Zhu Qianqian choked and blushed for no apparent reason.
She glared at He Jing fiercely: "Didn't you say you didn't give me the bag? You were just playing me."
He Jing's smile remained unchanged: "What should you say after receiving a red envelope?"
Zhu Qianqian clutched the red envelope tightly, then suddenly lowered her head without any backbone and whispered, "Thank you, cousin."
This obedient appearance is truly unprecedented.
Qian Lizhen felt that He Jing was probably not the Zhu family's nemesis, but their savior. Just look at what happened to the Zhu family after He Jing appeared, aside from the initial hardships—
Zhu Rui has stopped playing games.
Zhu Qianqian has stopped getting plastic surgery.
The siblings are both becoming more sensible than the other, though they're not exactly sensible, but they're much better than before.
Qian Lizhen beamed with joy, turned around and stuffed several more bills into He Jing's red envelope. Then she gave the envelope to He Jing, patted He Jing's hand, and said, "Jingjing, after you finish your college entrance exam next year, your aunt will take you on a trip."
She just said it casually, and He Jing just listened casually.
He Jing replied politely, "Okay, thank you, Auntie."
Then, Qian Lizhen handed out red envelopes to the He brothers one by one.
Leaving the Zhu family was only a morning's work. The He family had no other relatives, so this was the only way to pay New Year's visits. He Yuan suggested that everyone find a scenic spot to take a family photo, and after the New Year, they would have it developed, framed, and hung in the living room.
The He family members naturally agreed, and even went back to hug the dog, since Xixi is now a member of the family and cannot be absent.
Ultimately, the location for taking the family photo was chosen to be a park by the lake.
The park is still lush with greenery in winter, with towering pines and cypresses planted along the roadside, but the lake is frozen over and looks incredibly cold.
As expected, He Jing was placed in the very center, with her parents standing hand in hand next to her. Xiao Guo stood in front of them, and the He brothers circled around them in order of height.
They didn't have a camera, so they could only take pictures with their phones. Fortunately, the phones had a long-range shooting function. After He Sui shouted "One, two, three," a neat "Cheese!" rang out from the lakeside.
He Jing's face was reflected in the desolate yet warm world, bright as a flower. A snow-white petal drifted down from the horizon and gently landed on her hair—
It's snowing.
...
Three years later.
"Okay, keep this angle, cut—"
Inside the noisy film studio, the short, stout director swung down a crumpled script, indicating that this scene could be filmed in one take.
As the woman in her gorgeous ancient costume left the camera's view, seven or eight assistants standing nearby rushed forward, some helping her with her dress, others feeding her water, and still others wiping her sweat.
She took a sip of water, then walked gracefully to the director's side, followed closely by her assistants, and asked, "How did that take go?"
"Very good." The director said without offering any praise. "Keep it up, and our show will be a high-production, high-standard production."
However, the woman did not believe his nonsense and simply said, "Let's see."
So the director asked the crew to replay the footage they had just shot. The woman watched it for a while, then frowned and said, "Again!"
She was not satisfied with her performance, even though the director considered it perfect.
The director was a little embarrassed: "Xiaoyi, you've already acted very well, so don't waste your time. I assure you, even the newly crowned Best Actress can't act as well as you. Besides... our filming schedule is already very slow."
Other dramas are finished in three months, but theirs is only two-thirds complete.
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