After Saving the White Moonlight, the Black Moonlight Went Crazy - Chapter 37

Chapter 37: Getting Angry

◎She’s Innocent◎

Lu Shutian immediately grabbed Yan Sui’s hand and started touching her face, then moving down.

“You…” Yan Sui was about to stop her, but the other person was clearly faster and had already reached her neck.

She gave up and let the other person inspect her.

Jian Liyun said in a cold voice, “She’s fine now. The bleeding last night was due to malnutrition.”

“Malnutrition?!” Lu Shutian’s volume suddenly increased. “Jian Liyun, how are you taking care of her? You let her get malnourished. If you can’t take care of her, find someone else.”

Yan Sui nudged Lu Shutian with her elbow. “What’s with the way you’re addressing her?”

She went from calling her ‘Senior Jian’ to just ‘Jian Liyun’.

Lu Shutian’s mind had already finished scripting a grand drama.

Her expression became particularly long-suffering. “You… it’s fine if you’re so reckless and absurd in private, but Jiejie, you need to keep up with your nutrition. Being excessively indulgent isn’t a good thing for you; your body won’t be able to handle it.”

Yan Sui pointed at her own nose. “Me? Indulgent in what?”

She hadn’t had a proper rest since coming to this world.

When she was studying Go in her original world, she at least got half a day off a week to relax.

Yan Sui felt so wronged.

The person involved didn’t understand the hidden meaning in Lu Shutian’s words, but Jian Liyun did.

Her tone was gentle. “This matter is my fault, but it’s also a matter between Suisui and me. As an outsider, Ms. Lu should not interfere. Suisui has a soft heart, and some people intentionally try to gain sympathy and may get temporary pity, but…”

“Who are you calling an outsider?!” Lu Shutian interrupted sharply.

Jian Liyun even curled her lips and let out a laugh. “Who knows?”

“Enough!”

Yan Sui stretched out both hands and accurately covered both of their mouths.

“You’ll have to say a lot of things during the show recording later. Conserve your energy now.” After that, she leaned slightly forward and looked at the driver, who didn’t dare to move. “Let’s go.”

The driver wiped the nonexistent cold sweat from his forehead and finally stepped on the gas.

Yan Sui gave them both a warning look and cautiously put her hands down.

Good, the two of them have finally settled down.

“Jiejie…”

Settled down, my foot.

Yan Sui gave her a sharp look. “Think before you speak.”

Lu Shutian smiled ingratiatingly. “I’m not a petty person. I won’t argue with someone who’s stingy and ignorant. Jiejie, since you’re malnourished, should we hire a professional nutritionist to cook for you? If you need one, I can help you find someone.”

The system appeared again: “The female lead just introduced herself.”

Yan Sui quickly spoke up. If she didn’t, she guessed the two of them would start arguing again.

“No need, Liyun has already hired a nutritionist,” Yan Sui felt her speaking speed was fast enough to be a rapper. “And this matter of my malnutrition is truly my own fault. It has nothing to do with anyone else.”

The more Yan Sui took all the blame, the more dissatisfied Lu Shutian became.

She let out a cold huff. “Jiejie, if you lived with me, something like this would never happen.”

Jian Liyun’s voice was gentle. She lowered her eyes slightly, and her originally cold eyes were filled with sorrow and regret. “Suisui, you don’t have to do this. I know it’s my fault, but I won’t let you suffer again in the future.”

“The supporting female lead has such a main wife aura. I’m shipping it, everyone.”

This time, even though Yan Sui was busy, she didn’t forget to retort to the system in her mind. “Did you install some new gossip system? You’re so nosy. You think everyone likes me, but they don’t actually think that way at all.”

“Stop! Seriously, stop arguing. You’re giving me a headache.”

After retorting to the system, Yan Sui loudly stopped the two of them.

If she had to be honest, this whole thing was Lu Shutian’s fault.

