asked Lu Yiran.

“Yes.” Seeing that the time was getting late, Lu Yiran put down her fork and said to Wen Shiyan, “I’m going to change my clothes. Wait for me.”

In the car, Lu Yiran looked at Weibo to pass the time.

Since the last trending topic incident and Wen Shiyan’s Weibo post, Wen Shiyan and Lu Yiran had disappeared from the public eye together for two months.

People commented daily under Wen Shiyan’s last Weibo post.

“Actress Wen, your fans miss you so much and want you to post on Weibo soon,” Lu Yiran said. The traffic light turned red, and Wen Shiyan stopped the car.

Lu Yiran suddenly remembered the conversation between her and Wen Shiyan when Xiao Yu came to visit previously. She asked Wen Shiyan, “Have you settled on your next movie?”

Wen Shiyan was taken aback by Lu Yiran’s question. She stammered in response, “It should be settled…”

This was the first time Lu Yiran had seen Wen Shiyan answer with such hesitation.

Arriving at Wen Shiyan’s parents’ house, as soon as the two got out of the car, they saw Xie Shuyao walking towards them. Xie Shuyao happily pounced on Lu Yiran. Wen Shiyan saw this and pulled her away.

Xie Shuyao helped Wen Shiyan carry the things and said to the two, “Dinner is ready, hurry inside.”

Upon entering the house, Xie Mother saw Wen Shiyan and Lu Yiran coming home and bringing a pile of things. She walked over with a smile and said, “Why bring things when coming home? Don’t do it next time.”

“You’re Yiran, right?” Xie Mother said, stuffing a big red envelope into Lu Yiran’s hand. “Take this, it’s a small token of my appreciation.”

Lu Yiran held the red envelope, looking at Wen Shiyan, at a loss. Wen Shiyan whispered to her, “Take it.” Only then did Lu Yiran breathe a sigh of relief.

“Thank you, Auntie,” Lu Yiran smiled brightly and radiantly. Xie Mother loved children like this and beamed with joy looking at Lu Yiran.

Before the meal started, Wen Shiyan took a photo and posted it on Weibo.

Wen Shiyan: Friends are coming over for dinner. [Attached image] Friends? I don’t believe it! It took so long to post on Weibo, and it’s even about “friends,” I’m sad Looks delicious, I’m hungry. We can watch the movie during the Spring Festival, I’m happy. Has Wen Shiyan been with friends for these two months? Don’t fall in love! Go make a movie!

At the dining table, Xie Mother kept putting food onto Lu Yiran’s plate.

Seeing the small mountain of food piled up in Lu Yiran’s bowl, Xie Shuyao put down her chopsticks and said helplessly, “Mom, Yiran-jie won’t be able to finish all that.”

Upon hearing Xie Shuyao’s words, Xie Mother realized she had indeed given Lu Yiran too much. She said to Lu Yiran, “Then Yiran, eat by yourself, and help yourself to whatever you want.”

Lu Yiran was actually full when Xie Mother was putting food on her plate, but she didn’t say anything because she was embarrassed to refuse. Lu Yiran ate the food in her bowl bite by bite. After Xie Mother finished eating, she was called out by her neighbors in the community.

“You two enjoy your meal, I’ll be going now,” Xie Mother said before leaving.

Watching Xie Mother leave, Xie Shuyao sighed to Wen Shiyan, “My mom has really changed a lot now.”

Wen Shiyan listened to Xie Shuyao while glancing at the food in Lu Yiran’s bowl. When Xie Shuyao went upstairs to grab something, Wen Shiyan said to Lu Yiran, “If you can’t eat it, just leave it.” Wen Shiyan said, pouring Lu Yiran a glass of juice and moving the wine next to her aside.

Lu Yiran felt it wasn’t good to leave so much food unfinished at someone else’s house. She shook her head.

Wen Shiyan could tell Lu Yiran was full and, fearing she would overeat and feel uncomfortable, took Lu Yiran’s bowl and dumped the food into her own bowl.

