“I have kept a record of everything your Wen family has done to me, including how you look now. Don’t feel wronged when the ghost comes to claim your life!”
"You...you!" Jiang Wen trembled with rage, raising her hand to strike Mu Yiran again. "Fine, you want revenge? Try it if you dare! You bastard! You dare threaten me! I even sent you abroad, I should have—"
Wen Qingyu stopped her: "Mom!"
"lady!"
At the same time, Ai Ni, who had been stopped and given instructions by the director, ran towards the door after catching up. She was dressed in a formal outfit and had a chilling aura. Wen Qingyu also saw the director chasing after them. Only then did she realize that the situation was inappropriate, and she pulled Jiang Wen into the car.
"I'll see how you get your revenge! You traitor who's grown up relying on the Wen family!"
"That's enough, Mom! Let's go! There are still people from the production crew here! If they see us, I'm finished!"
The two women were pulling and tugging at each other. Jiang Wen was still cursing Mu Yiran as she got into the car. The Rolls-Royce sped away with a swagger, and a black sedan started up on the other side of the road.
Helian Xin looked out the one-way car window and saw that the woman had her back straight the whole time. Even though she was shrouded in the night, she could not hide her alluring arrogance.
They look exactly alike! This Mu Yiran... is the same Mu Yiran from back then!
Helian Xin tightened her grip on the documents, exhaling as she looked at the crumpled, almost blank pages. "You've photographed them all, haven't you?"
“Yes,” said a man wearing a hat sitting in the front.
"Send it out, be quick about it." Mai handed the other person a paper bag, and the other person nodded and quietly got out of the car and left.
"Is this Wen Qingyu from the Wen family reliable?" Helian Xin glanced at the sample image sent by the other party's studio.
Mai: "Don't worry, although she's not exactly clean herself, with Qi Qiulin as her backer, she'll definitely help us take first place. We want both the headline and the number one spot!"
Helian Xin didn't say anything more.
If she hadn't come along, she wouldn't even have known that Mu Yiran had this connection with the Wen family, and Mu Yiran seemed particularly interested in Qi Qiulin. Why was that...?
She hasn't found enough! She needs to find even more!
Having finally climbed to this height, Helian Xin will no longer hesitate like before, and will never let anyone stand in her way again!
…
The redness and swelling on Mu Yiran's face wasn't very large, but it was still quite noticeable. Ai Ni was frantic and wanted to drag Mu Yiran to the hospital again, but Mu Yiran was too tired and just wanted to go home. Ai Ni couldn't persuade her otherwise, so she could only drive the car and tell Mu Yiran not to wander around and to wait for her where she was.
Mu Yiran nodded calmly in agreement, then turned and ran away.
After the taxi had driven several hundred meters, she remembered that there was a patient at the hospital and wondered why the car had taken so long to arrive.
Based on her experience, she was most likely lost in the underground parking lot.
She sent messages to Ai Ni and Candice, and there were also some missed call notifications in the messages, some from Guan Shiyan and some from Ai Ni. She didn't read them. Just as she was about to press the power button, Shi Youxi called.
Mu Yiran glanced at the time; it was past nine o'clock in the evening. Shi Youxi had only called after she had been out all afternoon.
She stared at the puppy icon on the caller ID, her eyes suddenly welling up with tears. Unexpected and belated emotions surged up. Mu Yiran pursed her lips and wiped away her tears, accidentally rubbing them against the injury on her face. She was both angry and in pain, so she immediately turned off her phone!
Now it's finally completely peaceful.
…
Nanshan Cemetery.
Mu Yiran followed the location upwards. The cemetery was gloomy and drizzling, except for a dim light shining high up, which allowed Mu Yiran to find her place at a glance.
Like a ghost in the dark finally finding its home in the afterlife.
Mu Yiran stood in front of the joint burial monument, with two glowing diamond castles on either side rotating.
The dazzling light and shadow found a point of projection, shining inch by inch onto Mu Yiran's face.
She smiled and, as always, said to the middle-aged man and woman in the photo:
"Yes, I'm here again."
Mu Yiran blinked, her smile widening:
"...Ranran misses her mom and dad."
She seemed to have lost all her strength and slowly sat down in front of the tombstone.
She had specifically instructed the tomb keeper that the Diamond Castle was well-preserved. Mu Yiran found the switch and pressed it. The small castle, built of glass and solid wood, slowly opened its door, and two exquisite little figures came out, a man and a woman smiling and holding the hand of a little girl.
At the same time, voices that only appeared in dreams intertwined, a gentle female voice and a refined and clear male voice singing softly, over and over again.
Happy birthday, Ranran! Happy birthday, Ranran! Happy birthday, Ranran!
Happy 10th birthday, Ranran!
"Oh dear, this time doesn't seem to work. You're singing off-key!" Compared to her gentle singing voice, the woman's voice was filled with reproach and disdain. "We've recorded so many takes, how come you still can't sing it correctly!"
"You're about to become mayor and you're still singing 'Happy Birthday' off-key! Aren't you ashamed of yourself?!"
The man's voice then appeared, with a light laugh, "It's not shameful. I'm only singing for you and Ranran. It's enough that you think it's shameful."
