After Transmigrating as the Vicious Female Supporting Character, I Ran Away While Pregnant - Chapter 24.2

After it was released, it made people’s eyes light up even more. There were also quite a few people who watched it a second and third time.

“Why is it Mo Yueshuang again? Isn’t she already so popular she’s blackened to a crisp? Her passerby reputation is so bad, yet she still hasn’t left the industry.”

“Are you stupid? She’s earning pots full of money in the entertainment industry. Why would she quit the industry just because of a few pieces of black material? These days, who doesn’t work for money? If there’s money to take, she’s not wronged.”

“What a pity for Guan Anru. I heard our Young Master Ru likes her and is even pursuing her.”

“Can you just watch the movie properly and not drag the actors themselves into it? Empress Dowager, turn around and look at the Emperor! He’s waiting for you!!! This is torturing me to death.”

“The Emperor isn’t even as proactive as the head palace maid. Look, the head palace maid has already hugged the Empress Dowager, while the Emperor hasn’t even held her little hand.”

“How could Mo Yueshuang be worthy of our Young Master Ru?”

“This movie is good. The only flaw is that they chose Mo Yueshuang as the female lead. Mo Yueshuang is so petty and small-minded. Having her act as the Empress Dowager is really barely satisfactory. Watching it makes me uncomfortable.”

Li Sheng’s hearing was very good. At this moment, she somewhat blamed herself for having hearing that was too good, allowing her to hear the gossip of the people behind them clearly. She did not know whether Mo Yueshuang had heard it.

Whether Mo Yueshuang had heard it or not, no one knew except herself.

But Little Ranran understood it. She turned back to look, and the moment she turned her head, she heard the two girls behind them exclaim in surprise, “Wow, what a cute child.”

Ranran angrily turned back and hugged Li Sheng’s arm. Li Sheng naturally leaned sideways and lowered her head close to her. “What’s wrong, Ranran?”

“Mommy, they’re saying bad things about Auntie Mo.”

Ranran looked at Li Sheng with an expectant face, seemingly waiting for Li Sheng to stand up for Mo Yueshuang.

Li Sheng froze for a few breaths, then smiled and said, “Ranran can tell them that this is a public place, so they can’t speak loudly. We should stay quiet while watching a movie.”

Ranran had never been to an outside movie theater before. In her family’s small screening room, when she saw exciting parts, she could scream and cheer loudly and no one would care, except when Li Sheng occasionally worried that she would hurt her throat from shouting.

So Ranran did not know that now, she could reasonably advise others to be quiet.

Ranran turned back and looked at them seriously.

Although it was very dark here, the light from the big screen still allowed the two girls to see Ranran’s little face clearly.

They saw Ranran looking at them very solemnly. The two girls wanted to laugh, but out of consideration for the child, they held it in.

One of them asked softly, “Little friend, you’re looking at us like this. Is something the matter?”

Little Friend Li Ran nodded and said seriously, “This is a public place. You can’t speak loudly. Please stay quiet while watching the movie.”

After Ranran finished speaking, she waited to see the two girls’ reaction. Seeing their expressions freeze for a moment before they smiled and nodded repeatedly, softly replying, “Okay, okay, we won’t talk anymore. Little friend, watch the movie properly.”

Only after receiving their promise did Ranran turn back again and continue eating popcorn while watching the movie.

After the movie ended, Li Sheng did not immediately hold Ranran’s hand and get up from her seat. Instead, she smiled at the woman beside her and said, “What a coincidence.”

Bai Jing smiled along with her. “It is quite a coincidence.”

She had gone out in the morning, and there was still a long time before the time she had agreed on with Li Sheng, so she had wandered around the street. Finally, when she saw the news pushed to her phone, her interest was stirred and she came over to watch the movie.

She simply had not expected it to be such a coincidence. The person sitting beside her just happened to be Li Sheng, who had arranged to meet her.

After leaving the theater, Li Sheng briefly introduced them. “This is Doctor Bai Jing. This is my friend, Mo Yueshuang.”

The wording used during the introduction warmed Mo Yueshuang’s heart. She reached out and politely shook Bai Jing’s hand.

