After Saving the White Moonlight, the Black Moonlight Went Crazy - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: The Female Lead is Trouble

◎An ally or a schemer?◎

Jian Liyun didn’t answer her. Instead, she took the spatula from her hand. “I’ll fry the fish. You—”

She paused, seemingly gritting her teeth. “Go keep your ‘good sister’ company in the living room.”

The marinated fish pieces were placed in the hot oil, making a sizzling sound.

Another stove was simmering fish head soup. Yan Sui opened the lid. “She’s not my ‘good sister.’ Forget it, I’ll just stay in the kitchen. The soup is almost ready. I’ll add the cabbage and tofu.”

Jian Liyun‘s expression finally softened a little.

After adding the ingredients, Yan Sui lowered her voice. “Liyun, try to say less when we eat later.”

What does that mean? Is Jian Liyun an interruption to their lunch and chat?

The future movie queen’s expression instantly turned very ugly again.

Yan Sui noticed it, and she patted the other person’s back to reassure her. “You just need to focus on acting, and leave everything else to me. You still have to be careful when talking to Lu Shutian. If you say the wrong thing, it could cause trouble later.”

Although Yan Sui was very good at making Jian Liyun angry, she always managed to calm her down in the end.

“Isn’t this a kind of talent?” the system sighed.

“What talent, System?” Yan Sui had to respond to the system in her mind. “Do you have the ability to give me talent points now? If so, I want to increase my strength. The next time the male lead dares to get close to Liyun and use her, I’ll punch him and send him flying.”

“No, Host, I was just saying.”

The person and the system stopped communicating. Yan Sui watched Jian Liyun expertly fry the fish, recalling that in the original novel, there was very little mention of Jian Liyun being able to cook.

She had initially wanted to test her, but she didn’t expect her to be such a good cook.

After placing the fried fish on a plate, Jian Liyun nudged Yan Sui with her elbow. “Take the fried fish and fish soup over. I’ll stir-fry some tomato and eggs.”

Yan Sui did as she was told. As soon as she brought the dishes to the dining room, she saw Lu Shutian sitting on the living room sofa, looking at them with eager eyes.

“Jie,” Lu Shutian‘s voice was incredibly soft and sweet. “It smells so good.”

Yan Sui smiled gently. “It’s just some simple home-style food. We didn’t prepare many ingredients here. We only have two dishes and one soup for the three of us, so please excuse us, Miss Lu.”

Lu Shutian had already stood up and walked over. “Not at all. The food is very rich. ” She picked up a piece of the tomato and scrambled eggs with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth. “Mmm, delicious!”

Yan Sui breathed a sigh of relief. “That’s good.”

Jian Liyun didn’t say a word the entire time. She appeared to be looking at the plump grains of rice in her bowl, but in fact, her peripheral vision was entirely focused on Yan Sui.

The Yan Sui now was very similar to how she was that other time.

That was the second morning after Yan Sui came to her house, sitting alone on the sofa, smiling as she looked out the window.

From the perspective of emotional management, the arc of Yan Sui‘s smile was just right, and flawless, just like her expression now while talking to Lu Shutian.

Polite, gentle, and impeccable—

But it also represented coldness and detachment.

The realization that Yan Sui didn’t want to get closer to Lu Shutian put Jian Liyun in a very good mood.

Yan Sui could only be her, Jian Liyun‘s, agent.

Jian Liyun controlled her expression and calmly picked up a piece of fried fish. Just as she put it in her bowl, she heard Yan Sui‘s voice.

“Be careful of the bones when you eat the fish, Liyun. The fish we caught in the river have a lot of small bones.”

Just as Jian Liyun agreed, she heard Lu Shutian‘s voice. “Jie, you two went fishing too? Was it fun?”

“A little boring, since you can’t do anything while fishing.”

Jian Liyun‘s lips curved upward slightly, almost imperceptibly. What a little liar.

They had said a lot of true things while they were fishing.

But since the lie wasn’t directed at her, Jian Liyun didn’t mind.

Lu Shutian also picked up a piece of fried fish and started a new topic while picking out the bones. “Speaking of which, I just watched half an episode of a TV show you were in while I was in the living room. Your acting is so good, Senior Jian.”

She called her by her full name just now, and now she’s calling her “senior”?

Jian Liyun sneered in her heart but nodded slightly. “Thank you.”

Yan Sui also chimed in. “While my Liyun has been in many works since her debut, Miss Lu, you gained a lot of attention right after your debut. It’s really admirable.”

Lu Shutian was a little embarrassed. “Not at all, I’m just lucky.”

Chewing and swallowing the fish slowly, Lu Shutian seemed a little envious. “But your relationship is so good. The relationships between artists and agents I’ve seen are mostly… cold and distant.”

Not like Yan Sui and Jian Liyun, who can go out and have fun together, fish together, and live together.

