Chapter 84: CH 84

Night shifted to day.

At around 9am, rays of sunlight started streaming onto the balcony.

The cold wind blew past, emanating a whistling sound as the person tucked in the blanket finally stirred.

Lu Zhi Wei blurrily opened her eyes, looking at the curtains that were edged by the morning light.

She couldn’t help but think about what happened last night.

It could be described with just four words: feet never touching ground.

The number of times their feet touched the ground last night really could be counted on one hand.

It was probably only that once when they took a break in the middle to eat the cake.

Then, they were consumed by their desire, unable to tell apart the direction or the season, only knowing how to entangle themselves together.

It was truly a “fulfilling” birthday……

She closed her eyes again, turning herself over.

Then she opened her eyes and looked at her lover beside her, with slightly pink cheeks and a gaze as gentle as water.

Hearing the sound, Sang Wan Ci slowly opened her eyes, her long lashes fluttering like butterflies’ wings.

In that moment, Lu Zhi Wei felt like all the flowers in the world had bloomed in this one instance. It was unreasonably beautiful.

“Morning.”

Sang Wan Ci’s voice was slightly raspy and low, but gentle. It was like a breeze had brushed against Lu Zhi Wei’s heart, comfortable and mesmerising.

“Morning,” Lu Zhi Wei admired her girlfriend’s beauty as she inched closer, using her finger to gently bump Sang Wan Ci’s lips. “Why is my baby still here, you don’t have anything scheduled for today?”

“Mm, nothing……” Sang Wan Ci replied softly, moving as she snuggled her head into the crook of Lu Zhi Wei’s neck.

Lu Zhi Wei calmly accepted her coquettishness, the smile on her face gentle and lazy.

Her Wan Ci was always fragrant and soft, comfortable to hug.

“Zhi Wei doesn’t have work today, right?” Sang Wan Ci wanted to confirm.

Lu Zhi Wei closed her eyes, stroking Sang Wan Ci’s hair as she replied slowly: “Mm, I finished today’s work yesterday, so I can rest for the whole day.”

She actually wasn’t that busy.

At least, not as busy as Sang Wan Ci and Ying Xi Ze.

Or she wouldn’t have time to practice the violin at home and prove that she wasn’t a lumberjack.

Her words landed softly.

She heard Sang Wan Ci say: “Got it.”

Then, Lu Zhi Wei suddenly opened her eyes, her whole body sensitive: “Wan Ci……”

“Mm?” Sang Wan Ci used one hand to hold onto her, her expression calm.

Lu Zhi Wei’s eyebrows furrowed as she sighed softly and called out again: “Wan Ci……”

Sang Wan Ci’s kisses landed on her neck, her jaw and finally on her lips as she asked with a slight smile: “What’s wrong, jiejie?”

Lu Zhi Wei held her embarrassment back as she stared at her: “You really are……”

Sang Wan Ci leaned closer to her ear, her fingers long and pale, especially dexterous: “Are what?”

This child had really become naughty.

She really wasn’t as serious as she looked on the surface!!!

“Wan Ci……”

Lu Zhi Wei’s voice got lighter and lighter, with a trace of restraint.

“If we keep going on, we won’t be able to get up!”

Although she said that, her arms still wrapped around Sang Wan Ci.

“We can get up late, we still have an entire day ahead.” Sang Wan Ci lowered her voice, saying lovingly. “I haven’t seen you in a long time, I miss you a lot.”

She was gently caressing Lu Zhi Wei without any further action.

Lu Zhi Wei tilted her head back, unable to withstand it.

“I miss you too……”

A short gathering, then followed by a parting. Their longing for each other had grown.

Thinking of her while eating, thinking of her before sleeping, it was her all the time.

This made them able to better cherish every moment spent together.

“Then, does jiejie want me?”

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“Mm?”

“…… Want.”

Lu Zhi Wei suddenly had a “it’s over, I’ve been hooked again, I’m going to be dragged in again” feeling.

But she surrendered.

Her girlfriend was too mesmerising.

Since she couldn’t fight it, then why not give in to it.

She reached out.

The two of them were quickly tangled together again.

