1979: My fiancée is a goddess

April 29th, 5:30 PM.

Dark clouds gathered in the sky outside the window, and a gust of white wind blew up, making many people on the set shiver with cold.

As Teacher Shuihua pressed the shutter of the film camera, the last reshoot of Cheng Kaiyan was completed.

"Cut! Filming wrapped!"

An excited glint flashed in the eyes of the nearly seventy-year-old man, who then waved his hand and announced.

"call!"

"Filming is finally wrapped up!"

Everyone present relaxed, as if a stone had been lifted from their shoulders.

"Thank you all for your help during this time. My scenes have finally wrapped up. Thank you everyone."

Cheng Kaiyan also stood up from her seat, stretched her stiff body slightly, walked in front of everyone, and bowed slightly.

"Hey, it's okay, it's mutual."

"That's right, great news! Teacher Cheng."

Everyone responded with smiles.

Behind the crowd, Zhao Ruixue held a script in her hand, silently watching him without saying a word, seemingly lost in thought.

"That's enough filming for today, everyone pack up and go home! We'll go out to a restaurant later to throw a wrap party for Comrade Cheng Kaiyan!"

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Director Chen Huaikai, having checked that the camera was working properly, walked over and laughed heartily, his tired face beaming with joy.

The completion of filming for the first actor signifies that the filming process is progressing steadily and has taken a significant step forward.

That's a good start.

"In a little while, I'll treat everyone to drinks and meat."

Cheng Kaiyan also made the announcement at the opportune moment.

"Okay!"

"I'm fucking sick of this takeout!"

Upon hearing what the two said, everyone became excited.

During this period, everyone has been eating boxed meals ordered from restaurants, which are either rice balls or pork chop rice.

Although it was novel at first, I'm already tired of it now.

Who wouldn't want to eat at a Chinese restaurant with lots of meat and fish?

"Let's go!"

"Hurry up and pack your things, it's time to go home!"

Amidst laughter and cheerful conversation, everyone busily packed up their equipment and cleaned up the site.

After leaving a few people to guard the area, the group headed towards the city in a grand procession.

We found a lively and well-regarded restaurant on the street, and it took three large private rooms to accommodate everyone.

Cheng Kaiyan naturally sat at a table with the main members of the crew: the director, screenwriter, and lead actors.

After Zhao Ruixue entered the room, she chose to sit down one seat away from him, neither too close nor too far.

"This is the menu; guests can now order."

The young waitress served appetizers, sake, and soft drinks, then handed out two menus to everyone.

"Comrade Kaiyan, you can just order two dishes as a token gesture, we'll order the rest."

Comrade Liang Xiaosheng brazenly snatched the menu from Cheng Kaiyan's hand, then smiled at everyone and said:
"This guy made a fortune recently, and today he's treating us to dinner for the first time ever. We've finally found a chance to fleece this big spender! Everyone, don't be shy, order whatever you want, don't worry about the cost!"

"Comrade Liang is right. Let's work harder and make the best of it. Today, the proletariat is fighting the landlord. Let's not be polite to them."

Zhao Ruixue held the last menu in her hand, glanced at Cheng Kaiyan indifferently, and chuckled lightly.

"Tsk tsk! My childhood sweetheart has spoken, so I have no choice but to give in!"

Liu Xiaoqing jokingly said, "In the past two weeks, anyone who still can't see the shady dealings between Cheng Kaiyan and Zhao Ruixue and these two is blind!"

"Exactly! This isn't just us stirring things up, Comrade Kaiyan!"

"Hahaha!"

Everyone burst into laughter, and the private room instantly became lively.

A dozen pairs of eyes fell on Cheng Kaiyan and Zhao Ruixue, but the two simply shook their heads and did not respond.

Before long, the fine wine and food were served.

"Come, let me toast everyone. Thank you all for your care during this time."

Cheng Kaiyan poured herself a glass of wine, stood up first, and looked around the glass as she spoke.

"It's okay, it's mutual."

Director Chen Huaikai waved his hand, raised his glass, and clinked it with his.

"Comrade Kaiyan has finished filming his scenes and will be returning to China in a couple of days. Let's give Comrade Kaiyan a farewell drink! Let's all have a toast."

Director Yoji Yamada leaned forward slightly to clink glasses with Cheng Kaiyan with a slightly ingratiating expression and smiled.

"Come on, come on!"

Everyone stood up and raised their glasses to drink.

The alcohol fueled everyone's enthusiasm.

Since Cheng Kaiyan was the main guest at the wrap party and was the one treating everyone, everyone went to toast him with drinks.

Fortunately, sake has a low alcohol content. After one round, Cheng Kaiyan only had a slightly flushed face and felt hot all over.

Zhao Ruixue frowned frequently as she watched from the side. She raised her cup and took a sip of sake. The hot, spicy aroma of the sake caused two beautiful blushes to rise on the girl's snow-white face.

