Moonlight falls into my arms

Cheng Yu took the sketch from the assistant director and immediately closed the door.

The assistant director stopped him, saying, "That young girl is very hardworking..."

Unable to resist, Cheng Yu closed the shop.

He didn't even glance at what he got before tossing it onto the sofa and then lay down on the bed to continue playing games.

After playing a few rounds, when it was almost time to finish, the assistant director came to ask again.

As usual, Cheng Yu simply smiled and said, "You've made some progress, but... we still need to revise it."

The assistant director smiled wryly, holding the bag of sketches, as a gust of wind blew in.

Ruan Li received a message from the assistant director.

-Sigh, he said he'd revise it again.

Thanks to her idiot boss, Ruan Li even managed to exchange contact information with the assistant director.

The two of them no longer need to contact each other through Teacher Yin.

Ruan Li looked at the manuscript she had stayed up all night drawing in her hand and smiled faintly.

Send a message to the assistant director.

Cheng Yu was just about to pull the covers over his head and get some sleep when the assistant director, like a persistent ghost, came knocking on the door again.

"What is it?" His lazy gaze fell, clearly revealing his impatience.

The assistant director handed him his phone: "Here, she said she took the wrong file folder. This is an older draft, not a new one..."

Cheng Yu: "......"

Already annoyed, the assistant director, oblivious to the situation, asked, "You seemed to have made some progress just now? Mr. Cheng, did you even look at it?"

The assistant director said in a gentle voice, "I know you're unhappy that your dad pushed you here. You can play games in the hotel every day, and you can use the photos I took to fool the higher-ups, but there's no need to make things difficult for someone who works hard. That girl is about your age, her family is gone, she didn't even go to school, and she taught herself to draw. She draws dozens of pictures a day under the scorching sun."

The assistant director spoke slowly, not with a sharp criticism of Cheng Yu, but with every word coming from the heart: "You can be a hands-off manager, you can do nothing and we'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong, but even a clay figure has some temper."

"...Passed."

The door closes.

Ruan Li finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the message from the assistant director.

Director, thank you!

Meanwhile, Ruan Li sent Cheng Yu a message: "That idiot leader has finally quieted down."

Cheng Yu didn't reply to the message immediately as usual.

Ruan Li didn't mind and continued talking to Li Luo and Xiao Lan.

Tan Yue was immediately excited when she learned that the suburban scenes were completed, and the next step was to film the scenes of forgetting in the old town.

Tan Yue treated Ruan Li to meals, gave her gifts, and even gave her a large red envelope. She practically knelt down and begged Ruan Li to help her get a signed copy of Xu Wang's autograph.

Ruan Li replied that she would definitely do her best!

After sharing the news with her friends, Ruan Li felt a moment of calm, both physically and mentally.

Open the chat window with Jiang Yuci.

-I'm coming back.

After typing this line, Ruan Li hadn't clicked send yet.

I heard someone making a phone call across a tree next to me.

"You're being so proactive today. What's up with calling me at this hour?"

"Don't worry about me."

Ruan Li felt a sudden panic in her heart, her heart pounding heavily like a drum.

"Bye-bye, will you call me tomorrow next time?"

A burst of laughter followed.

Ruan Li suppressed the sudden panic that had been rising in her heart and was about to turn and leave.

Zhao Manman saw her.

She walked over with a smile.

"He called me on his own initiative." Zhao Manman raised her phone, the screen facing Ruan Li.

Ruan Li stared intently at the string of numbers above, as if they were etched into her eyes.

That's Jiang Yuci's phone number.

Why do you think that is?

Ruan Li smiled and said, "If he liked you, you wouldn't still be together after all these years."

Zhao Manman's smile froze.

Ruan Li said calmly, "If he calls you first, you can talk about many things, but if he calls me, it must be to talk about love."

Zhao Manman was so angry that her head was throbbing and the veins on her temples were bulging. "He added me as a friend on his own initiative, called me on his own initiative, and even asked me to meet up!"

Ruan Li nodded: "Okay, you reminded me. I'll call him now and tell him that no matter what you talk about, he's not allowed to meet you."

Zhao Manman's eyes widened: "How can you be so childish?"

Unexpectedly, Ruan Li actually dialed Jiang Yuci's number in front of Zhao Manman.

Zhao Manman was so frightened that she took several steps back and almost fell.

Ruan Li turned on speakerphone.

He even deliberately turned the phone volume up to the maximum.

A deep voice came from the other end: "You're coming back this afternoon? I'll come pick you up."

Ruan Li looked at Zhao Manman: "Were you just on the phone with Zhao Manman?"

Zhao Manman covered her mouth, seemingly unable to believe that Ruan Li had just said it so directly.

“She said you took the initiative to add her as a friend, called her, and even asked her to meet up.” Ruan Li’s voice choked as she spoke. “I know all of this is true, but I know you must have your reasons. But what reasons could you have? Why didn’t you tell me? I’m so heartbroken.”

"Ruan Li..." The voice on the other end of the phone was still anxious through the cold tone, "I have nothing to do with her, I only like you, I'm coming to pick you up, can I talk to you?"

“You are not allowed to see her,” Ruan Li said.

Jiang Yuci replied without hesitation, "Okay, I won't see you."

Zhao Manman's eyes widened, her fingers trembling: "Jiang Yuci!"

Ruan Li then said, "I want to hear you call me baby."

"Baby." The voice on the other end was deep and resonant, with a touch of magnetism; it was very pleasant to listen to.

Ruan Li retorted stubbornly, "You love me the most, don't you?"

"I love you the most."

Without hesitation, those three firm words pierced Zhao Manman's ears through the phone and the speakerphone with its volume amplified.

Ruan Li hung up the phone: "So, what were you showing off in front of me just now?"

Zhao Manman was furious. How could there be such a person? "Aren't you afraid? Aren't you afraid he's just flattering you, just lying to you! He knows you're standing right in front of me!"

Ruan Li smiled frankly: "Has he ever coaxed you like that? Has he ever lied to you like that?"

Zhao Manman's face turned ashen with anger; no one had ever made her this angry before.

Enraged, she threw down the phone she had just been showing off to Ruan Li and turned to leave.

Ruan Li looked at the shattered phone on the ground and sighed.

She didn't care what happened to Zhao Manman.

She believed that Jiang Yuci and Zhao Manman had nothing between them.

But Jiang Yuci must be hiding something from her.

Moreover, that matter had nothing to do with family; it was something that would truly damage their relationship, a fact that Ruan Li had a gut feeling about.

As soon as Ruan Li returned to the film set, the assistant director called her over.

"What did you do to offend Zhao Manman? During the last scene today, she suddenly said she wouldn't film it unless we fired you."

The assistant director broke out in a cold sweat: "Everyone is waiting for her now, but no one dares to blame her. If they hear that you're the source, they'll definitely target you."

"I'm sorry, director..."

"No need to apologize. I don't need to guess who's right and who's wrong." The assistant director sighed. "If you wanted to upset someone, you should have waited until this scene was finished. You could have done whatever you wanted to upset her then. Now, I can only try to sound out Director Cao. If he doesn't want to replace her, he might have to make you apologize to Zhao Manman. Otherwise, your job..."

Ruan Li lowered her eyes and nodded: "Thank you, director."

The assistant director was about to go over when Director Cao called both of them over.

Director Cao was sitting in front of Zhao Manman, with a bodyguard standing on one side and her assistant on the other.

The group of people stood together, as if they were negotiating.