It lasted until 10am, then they finally took a break and got out of bed to wash up.

Lu Zhi Wei held onto her waist, feeling like it was going to break soon.

Seeing it, Sang Wan Ci’s eyes filled with amusement as she helped Lu Zhi Wei massage her waist.

The two of them finally decided to order food delivery.

After eating, Lu Zhi Wei gave Sang Wan Ci her birthday gift.

It was a a full set of winter clothes and a bracelet.

As she helped Sang Wan Ci put on the knitted gloves, she instructed her to keep warm in winter.

“When I brought you home last year for the new year, your hands were so icy. It was so cold and you weren’t wearing gloves, really…… What if you got sick?

“Also, you’re not allowed to go to the moon-viewing cliff when it’s winter. The wind’s so strong, what if you fall sick?

“You have to watch out for your health and take care of yourself. Or else I’ll have to supervise you to make sure you’re wearing enough warm clothes whenever you leave the house.

“Got it?”

Sang Wan Ci calmly listened to her girlfriend’s nagging.

Her eyes were gentle and calm.

Looking at the colour and pattern of the gloves, she quickly recognised that this was what Lu Zhi Wei was knitting during the variety show.

So she had already been preparing since then.

No wonder Sang Wan Ci felt like Lu Zhi Wei wasn’t knitting just one person’s clothes.

—— Her Zhi Wei was really cute.

“Let’s do that then, Zhi Wei.

“Supervise me for the rest of my life, help me make my birthday wish come true.”

I want to be together with Lu Zhi Wei forever.

Lu Zhi Wei looped the scarf around Sang Wan Ci’s neck: “It’ll come true.”

After appraising it, she kissed Sang Wan Ci’s lips in satisfaction: “Everything our Wan Ci wants will surely come true.”

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In the blink of an eye, it was December.

The weather got colder and colder and An City was buried in snow and ice, white stretching as far as the eye could see.

Ying Xi Ze’s birthday came around again, although Lu Zhi Wei couldn’t celebrate this didi‘s birthday again this year, she asked someone to send a present across to wish him a happy birthday.

Ying Xi Ze didn’t mind.

Lu Zhi Wei’s 《Wu San》 had helped him somehow get the lead in a school romance drama, he hadn’t even had time to thank her yet.

[Xiao Ying]: Jie, I’ll treat you to a meal when we have time

Lu Zhi Wei replied: [Okay, I’ll definitely come by for Teacher Ying’s meal when we have time]

[Xiao Ying]: That’s settled then

[Xiao Ying]: I’m having grilled skewers with Jiao Jiao

[Lu Zhi Wei]: ?

When did these two kids start playing together?

[Xiao Ying]: I said I’ll treat her to skewers before, and I had time today while she didn’t have class, so I brought her out

[Xiao Ying]: Don’t worry Teacher Lu, once we’re done eating, I’ll definitely send her back to school safely, I’ll guarantee her personal safety!

After she received the text from Ying Xi Ze, Lu Si Jiao sent her one.

It was all photos of their grilled skewers.

It looked like they were happily eating.

Since their relationship wasn’t bad, then Lu Zhi Wei wouldn’t say anything.

[Lu Zhi Wei]: Alright, let Jiao Jiao take my place and celebrate your birthday with you then

[Lu Zhi Wei]: Happy birthday Teacher Ying, may your career get better and better!

[Xiao Ying]: Same same, the same goes for Teacher Lu

[Xiao Ying]: 【Happy.JPG】

After Ying Xi Ze’s birthday, it was Director Guo Hui’s catch-up soon after.

The cast was all decided, and the show would begin filming in the next year, approximately after Lu Zhi Wei was done filming Director Liu Zhao’s show.

The main point of the meeting was to get all the actors together and let them acquaint themselves with their colleagues beforehand.

Besides Sang Wan Ci, Lu Zhi Wei had never worked with anybody else there.

But everybody was friendly and they slowly got closer as they chatted inside the warm house.

Guo Hui told Sang Wan Ci and Lu Zhi Wei: “Actually, we wanted to extend this invitation a long time ago, but we were worried you two wouldn’t accept it.”