“Ah? This… Wen Shiyan, you…” Lu Yiran was too shocked to speak after seeing this.

Wen Shiyan was about to eat when Lu Yiran suddenly pressed down on her hand.

“Forget it, forget it, don’t eat it, and I won’t eat it either, just leave it,” Lu Yiran said. She was only relieved when she saw Wen Shiyan actually put down her chopsticks.

She really couldn’t accept Wen Shiyan eating her leftovers yet, even though Wen Shiyan would eat the leftover fruit at home, this was completely different!

Lu Yiran’s ears were slightly red as she clasped the pendant she was wearing.

When Xie Shuyao came downstairs, she saw it had started snowing outside and said to Wen Shiyan, “It’s starting to snow outside, why don’t you stay over tonight?”

Seeing that it had just started snowing, Wen Shiyan declined. She stood up and said to Xie Shuyao, “We’ll leave now. It won’t be safe to drive if the snow gets heavier. Tell Auntie when she gets back.”

Before leaving, Wen Shiyan went into her bedroom to get something.

Seeing Wen Shiyan leave, Xie Shuyao dared to ask Lu Yiran. She whispered to Lu Yiran, “Yiran-jie, are you really not with my sister yet?”

“Cough, cough, why would I be with her?” Lu Yiran asked Xie Shuyao, wiping the water she had coughed up with a tissue.

Hearing Wen Shiyan’s bedroom door open, Xie Shuyao quickly said to Lu Yiran, “I was just asking casually, don’t tell my sister.”

After Wen Shiyan came downstairs, Lu Yiran finished the juice Wen Shiyan had poured for her, stood up, and followed behind Wen Shiyan.

When they got home, Lu Yiran gave the red envelope back to Wen Shiyan. She had already opened it and seen that the amount of money inside was considerable. She hadn’t seen anyone give such a large red envelope when visiting a friend’s house, Chen Ziyun’s family being the exception.

“Wasn’t it given to you?” Wen Shiyan asked, confused, holding the red envelope Lu Yiran gave her.

Lu Yiran hid behind the door, only revealing her head, and said to Wen Shiyan, “I don’t think it’s appropriate, you keep it yourself.” Fearing Wen Shiyan would return the red envelope to her, Lu Yiran quickly closed the door.

Holding the red envelope, Wen Shiyan sighed and went back into the room.

[If it were me, I wouldn’t accept it either.]

Hearing the system’s voice, Wen Shiyan put down the red envelope and asked, “Why haven’t you shown up for so long this time?”

[Alas, I’ve been busy. Take your time, feelings can’t be rushed, your auntie is too enthusiastic, she will definitely overthink things.]

“I know…” Wen Shiyan sat on the sofa and covered her eyes with her hand.

Days passed, and after midnight, Lu Yiran knocked on Wen Shiyan’s door.

Wen Shiyan was still awake. She opened the door for Lu Yiran, only to see Lu Yiran standing at her door, fully dressed and carrying a bag.

Looking at Wen Shiyan in her home wear, Lu Yiran said to her, “Happy New Year. I’ll be going home soon, and I might be staying home for a while after this.”

Hearing Lu Yiran’s words, Wen Shiyan was stunned for a moment.

Lu Yiran smiled and opened her arms to Wen Shiyan, saying, “I’m leaving, aren’t you going to give me a hug?”

As soon as she finished speaking, Wen Shiyan immediately hugged Lu Yiran. Lu Yiran smiled and gently patted Wen Shiyan’s back.

After hugging for a while, Wen Shiyan let go of Lu Yiran. She lowered her head, not letting Lu Yiran see her slightly red eyes.

“Then I’ll be going.”

After Lu Yiran left, it was a while before Wen Shiyan seemed to snap out of it, dragging her weary body back into the house.

After returning home, Wen Shiyan lay down on the bed.

[You’re already like this right after she left. You’ve really changed a lot now.]

“Is that so?”

