When Father Ye saw how excited Mr. Huang was, he couldn't help but take a second glance at Qiao Moyu, but he couldn't find anything special about her. He commented, “I thought the noble person you mentioned was someone around my age, but I didn't expect her to be a young woman! However, she does look beautiful.”
“Her refined aura is the purest I've ever seen!” Mr. Huang went on to say, “This type of pure aura is innate and has nothing to do with age.”
Father Ye watched as Ye Peicheng and Qiao Moyu approach the movie director. In his previous meeting with Mr. Huang, he wasn't able to inquire more about his son's “lonely” fate since his guest was in a hurry. Since there was more time for leisure today, he asked, “Mr. Huang, where does my son's Gusha fate come from?”
The man replied: “One reason is because he was born with this destiny, which will lead him to meet a certain person who will cause his misfortune in the future. The second reason is related to Second Master's personality.”
Father Ye worriedly asked: “What you mean is even though he is exposed to the pure aura now, he will still end up meeting the person who will cause his loneliness in the future?”
“Yes, he will.” But Mr. Huang added, “However, if he has more contact with that girl we saw just now, the pure aura from that girl may help him block that person's influence in the future.”
Father Ye fell into thought after listening to his explanation: “It seems that my Peicheng has to get in touch with her more often!”
“That is so,” Mr. Huang said with a nod while his gaze focused only on Qiao Moyu.
Soon after, Qiao Moyu left for the dressing room in the back. The audience's response was very enthusiastic ever since the TV series released two episodes. That was why the director decided to add more flashback scenes for Qiao Moyu after some considerations. Today, she and Ye Peicheng will be acting out the script of when their characters first fell in love.
Soon enough, the cast's makeup was retouched and the cameras were put in place.
In this setting, Qiao Moyu sat by the door of her wooden cabin while sewing clothes for Ye Peicheng. She often practiced her father's 'dancing knife' as a child so she wasn't used to embroidery. In her attempt, she accidentally pricked her finger with a needle.
“Ah!” the young girl cried in pain. She pricked herself too deeply, causing bead-sized droplets of blood to trickle.
At that moment, Ye Peicheng who came to see her, leapt to her side and said, “Yan'er, what's wrong?”
Qiao Moyu didn't expect him to come back so quickly, so she quickly hid the clothes behind her back. But it was too late. Ye Peicheng caught her arm first and saw the clothes in her hands, along with the red fingertips.
“Does it hurt?” he asked.
With that, he took her finger and put it in his mouth.
The tip of his tongue rolled slightly, causing the droplet of blood to dissolve. As Ye Peicheng tasted a hint of iron, he felt as if the tip of his tongue turned crisp and numb, as if it had been electrified.
Between them, the air suddenly thinned and a silent ambiguity prevailed. Ye Peicheng looked down at the girl before him, his voice filled with distress: “Next time we can shop for clothes. Sister, don't hurt yourself…”
The girl's eyes focused on their interlocked fingers with reddish cheeks.
“This scene is very good!” At the other end of the film set, Mr. Huang whispered to Father Ye, “Her blood is as precious as a qilin's blood. It will be very helpful to Second Master!”
Father Ye: “…”
At this moment, Qiao Moyu felt as if she had done her best for this performance; that's because her red blush and shy appearance were simply a result of trying to hold her breath for ten seconds.
When Ye Peicheng tasted her blood, Qiao Moyu's thoughts were already calculating: 'Since Ye Peicheng swallowed a drop of my blood, based on my past experience, he should be able to win a grand prize. It won't be the same as Xing Yichen who picked up 100 yuan!'
T/N: *coughs* I wonder what that prize will be? Any guesses?
Chapter 32
While Qiao Moyu was lost in thought, she felt the man before her reach out and take her into his arms. He bowed his head and kissed her hair gently.
“Cut!” the director shouted. He came to Ye Peicheng and complimented, “You've done a great job, keep it up!”
Afterwards, he turned to Qiao Moyu: “Moyu, based on the script, shouldn't you be looking up at Ling Cang? What was that just now, your face is very red, just like a charming and shy girl!”
Everyone laughed at the director's words.
At this moment, Ye Peicheng had unfolded his arms around Qiao Moyu and turned to leave. At that moment, Qiao Moyu cried 'Ah' from pain while clutching her head.
When the man looked back, he found that strands of her long hair were caught on his clothing.
Ye Peicheng took five seconds to try untangle the hair, but when he failed, he directly ordered his assistant, “Help me get a pair of scissors.”
The assistant quickly fetched a pair of scissors and handed it to the actor. Ye Peicheng cut off the tangled strand of hair while lightly whispering to Qiao Moyu, “I'm sorry.” Afterwards, he turned and left straightaway.
“Mr. Ye, do you now know another reason why Second Master's life was destined to be lonely?” Mr. Huang asked with a laugh.
Father Ye sighed: “My son is already 27 years old, but he's never had a woman close to him. Could it be because…”
Ye Peicheng had no idea that his father was doubting his sexual orientation. At the moment, he changed his costume and had his makeup retouched to prepare for the next performance.
Since the scenes that needed to be reshot were already filmed, there was nothing left for Qiao Moyu to do. So she bade farewell to the director and prepared to head back home.