Bai Jing still had not fully recovered. She had just watched the movie, and now the female lead had suddenly appeared right in front of her.

After they got to know one another, it was once again time for Ranran’s favorite gathering-and-eating segment. Li Sheng took them to a nearby restaurant she had reserved.

After hearing Li Sheng’s reason for coming, Bai Jing kept smiling. “Li Sheng, you’re saying my image is very suitable for acting? But I know absolutely nothing about that, and I don’t plan to film.”

“Is it because you can’t arrange the time? I can talk to the director and have your scenes gathered together. At that time, you should be able to finish in about a week.”

Before coming, Li Sheng had also looked at the production crew’s actor schedule.

Bai Jing shook her head. “It’s not that I can’t arrange the time. It’s just that I really don’t have this idea.”

Mo Yueshuang also felt, after seeing Bai Jing, that Bai Jing’s image matched that role very well. She simply had not expected Bai Jing to reject it so quickly.

“But if you’re talking about appearance, I can introduce someone to you.” As Bai Jing spoke, she rummaged through her bag for a business card.

After Bai Jing found it, she handed the card to Li Sheng.

It read: Bai Qin, artist under Jiawei Media Entertainment. Contact information: xx982136654.

“This is my younger sister, my twin sister. You can go find her and try.” Bai Jing then found a photo of the two of them together on her phone. The two identical people made it very difficult to tell who was who.

“Your younger sister is an artist. Looking for her is indeed more suitable than looking for you.” Mo Yueshuang spoke at the right time. Li Sheng put away the business card, then asked Bai Jing, “Are you free to go with us?”

“A friend isn’t feeling well. Tonight, I have to cover her shift. I won’t go with you.”

In the car, Li Sheng drove seriously. Mo Yueshuang looked at the script on her phone, while Ranran, sitting beside her, rested her little chin in her hand and looked out the window.

“Ranran, what’s wrong?”

Li Sheng asked her. Little Friend Ranran imitated an adult and let out a light sigh. “Aiya!”

This appearance amused both Li Sheng and Mo Yueshuang. Mo Yueshuang immediately followed up and asked, “Ranran, what’s wrong? Did you run into something troubling?”

“Auntie Mo, I also look a lot like you. Why aren’t we twins?”

Mo Yueshuang had felt that Ranran looked somewhat familiar, but she had not connected Ranran’s appearance to her own.

Now that she heard Ranran’s words, she looked carefully and discovered that Ranran’s brows and eyes were indeed very similar to hers. The way she sighed and furrowed her brows just now especially resembled the scene she had acted in, where the little heavenly empress looked at the moon and sighed.

But the child’s mother was right here. Saying that her child looked like herself would be too disrespectful to Li Sheng.

So Mo Yueshuang smiled and did not continue talking with Ranran about their resemblance. Instead, she pinched Ranran’s little cheek and teased her with a smile. “Ranran wants to be twins with me. Does your mommy agree?”

“Mommy doesn’t agree.” Ranran understood this point very clearly. She raised her little head, then heavily sighed again.

Because Ranran had mentioned that they looked alike, the more Mo Yueshuang looked at Ranran, the more she felt they resembled each other. Especially those eyes—they looked like a smaller version of hers.

It was just that Mo Yueshuang did not dare say it. After all, this was Li Sheng’s biological child. If she said Li Sheng’s child looked like herself, Li Sheng would definitely be unhappy.

Li Sheng was already unhappy. She had worked so hard to give birth to this child, but from birth until now, almost no one had ever said to her, “Your daughter really looks like you.”

On the contrary, when it came to Mo Yueshuang, Guan Tai had even mysteriously said to her a few days ago, “I discovered something. When I watched Phoenix Reigns today, I felt Ranran looks quite a lot like Mo Yueshuang. Li Sheng, your genes aren’t very effective. When you stand together with Ranran, people only think you look a little alike after you tell them you’re mother and daughter.”

After that came a string of very punchable laughter.

When they arrived at Jiawei Media Entertainment, Li Sheng called Yu Jiawei at the company entrance.

Before long, the CEO personally came down to receive them.

