Chapter 41 Chapter 41 Memories
Chapter 41
The twelve-tatami-mat private room was filled with the faint aroma of incense. On the black low table with a curly cloud pattern were three or four dishes such as grilled eel, beef tongue, and tempura.
Luna picked up a gift bag from the tatami next to her.
"Here, this is a belated birthday present for you. Happy belated birthday to you."
On Ruan Yan's birthday, her schedule coincided with Luna's commercial shoot. She was out of town and didn't have time to come back, so she specially chose that day to treat her to a meal.
"Thank you, my Na!" Ruan Yan opened the gift, a Tiffany necklace and a bottle of perfume.
Luna: "Didn't you say last time that I smelled amazing? I brought you some this time too. It's a limited edition."
Ruan Yan was so surprised that her eyes were filled with tears. Is there anything more touching than an idol remembering one's words?
No!
At this moment, she is the happiest and most joyful fan baby in the world!
The walnut door slowly opened, and the waiter came in, put down the sashimi platter, and then left.
Although she managed her facial expressions well, Luna still noticed her giving her strange glances a few times.
Luna looked unhappy. She just picked up a sweet shrimp and lost interest before putting it in her mouth.
Ruan Yan knew what she was worried about.
Just now on the way here, she was bored and browsed Weibo. As soon as she opened it, she saw two trending searches with the word "explosive" floating around:
Xie Zihao and Luna sweetly hold hands on the street late at night.
Luna’s secret love affair exposed?
Ruan Yan was stunned for a moment, then clicked on it and saw a few animated pictures.
In the blurry picture, there is a tall shadow, followed by a girl in a baseball cap.
There were a few moments where Luna's face was clearly revealed.
Originally, this kind of gossip that was based on hearsay and seemed true or false would just be read into and passed over. Apart from fans and haters of the rival team, no one would pay much attention to it.
After a few days, the heat will subside and it will be as if nothing happened.
But the identity of this rumored person is somewhat special.
Xie Zihao is a member of a boy group. He has been in the industry for quite some time, but has never been very popular. Some time ago, he participated in a super popular puzzle variety show, and his popularity skyrocketed because of his strong CP feeling with a female guest on the show.
In addition to him, another teammate in the same group has transformed into filming idol dramas in recent years, and has released two hits in succession, and his popularity has remained high.
There has been a lot of fighting among the fans of the two recently.
The most famous ancient costume drama in which his teammate played the male lead was a collaboration with Luna.
This couple has been popular both in the drama and in real life, and their fans are still crazy about them.
Now that Luna and Xie Zihao's relationship gossip has come out, it has abruptly torn apart two popular couples. Moreover, Luna's two rumored male protagonists are teammates who are the subject of a heated feud among fans...
This is so complicated, it's a complete mess of CPs.
The fan circle exploded. CP fans, pure fans, black fans, several waves of people instantly rushed into the battlefield and started a fierce battle. Didn’t it become a hot search?
Ruan Yan didn't even dare to click on the comments below to take a closer look. She just took a quick glance and closed it.
Even she felt heartbroken, let alone Luna, the person involved.
When she arrived at the restaurant, she saw Luna looking nonchalant and thought she didn't care about it, so she didn't bring it up.
Now it seems that she has actually been holding back her emotions since just now.
"Luna, are you in a bad mood because of the hot search?" Ruan Yan asked cautiously.
Luna put down her chopsticks and said, "I should have guessed that something was wrong with the dinner party that night. They didn't leave earlier or later, but had to choose that time because they had something urgent to do."
Ruan Yan: "So Xie Zihao deliberately hired someone to take the photo?"
"I don't know. My mind is a mess right now and I don't know anything." Luna scratched her hair irritably.
"What did the bear say?" Ruan Yan asked.
Goubiong is the nickname of Luna's agent. Because his name sounds like "Goubiong", fans have been calling him that for a long time.