“How could that be?” Lu Zhi Wei smiled. “Since it’s Director Guo’s movie, and Teacher Sang is here too, I’ll definitely accept.”

Sang Wan Ci pretty much said the same thing.

Looking at them, the scriptwriter joked: “It feels like you two look more and more like a couple.”

Lu Zhi Wei was embarrassed.

Sang Wan Ci held her hand calmly: “That’s why we’re your first choice.”

Scriptwriter: “That makes sense.”

The topic was somehow averted.

After the meeting, there was news on Weibo that Director Guo was preparing for a same-sex relationship movie, but everything about it was kept a secret for now.

It was enough to whet her fans’ appetite.

[@I have a tea house!]: I have a friend who’s on the verge of death, she wants to know if it’s a BL movie or a GL movie, what’s the setting for the story

[@Good time]: Mm? The scriptwriter is Wen Shuang again? I can smell it, it’s a forty-metre sword that nobody can survive

[@Unfulfilled wishes]: Not so, Wen Shuang said she’ll be a bit more humane this time

[@The man who sells matches]: A bit? These two words are worthy of being scrutinised

[@Moon]: 《Questioning Deity Sect》? When is 《Questioning Deity Sect》 going to air! I want to watch it !!!

A single stone resulted in a thousand ripples.

With one person asking about 《Questioning Deity Sect》, there would be another, and another……

A show that ended filming in July, when would it be able to be aired?

Guo Hui calmly replied: [Winter break]

Saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, it was the start of another year.

When Guo Hui said winter break, she meant it. 《Questioning Deity Sect》 started broadcasting at the start of January.

It was just in time for Lu Zhi Wei’s birthday.

Seeing that she had worked hard the whole year, Wen Yao gave her some time off.

To accompany her, Sang Wan Ci had requested for a day of leave from Zhang Xian Rui.

Snow was falling outside the house, and the cake on the table was half eaten.

The two of them cuddled on the sofa as they watched 《Questioning Deity Sect》.

On the screen, the unlucky little junior sister had been attacked by a demon again and she was running around in panic.

Until her beloved shijie descended like a god from the sky to save her.

Seeing her character run around, Lu Zhi Wei found it amusing as she said: “At that time, that tassel even hit my eye.”

Sang Wan Ci immediately lowered her head and touched Lu Zhi Wei’s eyes.

Lu Zhi Wei laughed: “It’s alright, the tassel was light, it didn’t hurt.”

Sang Wan Ci kissed the corner of her eye: “That’s good then.”

The two of them watched the show as they discussed the interesting things that happened while filming.

Their happiness shone in their eyes, not leaving even once.

The atmosphere was harmonious.

Lu Zhi Wei suddenly felt that this was good too.

Without anybody else disturbing them, without any troubling matters, just the two of them who were in love.

She hooked her arm around Sang Wan Ci’s neck and kissed her, telling her: “Wan Ci, I really like how it’s like now.”

Sang Wan Ci hugged her: “I like it too.”

Even after this long, I still love you and want to be with you forever.

Hopefully, you’ll be able to accompany me next year too. Hopefully, it’ll be like this every year.

Lu Zhi Wei asked: “Wan Ci, do you need to go back this year for the new year? To accompany your aunt?”

Sang Wan Ci shook her head: “Not going back, my father has my aunt to accompany him this year too.”

With Meng Lian Yu around, her father absolutely would not be bored.

“What about your parents?” Sang Wan Ci asked.

Lu Zhi Wei paused, then said: “They called me a while back and asked me how I was doing, then nothing else after that.”

After her parents had asked and she had replied “still alright”, the world had fallen silent again.

Her parents didn’t know what to say to her.

She didn’t know what to say to her parents too.

Unknowingly, they had become blood-related strangers. Even the most basic conversation would feel awkward.

“But it’s okay,” she continued. “I’ve gotten over it. Having Jiao Jiao is enough. It’s not like only your parents can give you a sense of family, a younger sister is good too.”

People shouldn’t be too greedy.

She had nothing at the start, now she had something. Even if it was a dim light, it was enough.

She was that easily satisfied.

“It’s okay,” Sang Wan Ci said. “You still have me, I’m your family too.”