But Yan Sui thought, she would never let Lu Shutian know what she had sacrificed.

After using the excuse that she was tired and wanted to rest, Jian Liyun and Lu Shutian finally settled down for real.

Yan Sui was indeed physically and mentally exhausted. The sunlight outside the car window was a little harsh. Her initial feigned sleep turned into a real one.

As she slept, her center of gravity became unstable, and her head began to slowly drift to one side.

Lu Shutian bit her lower lip and held her breath.

Heaven had finally favored her once. The sleeping Yan Sui unconsciously tilted her head and leaned against her shoulder.

If she hadn’t been afraid of waking Yan Sui, Lu Shutian would have burst into song all day long.

Jiejie! She’s sleeping on my shoulder!

Her eyes were filled with undisguised triumph. Although her body couldn’t move much, her eyes were very agile.

Lu Shutian looked at Jian Liyun with contempt, looking like she had won.

Jian Liyun didn’t say a word. She just took a folded blanket from a storage bag and gently draped it over Yan Sui’s body.

Yan Sui’s brows furrowed slightly, and she moved.

She didn’t open her eyes. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she mumbled a sentence.

The two people who were awake both heard it.

“Thank you, Liyun.”

Jian Liyun smiled silently.

Compared to Jian Liyun’s smugness, Lu Shutian’s face changed from sunny to stormy and became completely dark.

…

“Suisui, we’re here.”

“Ugh…” Yan Sui wanted to sleep a little longer, but she also knew they couldn’t delay any more. She forced herself to open her eyes and saw Jian Liyun, who had just unfastened her seatbelt.

Yan Sui habitually wanted to get a hug from her.

Even though the two of them were not close enough to sleep in the same room before, Yan Sui was now accustomed to looking for the other person’s figure after waking up.

Yan Sui moved her body toward Jian Liyun. She reached out her hand, wanting to wrap it around the other person’s neck, but a greater force pulled her back.

“Wha…”

Before Yan Sui could finish her sentence, a sweet breath hit her ear. “Jiejie, you’ve been sleeping on my shoulder for so long, and you go to someone else as soon as you wake up. Isn’t that a bit much?”

Yan Sui was startled. She shivered. “Sorry.”

She softened her tone and coaxed her for a long time before Lu Shutian finally let go.

Yan Sui felt like she had been reborn. She almost fled from the car, following closely behind Jian Liyun, staying by her side.

The two of them arrived at the waiting room. The makeup team hadn’t arrived yet. Yan Sui’s eyes were full of reproach. “Why didn’t you wake me up when I was sleeping just now?”

Jian Liyun calmly looked at the day’s show schedule. “When you can rest well, there’s no need to wake you up.”

Yan Sui wanted to tear her hair out. “But this way, I slept on her… forget it. Anyway, next time this happens, you have to wake me up no matter what.”

Jian Liyun turned the page and said indifferently, “Don’t you like her very much? If I woke you up and separated you two, wouldn’t I become a villain who breaks up a couple?”

Wait, that sounds so familiar.

She remembered that when she first came here and didn’t know the situation, she had also told Jian Liyun that she wouldn’t break up a couple—

And the couple she was referring to was Jian Liyun and He Chenyu. At that time, Jian Liyun had angrily scolded her for trying to play matchmaker.

Yan Sui stammered. “You, you’re…”

The smart system came online: “Host, the supporting female lead just made a callback attack on you.”

Yan Sui made a big cross with her arms. “I don’t like her. Liyun, don’t talk nonsense.”

Jian Liyun turned away from her. “You’re lying to me.”

Yan Sui immediately ran to her. “I’m not lying to you. I really don’t like her.”

She thought, I don’t even have the ability to love anyone anymore, so how could I fall in love with someone else?

Jian Liyun still didn’t look at her. “Then do you like me?”

Yan Sui was a little troubled. “It doesn’t matter if I like you or not. What’s important is that you have to be happy.”