“…”
"Mu Yu! If your daughter hears this, she might not want you as her father anymore!"
"I won't say no. Ranran likes you first, me second, and being together third."
Mu Yiran listened and laughed, agreeing, "Yes, I won't refuse. Ranran loves it when we're together."
The rain pelted her face, running down to the corners of her mouth, salty, wet, and hot.
October rainy nights are cold.
Mu Yiran sat in front of the tombstone, listening to the recording over and over again. The ghost dwelled in damp and cold places, but she felt at peace.
Mu Yiran cried and then laughed, laughed and then cried again. She wiped her face, paused the recording, and took out a few scattered photos from under the castle's base.
Those were all snapshots taken by Ms. Wen on Mu Yiran's birthday each year. She had a habit of writing all her blessings for Mu Yiran on the back of the photos taken on that day.
Ms. Wen was always too embarrassed to tell her daughter and husband about these little thoughts, for fear of being called pretentious. But she didn't know that her husband already knew and would secretly write them down with her.
Today is my darling Ranran's birthday! She looks so pretty in the little dress I made! She's definitely my little one! She's so beautiful!
(Different handwriting) Yes, yes, it's still my wife's day of suffering. My wife, you've worked so hard. You look beautiful in the dress I bought you. You're truly my wife! You're so beautiful!
Mu Yiran smiled and replied to the man and woman in the photo, "You're wearing a beautiful dress this year too. As expected of your parents' daughter, you've always been beautiful!"
Ranran wanted a Barbie princess diamond castle to blow out the candles. Sigh, how pathetic! I blew out candles even though it's not my birthday. I hope Ranran can make a good friend soon. She was bullied by older students again the day before yesterday. My darling is great in every way, except she doesn't have many friends! What will she do if she gets bullied without her parents? I hope Ranran will have a boyfriend or girlfriend in the new year!
My wife wants Ranran to have a boyfriend? No way! Girlfriends are fine, but boyfriends are unnecessary. Besides, wasn't she bullied by older students the other day? It was mutual bullying!
Ranran, don't worry, Mom and Dad will always be here. No one will bully you, no one can bully Ranran.
No matter what, there will always be someone to protect and love Ranran. We hope Ranran will continue to be happy every day in the new year.
“…”
The photo shows Mu Yiran making a wish with her eyes closed, and Wen Qie and Mu Yu secretly making heart and peace signs while she was looking at her with her eyes closed.
All three were laughing, except for 23-year-old Mu Yiran, who was crying.
Looking at the man's strong handwriting, she suddenly felt very wronged.
"But he's not here..."
"You're not here..."
"...Mom and Dad lied."
She burst into tears.
Mu Yiran rarely comes here and never brings offerings. She keeps everything in the Mu family home, without changing a single thing, as if this way she can always immerse herself in the home she has woven.
She could lie to herself that her parents weren't actually away; they had just happened to be going to work or grocery shopping.
They had been living together in the same household for a long time.
But a fake is a fake.
This house is fake.
It was a lie that her parents promised not to leave her, and it was a lie that no one would bully her.
"You're not here...they're all..."
"They all bully me..."
Mu Yiran recalled Jiang Wen's words, "You vengeful devil," and the agonizing pain made her lie prone on the ground, her once straight spine bending with the slightest twist.
Mu Yiran kept complaining. It turned out that she wasn't as strong as she thought. She still felt wronged and hated herself for losing her parents. She had always been so cowardly that she didn't even have the slightest courage to face reality.
The unchanging love had been sealed away at the moment her parents passed away. Who else could protect her forever, let alone love her forever?
The souls buried in the earth sing mournfully in the wind; where can the creatures struggling to survive in this world pray?
Looking at the dazzling lights of the Diamond Castle, she thought, if she couldn't keep dreaming, she would go to a world where there are only dreams. She was willing to sink into the bliss of dreams.
until--
"—Mu Yiran!"
"Mu Yiran!"
“…”
Mu Yiran, her nose still running, looked up in a daze and saw Shi Youxi's face suddenly appear through the illusory light cast by her tears.
The man was soaking wet, wearing a pink shirt and white trousers, and he shone brighter than a diamond castle in the darkness.
Liang looks like Barbie has transformed.
It was so bright it could wake someone trapped in a dream.
It wasn't until Shi Youxi ran up to her that Mu Yiran suddenly realized she couldn't go to the other side of the dream, because she had forgotten that there was a man who seemed to be pulling her back all the time.
Always, every time, countless times.
…
…
My daughter often has bad thoughts, but she always manages to put them off for a while for various reasons. Sometimes it's Mu Mu's phone call, sometimes it's her supervisor's phone call, sometimes it's her thesis failing the review and she gets called, and so on... But things are different now. She has fewer reasons, and there's only one: when the puppy comes, our daughter's strong one is here!
The daughter felt a lot of love, but it wasn't much. She learned to love the puppy like her parents did. If the daughter continued to give in to the male lead's every whim, it wouldn't be love. When the daughter started to get angry with the puppy, I think that's when true love appeared... Looking at it this way, even their future arguments will be sweet!
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