Huayu: From charlatan to great entertainer

Chapter 25 Letter from Sister Mei
It has been more than half a month since Lu Kuan, a man with a heart as hard as iron, returned to the capital.

It's a fateful relationship in this mortal world, so we should part ways amicably. Sister Jiang is too obsessed and insists on tying herself to death on a tree. How can that be allowed?

This relaxed public relations company boss naturally has no grudges. The thing he can't let go of most in his life is chopsticks, and everything else is just a passing cloud.

During this period, she had dinner with the enthusiastic and cheerful Xun Ge'er several times. She was a little superstitious and asked Lu Kuan to tell her fortune and give her some advice, but it was free.

Just consider it as compensation for playing a prank on her and Li Yapeng on the wrap party.

The rest of the time I stayed in my senior’s luxury apartment, doing homework and writing scripts.

I did three years of college entrance exams and five years of simulations, and wrote a script in the standard Hollywood format in both Chinese and English. Life is not easy, so I have to copy when I need to.

Especially once "Blind Well" starts filming, the initial funds will soon run out, and the crew will be like a nursing baby eagerly waiting for his blood transfusion.

The young Taoist priest was using the method of undetermined coefficients to find the coordinates of a point when the phone suddenly rang.

Looking at the location displayed on the caller ID, Lu Kuan understood.

There was a faint noise coming from the other end of the phone, followed by Mei Yanfang's still calm voice.

"Lu Sheng, it's me, Mei Yanfang."

"Hello, Sister Mei, are you all right?"

"I am a little bit ill, haha, but thanks to you for your reminder, Lu Sheng." The big sister of Hong Kong, who is about to turn 38, has a surprisingly good attitude.

Then he said earnestly, "Lu Sheng, I'll ask my assistant to pick you up in Peking. Please come to my house and talk to me and thank you in person!"

My phone number should be the one that I found Jiang Qinqin through Zhao Wenzhuo, so it’s not surprising that she knew I had finished filming and returned to Beijing.

Lu Kuan is not at all pretentious. How can one do good deeds without leaving a name behind? When it comes to the end of the battle, one cannot be soft-hearted and care about face.

"I'll follow your instructions, Sister Mei."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Kuan breathed a sigh of relief. This should be the first big thing he did after flapping his butterfly wings in this world. Although it had some utilitarian colors, it could not be considered a bad thing.

His cunningness is in his actions rather than his behavior. Good people should be rewarded, and Mei Yanfang deserves it.

Mei Yanfang contacted a private doctor in Wuxi that night, and then quickly returned to Hong Kong to go to Queen Mary Hospital for a routine cervical smear test.

After the initial diagnosis of suspected lesions, a colposcopy and pathological examination were performed, and the patient was finally diagnosed with stage 0 cervical cancer through the joint diagnosis of experts from all over Hong Kong.

These days, one must return to one's place of origin to apply for a Hong Kong and Macau Pass. After several days of trouble, Lu Kuan finally arrived at Mei Yanfang's mansion at Heng'an Pavilion, No. 8, Shoushan Village, South District, Hong Kong.

Land is very expensive in Hong Kong, and there are only 12 duplex units in Heng On Court. In 1993, Anita Mui spent HK$2000 million to purchase it, and it was acquired by Sun Hung Kai Properties for HK$2013 million in 1.47.

Not to mention that the road in this life is wider, even the boss Lu from the previous life would just be a country bumpkin here.

"Lu Sheng, you're here."

Mei Yanfang looked as usual, sitting on the second-floor terrace basking in the sun. She stood up and greeted Lu Kuan.

She was not depressed because of cancer, but she was helpless against the noise of her family members around her.

"Mrs. Mui! I have guests, please stop making noise."
Lu Kuan smiled and watched coldly. After Mei Yanfang's death, this family had been causing trouble.

Mei Yanfang's mother, Qin Meijin, had a pen and paper in her hand. Seeing that Lu Kuan was standing on the side like a telephone pole, she didn't want to force him too much, so she took the will and went back to the living room.

Yes, it’s a will…

Later, in 2003, Mei Yanfang called her mother after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer for the first time in the hospital. The mother immediately asked her cash cow to make a will and cried that she must let her daughter leave her a generous pension.

It's not an exaggeration to say that Mei Yanfang is a more powerful version of Hong Kong's Fan Shengmei. It's hard to say whether the loss of Mei Yanfang in later life was a factor in the loss of her family. Lu Kuan was invited to sit down and drink tea, and Mei Yanfang said with a somewhat bleak expression, "Excuse me, Lu Sheng."

"Nothing, this is for your sister Mei."

Lu Kuan took out a slightly narrow jade talisman from his pocket, which was about the length of his middle finger and was painted with Nine-fold Seal Script.

This was made in his hometown of Maoshan when he returned to Jiangsu Province to apply for a Hong Kong and Macau Pass. It is the basic skill of a Taoist priest.

Regardless of whether it is useful or not, it is always okay to give it to Mei Yanfang like a talisman and express blessings.

It was only because of his previous words and accurate predictions that this jade talisman seemed extremely precious in Mei Yanfang's eyes.

She was flattered and took it with both hands, holding it tightly and feeling its coolness.

"Lu Sheng, thank you!"

Lu Kuan smiled and said, "It's not worth much. This is a painting of a hundred disasters and blessings painted with the Nine-fold Seal. Just consider it as a blessing to eliminate disasters for you."

Then he said seriously, "Sister Mei's illness is cervical cancer, right?"

Mei Yanfang was not particularly surprised this time, probably because she thought the young Taoist priest could calculate everything.

"Sister Mei, please don't trust the quacks or Taoist priests in Hong Kong. If you are sick, go to a regular hospital for treatment."

The discovery was made early in this life, and I believe it would satisfy her wish to keep her uterus and have more children.

Mei Yanfang laughed and said, "Shouldn't you sell me some talisman water and divine ash to drink? How come a Taoist priest is talking about science?"

Lu Kuan said mysteriously, "The Way of Heaven only reveals a corner occasionally for mortals to know, while the righteous path of the human world is full of vicissitudes!"

Mei Yanfang was stunned by his casual remark, "The righteous path of the world is full of vicissitudes." What a great saying.

"I started singing at the age of four and a half, forced by Mrs. Mui."

She did not hide the tension between herself and her mother, and Mrs. Mei was the name she addressed Qin Meijin.

"After more than 30 years of ups and downs, I finally realized I had no one to rely on when I was diagnosed with a terminal illness."

Mei Yanfang always showed a strong face and did not shed tears even when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. But now, facing Lu Kuan who seemed to know everything, she quietly let down her guard.

She closed her eyes in pain, and two lines of tears slid down her thin cheeks.

He debuted on stage at a young age, and when he grew up, he was treated as a cash cow by his family. His mother and two brothers took turns sucking his blood away, and his beloved eldest sister passed away.

Until the last relationship with Zhao Wenzhuo ended in failure, he searched for love all his life but could not find it.

It amazed an era, but left with regret.

The world kisses me with pain, and I respond with song.

The width of the road is also very sad.

Mei Yanfang has experienced all eight sufferings of life: birth, old age, sickness, death, separation from loved ones, meeting with enemies, failure to obtain what one desires, and inability to let go.

"Sister Mei, imagine what would happen if you were diagnosed with cervical cancer a few years later."

"Then I will probably choose not to receive treatment. I have no other wish in this life except to have a child of my own."

Lu Kuan smiled and said, "As long as you actively seek treatment, you can still star in Director Zhang's new movie and hold a concert in mainland China on your 25th anniversary of your debut. There's still time for everything."

(End of this chapter)