In contrast to Gu Weiwei's joy and celebration, the crew of Ling Yan's "Eternal Dream 2" was shrouded in gloom and despair.
As soon as the awards ceremony at the Locarno Film Festival ended, Ling Yan returned to her hotel and was so angry that she couldn't eat anything all day.
Back in Country A, she found a chorus of voices online questioning her acting skills, as well as news that "Half-Awake" had broken the single-day box office record of "Eternal Dream 2".
She didn't understand where she was inferior to Mu Weiwei, so when she returned to Country A, she asked her agent to arrange a screening of the movie "Half-Awake" in the middle of the night so she could see it in person.
She wanted to see what kind of movie Mu Weiwei had made that had ruined her reputation so badly.
After she finished her daytime promotional work, her agent booked a late-night screening of "Half-Awake" at a rather inconspicuous cinema.
Ling Yan disguised herself before entering the movie theater with her manager.
Because she didn't want to be recognized, her agent arranged for the entire venue to be reserved for her and her friend, with only the two of them in the audience.
When she saw the scene in the movie where a murder was committed and a heart was transplanted, she felt a chill rise from the bottom of her heart.
Although the murder in the movie was a car accident, the organ transplant was performed because the victim was brain dead.
Is this really just a coincidence?
Heart transplant was a coincidence, murder was a coincidence, brain death... was it also a coincidence?
Mu Weiwei, who exactly are you?
This movie is clearly... clearly alluding to the affair between her and Gu Weiwei, but apart from her and her mother Ji Fang, no one else knew about it.
Even the Dorrance family, after months of secret investigation, couldn't find a single clue.
How could Mu Weiwei possibly say that? But if it was a coincidence, it was too much of a coincidence.
The actress's expression when she was murdered was...it was exactly the same as when Gu Weiwei died at her hands.
"Ling Yan, what's wrong?" Her manager noticed her breathing was trembling and asked with concern.
It took Ling Yan a long time to calm herself down.
"It's okay, I'm fine. Let's not watch anymore, let's go back..."
She stood up as she spoke, but her legs went weak after taking only one step.
Fortunately, her agent caught her in time, preventing her from falling.
With great difficulty, her agent helped her into the car and handed her a bottle of water.
"It's undeniable that Mu Weiwei's movie is indeed good, but you don't need to put so much pressure on yourself."
Ling Yan completely ignored her manager's words, her mind involuntarily replaying the scene of murder and brain death she had just seen in the movie theater, muttering to herself as if possessed.
"No, she couldn't possibly know, she absolutely couldn't know..."
The agent, hearing her rambling statement, pressed for an explanation.
"What does she know?"
Ling Yan came to her senses, but her hand holding the water was still trembling uncontrollably.
For others, those scenes in the movie were just part of the plot, but for her, it was like seeing Gu Weiwei come back.
Although she knew perfectly well that her heart had been transplanted into her, and that her body was still lying in that cold coffin in the basement of the Gu family's old house.
However, Mu Weiwei's movie made her feel that Gu Weiwei had returned.
It wasn't her body that returned, but her ghost, which lingered around her, ready to take her life at any moment.
"Ling Yan, what's wrong? You look so pale." Her manager asked, puzzled.
Halfway through the movie, she felt like she'd seen a ghost and wanted to leave. Even after being back in her car for a while, she was still like a lost soul.
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