Su Yun has been looking for a job recently. Her mother's first round of chemotherapy is about to end, and the money in the card will not last long.

However, in the entire Li City, from theater performance halls to design institutes, all qualified companies and institutions tacitly rejected her.

Su Yun understood that it was all Sheng Huai's intention.

She simply went to places he would never expect to go, such as bars, wedding companies, and small performance troupes.

Su Yun is extremely beautiful, has good dancing skills, and is very proficient in piano playing, so after every performance, those businesses will make arrangements with her for the next cooperation opportunity.

Each performance lasts about 5 hours, and the remuneration ranges from 200 to 500 yuan. It's okay if the work location is in the city, but if it is an outdoor performance in the suburbs, she often has to get up before dawn to take the bus, and then find a bathroom to change into performance clothes when she arrives at the venue.

Sometimes the performance costumes provided by the merchants were very revealing, exposing large areas of her porcelain-like skin, which attracted some malicious gazes. She gritted her teeth and pretended not to see them, her fingertips playing the piano syllable by syllable for the time.

Life is hard and plain, but life is extremely free.

Occasionally, when she saw Sheng Huai on TV or in the news, being interviewed or presiding over a meeting in a neat suit, she felt nothing at all.

I used to like watching him being so noble and extraordinary in front of others like a little fan girl, and then secretly feel happy for a long time that I was his wife.

Thinking about it now, it really seems like a dream.

But now that she has woken up from the dream, the stinging reality reminds Su Yun that she must not indulge in fantasy.

The only one she can rely on is... herself.

…

The hospital corridor was much quieter in the evening. The pale overhead light shone on my face, so bright that I couldn't open my eyes.

After chemotherapy, the side effects quickly came overwhelmingly. My mother began to suffer from insomnia and her hair fell out in clumps, but she was always cheerful in front of her daughter and husband.

After her mother took the painkillers and fell asleep, Su Yun sat at the door of the ward, holding an open can of beer in her hand. She never drank alcohol.

But now I drink some.

A tall and graceful figure approached the corridor and stood in front of her for a long time without moving.

The moon outside the window slowly turned on its light.

"Doctor Lin, when did you come?"

Su Yun turned around, his eyes fell on the beer that he spilled when he stood up, feeling a little uneasy.

Lin An looked at her under the pale light with gentle eyes.

"Miss Su." Lin An knelt down, picked up the beer can on the ground, took out a plaid handkerchief from his white coat, and wiped the water stains on the ground bit by bit.

"Do you like drinking?"

Su Yun pursed her lips and reached out to take the beer can in his hand.

Their fingertips touched, they looked at each other, and she quickly retracted her hand.

After a moment of silence, Su Yun raised her head again, looked into Lin An's eyes, and explained softly: "I'm sorry, Doctor Lin, I just can't...sleep."

Lin An didn't move for a long time, just stood there quietly facing her gaze.

This woman who once only appeared in the news is now standing quietly in a white long dress, and has lost a lot of weight.

Her beautiful eyes were covered with a thick layer of mist even when she smiled.

His heart tightened a little: "Miss Su, if... you need help, I can help you."

Su Yun smiled at him and put the long hair hanging between her eyebrows behind her ears: "Thank you, Dr. Lin, but I want to work hard on myself. In the past, I always lived in..."

She paused, her voice a little hoarse: "Living in the eyes of others, I have compromised on many things that should not have been compromised, but now I want to go out and give it a try."

Lin An stood beside her, his eyes gentle, watching her every word, and did not speak again for a long time.

…

After handing in the class with her father, Su Yun hurried to a small drama crew to work as a part-time extra, playing the role of a dance teacher whose husband had an affair.

Oh, life is really like a TV drama.

When the crew finished work, there were no people in the bustling and luxurious commercial street. The huge electronic screen in the mall was scrolling, playing the gossip news.

Sheng Huai's romantic scandal.

On the screen, he was still as handsome and tall as ever, but his face didn't look very good.

Jiang Zhi leaned against him delicately, her voice gentle and sweet: "I've been rehearsing a new dance recently, and I hope to bring you better works in the future."

"Mr. Sheng..."

Jiang Zhi glanced at the man next to her and smiled charmingly: "Mr. Sheng has helped me a lot. He is someone I care about very much."

“Without him, I don’t know what I would do.”

After saying this, she felt a little guilty. After all, she had told too many lies in front of Sheng Huai, one covering another, like a beach swept by the tide, which would sooner or later be revealed in the wind and waves.

But she didn't care, at least not yet.

Wait until Sheng Huai divorces that woman, and then find a way to marry him. Even if the truth is discovered, it won’t matter anymore.

Su Yun stood at the intersection, staring at the screen for a long time, until the night breeze passed through her heart and she came back to her senses.

She walked slowly alone on the sidewalk lined with sycamore trees, her long hair flying in the wind.

…

The backstage of the newly opened shopping mall.

Su Yun stood in front of the floor-length mirror, looking at the large area of ​​her naked chest in the mirror, and her throat felt a little sore.

After standing for a while, she carefully reapplied her lipstick and went on stage with a smiling face.

The cheerful rhythm of "Dedicated to Alice" quickly flowed through the mall like water. Su Yun sat on the piano stool with her long hair tied up, her fingertips skillfully jumping on the keys.

Mrs. Sheng had a gloomy face in the crowd.

Although she didn't like this cold and taciturn daughter-in-law, she hated Jiang Zhi in the news even more, who seemed weak but was actually scheming.

When women look at other women, they always see clearly.

After the song ended, Su Yun stood up and nodded slightly towards the audience, her eyes fixed on the crowd for a few seconds.

After the performance, she changed into her own clothes and left the mall. A Maybach had been waiting for her at the intersection for a long time.

In the car, Mrs. Sheng's face was gloomy and her voice was as sharp and piercing as ever.

"Su Yun! Look at what you look like now?"

"Who allowed you to dress like that and show up in a place like this to embarrass the Sheng family?"

Her face was full of disgust, her eyes fell on the pilling coat, and her tone became even colder: "What kind of mess are you wearing? Move it back within three days!"

Mrs. Sheng had a dark face and said a lot. Although she was Sheng Huai's stepmother and had no feelings for this stepson, Su Yun's personality was cold, docile and easy to control. She was satisfied with such a daughter-in-law.

Su Yun lowered her eyes and listened to her quietly, a faint smile on her lips, her voice as indifferent as ever.

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with what I wear.”

"As for Sheng Huai, we are already getting divorced."

Madam Sheng paused. This was the first time Su Yun contradicted her.

She was a little bit unconvinced.

"Divorce? ...Just because of that little goblin on the news?"

"Su Yun, are you crazy? You want to divorce me in this situation..."

She frowned and glanced at the entrance of the mall with disdain before continuing, "It's such a rotten place to play the piano and dance."

A gust of cold wind blew into the car. Su Yun lowered her head and buttoned her coat carefully, meeting Mrs. Sheng's gaze with a calm look.

"Yes, I want to divorce Sheng Huai, so I'll have to trouble you to be more gracious and not embarrass me in the future."

She decided to just make her position clear.

Without waiting for Mrs. Sheng's reaction, he continued speaking without hesitation.

"I thought you would be the happiest when Sheng Huai and I divorced."