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They are indeed husband and wife, so they should trust each other.
"What do you mean by talking nonsense?" Zhou Ji'an asked, holding his phone.
The person on the other end of the phone seemed to chuckle softly, but Zhou Ji'an was too nervous to be sure and simply waited quietly for his reply.
“Everything those who want to break us up is nonsense,” Deng Yi replied.
Zhou Ji'an thought that Lu Jianni was just saying that Deng Yi was not suitable for her, and did not really mean to break her up with Deng Yi.
Moreover, the word "break up" seems more suitable for stories of ill-fated lovers.
She and Deng Yi were hardly a pair of star-crossed lovers.
However, Deng Yi's words still sounded like a pre-recorded script, so Zhou Ji'an became suspicious and asked, "Are you still recording the show?"
"Yes, now it's free time. We can talk for as long as we want."
He seemed afraid she would hang up because he was still recording a show, so he spoke very quickly.
Zhou Ji'an felt conflicted. At that moment, Lu Jianni got up and walked to the side in front of her, standing there and looking at her.
Unable to withstand Lu Jianni's urging gaze, she looked down at the pattern on the carpet.
Lu Jianni raised her voice and said, "I'm going to take a shower."
Her unusual explanation startled Zhou Ji'an.
Zhou Ji'an looked at her in confusion, then slowly nodded and replied, "Mm."
Lu Jianni's exasperated sigh landed on Zhou Ji'an's head, and only then did Zhou Ji'an realize that she had done it on purpose.
Deng Yi on the other end of the phone suddenly laughed out loud, "Why are you being so obedient all of a sudden?"
Zhou Ji'an felt embarrassed at the thought that his words would be filmed, so he covered his face and mumbled, "I was talking to Lu Jianni."
Deng Yi said, "Oh, so I was just being presumptuous."
His voice betrayed his disappointment.
Zhou Ji'an's heart softened, and he said pathetically, "I didn't say I was going to hang up."
Deng Yi smiled, and then someone pushed the door open and came in to ask him if he wanted something to eat.
"No need, I'll chat with my wife for a while," Deng Yi said politely, shaking his head. "You guys eat."
"Could you please stop calling me 'my wife' all the time?" Zhou Ji'an always felt that his way of addressing her was a bit too deliberate, making her uncomfortable.
"What else should I call her?" Deng Yi asked. "My wife, my love?"
He became increasingly exaggerated, and Zhou Ji'an said anxiously, "Don't you think that talking like this is very inconsistent with your image?"
Deng Yi said, "I am a married man now, what is it that doesn't fit my image?"
Zhou Ji'an couldn't argue with him at all, so he said, "I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm going to sleep."
Deng Yi took his phone away and glanced at the time. "No, it's still more than an hour before it's your bedtime. I want to video chat with you; I want to see you."
"Do you know that everything you say is being recorded?" Zhou Ji'an's ear, pressed against the phone, was burning hot like scarlet charcoal.
“I want to see you,” Deng Yi repeated.
His words, "I want to see you," gave Zhou Ji'an the courage to ask the question that had been on his mind: "Am I the prototype for the female lead in your first film as a director?"
He was so eager to see her, he must have had some feelings for her.
At least I don't dislike her, right?
So he probably wouldn't lie to her.
Deng Yi said with a smile, "After that movie was released, I was waiting for you to call and question me, and it's only now that I've finally received your call."
The ease, even pleasure, he admitted left Zhou Ji'an momentarily at a loss for how to react.
Angry? Angry that she used her as material? But there doesn't seem to be anything to be angry about, after all, the kindness he showed her in the past was real.
Happy? Because he always remembered her, even documenting her story in a film?
After much deliberation, Zhou Ji'an decided to strike while the iron was hot, "You asked me to have a fake marriage so you could gather new material?"
The voice on the other end of the phone disappeared for about a minute.
Zhou Ji'an could only desperately try to hear the faint breathing sounds coming from the receiver in order to judge the other person's emotions.
Deng Yiqing said clearly, "I'm marrying you because I want to live with you and I want to see you every day."
"Don't you get tired of seeing this every day?" Zhou Ji'an was quickly led off-topic by Deng Yi and infected by Deng Yi's cloying manner, so he easily blurted out this question.
The faint breathing sounds disappeared, and the video call notification tone appeared.
Deng Yi asked, "Are you annoyed with me?"
The light on his side was too bright, so Zhou Ji'an squinted and asked, "Where are you?"
"I'm in the dorm." Deng Yi leaned back against the headboard of a wooden bed that was about 1.5 meters wide. "Are you annoyed with me?"
Zhou Ji'an changed the subject again, asking, "Is there heating indoors?"
"Looks like you're annoyed with me, you won't even answer my questions." Deng Yi tilted his head slightly and said, "Then I'll hang up, so you won't get annoyed by me."
Zhou Ji'an leaned forward, gripping his phone tightly, and asked anxiously, "Wei Jinglin is getting married next weekend. Will you be coming back?"
Wei Jinglin sent Zhou Ji'an many messages, one showing what he considered to be his perfect wedding photos, and the other threatening her that she had to attend.
He probably figured that since Zhou Ji'an and Deng Yi hadn't invited him to their wedding, he naturally wouldn't want to attend either. So he threatened to expose Deng Yi's various scandals to force Zhou Ji'an to attend his wedding.
I don't know why he insisted that she attend his wedding.
Deng Yi asked, "Do you want me to go back?"