“But it matters a lot to me,” Jian Liyun’s eyes were like a torch.

Knock, knock.

A knock on the door interrupted their conversation. It was the makeup team.

Yan Sui breathed a sigh of relief. “I’ll get it.”

The makeup artist, Sister Wei, was standing at the door with her makeup case. The dark circles under her eyes couldn’t be hidden even with concealer.

Yan Sui raised an eyebrow. “Sister Wei, did you not sleep well last night?”

The makeup artist waved her hand. “Don’t even get me started. I didn’t fall asleep until four in the morning. Good thing we’re starting in the afternoon today, or I wouldn’t have been able to get up.”

Yan Sui took the makeup case and helped push it toward Jian Liyun. She looked at the makeup artist, who was yawning nonstop. “Sister Wei, why did you go to bed so late last night?”

The makeup artist hesitated, then crooked her finger at Yan Sui.

Yan Sui leaned in. The makeup artist lowered her voice and said something that only the two of them could hear. “I’ll tell you when we take a break during the recording. There’s too much explosive news.”

Yan Sui nodded calmly. “Okay.”

…

Because it was the second recording of the show, everyone was more experienced and quickly got ready.

Jian Liyun’s outfit today was still a dark color. Yan Sui called over the stylist. “In the future, you can also try some lighter-colored clothes for her.”

The stylist smiled. “Dark-colored clothes suit Ms. Jian’s temperament better.”

Yan Sui was about to say something but was cut off by Jian Liyun. “It’s fine. I’ll just wear this.”

After Jian Liyun left, the makeup team also went to the staff waiting room, leaving only the makeup artist and Yan Sui.

“Sister Wei, you can tell me now. It’s just you and me here.” Yan Sui folded her arms and leaned against the wall.

The makeup artist took a sip of her life-giving black coffee and took a deep breath. “You know, in the entertainment industry, the artists themselves might not know as much gossip as we staff do.”

Yan Sui nodded. What she said was true.

The makeup artist let out a chuckle. “Yesterday, I had just put on a face mask and was about to get my beauty sleep when a friend called me and we talked for a very long time.”

Yan Sui interjected. “Your friend? Is she a makeup artist too?”

She nodded proudly. “Yes, and she’s right next door to us. She’s probably still doing Ms. Lu’s makeup now.”

Yan Sui pretended to be very interested. “Ms. Lu’s makeup artist?”

“Yes,” the makeup artist took another sip of black coffee to moisten her throat. “My friend isn’t Ms. Lu’s exclusive makeup artist. This time, Ms. Lu’s company contacted her to do the makeup. But even though it was her first time meeting her, my friend got to witness the struggle between an artist and her company. It was really interesting.”

“A struggle? Is Ms. Lu at odds with her company?” Yan Sui asked curiously.

The makeup artist shook her head. “My friend and I don’t understand it. Ms. Lu debuted at the beginning of this year. To be fair, her company has given her much better resources than the average newcomer. Even her subsequent promotions are on par with first-tier artists in the industry. But despite all this, yesterday, my friend, while doing Ms. Lu’s makeup, saw Ms. Lu arguing with her manager, saying something about wanting to switch companies.”

Yan Sui had a bad feeling. “Switch companies? Which company does she want to switch to? Her current agency is already a leader in the industry. Even if she switched, she wouldn’t be able to find a better one.”

The makeup artist winked. “Close to home.”

Yan Sui was unwilling to believe it, but she had to. “She wants to join my company?”

Yan Sui had thought that Lu Shutian’s talk about changing jobs was a joke. She didn’t expect her to be serious.

The makeup artist let out a little laugh. “That’s right. She had an argument with her manager, and then my friend left after finishing her makeup, so she doesn’t know what happened afterward. But her switching companies aside, something else happened during the recording that was pretty hard to understand.”

The playful look on Yan Sui’s face was gone. She sat back on the sofa. “Is it related to my Liyun?”