She picked up a piece of fish to calm herself down, and then quietly patted Cheng Kaiyan's back.

The latter looked over, and Zhao Ruixue whispered, "Drink less."

"Ah."

Cheng Kaiyan nodded with a smile.

"By the way! Teacher Cheng, the piece you played this afternoon, I think, fits the style of our film very well. I think it could be used as a theme song in our film. What do you think?"

Director Yamada suddenly asked, his eyes filled with amazement.

Even he had to admit that the young man was indeed incredibly talented.

Not only is he exceptionally talented in literature, but he also has profound attainments in music!

"I also think it's pretty good, Comrade Kaiyan. Can we use this piece? Don't worry, you'll be well paid."

After hearing what Director Yamada said, Ms. Shuihua also realized this.

"I have already given this piece of music to Ruixue. You can contact her; if she agrees, that's fine."

Cheng Kaiyan shook her head and explained.

"Huh? It was given to me as a gift?"

Zhao Ruixue was somewhat stunned upon hearing this.

My heart started racing, and I felt a warm, slightly burning sensation in my chest.

Sure enough, this piece was written for himself.

Zhao Ruixue, though her heart was filled with tenderness, smiled calmly at everyone and said:
“No problem. Speaking of which, he even wrote a song for me when we were in Tokyo. I think it fits our movie quite well. If it’s suitable, we’ll use it.”

"There's another song?!"

Everyone looked at the young couple in front of them in surprise, clicking their tongues in astonishment. The relationship between the two was indeed more than just casual.

However, this is not what they care about.

"We've already heard 'Sunny Day,' it's an excellent piece. Could you show us another piece?"

Teacher Shuihua asked curiously.

"Yes, yes, Comrade Ruixue should know how to sing, right? Why don't you sing it?"

The crowd cheered.

Zhao Ruixue turned to look at Cheng Kaiyan, thinking of singing a few lines with him, but he remained calm, only focusing on drinking and eating, looking as if it were none of his business.

This made the girl grit her teeth and feel resentful. If it were Liu Xiaoli, she probably would have received a different treatment.
"Then I'll just sing a few lines? Cough cough!"

She cleared her throat and sang softly, "Gardenias, white petals, falling on my blue pleated skirt... I love you, I whisper..."

After the song ended, everyone applauded.

"It's so beautiful! This piece has a touch of first love's melancholy in its essence... It's really suitable for 'Love Letter'! That's settled."

We'll discuss this further with you, Ms. Ruixue, tomorrow! We'll then invite a professional team to arrange and record the song..."

Director Yamada enthusiastically gave the final approval.

Zhao Ruixue nodded noncommittally, but in her heart she was wondering how she had gone from being a novelist to a movie actress, and now she had to sing.

All of this is because of him.

"Let me offer you all a toast. I'll be away from here for a while, so please take good care of Ruixue. She's quiet and doesn't talk much, so if there's anything..."

Cheng Kaiyan stood up, raised her glass, and said gently, "Please rest assured, Teacher Cheng!"

The seasoned and shrewd director Yamada was the first to pat himself on the back and guarantee it.

"Don't worry! Who in our crew would dare to bully Comrade Zhao? Besides, Teacher Shui is someone who can't tolerate the slightest injustice!"

Chen Huaikai smiled.

"Ah."

Teacher Shui nodded slightly in agreement.

"I'll do it, you guys can do whatever you want."

Cheng Kaiyan felt a little relieved and tilted her head back to drink it all in one gulp.

"call……"

Zhao Ruixue looked up at his face, flushed from alcohol, and remained silent for a long time.

Looks like this guy's planning to drink himself into oblivion tonight.

The girl pushed the wine glass aside to avoid getting drunk herself later.

She focused on eating her food, occasionally putting some food on Cheng Kaiyan's plate to fill her stomach.

As time passed, the sky gradually darkened.

At eight o'clock, all the shops on the main street were open, and the street stalls opened one after another. Various stalls selling takoyaki and grilled fish had long queues, and the aroma of freshly baked bread from the bakery wafted over here...

The bustling and lively night market continues to attract locals and tourists to stroll through the city streets.

"It's snowing! It's snowing!"

"Look, the snowflakes drifting under the streetlights are so beautiful..."

As Zhao Ruixue leaned back on the stool, pretending to doze off, she suddenly heard children cheering and young women laughing merrily outside.

Inside the private room, everyone was still drinking and chatting when they heard this, and they all turned to look out the window in surprise.

Sure enough, snowflakes were falling outside the window, and they were heavy snow.

"It really snowed! That's great! We'll start filming the snow scenes tomorrow!"

Teacher Shuihua got up and walked to the window, reached out and caught a snowflake, watching it melt into water, and was overjoyed.