Wen Shiyan had heard the system say she had changed more than once. After going through so much, how could she not have changed at all? But when it came to her changing, she also felt like she hadn’t changed much; she had only become more loving and more dependent on Lu Yiran…

Returning home in the middle of the night, Lu Yiran found that her mothers were still awake.

“Rannan is back?” Seeing Lu Yiran, Lu Chiqiu walked over and hugged her. This was the first time she hadn’t seen her daughter for so long.

After being hugged, Lu Yiran said sheepishly, “Mom, do you miss me that much? Then I’ll just live at home from now on.”

Lu Chiqiu let go of Lu Yiran and went to Pei Ruochu’s side after hearing that. “I think it’s better for children to go out and see the world when they are older. There’s no need to move back home.”

Lu Yiran knew her mother would say that. It was getting late, so Lu Yiran hugged Pei Ruochu again before returning to her bedroom.

After washing up and lying on her comfortable soft bed, Lu Yiran thought of Wen Shiyan.

The next time she sees Wen Shiyan should be during the Spring Festival…

After Lu Yiran left, Wen Shiyan became busy again.

Lu Yiran’s Weibo posts were sporadic, and the latest one already had comments urging her to post a video. Lu Yiran came to the room in her house that she had deliberately forgotten.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Yiran opened the door with the key.

There was no dust in the room; it had been cleaned every day without Lu Yiran knowing. Sheet music she had previously left there was still scattered by the piano.

Lu Yiran bent down and picked up the paper, the edges of which were slightly yellowed. She remembered this; it was a score she had written. However, after playing it once, she had left it there forever.

Lu Yiran played it again and found many areas that needed improvement, but she posted the video of both the first time she played it and the version after refining the score.

After the Weibo post went out, Lu Yiran noticed her number of followers had increased again. She was a bit strange; she had only posted a few videos of herself playing the piano, and they were updated randomly. Her previous Weibo was updated daily, but her followers never seemed to increase.

Is it really because of Wen Shiyan? Lu Yiran thought to herself.

Although the movie wasn’t scheduled for release yet, Wen Shiyan had already started promoting it with the crew. Looking at the crew members eating together, Wen Shiyan thought: Wang Pei must be eating in prison now.

After a few days without seeing Wen Shiyan, Lu Yiran missed her a little. Originally, she wanted to go directly to Wen Shiyan, but she remembered Wen Shiyan wasn’t home yet.

Seeing someone on Weibo say that Wen Shiyan was about to arrive at the airport, Lu Yiran initially wanted to go directly to the airport to surprise Wen Shiyan, but to be safe, she still asked Wen Shiyan for her arrival time at the airport.

“I’ll be at the airport in an hour. I’ll come to find you when I get back, I brought you a gift.”

Lu Yiran hung up the phone after exchanging a few words with Wen Shiyan.

The time given by that person on Weibo was actually fake, saying that Wen Shiyan would only land three hours later. Fortunately, she had asked beforehand. However, even if she hadn’t asked, it seemed Wen Shiyan was planning to come to her anyway.

Lu Yiran called Chen Ziyun. Hearing that Lu Yiran was going to pick up Wen Shiyan, Chen Ziyun was so angry she wanted to hang up. But in the end, she still came to Lu Yiran’s house.

Arriving at Lu Yiran’s house, Chen Ziyun tightly locked Lu Yiran in an armlock. “Damn it, it’s almost the New Year, and you’re making me watch you two lovebirds show off your affection.”

After messing around with Chen Ziyun for a while, the two drove to the airport.

Lu Yiran anxiously watched the time, not knowing how long they had been stuck in traffic. However, the cars in front only moved a little and then stopped again.

Just when Lu Yiran was about to lose it, the cars in front finally started moving.

Upon arriving at the airport, Lu Yiran waited for a long time but didn’t see Wen Shiyan. She looked at the people coming and going in the airport, feeling disappointed. Did she and Wen Shiyan miss each other?

Lu Yiran checked the time and realized it was past the time Wen Shiyan had told her.

We must have missed each other…