"What else can I say? Just tell me not to go online right now, not to make any impulsive comments, and to wait until he has dealt with everything." After answering his call, countless more calls came in, so Luna simply turned off her phone.
Ruan Yan comforted her: "Don't worry, just leave this to Gou Xiong. Although he usually acts a lot, his professional ability is still okay. Anyway, you and Xie Zihao are not real, so let Gou Xiong post it when the time comes..."
When she said this, she noticed that Luna's eyes flickered.
"No way, Luna," Ruan Yan was surprised, "Are you really with him?"
Luna said listlessly: "It's just the ambiguous stage. Apart from holding hands, nothing happened. We are usually very careful when we go out. We hardly go out alone because we are worried about being photographed."
Ruan Yan suddenly thought that Xie Zihao seemed to be in the same company as Jiang Wenlin.
She told Luna about this thought: "Could it be Jiang Wenlin's doing again?"
"I don't think so." Luna's reaction to Jiang Wenlin was quite calm.
Ruan Yan's attitude was the opposite of hers: "Of course not! She and her team love doing this kind of thing all the time. They're like rats in the gutter, they're habitual offenders!"
Luna shook her head. "I've dealt with them a few times. They just look arrogant and have good words, but I've never seen them do any real harm to anyone."
Besides, there hasn't been any overlapping resources between her and Jiang Wenlin recently, so it shouldn't be the case.
Seeing Ruan Yan's agitated attitude, she couldn't help but laugh. "Why are you so upset for me? This world is complicated, but it's also simple. I've run into her a few times on different occasions, and we're not that incompatible. At least on the surface, we get along. In a sense, we're just tools."
Even though Luna has made a name for herself in the entertainment industry, she still cannot escape being a pawn in the capital game.
Jiang Wenlin is, and so is she.
Since we are all tools, we just have to act together. After work, when we take off our costumes, who would really express real emotions?
Although Luna was obviously speaking for Jiang Wenlin, Ruan Yan still had no good impression of Jiang Wenlin.
Coming out of the Japanese restaurant, Luna, who was tightly wrapped in sunglasses and a mask, hooked her arm around Ruan Yan and said, "I don't want to stay home. Come on, have a drink with me."
Ruan Yan: "Didn't the bear tell you to stay home and not go out?"
"I don't care about him. Are you trying to drive me crazy by leaving me alone at this time?" Luna snorted and glanced at her. "Will you accompany me?"
Ruan Yan straightened her chest and said, "Of course. I'll accompany you wherever you want, no matter the danger!"
Luna had chosen the bar. The deafening music, the bustling voices, and waves of heat surrounded them.
In such a lively atmosphere, people can completely disappear into the world.
So Luna likes bars. Here, she no longer has to wrap herself up tightly and pay attention to her words and actions at all times. She can mingle with the crowd openly and let herself go.
There are lights flickering everywhere, ambiguous and gorgeous.
The more explosive the music played by the DJ on the stage, the more excited Luna drank.
"Let's dance together!" Luna shouted.
Ruan Yan was a little resistant at first, but was pulled and coaxed into the dance floor by Luna.
Amidst the chaotic beats and noisy footsteps, she actually slowly began to find it quite interesting.
The beam of light above her head fell on her, and her emotions seemed to be ignited all at once.
Following the explosive music and drum beats, Luna pulled her arm, faced her, and shouted with a smile: "Are you happy or not——"
The colorful light shone on Luna's face, making her look like an extremely gorgeous elf.
"Happy—" Ruan Yan also shouted with her, "I'm happy no matter what when I'm with you!"
They danced hand in hand, and the bizarre lights of the rotating light balls cut out a misty, unreal and distorted world.
Ruan Yan seemed to see Luna three years ago, squinting her eyes and smiling innocently under the scorching sun.
That year, the fashion magazine "NUM" used "City Stories" as its series theme, introducing the unique traditional culture of various regions. It went deep into many places in D City to collect materials for promotional videos, one of which was Beishui County.
