Moonlight falls into my arms

"What? It's not up to standard?" Ruan Li held her returned painting in both hands. "Where is the problem? I'll fix it accordingly?"

The assistant director smiled wryly, his eyes narrowing: "I don't know either."

Ruan Li smiled and said, "Okay, I understand."

Ruan Li smiled and said, "I will revise everything and submit it again."

The assistant director was almost moved to tears when he saw such a well-behaved child who never caused trouble, never lost his temper, and was hardworking and unafraid of hardship: "Good, good child."

Ruan Li was still smiling.

After receiving the manuscript, I didn't touch it at all. Two days later, I added two more pages, put the two new pages on top, and submitted the manuscript again.

The assistant director took it to Cheng Yu.

The next day, Ruan Li received the rejected manuscript again.

Just like before, they didn't say what the problem was, it just wouldn't work.

Ruan Li just smiled and said obediently, "I will definitely work harder, find my problems and make corrections. Thank you for your guidance, director and producer."

Let her know that even someone as important as Director Cao has set up a stage where half of the people are incompetent and useless.

The assistant director was completely charmed by the well-behaved girl, saying, "With your perseverance, you can succeed at anything."

Ruan Li smiled and said, "Thank you for your kind words, Director."

In two more days, the script for the suburban section will be completed.

Zhao Manman, who had added Ruan Li on WeChat a couple of days ago, finally sent a message.

Do you want to know your boyfriend's past?

Just as Ruan Li had guessed, Zhao Manman and Ruan Li had no good intentions. Her purpose was obvious: a very old-fashioned attempt to sow discord.

Ruan Li did not reply.

He then looked at his own manuscript, thinking, "It's so annoying to have it rejected every day, and then I have to submit it again every day."

Just as Ruan Li was feeling annoyed, Cheng Yu sent her a message asking her to play games.

Ruan Li held the drawing in one hand and sent a voice message with the other, "I'm busy, I don't have time to play games."

What are you busy with again?

Ruan Li sneered: "We've gone up against a stupid leader."

"You said he's a stupid boss, why do you care about him?" Cheng Yu said dismissively. "Just quit."

Ruan Li said softly, "I've already suffered so much, how can I just quit? I not only have to keep going, but I have to do it well."

Cheng Yu sent another message, "Can you handle that idiot boss?"

Ruan Li looked at the drafts. These drafts had been passed around so many times, yet not only had the order remained unchanged, but there wasn't even a single extra crease. This was enough to show that the producer had never even looked at them.

Perhaps they took it and left it on the table for a while, then just sent it back.

But why would he do that?

I don't know if this is just me being a jerk or if there's some other reason.

"I'm not talking to you anymore, I've thought of a way to deal with that idiot boss."

Ruan Li turned off her phone.

I redrew all the drawings, a thick stack of them, staying up all night.

Ruan Li draws very quickly, sometimes in ten minutes or even a few minutes, on things she draws every day.

Even so, they still managed to stay up until almost dawn.

Worried that she wouldn't be able to get up, Ruan Li simply decided not to sleep.

Looking at the time, it was time for Jiang Yuci to get up, so Ruan Li made a video call with Jiang Yuci.

Jiang Yuci had just gotten up and was getting ready to wash up for work. At that moment, she was brushing her teeth with a toothbrush in one hand while video chatting with Ruan Li.

"Take off your glasses so I can take a look." Ruan Li peeked into the screen and openly admired his face.

Jiang Yuci, biting her toothbrush, placed her phone on the sink, took off her glasses and put them aside, then looked at Ruan Li seriously: "Like this?"

Ruan Li laughed: "Today I saw the second male lead wearing a suit and gold-rimmed glasses while filming, and I thought, you would definitely look good wearing gold-rimmed glasses too."

Jiang Yuci had pale skin and deep-set eyes. With his frameless glasses, he exuded the air of a highly intelligent professional researcher. However, Ruan Li thought to herself that if he took off his white coat, put on a suit, and wore gold-rimmed glasses, he would probably look like a refined scoundrel raised by an ancient gentry family.

After chatting for a while, seeing that it was almost time, Ruan Li directly told him about Zhao Manman.

"But I haven't replied to her yet." Ruan Li paused, looking at the person in the video: "So what do you think she wants to talk to me about?"

After a long silence from Jiang Yuci, Ruan Lifu finally spoke up: "I'd rather you tell me yourself than hear it from someone else."

Jiang Yuci's tone was no different from usual: "Didn't I tell you everything that happened before?"

Ruan Li, who had stayed up all night, was now exceptionally awake: "Zhao Manman was your high school classmate. What she's going to say shouldn't have anything to do with your family, right? Jiang Yuci, are you sure you're not hiding anything from me?"

A soft, long sigh came from the cold telephone receiver: "I've been busy with a patient lately, I'm very tired. Can we sit down and talk slowly when you get back?"

Ruan Li sensed the weariness in the voice opposite her and sighed silently, "Okay."

It wasn't until Ruan Li hung up the phone that she realized what had felt off from the beginning.

When Ruan Li first heard Jiang Yuci ask her if she hadn't slept all night, otherwise she wouldn't have gotten up so early, Ruan Li simply changed the subject by talking about Zhao Manman.

If it were in the past, if Zhao Manman wasn't important, Jiang Yuci wouldn't have forgotten the questions he hadn't been able to answer. He rarely let others lead him by the nose. Even if Ruan Li sometimes tried to gloss over things with other excuses, Jiang Yuci would eventually find out the answers.

Today, however, Jiang Yuci didn't get to the bottom of things. From this point on, something was already wrong.

......

Jiang Yuci looked at the video Huo Xingzhou had sent her on her phone.

It was in the old town, where the surveillance footage wasn't very clear, but Jiang Yuci could still spot Ruan Li's figure at a glance.

It was quite conspicuous that Ruan Li, wearing a white shirt and a red skirt, entered the community. Huo Xingzhou said that there were no surveillance cameras outside, so he didn't know where Ruan Li came from. Moreover, he checked all the surveillance footage he could find, but he couldn't find Ruan Li on the same day.

Jiang Yuci stared at the person on the screen and hugged himself tightly. In the vast snow, wearing only thin summer clothes, he walked into the old neighborhood. When he came out, large patches of his white shirt were black.

Jiang Yuci recalled the first time he met Ruan Li; indeed, her white shirt was stained with soy sauce.

Jiang Yu called Huo Xingzhou: "Can you see the surveillance footage in the hallway?"

Huo Xingzhou: "Only residents can be included in the adjustment."

Jiang Yuci: "Let's buy one unit..."

"Do you know how troublesome it is to buy a house..."

"give you."

Huo Xingzhou suppressed a smile and said, "Do you know how easy it is to buy a house? I'll take care of it all, you don't need to worry about it."

Jiang Yuci clicked into the chat box with Zhao Manman.

I sent a message.

-what are you up to.

Zhao Manman stared at the message that came in and laughed, "He actually got angry. I just teased his girlfriend a little, and he rushed to send me a message."

The assistant, standing nearby, sensed a sinister glint in Manman's smile. "Manman, it's your turn..."

Zhao Manman handed her phone and a book that was on her lap to her assistant.

"Give this book to Ruan Li," Zhao Manman said with a smile.

The assistant nodded: "Okay."

Unexpectedly, Zhao Manman said, "Never mind, you take it first, I'll give it to her myself later."

Zhao Manman smiled again, raised her hand and touched the book. She couldn't wait to see what expression she would have when she saw the photo inside.

The assistant felt a chill run down his spine when he saw Zhao Manman's smile.

Maybe I should resign after a while; it's too terrifying.