But as she passed two middle-aged men, one of them in a Tang suit waved to her: “Young girl!”
Qiao Moyu was unsure why they would call out to her, but since the other party came down from Ye Peicheng's car, she didn't suspect them to have ill intentions. She walked over and politely asked, “Uncle, are you looking for me?”
“We were watching when you were acting with Ye Peicheng were filming. You did quite well! What is your name young lady?” Mr. Huang asked excitedly.
“My name is Qiao Moyu. Thank you for complimenting my acting skills,” Qiao Moyu replied, but in her mind, she thought: If you think I acted well, your eyesight may have problems.
“Qiao girl, my name is Huang. It's a pleasure to meet you,” Mr. Huang said as he stretched out a hand.
Qiao Moyu hesitated for a moment, but when she thought that this uncle could really be her fan, she reached out as well and received his handshake: “Thank you, Uncle Huang!”
Since there was nothing else to say, she smiled once again before bidding farewell and turning to leave.
After she disappeared, Mr. Huang looked like a child who was prized with candy: “I can feel it!”
Mr. Huang sighed in awe while Father Ye stood on the side, unable to relate to him at all. That is, until he caught a glimpse of fallen leaves from the corner of his eyes, seemingly piled up to cover something. He bent over to brush away the leaves and found that there was two hundred yuan left on the ground!
As Mr. Huang looked at Qiao Moyu's departing back, he came to a realization and fell into deep thought: “Mr. Ye, maybe you can take initiative at least once, otherwise you might miss the opportunity a second time. By then, I'm afraid you won't even have the chance to climb higher in the future!”
T/N: Don't let your jackpot walk away from you LOL
Chapter 33
Qiao Moyu left for the supermarket first. She planned to buy some ingredients and cook some dishes for her son in the evening.
Also, the first episode of Shengshi for the week starts airing at midnight whereas the latter episode broadcasts at 8 p.m. prime time. Moreover, today's episode contained many scenes of Qiao Moyu so she planned to watch them together with her baby.
Evening soon arrived. Qiao Moyu made winter melon soup with meatballs which Luo Luo ate bite after bite as his eyes lit up in delight. So she said: “If Baobei gives mom a kiss, mom will give you another meatball.”
She spoke as she leaned her cheeks close to him.
The toddler's long eyelashes hung low as he shyly looked down. His face was red all over, but he finally mustered the courage and kissed Qiao Moyu. When he saw his mother's expression, he laughed delightedly and told her with a whisper: “Mother should kiss Baobei too so she can have a meatball.”
Qiao Moyu was almost shocked silly by his words.
Because this was the first time Luo Luo took the initiative to approach her!
She sat closer to the little toddler and said, “Mother wants to eat three meatballs. Is it okay to kiss Baobei three times?”
So the child was kissed three times.
After the hearty meal, their stomachs were a littler rounder. When Mrs. Yu saw the pair of mother and son, she couldn't help but laugh with tears: “Miss Qiao has become more playful since shooting the drama!”
Upon hearing the nanny's comment, Qiao Moyu couldn't help asking, “What about the me from before?”
Mrs. Yu didn't think too much about her question and casually replied, “In the past, you were usually busy at work and rarely accompanied Luo Luo, so you hired me to take care of your son. But now, you spend more time to play with the boy and he laughs more often.”
So the original host used 'work' as her excuse for using all that time to chase after Xing Yichen?Qiao Moyu recalled part of the novel's contents; after the original host graduated from her university, she never found a job for herself.
“Well, I will always accompany Luo Luo in the future!” Qiao Moyu promised. She looked at the time and realized that the fifth episode for Sheng Shi was about to begin, so she turned on the TV.
In the previous version of the theme song, there was only one scene of Qiao Moyu, the part where she sat by the riverside and looked back.
As the pair watched, she heard Luo Luo beside her excitedly shout, “Mom is on TV!”
“Did Baobei see?” She felt somewhat surprised. He was able to recognize her straight away from just from the few seconds she was on screen.
Just the, Luo Luo pointed to Xing Wanshuang on screen and commented, “The bad aunt who made fun of mom at the mall said that that woman on TV was a good person!”
'So the woman who messed with my son was a fan of Xing Wanshuang?' Qiao Moyu picked up Luo Luo and placed him on her lap. As they watched the drama, her cellphone suddenly rang. It was her agent, Sister Wu.
Sister Wu said: “Moyu, there's great news for you. Listen to this!”
Qiao Moyu: “Huh?”
Sister Wu's voice trembled from excitement: “Just now, the crew for the drama 'First Light of Dawn' called and invited you to participate in the audition for the role of Female No.1”
Qiao Moyu was stunned. Even if she was only a small star, she knew exactly what it meant to be part of “First Light of Dawn”!
This was a well written novel that's been popular on all major websites in recent years. Moreover, it's been rumored that the copyright was bought by an entertainment company, but no one knows which company it was. So people have been speculating, 'will there be a drama adaptation?'
And who will be the leading actress for 'First Light of Dawn'? That was the role that Qiao Ruohuan coveted.
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Author's Afterword:
Well, Qiao Ruohuan, the female protagonist of this novel world, was originally named Yu Ruohuan ~
They'll be having a face off. We'll see whose face gets ruined first…well, it's mostly Xing Yichen's.