Li Sheng briefly introduced Mo Yueshuang and Yu Jiawei to each other. Yu Jiawei’s gaze shifted as she looked at Mo Yueshuang, unable to stop sizing her up and probing.

In the end, it was only after Li Sheng coughed lightly twice that Yu Jiawei came back to herself.

Yu Jiawei went forward and hugged Ranran. Ranran knew her, but Yu Jiawei had returned to the country a little early. At that time, Ranran had just begun forming memories, and later on, she only had contact with Li Sheng through video calls.

So at first, Ranran looked at Yu Jiawei somewhat unfamiliarity. After Li Sheng introduced her, Yu Jiawei crouched down and said to her, “Do you still remember Auntie? My surname is Yu. Yu Jiawei. Do you remember?”

Yu Jiawei made as if to hug Li Ran. Ranran stepped back, her little hand grabbing Li Sheng’s hand. Li Sheng smiled and said, “This is Mommy’s friend.”

Hearing this, Ranran released her hand and threw herself into Yu Jiawei’s arms. With the little angel’s closeness, Yu Jiawei’s gloomy mood from the past two days instantly soared.

“Ranran is really good. It’s fine if you don’t remember Auntie. Come to Auntie’s place more often in the future. Auntie will prepare lots of delicious food for you and buy you the toys you like too. Okay?”

Since she was Mommy’s friend, then she was the same as Little Uncle Guan and Auntie Miranda. Ranran nodded without hesitation and even made a request. “I want Nona.”

Yu Jiawei froze slightly, then quickly remembered that this was the toy Ranran liked. She smiled and agreed.

“Okay, I’ll buy it for you!”

After they arrived at the reception room, Mo Yueshuang took off her mask and sunglasses. Seeing the real person, Yu Jiawei was still somewhat surprised. Mo Yueshuang was even more moving than the impression she had of her.

No wonder Li Sheng, who had always been clear-hearted and low-desire, would care about her.

“Hello, Miss Mo. Welcome to our company as a guest. Of course, I also welcome you to become a member of our company.”

Yu Jiawei had investigated Mo Yueshuang’s basic information and knew that her contract still had one year left. Although Mo Yueshuang was currently tangled up in black material, things in the entertainment industry were both true and false. She valued Mo Yueshuang’s own strength more.

In addition, with Li Sheng caring about Mo Yueshuang, and given that Yu Jiawei also knew clearly about Da Yi’s current internal turmoil, if Li Sheng had not found a good company to cooperate with after a year, Mo Yueshuang might not be able to withstand Da Yi’s suppression alone.

Perhaps at that time, the online news would become: Mo Yueshuang was a heartless, ungrateful artist who left her old employer when it fell into trouble.

“Thank you, President Yu. I’ll consider it carefully.”

She did not directly refuse, nor did she clearly indicate agreement. Presumably, Mo Yueshuang already had a sense of things in her heart.

Yu Jiawei did not dwell on these matters. Only after someone brought over coffee and drinks did she ask Li Sheng, “You definitely didn’t come because you missed me. Tell me, what do you want to do by personally gracing me with your presence this time?”

Li Sheng was also very direct and handed Yu Jiawei the business card Bai Jing had given her.

Seeing the name Bai Qin, the corner of Yu Jiawei’s eye twitched. This artist had given her headaches for a very, very long time. She had not expected Li Sheng to come to her because of this person today.

Yu Jiawei tilted her head and asked Mo Yueshuang, “This is your first time coming to our company, right? Although things in the future are still unclear, that doesn’t prevent you from touring our company in advance and getting a preliminary understanding of us.”

“If you’re interested, I’ll have someone show you around. What do you think?”

Mo Yueshuang knew Yu Jiawei was sending her away so she could speak with Li Sheng alone, but at this moment, Mo Yueshuang did not refuse.

Back when she had not yet fallen out completely with the company, she had thought of opening her own studio after her contract ended. But later, after she and the company fell out, the company’s repeated suppression made her understand that opening a studio was no longer realistic. Even a starving camel was bigger than a horse. If Da Yi truly did not want to let her go, then even if she opened a studio, it would only be an empty shell and would be very difficult to go far in the entertainment industry.

