TWEHGC Chapter 23.3

But after coming over, Ning Yang didn’t speak again and even sent Chen Yan away, leaving only the two of them sitting there staring at each other.

Ning Yang sat there with a low mood when his arm was poked by someone.

“Brother, are you in a bad mood?”

Nonsense, how can you be in a good mood after knowing that you have been treated as a fool for so many years and you are still eager to be his big brother?

Ning Yang looked at Ning Luo’s blinking almond eyes and asked: “Do you hate Ning Xibai because he took your identity?”

Ning Luo shook his head: “No. I don’t actually hate him that much, I just can’t bring myself to like him.”

[Of course it’s because his character sucks. If he wasn’t so annoying, people wouldn’t find him annoying.]

What kind of nonsense literature is this.

Ning Yang asked him: “I know about his relationship with Chen Chuanang, and I also know that he wants the Ning family inheritance. Ning Luo, what do you want?”

He stared at Ning Luo’s expression, not missing any details.

After seeing Ning Luo’s eyes light up, his heart sank.

Could it be that Ning Luo also had other ulterior motives?

Ning Luo did have some requests and said shyly: “I am actually a very simple person, I don’t ask for much.”

Ning Yang clenched his hand into a fist, his voice hoarse: “For example?”

Ning Luo was shy but straightforward: “For example, I just want my big brother to give me 100 million so that I can experience the decadent life of spending 10 million when I am happy and 20 million when I am unhappy.”

Ning Yang: “…get out.”

The breath stuck in his throat and almost choked him to death.

Ning Luo was unhappy: “What do you know, this is called pure and seductive. A pure-yet-sexy guys like me totally has a market.”

Ning Yang sneered: “What market? Seafood market or slaughter market?”

Ning Luo dared to be angry but dared not to speak.

There was no movement beside him, Ning Yang glanced and saw him turn his head and point his butt at him.

“Sit properly,” he said.

Ning Luo ignored him.

…Really angry?

Ning Yang frowned and wanted to take out his phone, but then he remembered that he didn’t bring his phone because of the banquet. He said instead, “The company has just invested its circulating funds in a new project. I don’t have that much money on hand right now. I’ll transfer 6.68 million to you when we get back.”

“Really?”

Before he finished speaking, Ning Luo’s head turned back before he moved his butt, vividly interpreting what it means to prepare food before troops move.

Could you be any greedier for money?

Ning Yang was annoyed: “Didn’t you roll away? Are you excited when you hear about money?”

Ning Luo scooted close to him, smiled, and made a heart shape with his fingers: “I’m rolling back again. I like rolling around the most.”

[There are four kinds of K in the world: Club K, Heart K, Spade K, Diamond K, and I’ll be OK if my brother transfers money to me.]

“…”

Ning Yang was silent for a while, and then he started to mess up his hair that had been styled.

Ning Luo’s expression froze.

[Ahhhh my hairstyle! Don’t force me to bite you when I’m happiest!]

Ning Yang took his hand back after he had rubbed enough, listening to his inner complaints about himself, and suddenly he was not so upset.

Wang Lin and others watched the two brothers interacting from a distance.

Shen Wenyu pondered for a moment, then said to the other two, “Don’t you think it’s a little strange? How did Ning Luo already know what was going to happen tonight?”

Wang Lin calmly spit out the melon seed shells: “You just found out?”

Sun Shaoyi despised him: “You are so stupid.”

Shen Wenyu: “… No, what do you two know? Tell me quickly.”

“We don’t know anything,” Wang Lin munched on melon seeds, “Anyway, I just know that Ning Luo is a good person, he won’t hurt us, and we can eat melons for free. So why dig deeper?”

Sun Shaoyi nodded: “Even if you know, what’s the use? In life, sometimes it’s better to stay confused.”

Shen Wenyu still wanted to say something, but Wang Lin stuffed a handful of melon seeds in his hand to block his mouth: “White Rabbit flavor, try it.”

–

After a dinner, the entertainment industry was calm and quiet, and no one mentioned what happened that night.

But under the surface, the waves were surging.

Ning Luo was basking under the small sun heater in the crew, thinking about how to spend his vacation once filming wrapped up.

First of all, he must lie at home happily for a month and play all the newly bought game cartridges.

Then fly to the Southern Hemisphere to spend the winter and have a seaside bath and a barbecue party to relax.

Finally, rent a motorhome, hire a few male nannies, and travel around the continent.

“It would be best if I could solve my life’s major event, by the way, and find a love-brained handsome guy to pay for me.” Ning Luo looked at his hands, holding his left hand with his right hand, interlocking his fingers, and sighed deeply.