Lu Zhi Wei smiled as she heard that, holding Sang Wan Ci’s face: “Yes, I still have you.”

The television was still showing the show they had acted in.

The sound of the background music and people talking filled the room.

In the show, the little junior sister was still chasing after the person she could never have, calling out sweetly “shijie“.

Outside the show, Lu Zhi Wei was passionately kissing Sang Wan Ci.

All the unrequited love in the show was erased, drawing a perfect end to the two people who had finally become a couple.

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At the start of February.

Lu Zhi Wei arrived at Sang Wan Ci’s home as planned to celebrate the new year.

Knowing that she had Sang Wan Ci to accompany her, Lu Si Jiao rest assured.

Lu Si Jiao didn’t know when it began. As long as she heard that her jiejie was with Sang Wan Ci, she would always feel assured.

As if Sang Wan Ci was Lu Zhi Wei’s home.

As long as Sang Wan Ci was around, Lu Zhi Wei wouldn’t be bothered by the wind and rain.

She could only hope that her feeling was correct……

Compared to last year, the two of them were much closer this new year.

The two of them were still polite last year, giving way to each other.

This year, they had become one. If Sang Wan Ci couldn’t help out with anything, she would hug Lu Zhi Wei from behind, following her wherever she went.

Lu Zhi Wei had long since gotten used to the fact her girlfriend was a clingy person.

But she couldn’t reject it.

Such a pretty and cute clingy person, who wouldn’t like it?

Lu Zhi Wei used chopsticks to pick up a piece of broccoli from the pot, blowing on it to cool it down before sending it to Sang Wan Ci’s mouth, letting her try it.

Sang Wan Ci nodded as she ate, affirming Lu Zhi Wei’s cooking skills.

Lu Zhi Wei smiled and took a tissue to help Sang Wan Ci wipe her mouth, asking: “What work do you have after the new year?”

Sang Wan Ci replied: “There weren’t any good scripts last year, so I only have Director Guo’s movie for now. It’s still early.”

She wasn’t someone who would randomly choose scripts and ruin her own reputation.

As someone who had experience, Meng Lian Yu wouldn’t let her do that either.

So before she was going to film Director Guo’s movie, she would just do some simple work as a brand ambassador and take some time out to learn about how to act in a movie from Meng Lian Yu to improve herself.

Lu Zhi Wei was a little busier.

After Liu Zhao’s show, she would immediately go into Director Guo’s production crew for the movie.

“I seem to have experienced a bit of your life.” Lu Zhi Wei said.

Sang Wan Ci reached out and turned off the fire, asking: “What experience?”

Lu Zhi Wei dished out the vegetables, using the chopsticks to arrange them neatly on the plate: “Being the female lead. Look at your last two years, didn’t you finish one project then immediately start another? You didn’t even rest in between.

“Mm! I suddenly feel that it’s good you have time to rest this year, really. I don’t want to see you carted to the hospital because you collapsed from exhaustion.

“Come, have some meat.”

Sang Wan Ci replied: “I’m taking care of my body now.”

With her girlfriend supervising her, stuff like collapsing from exhaustion definitely won’t happen to her.

Lu Zhi Wei rubbed Sang Wan Ci’s head: “Good girl.”

“After we’re done eating, I’ll play the violin for you? I’m really good at 《Twinkle Twinkle Little Star》 now!”

Sang Wan Ci bit back a smile and nodded.

As someone who had seen Lu Zhi Wei practice until now, she was very clear about Lu Zhi Wei’s current standard.

Her girlfriend had worked hard and she was smart, she could already read scores and play some simple pieces.

Songs that were more complex just needed a bit more time to be practised.

So everything was ready, just waiting for the television drama to start filming.

……

After the second day of the new year, the official Weibo for Guo Hui’s new movie announced the first lead: Sang Wan Ci.

This was equivalent to confirming the same-sex relationship.

The comments section exploded.

[@Good fellow, why do I need to think of a name again]: ? Is my dream coming true?

[@This child has really worked hard]: Awesome, I love seeing pretty ladies the most!

[@Don’t lock it, I’m crying]: Who’s the second beauty going to be? Hurry up hurry up, three minutes, I want all her information!