The makeup artist clicked her tongue. “As expected of you. You guessed it right away. This matter was told to my makeup artist friend by her friend, who is one of the show’s photographers and participated in the entire studio recording.”

“We don’t know what Ms. Lu’s true personality is like, but in front of the public, she has always been the sweet and innocent type. She was quite cheerful during yesterday’s recording and would actively start conversations, but…”

The makeup artist left a cliffhanger. Yan Sui urged, “But what?”

The makeup artist shrugged. “You know how people in the entertainment industry are; they’re all clever. During yesterday’s recording, all five guests had to promote their recent works. Ms. Jian is an actress, so she had to talk about her TV shows and movies. She herself was fine, and only briefly introduced them. You and I both know the specific reason.”

Yan Sui’s tone was firm. “Because He Chenyu fell out with the He family, and He Chenyu has roles in the two projects Liyun is about to release.”

The makeup artist took off her shoes and crossed her legs, becoming more interested. “Right. So everyone had a tacit understanding not to talk about it too much, but there was one exception, and that was Ms. Lu.”

This Lu Shutian really was…

Yan Sui sighed. “What did she do now?”

The makeup artist pouted. “On the surface, Ms. Lu asked Ms. Jian about some interesting tidbits from the filming. This looked like she was trying to increase the other person’s screen time, but… Ms. Lu kept intentionally and unintentionally bringing up He Chenyu. If the show edits this part in, the audience might think that Ms. Jian and that man have something going on.”

Although Jian Liyun’s position was a powerful new-generation actress, a public relationship wouldn’t have a big impact on her resources. However, He Chenyu’s background was unfathomable. Getting involved with him, whether something happened or not, was not a good thing for Jian Liyun.

Furthermore, Yan Sui already knew that He Chenyu was trying to seize Jian Liyun’s luck and couldn’t let the two of them have too much contact.

Yan Sui understood what had happened. She closed her eyes, her voice tired. “Thank you for telling me all this.”

The makeup artist said, “It’s nothing. I’ve worked with Ms. Jian many times. Just tell her to be a little more careful. I don’t think the production team will cut these scenes, after all, didn’t Ms. Lu put this show together?”

Yan Sui hummed. “Okay, I’ll tell her to be careful.”

After seeing the makeup artist off, Yan Sui’s face was expressionless.

“Host, are you angry?”

The system, which was usually playful and joking, was now speaking cautiously.

Yan Sui was noncommittal.

After a long time, she looked up at the ceiling. “I’ll make things clear with her.”

Over the past few days, after learning all this information, Yan Sui had actually considered that since He Chenyu was the villain of this world, she could team up with Jian Liyun and Lu Shutian to get rid of this scum.

She also knew that there was some friction and dissatisfaction between the two women, but she didn’t expect Lu Shutian to actually want to harm Jian Liyun.

It was time to have a good talk with Lu Shutian.

…

The first half of the show’s recording ended, and Jian Liyun returned to the waiting room.

Yan Sui had already opened the lunchbox and broken the chopsticks. “Liyun, you worked hard.”

Jian Liyun shook her head. “It was fine. The time is a little tight today. Tomorrow is the last day of recording. Before the recording, I’ll have the nutritionist prepare your dinner for tomorrow night, so you won’t have to eat the bento box.”

Yan Sui looked at Jian Liyun and didn’t touch her chopsticks. “It’s no use.”

She knew this was the price for helping Lu Shutian, and she could foresee that she would most likely use up all three of her chances.

Jian Liyun’s movements paused. “No, we’ll take our time to recuperate, and your body will slowly get better.”

Yan Sui smiled and changed the subject. “Did the first half of the recording go smoothly?”

Jian Liyun nodded slightly. “It was smooth. The video that was played today also revealed their past and the reasons for their breakup. Jin Lan and her partner’s reason for breaking up was quite strange. Other couples had very specific reasons, but for Jin Lan and Tian Yufu, Tian Yufu broke up with her unconditionally and without a reason.”