“People who have never held hands can even look at boneless chicken feet with affection.”

Taozi trotted over: “Brother Luo!”

Ning Luo pulled himself out of his wishful thinking and responded.

Taozi came over and whispered in his ear: “I don’t know how the male lead of the crew next door offended the director. I heard they cut more of his scenes. Ning Xibai is now the leading actor.”

Ning Luo pointed and said: “Oh my God, something like this happened!”

Taozi: “What’s strange is that Ning Xibai has been on leave since the banquet that day, and it seems that he is not in the hotel. Could this be related to the ambulance that night? Sister Ling and I were waiting outside and saw the ambulance drive by.”

Ning Luo’s tone was even more shocked: “Oh my God, such a thing actually happened!”

Taozi looked at him dimly: “Brother Xiao Luo, you treat me like a fool.”

Ning Luo touched his nose: “For such things, you will know when you should know. Okay, Director Wang called me, I’ll go first.”

Taozi watched him walk away, her eyes became more resentful.

Brother Xiao Luo must know something! Damn, why is he so tight-lipped, she also wants to eat melons!

Today is Ning Luo’s final scene, and his three-month-long crew life has finally come to an end.

On the way to the shooting site, everyone was smiling at him.

“Ning Luo, today is your last scene.”

“Come on, Ning Luo, act well!”

“Let’s finish filming early and go out for a big meal!”

“Let’s have a fruit platter! Let’s eat big mangoes!”

“Hahahaha, then let’s make mango shoes and save 300 yuan on IQ tax.”

“You’re so good at saving money; don’t you want to live.”

Ning Luo: “…”

You have a big mango on you.

Wang Lin said that there should be a sense of ceremony, and his last scene is a farewell scene.

Lawyers are used to being busy day and night. Bai Xi only found out from his colleagues that Yin Zhijing was going to another city due to a job transfer.

His typing hands froze there, and he asked in a hoarse voice: “…Who did you say you were going to hold a farewell party for?”

“Lawyer Yin Zhijing was transferred and was notified a month ago, and she was handing over her work during this period,” said the colleague. “You were busy during that time, so it’s normal that you didn’t know. You will go to the farewell party, right? After all, we won’t get to see each other again… Hey, hey, where are you going?”

The colleague watched as Bai Xi threw his laptop and stumbled out even as his thigh hit the corner of the table.

Bai Xi wanted to ask why she didn’t tell him, but he hesitated when he stood in front of Yin Zhijing’s office.

Inside, a colleague was laughing: “Now that you’re leaving, is your boyfriend going with you too?”

Bai Xi watched her smile without saying a word.

He suddenly felt ridiculous, like a clown trying hard to find a sense of existence, performing a farce.

The overwhelming sense of self-loathing made him grip his arm, his nails digging deep into his flesh.

Bai Xi didn’t know how he managed to get through the entire farewell party. He was in a daze, like it was the onset of an illness. By the time he regained clarity, the farewell party was already nearing its end.

Someone called a taxi to send the drunk people back.

“Does anyone know where Lawyer Yin lives?”

Bai Xi walked over and said he knew and got into a taxi with Yin Zhijing.

As dusk fell and the city lights had just begun to glow, the city fell asleep quietly.

The mottled light and shadow of the street lamps caressed Yin Zhijing’s sleeping face. Bai Xi stared at her, lost in thought.

He thought a lot about the summer day more than ten years ago when cicadas were chirping non-stop, the smell of heated plastic on the runway, and the school days that he thought he would never think about again in his life.

Then he forcefully turned his head and looked at the passing scenery outside the window.

“Yin Zhijing, you are going to say goodbye to me again, right?” It was a very soft, very quiet whisper.

The tear that had been hanging in the corner of the eye for many years finally flowed quietly.

The wind blew into the car, like some kind of faint sob.

…

Perhaps because of the wrap-up, Ning Luo was very emotional in this scene. When Wang Lin yelled “cut,” he was still crying in front of the camera.

Until a “bang,” the fireworks exploded above his head.

He was so scared that his body trembled and he almost blew a snot bubble. He hurriedly covered his mouth and nose with his hands.

The red banner was swiftly pulled open and displayed in front of him.

Everyone shouted: “Congratulations on wrapping up!”

The white words on the red background instantly appeared:

“The 888 technicians of the Pure-Hearted Little Turkey Bathhouse wish Mr. Luo a happy wrap-up!”

Ning Luo’s sadness was forced back, and he waited expressionlessly for this wave of fresh tears to finish falling on their own.

Damn, it feels like even my tears are dirty.

TL notes:

Chapter not over yet.