[@Melancholy]: I’m going to guess a Lu Zhi Wei, if I’m wrong…… Then I’ll guess another beauty! [dog head]

[@This isn’t suitable right]: Little junior sister, little junior sister, little junior sister! Let them work together for the third time!!!

Although there had only been one lead announced, but the netizens were happily guessing who the second one would be.

Sang Wan Ci’s fans saw that she was continually trying out different genres and they were happy for her.

Not only did their artiste have good skills, but she had a good eye for choosing scripts, so they didn’t need to worry.

Being a fan of hers meant they were a fan of safety!

The only thing that worried them was Sang Wan Ci’s love life.

Although the child hadn’t dated yet, they were all scared the child would be cheated by a scum man in the future.

Because of that, they had constantly advised her in the comments of her Weibo posts to make sure that she cleaned her eyes before dating someone.

Sang Wan Ci had replied them, asking them to relax, she knew.

How could she be cheated by a scum man?

She didn’t like men in the first place.

But the worry from her fans let her rest assured.

This meant that as long as her partner wasn’t a bad person, the fans would accept it and not interfere.

But Lu Zhi Wei’s fans were different.

Lu Zhi Wei was a jiejie to them, so they believed that Lu Zhi Wei had her own opinions on dating and didn’t need them to say anything.

At the moment, her career was more important.

Practising the violin was also very important.

Although they didn’t know why jiejie needed to practice the violin, but having one more skill was a good thing, they supported it.

But some people were asking in the comments: [Why do you keep practising the violin, is it because you’re preparing for a show? I see a lot of actors practising musical instruments lately, are you all in the same production crew?]

Under this comment, Lu Zhi Wei replied with a “dog head” emoji.

Director Liu had only said they couldn’t say it out, he didn’t say they couldn’t hint at it.

Besides, they were going to make the announcement and start filming after the new year, it wasn’t too much to hint at it now.

Whenever she thought about the fact that she was going to be a female lead, she got exceptionally excited.

During the new year, she would talk to Sang Wan Ci at night before sleeping, her voice filled with anticipation for the first day of filming.

Once she got excited, she would hug Sang Wan Ci and snuggle up to her uncontrollably.

Sang Wan Ci played along, being happy and excited with her each time.

The two of them passed the days in happiness and sweetness.

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The fifth day of the new year.

This was the last day that they were spending together for the new year.

On the last day, they didn’t want to do anything but sit on the sofa together.

Accompanying each other was the most beautiful thing.

They held onto each other’s fingers, playing with them as they chatted.

Chatting about the first time they had met, all the way until Lu Zhi Wei’s first leading role.

A radiant smile slowly spread across Lu Zhi Wei’s face.

“God, I’m going to be a female lead……” She leaned against Sang Wan Ci, sighing for the nth time.

Sang Wan Ci wasn’t tired of hearing it either, only finding Lu Zhi Wei cute. She was so cute no matter what she did.

So she lowered her head and kissed Lu Zhi Wei’s soft hair, her voice gentle: “Yes, my Zhi Wei is going to be a female lead.”

Lu Zhi Wei chuckled, her silliness coming out.

Female lead, female lead. She could do it!

Just as she was rejoicing, the phone on the coffee table rang.

It was a call from Wen Yao.

Worried that it was something urgent, Lu Zhi Wei quickly picked up the phone: “Xiao Yao? What is it?”

Wen Yao’s anxious voice rang out: “Jie, the filming for 《Symphony of Dreams》 probably will be delayed.”

Lu Zhi Wei sat upright: “Why?”

She thought about it and furrowed her brows tightly: “It couldn’t be…… because of me, right?”

Sang Wan Ci had vaguely heard “delayed”.

Now, hearing Lu Zhi Wei say this, she got up and indicated for Lu Zhi Wei to turn on speakerphone.

Her girlfriend was innocent, what could she have done to delay the production? It must be someone behind the scenes.

After putting the call on speakerphone, the voice rang out clearly from the speaker.

“Pretty much, but I feel like it’s not your fault, it’s Zhou Ling Ling with the problem.”

