After waking up from a nap, Jian Ruoxi felt much clearer-headed.

"Lu Jin, when can I be discharged from the hospital?" Actually, she also wanted to resume filming as soon as possible.

This drama is about to end. This is her first time filming a period drama, and I'm really looking forward to the reviews after it airs.

"I've asked the doctor, and you can be discharged now."

The two helped Jian Ruoxi with her discharge procedures. Just as they were about to leave the hospital, Jian Ruoxi suddenly stopped.

"Ruoxi, why aren't you leaving?"

"During the time I was in a coma in the hospital, did anyone call me?" She looked at the two of them expectantly.

Lu Jin was stunned for a moment, then sighed. Ruoxi still held hope for her older brother.

"No."

Su Ziyu answered firmly, as if he wanted to extinguish her last hope.

"I've been taking care of you these past two days, and no other calls have come in. Lu Jin is holding your phone for you; you can take a look."

Lu Jin immediately took out Jian Ruoxi's phone and handed it to her, but Jian Ruoxi hesitated to take it.

"Anyway, I'll be filming on set all the time, so I'll leave my phone with Lu Jin."

Jian Ruoxi didn't know what she was afraid of; perhaps she was afraid of hearing an explanation she didn't want to hear.

Jian Ruoxi spent the entire day on set.

Lu Jin stopped the stylist from applying makeup to Jian Ruoxi.

"We don't need to put on makeup for her this time; she's perfect as she is."

This scene depicts Jian Ruoxi, as the Empress, being disappointed in the Emperor and confined to her sickbed.

Jian Ruoxi, dressed in a yellow palace gown with her hair casually loose, lay on a recliner outside the courtyard, basking in the sun.

There was an indescribable sense of brokenness about him.

Standing on the periphery, Lu Jin looked at Jian Ruoxi's appearance in the camera lens with great satisfaction.

"That's exactly the effect we wanted. The illness was three parts real and seven parts acting. She should have been a tragic empress, but Ruoxi portrayed her as so beautiful and fragile."

In the video, Jian Ruoxi's face was pale and bloodless, as if even the sunlight overhead could not warm her heart.

His eyes were filled with disappointment towards the palace and the emperor.

"If I could, I truly wish I had never met you." As she uttered the last line, Jian Ruoxi shed a tear at just the right moment.

"Quick, give Ruoxi a close-up of her face, zoom in."

There are no scenes of the female lead crying in the script.

When Jian Ruoxi delivered her lines, she couldn't help but think of all the times she had encountered Lu Shen, including the person she had waited for all night but never saw. She couldn't hold back her tears.

"Cut!" After the shot was finished, Lu Jin walked to Jian Ruoxi's side with satisfaction and patted her on the shoulder.

"Ruoxi, that last tear you shed was perfectly timed. I'm sure it will become a memorable moment after it airs."

Jian Ruoxi was worried that Lu Jin would notice and start worrying about her, so she quickly hid her feelings and said, "Then I'll accept the director's kind words."

Su Ziyu, who was not far away, had been watching Jian Ruoxi the whole time.

From the first time he acted opposite Jian Ruoxi, he knew she was a natural actress, always possessing the power to draw the audience into the emotions of the characters she portrayed.

He could fully feel the heartache that Jian Ruoxi felt when she played the "Empress" here.

How many of these are characters?

How much of it is actually her own?

Just as everyone was marveling at Jian Ruoxi's performance, an uninvited guest arrived at the door.

"Stop me? Who gave you the guts?" Lu Shen stared sharply at the bodyguards outside the door.

They weren't from the film crew; they were bodyguards for the Lu family.

The bodyguards stood in a line at the door, under immense pressure, not daring to move, because the young lady had promised them that the young master would not come in.

Just as Lu Shen and his men were about to force their way in, Lu Jin came out of the film crew.

"Brother, why aren't you at the hospital taking care of Li Anran? What are you doing on my film set?"

"I've come to see her." He wanted to explain things to Ruoxi himself before she saw the negative news.

"Brother, your sister-in-law has had a tough time. If you haven't made a decision yet, give her some time. At least wait until she finishes filming this movie."

After saying that, Lu Jin ordered the film set gates to be closed.

Lu Shen stood alone outside the door for a long time before leaving.

"Young Master, where are we going now?"

The driver sensed that Lu Shen was in a bad mood, but he didn't know which way to drive, so he had no choice but to ask.

Lu Shen remained silent, unsure of where to go at that moment.

He felt somewhat lonely without Ruoxi at home.

Just as he was about to say the word "company," his phone rang. It was Li Anran's doctor calling.

"She's awake?" He had instructed the doctor to notify him when Li Anran woke up.

"Miss Li has woken up, which is good, but her condition seems a bit off."

"Something's not right? What do you mean?"

The doctor hesitated, somewhat reluctant to speak, "Well, you should still come and take a look; there are some things we can't handle."

"Go to the hospital."

When Lu Shen rushed to the hospital, he found that Li Anran's ward was crowded with doctors and nurses, with Li Anran in the middle.

"What are you all doing here! Get away from me, don't touch me!"

The doctor tried to calm Li Anran down, saying, "Ms. Li, please calm down. This is a hospital. No one will hurt you."

"What's going on?" Lu Shen asked, and the people in front of him automatically made way for him.

Li Anran saw Lu Shen walking slowly towards him, and the image in front of him overlapped with the Lu Shen who wore sportswear back then.

Everyone assumed that Li Anran was only after Lu Shen's money.

That's one reason, but she fell in love with Lu Shen at first sight.

The moment she first saw Lu Shen, she wanted to make herself look cleaner and of higher status so that she could stand beside him.

"Ah Shen, this isn't a dream? I saw you before I died." Li Anran threw herself into Lu Shen's arms.

The doctor tactfully led everyone away, leaving only Lu Shen and Li Anran in the ward.

“You’re still alive, so you can’t get too emotional right now. The doctor said you need to rest.” Lu Shen tried to let go of Li Anran’s arms that were holding him.

Li Anran hugged him even tighter. "No, I dare not let go, Ah Shen. Do you know, I had a very, very long dream."

"In the dream, you fell in love with another woman, you didn't want me anymore, and you told me it was just a dream, right?"

Li Anran's eyes were filled with tears, filled with grievance and resentment.

She just wanted to stand by his side, and she used extreme measures, but it was only because she loved him.

But how did things gradually turn out this way?

She had been tortured to the point of being neither human nor ghost, and the love in Lu Shen's eyes was no longer the same as it had been back then.

"Are those all true?" Li Anran asked, her face contorted in pain as she clutched her hair.

"My child is gone, and Ah Shen is gone too. What am I still living in this world for?"