The director is actually from the United States, named Edward. Because his mother remarried, he grew up in China at a very young age and has a great talent for making money. Although he mainly makes commercial films, he hides his own preferences in them, which directly elevates the commercial films to an artistic level in the end. This is also the reason why Edward was able to succeed in suspense films in China.

The scripts he chose this time, besides being thrillers, also touched on aspects of human nature, making them a bit difficult to film.

Although Edward has his own ideals to pursue, before pursuing those ideals, he first wants to ensure the film's box office success. Although the box office is not overwhelming, it can be considered a dark horse in the suspense genre.

Edward's initiative to contact Ye Yingying's agent naturally gave the agent a surprise. Although he said he would give Ye Yingying more time off, because of the upcoming audition opportunity, the agent still contacted Ye Yingying in advance. Ye Yingying could only play with Ye Zhiwei for a short while before she had to go back first.

Ye Zhiwei happened to have no classes on Friday, so she booked a sea-view room on Thursday night in order to take Ye Yingying out for fun. The young lady then took Ye Yingying to watch the sunrise over the sea.

He left Jiang Jianian with Ji Shuli in Y City and went straight to the beach with Ye Yingying.

When Ye Zhiwei first messaged Jiang Jianian, she simply mentioned that she was going out with Ye Yingying. Jiang Jianian knew that Ye Zhiwei would usually take Ye Yingying shopping for clothes, accessories, etc. Once, she even bought Ye Yingying a bunch of gold and diamond jewelry so that Ye Yingying could give them as gifts when she met some senior figures in the entertainment industry.

Upon seeing this message, Jiang Jianian assumed that Ye Zhiwei was still taking Ye Yingying to the mall or something, and didn't think too much about it. It wasn't until he returned in the evening that he found only Ji Shuli eating takeout in the villa.

Jiang Jianian looked at Ji Shuli, who was holding a lamb chop and called out to her.

"Where is Ye Zhiwei?"

"Little cousin." Ji Shuli has been terrified of being tricked by Ye Zhiwei lately. He used to enjoy taking care of Ye Zhiwei, but ever since Ye Zhiwei got together with Jiang Jianian, she has gradually become a troublemaker. Now, he is actually quite happy without Ye Zhiwei.

Ji Shuli took a sip of cola while watching the football match before saying, "Ah, didn't she tell you she was going out with Ye Yingying?"

"They've been playing around for so long and still haven't come back."

It seems Xiao Jiang had no idea that the two of them had gone to the beach.

Ji Shuli laughed and said, "The two little girls ran off to the beach. Hey, don't worry, don't worry. My little cousin always has someone with her when she goes out. Instead of worrying about my little cousin, you should worry about those who dare to make a move on her. I've arranged a driver to pick her up and drop her off the whole time."

"So it was you who arranged it?" Jiang Jianian narrowed his eyes.

The more Ji Shuli ate the lamb chops, the more she felt something was off. "No, no, Xiao Jiang, it's just that my little cousin disappeared for a few seconds. You can't even accept that? You two have been dating for so long, shouldn't you have some personal space? Men certainly don't like to be together like women do—"

Ji Shuli stood at the back and gave a dry laugh.

It turns out that Xiao Jiang really does need to see Ye Zhiwei every day. Now that he hears that Ye Zhiwei and Ye Yingying are going to run away for three days, his face has turned quite cold.

"Look at your WeChat Moments, look at your WeChat Moments! Even though your little cousin isn't with you, she's constantly posting photos. Ye Yingying has been following you and taking pictures all the way. These two girls have taken so many photos along the way—"

"What photo?"

"My little cousin's WeChat Moments updates."

Jiang Jianian stared blankly at her phone, then looked up at Ji Shuli a few seconds later, "Why don't I have my phone?"

"How could you not have a phone? Even if my little cousin blocked me, she wouldn't block you." Ji Shuli wiped his hands, took the phone under Jiang Jianian's disapproving gaze, and checked it over and over again.

This guy actually got blocked.

Ji Shuli was puzzled, but soon he saw other photos. These two were young girls, pretty and they were bound to attract attention on a beach vacation. Ye Zhiwei had somehow found a group of boys who looked like they had just finished the college entrance exam and they were playing beach volleyball together. Although Ye Yingying was playing in the video, Ye Zhiwei might still be the one who organized it. No wonder her little cousin always talked about keeping a young man eighteen years younger than her.

Just as Ji Shuli took a deep breath and sensed something was wrong, his phone quickly popped up with a message from his little cousin: "Cousin, Jiang Jianian is such a jealous guy. I was worried he'd get jealous seeing so many photos of me and Yingying, so I blocked some of them from him. Don't let him know."

So he was feeling guilty.

Moreover, this isn't just partially blocking photos; it's clearly blocking Jiang Jianian from seeing his updates and forgetting to pull him out!

Ji Shuli gave a dry laugh, "Well, maybe—"

Jiang Jianian didn't give Ji Shuli a chance to continue making up lies. She slowly took the phone from Ji Shuli's hand, looked at the photos and videos of the two sisters having fun, and the messages sent by Ye Zhiwei, and then smiled and said, "It seems that she really likes younger boys."

This is clearly a case of jealousy that has been stirred up.

Ji Shuli: Little cousin, it was definitely an accident that I tricked you this time.

*

On Monday afternoon, when Ye Zhiwei returned to Y City, Ye Yingying took a plane directly back to S City.

Ye Zhiwei was unaware that blocking Jiang Jianian had backfired spectacularly. Miss Ye had already sent Jiang Jianian a message saying that she had returned.

Jiang Jianian didn't reply for a long time. Puzzled, she asked the driver to move the luggage to the door, then pushed the luggage in, swiped her card, and went inside. The curtains in the villa were all sealed. It wasn't even night yet, but there wasn't a single light in the villa. Ye Zhiwei tried to go in and turn on the light in the dark, but before she could touch the switch, someone suddenly attacked her and pressed her against the wall. She was startled. After realizing that the other person was Jiang Jianian, the young man had already grabbed Ye Zhiwei's hands and started kissing her.

His movements were somewhat rough; he held Ye Zhiwei with great force, and what was called a kiss was more like biting her. He gently bit her lips, then sucked on her collarbone with greater force, even leaving a blush on Ye Zhiwei's fair neck.

Being kissed like that, Ye Zhiwei was a little overwhelmed and breathless, so she clung tightly to Jiang Jianian's collar to keep herself from collapsing to the ground.

This time, the boy didn't help Ye Zhiwei up. Instead, he spoke slowly in her ear in a calm voice, "You seem to be having a lot of fun with high school students who just finished their college entrance exams, Ye Zhiwei."

Ye Zhiwei was shocked; this time, her legs truly went weak. She immediately defended herself, "I didn't, I didn't! You're lying—"

"Would you like to see the video you posted?"

"What video?" Miss Ye, facing imminent death, stubbornly retorted, "Where is there any video? I didn't send any video."