She probably woke up and realized the truth of this world, which is why she wanted to break up with Jin Lan.

Although Yan Sui was clear in her mind, she didn’t show it on her face. “Is that so? Will they get back together?”

Jian Liyun shook her head. “I think it’ll be very difficult.”

Yan Sui gave her own sweet and sour pork ribs to Jian Liyun. “You eat more. I’m not hungry right now.”

Jian Liyun chuckled softly. “What, worried sick?”

Yan Sui was a little surprised. She thought she had hidden it well.

Jian Liyun put down her chopsticks and took Yan Sui’s hand. “I can tell if you’re happy or not. Did something happen?”

Yan Sui shook her head. She pulled her hands away and continued eating.

She just didn’t have much of an appetite right now. She poked the innocent grains of rice with her chopsticks and said in a low voice, “During the recording today, did Ms. Lu make things difficult for you again?”

“She didn’t make things difficult for me…” Jian Liyun realized. “Did someone tell you?”

Yan Sui hummed in agreement.

Jian Liyun comforted her. “I can handle this kind of situation. You don’t have to worry.”

Yan Sui quickly shoveled a few bites of rice into her mouth. “I’m full. I’m going out for a bit and will be back soon.”

Jian Liyun called out to her. “Are you going to find her?”

“Yes, some things should never be done.”

Yan Sui left with those words.

Lu Shutian’s room was right next door. Yan Sui closed the door to Jian Liyun’s waiting room, took a step, and was at the next room. She knocked on the door and announced herself.

“Ms. Lu, it’s me.”

The person inside came to open the door with hurried steps. Lu Shutian’s face was full of joy. “Jiejie, come in quickly.”

Yan Sui quietly looked around the room. Lu Shutian was the only one there.

Good, no need to find another place to talk.

Closing the door, Lu Shutian happily linked her arm with Yan Sui’s. “Jiejie, you can call me Ms. Lu when there are outsiders, but since it’s just the two of us now, if you want to call me, you have to call me Tiantian.”

Yan Sui shook off Lu Shutian’s arm.

Her eyes were calm. “Ms. Lu, let’s have a good talk.”

Lu Shutian was a little scared. She softened her voice. “Jiejie, don’t be like this. You’re scaring me.”

Yan Sui’s speaking speed was neither fast nor slow. “Ms. Lu, if there’s anything about me that you’re dissatisfied with, you can tell me. I’ll change what I can. But please don’t involve innocent people.”

“Innocent people?” Lu Shutian thought for a moment before she understood. “Are you talking about Jian Liyun? How is she innocent?!”

Yan Sui’s voice was ice cold. “That’s not a reason for you to talk nonsense on the show. Liyun’s journey since her debut has not been easy. Rumors will ruin her.”

Lu Shutian laughed out of anger. “Ha, I was wondering why Jiejie suddenly came to find me. So you’re here to vent your anger.”

Yan Sui stood motionless. “I’m not venting. I know your past was hard, and you have a lot of grievances. But Liyun doesn’t know anything. She’s innocent. You trying to tie her to He Chenyu is harming her…”

She took a deep breath, trying to suppress her anger. “You know full well that He Chenyu has bad intentions and is a complete scumbag.”

After hearing the last sentence, Lu Shutian pulled over a chair and sat down.

Her eyes were bright and very pure, so pure that Yan Sui could barely tell if she was being sincere.

“But Jiejie, what is poison to one person is sweet nectar to another. By doing this, I’m actually helping Jian Liyun. After all, she was madly in love with He Chenyu—”

Lu Shutian smiled sweetly. “In the first playthrough of the world, Jian Liyun committed suicide because of her unrequited love.”

“Jiejie, if you want to help Jian Liyun, then I will help her out of respect for you. You can’t say that about me. I have good intentions.”