Yan Sui smiled slightly. “As long as the relationship helps the artist’s career, that’s what matters.”

Lu Shutian agreed. “That’s true. Speaking of which, we might see each other again soon.”

An alarm went off in Yan Sui‘s mind. Before she could respond, Lu Shutian continued on her own. “I saw the list of invited guests for that variety show, and your name is on it, as well as Senior Jian‘s.”

Yan Sui finished her rice and ladled a bowl of fish soup.

“We were indeed in contact with that project before.”

Hearing Yan Sui‘s affirmative answer, Lu Shutian looked excited. “Really? I’m so excited. This is Senior Jian‘s first time on a variety show, you know.”

Jian Liyun was silent. She kept in mind the instructions Yan Sui had just given her.

As expected, Yan Sui‘s topic of conversation changed immediately. “But we probably won’t be participating in that project.”

Lu Shutian frowned. “Why?”

Yan Sui couldn’t reveal her true intentions at this time, so she made up a reason based on the current situation. “The production team contacted me and said the show’s recording would be postponed. But Liyun has other work commitments planned, so we won’t have time to record the show then.”

Ever since she received the news that the show’s recording would be postponed, Yan Sui had a hunch.

After she, the sole outsider, came to this world, before she and Jian Liyun took any action, this original plot point was changed. This could only mean one thing—

Another important character in this world had changed, which altered the plot.

Lili had told Yan Sui that this could happen if a main character was reborn or their consciousness awakened.

The biggest suspects were the female lead Lu Shutian and the male lead He Chenyu.

Yan Sui hadn’t confirmed who it was yet, but Lu Shutian had come knocking on her door.

The fact that this person could accurately find where she and Jian Liyun were now and had clear intentions of getting closer to them meant that there was a high chance that the female lead had changed.

Yan Sui couldn’t be sure if the female lead was a friend or a foe now, so she had to make sure her words were flawless.

Jian Liyun not participating in the variety show was indeed a deviation from the original plot, but it was justifiable if the reason was that the show itself had been postponed.

Lu Shutian was a little regretful and a little angry. “Oh, I see. It’s all because of that He Chenyu!”

The male lead’s name appeared.

Yan Sui‘s right eyelid twitched. She saw Jian Liyun put down her chopsticks and ask word for word, “What about him?”

Yan Sui sometimes really wondered if the male lead had put a spell on Jian Liyun. Otherwise, why would Jian Liyun care so much about anything related to him?

Lu Shutian looked angry and wanted to complain, but after opening her mouth, she didn’t utter a single syllable for a long time.

After a while, she cleared her throat as if she had remembered something.

“Senior Jian, you’ve worked with He Chenyu before, right?”

Jian Liyun hummed. “We filmed two shows together.”

Lu Shutian hesitated for a few seconds before saying, “The reason the show’s recording was postponed is because something happened on his end.”

Nothing happened to the male lead in the original plot.

Yan Sui immediately became fully alert and asked, “What happened on his end?”

Lu Shutian suddenly put down her chopsticks and put her hands together to apologize to Jian Liyun. “Senior Jian, I know you worked with him. I’m just telling the truth, please don’t mind.”

This time, Yan Sui finally got a chance to speak. “Liyun won’t mind. We should thank you for letting us know the inside story beforehand. That way, we can avoid certain risks.”

Lu Shutian bit her lower lip lightly, and her voice became a lot softer. “He Chenyu hasn’t officially debuted yet, but he has already filmed two films and TV shows. The actors he worked with are all very talented people like Senior Jian. The scripts for those two shows are very good, and the funding is plentiful, so you could say they’re guaranteed to be hits once they air.”

Yan Sui thought, Of course. He’s the male lead, after all. In these old-fashioned romance novels, the male lead always has the best resources.

With such good resources, even a dog would become famous.

After a pause, Lu Shutian continued, “To be able to support a newcomer so much, his background must not be simple. But instead of saying it’s not simple, it’s better to say that the He family he belongs to is capital itself. The He family protects the information of the younger generation very well, but there are no secrets in our circle. He Chenyu…”

“Is the most beloved youngest son of the He family.”

Yan Sui looked surprised. “So he has such a powerful background. Then why did something happen on his end?”

In reality, Yan Sui, who had read the novel, already knew all of this.

So Yan Sui couldn’t understand why the male and female leads in the original novel were the way they were. The male lead already had such a powerful background, so why did the supporting female lead have to go out of her way to help him fight for resources? The male lead didn’t need that at all.

Lu Shutian took a deep breath. “He had a falling out with his family. His older brother and older sister both have some health issues, and the He family wants him to go back and take over, but he’s unwilling. He insists on entering the entertainment industry.”

So the He family made a move.

Yan Sui frowned slightly. This wasn’t right.

In the original book, He Chenyu‘s older brother and older sister had almost no screen time.

Why did they both suddenly get sick?