Beishui County is a small city located at the junction of the north and south of the country. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has pleasant scenery. However, due to its remote geographical location, high mountains and dangerous roads, transportation is not very convenient and not many people know about it.
So when the magazine arrived with celebrity artists and a group of glamorous staff, it alarmed the entire village.
The theme of this issue is "Mountain Songs".
The artists who came to shoot included Luna, who had just become popular at the time, and Jiang Wenlin, who was still a little-known figure.
And at that time, she was not yet the Ruan Yan of today.
I'm not interested in the entertainment industry or celebrities at all.
The filming period of "NUM" here was only two days, and the schedule was very tight.
Every step of the process must be arranged clearly and there must be no slackness.
So almost all the staff were anxious and tense.
Originally, she had no intention of going with the group to watch the fun, but Little Chengzi from Aunt Dou's family next door was selected by the director team, so in order to cheer up the timid Little Chengzi, she went along as well.
She was not very good at folk songs, but the director saw that she was pretty, so he put her in the middle of the team.
Everyone put their hair up with hairpins, painted their faces with colorful tattoos, wore local traditional costumes, stood in front of the camera, and followed the instructions nervously and anxiously.
Since it was their first time and they had no experience at all, and since they were filming a program, they made several mistakes in a single shot and couldn't finish it even after a long time.
It was almost noon, so the director asked everyone to take a break and continue in the afternoon.
The staff simply packed up their equipment and went to have lunch one after another.
The ground was littered with their empty mineral water bottles.
She and Xiaochengzi picked them up one by one and filled a plastic bag.
"These can be sold for a lot of money!" Little Orange said happily.
She shook the overflowing bag and said, "Yes."
Little Orange looked down and suddenly saw a pink rectangular object on the ground. He picked it up and asked, "What is this?"
Ruan Yan took a look and saw that it was a mobile phone with a pink case.
"It's a cell phone. Someone from the production crew might have accidentally dropped it here."
Little Orange exclaimed, "It's such an important thing, they must be very anxious now. Sister, let's return it quickly!"
"Okay," she took Little Orange's hand, "I'll take you to find them."
As they were about to leave, they saw two people walking towards them from a distance.
It was Jiang Wenlin and her assistant.
They look like they are looking for something.
Little Orange looked at her and walked towards them.
"Sister, you are..."
"Ah, I found it! My phone is in this kid's hands!" Little Orange was interrupted by Jiang Wenlin before she could finish her words. She snatched the phone away and said, "How could you steal my things, kid?!"
Seeing the elder sister who had just smiled brightly and gently in front of the camera, suddenly changed into a different person, Xiao Chengzi was frightened and stammered in panic: "I...no...I didn't steal..."
"What do you mean it's not? Then why is my phone with you? If you didn't steal it, who did?" Jiang Wenlin shouted arrogantly.
Ruan Yan stepped forward and blocked Xiao Chengzi behind her. "Xiao Chengzi found the phone and was just about to return it to you. You're indiscriminately accusing a child like this. Isn't that too much?"
The assistant next to him snorted disdainfully, "You said you picked it up, so it was picked up? Who can prove it? You're all in the same group, so of course you're speaking for her!"
As he spoke, he glanced at the bag of empty bottles they were carrying with disgust and said, "If we hadn't found you in time, you would have sold your cell phones along with this garbage for money, right?"
Ruan Yan was furious and said, "Celebrities are so great, but they can't just spit shit at people. Are they so arrogant and look down on others?"
"Who are you calling a dog? You are the shit..."
"I'll testify for them."
A clear female voice coming from behind broke their quarrel.
Luna, wearing a white dress, stepped forward and glanced at the furious Jiang Wenlin. "I was on the phone over there just now. My assistant and I saw it. This little girl did pick up your phone from the ground."