Seeing that he was relaxed and carefree, and only wanted to tease her, Zhou Ji'an suspected that Wei Jinglin had only threatened her. "Did Wei Jinglin invite you?"
Deng Yi nodded.
Deng Yi received a screenshot from Wei Jinglin, which showed a conversation between Wei Jinglin and Zhou Ji'an under a post.
Wei Jinglin kept trying to convince him that Zhou Ji'an married him solely for money.
Wei Jinglin kept trying to get him to admit that he could never receive or possess anyone's love in his life.
"Do you have time to come back?" Zhou Ji'an continued to ask.
“If you want me to go back, I have time.” Deng Yi stared at her.
Zhou Ji'an lowered his head uncomfortably and muttered, "Does this mean I can just have whatever I think of come true?"
Deng Yi said, "You can."
These two words sounded really strange, and considering where he was right now, Zhou Ji'an burst out laughing.
Deng Yi reacted for a moment and also laughed out loud.
The two of them just looked at their phone screens and laughed.
Lu Jianni, still in her pajamas, walked into the living room and asked, "Do you still want to sleep?"
Zhou Ji'an stood up abruptly and immediately said to Deng Yi, "I'm hanging up."
"You sleep with her?" Deng Yi asked, his handsome brows furrowed.
Lu Jianni, who was about five or six meters away from Zhou Ji'an, loudly mocked, "You're jealous of this kind of thing? Are you a primary school student?"
"No, no, he just felt that this way he couldn't video chat with me," Zhou Ji'an hurriedly explained.
Deng Yi's brows relaxed, his expression softened, and he said happily, "I'll call you first thing tomorrow morning."
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Ji'an skipped over to Lu Jianni's side, looking delighted. "I'm going to take a shower."
Lu Jianni said disdainfully, "You really have no backbone. A few sweet words have made you feel so high and mighty. Be careful you don't suddenly fall to the ground."
Zhou Ji'an was naturally more worried than Lu Jianni about suddenly falling to the ground, but she was also worried that Deng Yi wouldn't contact her and didn't want to see her.
The days of vacation and the days of waiting overlapped, passing by both quickly and slowly.
The depths of winter make people reluctant to go out.
Zhou Ji'an and Lu Jiani had no choice but to stay at home every day, watching all kinds of movies and TV series.
Deng Yi's phone calls and video calls came in from time to time. Sometimes he would forget that Lu Jianni was next to him and suddenly say some bold and unrestrained things, which always frightened Zhou Ji'an so much that he would scramble and hide in Lu Jianni's bedroom.
"You two are utterly shameless!" Lu Jianni glared angrily at Zhou Ji'an.
Zhou Ji'an felt timid and apologetic. "I'm sorry, I forgot to tell him you were next to me."
Lu Jianni rolled her eyes: "I think he said it on purpose for me to hear. If Xu Zhiyan were here, he would probably say something even more disgusting."
Zhou Ji'an couldn't rule out this possibility, and only said, "I'll be more careful next time."
"What's ridiculous is that Xu Zhiyan and Wei Jinglin still believe that your marriage with Deng Yi is fake." Lu Jianni pounced on Zhou Ji'an and pretended to grab her neck. "Even real married couples don't call each other as much as you two. You call several times a day. My ears are about to fall off."
After being scolded by Lu Jianni, Zhou Ji'an sent a message to Deng Yi, asking him to make fewer phone calls.
Then Deng Yi switched to sending messages, while Zhou Ji'an became a statue holding his phone every day, waiting for messages.
Lu Jianni disliked her even more.
"You haven't had any contact with him for almost ten years, yet you trust him so much and don't hold him accountable for using you?" Lu Jianni said seriously.
Zhou Ji'an thought for a moment and replied cautiously, "I didn't trust him. I just felt that there was nothing wrong with being used by him. You see, I didn't suffer any loss, did I?"
“Your usefulness is not endless,” Lu Jianni pointed out the cruel reality.
"Do you think I can find someone better than Deng Yi, or even someone similar to Deng Yi?" Zhou Ji'an asked.
"Isn't Xu Zhiyan good enough?" Lu Jianni asked, glancing at her phone on the sofa.
Zhou Ji'an thought about it seriously and said, "I don't know if Xu Zhiyan is good or bad, and I don't want to know."
Lu Jianni gave up and tugged at Zhou Ji'an's ears to warn him: "If the ending is bad again and you're heartbroken, don't show it in front of me."
Zhou Ji'an smiled and said, "No, that won't happen."
Lu Jianni released her neck and said sarcastically, "You're really confident."
Zhou Ji'an wasn't certain that her relationship with Deng Yi wouldn't end badly; she was certain she wouldn't show it in front of Lu Jianni.
Back then, she couldn't help but expose her private life, which led Xu Zhiyan and Lu Jianni to misunderstand and almost caused her to make the wrong decision.
So if she and Deng Yi ultimately part ways again, she will try to hide her emotions. Even if she can't hide them, she can still go far away.
She now has the means to leave and go far away.
"It seems she's never been interested in you from the beginning," Wei Jinglin said mockingly, swirling his wine glass.
Xu Zhiyan hung up Lu Jianni's call, walked to the French windows, turned back to Wei Jinglin and asked, "Why does love and money always flow to those who don't lack love and money at all?"
Wei Jinglin shrugged dismissively and said, "If one of them shows that they don't want the other's love, their love for each other will disappear."
Love is a subjective and intangible thing; it can be there or it can not be there.
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