Many scenes in the Love Letter script were set in snow. He originally planned to change the script or use fake snow instead, but unexpectedly, it actually snowed.

"Hey, why is Comrade Kaiyan slumped over the table?"

He turned his head and saw Cheng Kaiyan lying motionless on the table, and laughed loudly.

"Yeah, this kid only drank... Hey! How did he drink five or six bottles?!"

Liang Xiaosheng exclaimed, "The sake isn't very strong, but five or six bottles is quite a lot."

"what?!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ruixue was startled and quickly got up to go to Cheng Kaiyan's side, nudging his shoulder, "Are you alright, Xingxing?"

"what happened?"

The man raised his flushed, drunken face and asked in a muffled voice.

Why are you drinking so much?!

Zhao Ruixue scolded him, half out of concern and half out of annoyance.

"It's none of your business..."

Cheng Kaiyan frowned, looking at the constantly moving figure in front of her, and impatiently waved her hand away.

"you!"

Zhao Ruixue clenched her teeth, unable to speak.

Fortunately, Teacher Shuihua said, "Comrade Ruixue, you have a snow scene performance tomorrow. You should take Comrade Kaiyan back to rest."

"Okay, then I'll take him back."

Zhao Ruixue's expression softened slightly, but she kicked Cheng Kaiyan with a cold face, "Get up and come with me."

"Um……"

Cheng Kaiyan was drunk and could only manage a weak reply before Zhao Ruixue helped her up and carried her out with some difficulty.

Can one person manage?

"Teacher Shuihua asked."

"It's alright. I used to be able to carry half a pig when I went to the countryside without any problem, let alone him?"

Zhao Ruixue snorted coldly, but secretly she gritted her teeth and strained.

She didn't want anyone to help her, as that would only bother her.

"Hahaha!"

Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.

It's obvious that the girl said that on purpose, just to vent her anger from earlier.

Zhao Ruixue helped Cheng Kaiyan leave.

"Bill, please!"

At the restaurant's cashier, Zhao Ruixue put Cheng Kaiyan down to sit, took out her wallet from his inner pocket, and paid the bill for all three tables.

As she pushed open the door, a blast of cold air hit her face, making Zhao Ruixue shiver.

Snow was falling heavily in the air, and a thin layer of snow had accumulated on the streets.

"Whoosh..."

Zhao Ruixue glanced at it a few times, then carefully helped Cheng Kaiyan walk towards the hotel.

Carrying this man who was over 1.8 meters tall on her back felt incredibly heavy.

It's not as easy as she just made it out to be.

Zhao Ruixue felt exhausted and strained with every step.

She was breathing heavily, and the puffs of white steam she exhaled from her mouth and nose quickly dissipated into the air.

After walking more than a hundred meters, the two of them were covered in a layer of snowflakes.

The cold air and snowflakes fell on Zhao Ruixue's exposed skin, making her shiver.

Her nose and ear tips turned slightly red from the cold air, and her delicate face stung from the cold.

Zhao Ruixue suddenly felt much lighter, and realizing something, she asked breathlessly, "You're awake?"

"Yeah, I woke up from the cold."

Cheng Kaiyan regained a little consciousness and pulled his hand away from the girl's grasp. However, as soon as they separated, his body swayed slightly, and Zhao Ruixue quickly supported him again.

"What heavy snow..."

Cheng Kaiyan glanced down at the girl's hair covered in snowflakes and said with a hint of realization.

"Yes."

Zhao Ruixue nodded silently, and then she heard the man beside her say, almost in a daze, with his eyes closed: "If we can get soaked in the snow together today, then we can be considered to have grown old together in this life..."

"Shall we share the snow...and grow old together?"

The girl's tall, slender body trembled violently, and the emotions that had been building up in her heart for many years suddenly erupted like a volcano, almost uncontrollably.

"Heh, why? Why... can't it be me!"

"Cheng Kaiyan! I hate you! I hate you! I'll hate you for the rest of my life!"

Zhao Ruixue lowered her head and gritted her teeth. The taste of blood filled the girl's mouth, and her voice was full of sorrow and hatred, almost like a cuckoo crying blood.

I stood in the snow for a long time.

She raised her cold, bluish hand and fiercely wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, helping Cheng Kaiyan disappear step by step around the street corner...

Under the dim night sky.

The girl's stunningly beautiful face now appeared so cold and resolute, it was chilling.

……

Click, the door opened.

The dim light from the corridor briefly illuminated the room.

"thump……"

Zhao Ruixue walked into the room expressionlessly, threw Cheng Kaiyan onto the bed, and leaned back weakly.

In the dim light from the window, she gazed quietly at Cheng Kaiyan's face.

There was an eerie silence around her, broken only by her rapid breathing and her pounding heart...

"From now on, we..."

"We'll never see each other again!" (End of Chapter)