Zhou Ling Ling, her again……

The two of them thought silently.

“Tell me what happened in detail.”

Wen Yao said: “Filming was about to start, when the investor suddenly requested to change the female lead and use Zhou Ling Ling instead. They didn’t allow for any arguments, or they would pull out their funding.

“Director Liu wouldn’t agree, saying Zhou Ling Ling doesn’t suit your role, and he wouldn’t accept an unsuitable actress as the female lead.

“Then……”

“Then what?” Lu Zhi Wei was a bit anxious.

Wen Yao sighed: “Then Director Liu said filming would be postponed as he tried to get new funding. But quite a few investors all know the investor for Zhou Ling Ling……”

She hadn’t finished speaking, but the meaning was clear.

Liu Zhao had been backed into a corner.

He valued this script and worked hard to polish it, making the proper preparations, but because of this, the production had to stop here, wasting a lot of time and energy to deal with it.

So he could either switch the actress or continue dragging things out with the investors. Anyway, it wouldn’t be possible to start filming within a short period of time. After that, the schedule of the actors would probably not match up anymore.

But if he changed out Lu Zhi Wei now and gave the role to Zhou Ling Ling, not only would it destroy the role, it would also ruin the hard work Lu Zhi Wei had put into practising over the last seven months.

Liu Zhao wasn’t so stupid. A meticulous, carefully planned out piece of work was better than one that was rushed and messy.

He would rather die than let someone else ruin his show.

Lu Zhi Wei suddenly felt breathless as she held the phone.

This trick from Zhou Ling Ling was targetted towards both Liu Zhao and Lu Zhi Wei, putting them both in a difficult situation.

It was only today that Sang Wan Ci understood what Zhang Xian Rui meant when she said Zhou Ling Ling “was full of tricks”.

Not changing anything from the start and waiting until now, wasn’t it just to let Lu Zhi Wei’s hard work go to waste?

But what had Lu Zhi Wei done wrong?

What right did Zhou Ling Ling have to do this just because she had a backer?

Wen Yao was trying her best to comfort Lu Zhi Wei over the phone: “It’s okay jie, we have to trust Director Liu, trust that he can get new funding!”

Sang Wan Ci furrowed her eyebrows.

Liu Zhao did need funding now, but it had to be a big investor who was reliable and wouldn’t backstab him again.

He already was gutsy telling the investor that he wouldn’t change the lead, but if it happened again, the whole production crew would fall apart.

According to her knowledge, Zhou Ling Ling’s investor was indeed big.

But Zhang Xian Rui had said it before, Zhou Ling Ling’s investor was nothing compared to their mighty Meng family.

Lu Zhi Wei’s happy mood immediately turned into one of despair and sorrow.

Why did she encounter such a thing too?

Someone who had nothing, what could she use to fight with Zhou Ling Ling and the resources she had?

At this moment, the system even came out to cause more trouble.

【Mission issued: Solve the problem with Zhou Ling Ling.

【System reminder: No time limit.】

Lu Zhi Wei: “……”

Outrageous, she didn’t have a backer, how was she supposed to solve it?

Could it be even the system was encouraging her to give up?

Giving up meant solving the problem?

Thinking about it, she sighed.

How about giving up then?

Wasting her own hard work would be better than wasting everybody’s hard work……

But if she gave up, would Zhou Ling Ling stop?

Someone like Zhou Ling Ling would only lower her head slightly to someone who was more popular than her, right?

In such a short time, can Director Liu really find someone like that?

She didn’t know.

She didn’t know anything.

Just thinking about it made her head hurt.

Why couldn’t these people just honestly film shows?

Wasn’t the role of an actor to improve their acting skills and create a good work?

At this time, a hand came out from the side and hung up the phone.

She turned her head to look over, and saw Sang Wan Ci solemnly saying: “Zhi Wei, Director Liu said you’re the female lead, so you’re the female lead. Nobody can change this decision. As for the other things, don’t worry about it, I’ll handle it.”

Lu Zhi Wei blinked slowly: “…… What are you going to do?”

Sang Wan Ci smiled, then kissed her forehead.

“Be your investor.”

Lu Zhi Wei: “……?”