The wealthy military officer spoils his wife excessively

The director was relieved of a worry, and the two lead actors also breathed a sigh of relief.

Suwen seemed to be in exceptionally good form today. Lu Zheng sat on the sidelines watching. Director Wei shouted "cut," seemingly very satisfied with the take, and directly said to Suwen and Xue Shaofeng, "Cut!"

Suwen moved closer to the monitor and watched the replay with Xue Shaofeng. Her assistant, Xiao Ai, ran up to her and draped a coat over her shoulders.

Even Xue Shaofeng was amazed: "Wow, you did it all in one take today? I'm embarrassed to even make a mistake."

The work was progressing smoothly, so we finished early, which meant we could have dinner with someone. Before leaving, Director Wei called out to Suwen, "You were in great form today, handling emotions much more delicately. Keep it up."

Faced with the praise, Su Wen smiled shyly, but when she turned around, Lu Zheng, who was waiting to the side, revealed a sly smile like a fox.

Nie Suwen has been stealing the spotlight on set lately.

Everyone knows that a rich second-generation heir is pursuing their leading lady, Miss Nie. The actress who plays Mr. Yi's first wife in the drama, Ms. Chen, is the youngest Best Actress in the history of the Hundred Flowers Awards, a veteran actress of considerable talent. Once, Suwen overheard Ms. Chen talking to her assistant outside the dressing room: "A nobody like me, how dare I be chauffeured around in luxury cars and adorable flowers every day?"

Suwen stood frozen in the doorway like a stone statue, looking at her reflection in the mirror. A nobody, an 18th-tier celebrity—how ironic…

Suwen is becoming more and more adept at handling emotional scenes. In a scene of tearful farewell in her boudoir, Jiazhi in the play is acting to seduce Mr. Yi, but the staff off-screen are also captivated by the tears in her eyes.

A couple stood by the window, entangled in a passionate embrace. Off-screen, the director yelled "Cut!" Su Wen immediately wiped away her tears, pursed her lips, jumped away, and smiled at Xue Shaofeng, saying, "Brother Feng, you've worked hard."

The director was very satisfied with her performance. Filming was nearing its end, and Director Wei was in high spirits, clapping his hands and announcing he'd treat everyone to dinner. Su Wen was hesitating as she took out her phone when Lu Zheng's car arrived right on time—

The group stopped outside the film set. Teacher Chen walked up from behind and asked with some surprise, "What's wrong, Xiao Nie? No car came to pick you up today?"

The words had barely left her lips when Teacher Chen froze, her gaze fixed on the spot. Su Wen followed her gaze and was also stunned—

Her car arrived.

It wasn't that he wasn't extravagant. Su Wen really hadn't expected that he could get such a nice car after coming to Shanghai. A dazzling silver Porsche Cayenne, a million-dollar sports car, Lu Zheng leaned casually against the car door, his gaze catching her as he picked up the flowers placed on the hood.

Today it's a bouquet of white lilies. Yesterday it was tulips, and the day before? I think it was blue water lilies. This man, he even sends a different flower every day.

While everyone else was focused on the car, only Director Wei watched with an air of understanding as Nie Suwen strode toward the man beside the car.

Suwen walked to the car, and Lu Zheng had already opened the car door for her. Suddenly, the back window was rolled down, and a man's head popped out: "Sister-in-law, you're getting more and more high and mighty. You've made Lu Zheng and me wait for ages."

Seeing her wide, surprised eyes, Lu Zheng smiled and explained, "Yan Bei came to Shanghai for an event, it's business."

Since it's a business matter, she shouldn't interfere too much.

She nodded, then turned to Lu Zheng and said, "Director Wei is treating us to dinner tonight, it wouldn't be right for me to not go alone."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Bei frowned and protested, "Don't do that, sister-in-law, we've been waiting for you for two hours."

He now calls her "sister-in-law" quite naturally. Lu Zheng tried to correct him a few times with force, but seeing that he couldn't change his mind, he just let him be. For him, although he suffered a little loss, for Su Wen, it meant she had someone to look after her.

Su Wen was struggling with her dilemma when Director Wei strolled over and said very openly, "Xiao Nie, if you have something to do, go ahead and do it. We can have dinner next time."

"How can this be..." A group of people are watching closely. With all the senior figures and big shots around, how can she, a junior, be given special treatment?

Director Wei pulled her aside and whispered, "Is that the young master of Yan's Jewelry in the car?"

"Ah..." Suwen nodded, puzzled. Why ask that?

A subtle, intriguing glint appeared in Director Wei's eyes. Initially, she cast Nie Suwen partly because of her striking appearance and fresh face, preventing audience fatigue; and partly, of course, because of the subtle interactions between her and Xue Shaofeng. She believed this role would spark a romance, potentially leading to a genuine connection – a beautiful story indeed. However, her feelings were unrequited; Nie Suwen was like a piece of elm wood, impossible to ignite.

It wasn't until Young Master Lu arrived that Director Wei's shrewd eyes lit up, realizing that things weren't quite as he had thought. However, having an ambiguous relationship with Young Master Lu was more sensational than with the male lead, at least Young Master Lu could provide many conveniences for the film. Now that he had seen Young Master Yan in the car, Wei Liao's little calculations were already running wild.