Seeing Luna suddenly appear, Jiang Wenlin's arrogance suddenly weakened a bit. The assistant next to her seemed to want to say something, but was suppressed by her.
"Is that so?" Jiang Wenlin calmly said, her temper subdued. "We'd been searching for the phone for a long time, getting really anxious. Suddenly, we saw this kid with it, so naturally we thought she'd stolen it. But if that's not the case, then forget it."
"What do you mean, forget it then?" Ruan Yan let go of Xiao Chengzi's hand and stopped the two people who were about to leave. "You wronged someone, and now you want to leave?"
Jiang Wenlin frowned: "What are you doing? Are you still trying to blackmail us? I knew it, haha, how much do you want?"
"Apologize to Xiaochengzi!" Ruan Yan said word by word.
Jiang Wenlin snorted and laughed, "Why should I apologize? I said it was a misunderstanding, what else do you want? You're picking up trash here, and I subconsciously mistook you for thieves. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"Jiang Wenlin, no matter what, she's still a child. Don't you two adults feel ashamed of bullying a child like this?" Luna suddenly spoke up. "If the little girl gets upset and throws a tantrum and refuses to film, the director will have to find someone on short notice. We already don't have enough time to catch up, and if you keep delaying it, can you afford the loss?"
As she spoke, Luna looked in Ruan Yan's direction and winked.
She understood instantly and took Xiao Chengzi's hand again: "Let's go and ask the director team for justice!"
Jiang Wenlin was slightly stunned, perhaps realizing that she was still a nobody with no status. Then she thought that if she brought the matter to the director team, Luna would definitely not speak for her, and she would be the one who suffered.
After weighing the pros and cons, Jiang Wenlin reluctantly lowered her head and apologized to Xiao Chengzi reluctantly.
Finally, he left in disgrace.
Little Orange finally raised his head, which had been lowered for a while.
Ruan Yan gently pushed Xiao Chengzi, whose eyes were still moist, and said, "Hurry up and thank this sister."
Little Orange took a small step forward timidly and said to Luna, "Thank you, sister... Thank you, beautiful sister."
Luna half-knelt down, looking at her at eye level, and smiled: "Thank you for calling me beautiful."
After saying that, he gently rubbed Little Orange's head.
The bright white sunlight from above poured down, shining on Luna's face with a few freckles.
Ruan Yan remembered that brilliant and innocent smile for a long time.
Until now, it is still as clear as yesterday.
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As the DJ pushed the exciting music to a climax, the colorful balls in the center of the dance floor suddenly exploded, scattering gold foil fragments all over the floor, and everyone's emotions reached their peak.
Ruan Yan didn't know how long she danced that night. Anyway, when she got tired, she went to drink, and when she got drunk, she continued to dance on the dance floor with Luna.
Anyway, in the dim light, no one can see each other clearly, so no one will know how badly she dances.
Ruan Yan: "If we keep drinking like this, will we get drunk?"
Luna: "No, I can drink a lot."
Ruan Yan: "I think I can drink quite well."
Luna: "Let's go and keep dancing!"
An hour later, a handsome man in a matte black suit stood here abruptly, with an awe-inspiring righteousness that was completely different from his surroundings.
The two people at the table were already drunk and counting the peanuts on their plates with their heads touching.
"Eight, nine, ten, twenty, thirty..."
"Oh no, no, you counted wrong. It was nine, ten, eleven, thirteen, ten...how many was it?"
Lu Peishi: “…”
He was working overtime at the company when he suddenly received a call from Luna, with Ruan Yan's voice faintly heard beside him.
"Shhhhh, don't say anything first, scare him."
"So what should we pretend to be? Should we pretend to be ghosts?"
"Oh, he definitely won't believe it. It's too childish... How about we pretend to be aliens?"
"Okay, okay, how can I pretend to be more like you?"
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Author's words: This chapter recalls why Ruan Yan became a fan of Luna, and it is also a crucial chapter~
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