"Xiao Nie, do you remember that scene in our show where we were setting a ring in a jewelry store?"

Director Wei patiently guided him.

Suwen nodded. That scene played a crucial role at the end of the series. In the original novel, Jiazhi only realized "this person truly loves me" after she put on that "extremely bald, sparkling, alien-like, and mysteriously red" six-carat pink diamond. Then, "her heart pounded, and she felt a sense of loss," and uttered the words that betrayed both herself and her comrades: "Go quickly."

That scene was delayed for so long, perhaps because it was important, but another undeniable reason was the inability to borrow suitable props. Director Wei made numerous trips to Cartier's headquarters, but they refused, citing the pink diamond's rarity and the fact that a six-carat diamond would require millions in insurance coverage—they wouldn't budge no matter how much face they were asked.

At this very moment, the young master of the jeweler was standing right in front of him.

Yan's Jewelry has experienced rapid growth in recent years, especially in Asia, where it has quickly captured market share and climbed to third place in the region. Director Wei learned that the Yan family owns a beautifully set pink diamond ring, weighing a full eight carats, with countless smaller diamonds arranged in a star-like pattern, perfectly matching his description of the "pigeon egg" diamond from the original novel.

Director Wei didn't continue speaking, but looked at the bouquet of flowers in Su Wen's hand with a good mood, praising the white lilies as beautiful. Finally, he said, "Mr. Yan and Mr. Lu have been friends for many years, right? Mr. Lu, you send flowers so often."

Suwen finally realized what Wei Dao's roundabout way of being attentive was all for.

Lu Zheng alone was enough to make the entire crew look at her with new eyes, let alone now that a young master of a jeweler has arrived.

Although she was also on set, and the crew's affairs were her affairs, she could still ask Lu Zheng for help, but asking Lu Zheng's friends? She probably didn't have the face to do that.

“Mr. Yan is in the car. Why don’t I introduce you and you can talk to him yourself?” Su Wen pretended not to understand and looked at the director with an innocent expression.

Director Wei, however, was undeterred and continued to probe indirectly: "Our film is going for an international route, it will be released overseas first, and then domestically. If things go well, we might win an award at an international film festival, and you'll be a top international star. Then, you'll be able to win Best Actress at all the award ceremonies in China, big and small."

She was destined to disappoint the director.

Back in the car, Suwen gazed thoughtfully out the window. Yanbei, left alone in the back seat, grumbled in a Beijing accent as he chatted with Lu Zheng in the driver's seat. From their brief exchange, Suwen learned that the car belonged to Yanbei, and Lu Zheng's car had long been abandoned in the parking lot of the Bund Hyatt.

On the way, he received another phone call. Even from a distance, Su Wen could hear the Beijing accent on the other end. Actually, Lu Zheng's Mandarin was quite standard, with a slight hint of the so-called "compound accent" in his speech, clear and deep, each word carrying weight.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Zheng turned the car around and drove to Maoyue. Yan Bei jumped up in the back seat: "Didn't we agree to go to Xintiandi for a couple of drinks?"

Lu Zheng executed a beautiful drift, smoothly parking the car in the parking space: "Rongzi is here, with a bunch of rascals."

Suwen's brow twitched. Xiao Rong had arrived too?

Lu Zheng felt her stiffness as he held her hand, so he turned his head and asked her, "What's wrong? You haven't said a word since we were in the car."

She shook her head: "It's probably because filming was too tiring."

He patted her head reassuringly: "Then eat more vegetables and talk less later."

Yan Bei got out of the car behind them, pondering before asking, "Do you think Xiao Rong is your shadow? He follows you everywhere you go. If you didn't have a sister-in-law now, and if that guy wasn't always with a woman, I would really think there was something between you two..."

"Ahem..." Before he could finish speaking, Su Wen coughed abruptly. Who would have thought that beneath Yan Bei's calm exterior lay such a secretly passionate heart? Lu Zheng and Xiao Rong? Such heavy tastes, it's amazing he even thought of that...

Lu Zheng was holding Su Wen's other hand, his knuckles clenched so tightly they were cracking. Yan Bei was completely oblivious: "Don't you think so? You went into the entertainment industry and spent a fortune to win a smile from your beloved. What's Xiao Rong thinking, that he has to get involved too?"

Yanbei was truly wronging Xiao Rong. The one who really got involved was Lu Zheng.

However, Xiao Rong usually liked to go to Lu Zheng's place. She would often go to his office to get a free coffee and try to freeload off him.

Su Wen remained silent, while Lu Zheng simply smiled and said, "Yan Bei, haven't you been to the practice field on Huashan Road for a while? Let's go practice sometime, brother?" His smile had a chilling, eerie quality to it.

Yan Bei was stunned for a moment, then threw a punch: "Let's practice then, who's afraid of who?"

What do they train at the training ground on Huashan Road? Free fighting, I guess!

Lu Zheng led Su Wen by the hand into the elevator and into a private room in the VIP area. Before they even reached the door, they could hear the commotion inside. Su Wen stopped him, saying, "They're all your friends, or maybe I should..."

Lu Zheng tightened his grip on her hand and pulled her closer to him: "They're all kids from our compound. Xiao Rong likes to do this kind of thing, getting together every now and then. I'm not familiar with them. If someone says something inappropriate, just don't take it personally. Say whatever you want, there are no taboos."