Recently, she had also learned of Da Yi’s scandal. Mo Yueshuang did not dare place all her bets on herself at this time, but within the industry, she truly could not choose a suitable agency either.

Jiawei Media Entertainment was still a small company at the moment, but looking at the first batch of artists they had launched, every one of them placed in the industry was a potential stock. As long as they did not court death in the future, with the explosive popularity of these few people, Jiawei Media’s rise would be very swift.

Mo Yueshuang agreed on the spot to take a look around this company. Yu Jiawei liked people like Mo Yueshuang, who had good judgment and understood the situation.

After Mo Yueshuang was taken away by an assistant, Yu Jiawei called in two secretaries to accompany Li Ran. Ranran was taken by them to the rest area in the CEO’s office to eat and drink.

After everyone had left, Yu Jiawei pointed at Bai Qin’s business card and asked Li Sheng, “What’s going on? Did she offend you?”

Seeing that Yu Jiawei had sent Mo Yueshuang away just to discuss this artist with her, Li Sheng thought that this artist must not be ordinary to Yu Jiawei.

Li Sheng also did not want to keep her in suspense and directly said to Yu Jiawei, “No. She didn’t offend me. It’s just, have you heard about Yin Siqin’s matter?” Seeing Yu Jiawei nod decisively, Li Sheng continued, “Yin Siqin plays a female supporting role in Di Xue. She doesn’t have many scenes, but every scene is very weighty. Now that something happened to her, the director can’t find a suitable replacement in the industry for the time being.”

“I know Bai Qin’s twin sister. She’s a doctor. When the director mentioned finding someone to replace Yin Siqin in the role, I thought of her sister. A doctor wearing a white coat matches the image of the cold female scientist in the drama very well. On top of that, Bai Jing has a relatively good personality and looks very cold. Having her come would truly be very suitable.”

“Unfortunately, Bai Jing has no interest in the entertainment industry. However, she recommended her younger sister to us. She said they are twins and cannot be told apart by appearance. Furthermore, her younger sister is an artist. Although she is still a trainee right now and has not officially debuted, sooner or later, she will also go into the industry and act.”

After listening to Li Sheng’s explanation, Yu Jiawei continued to rub the space between her brows with a headache, then rubbed her temples.

“I don’t know what Bai Jing is like, but from what you said, she seems cold and indifferent like you, right?”

Li Sheng did not want to admit that she was cold and indifferent, but her personality really was not enthusiastic either, so she nodded along.

Yu Jiawei sighed and said with a helpless laugh, “Come with me to the classroom and look at her.”

Li Sheng followed her there. In the classroom, a professional teacher was giving a lecture, and most of the artists were studying and listening seriously.

Yu Jiawei pointed at someone in the corner and told Li Sheng to look.

“That’s Bai Qin?” Li Sheng felt slightly surprised. She saw Bai Qin lying on the desk, using a book to cover her face, but her exposed mouth was open. One really worried that if she slept a little longer, she would drool.

“Her mother is a friend of one of my elders. She came here for an interview. Originally, she was going to be rejected, but apart from wanting to become a big star, her remaining dream was to go to the countryside and teach. Her family couldn’t bear to let her run off to some mountain ditch, so they used connections and asked us to sign her.”

“That elder of mine invited me to eat two meals before explaining the matter clearly. I thought, isn’t it just one female artist? Although the company has only just started now, in the future, it’ll definitely grow bigger and stronger. Adding one more female artist isn’t a big deal.”

“In the end, after she came, she either slept during class or talked back to the teachers. Originally, we planned to put her in a girl group, but when they practiced dancing together, she said the teacher didn’t dance as well as her. In one month, she angered away three teachers and even fought with her teammates, completely falling out with them. Later, we tested her voice and found it very distinctive, so we arranged for her to learn music and planned to debut her as a singer.”

“Guess what happened?”

“Two post-production sound mixers both refused to come back, saying they couldn’t let Bai Qin smash their rice bowls.”

“We had her go to the station to learn how to be a variety show host, and she fell out with the television station. Looking at her figure and appearance, our board of directors unanimously decided to give her one more chance and let her try modeling.”

“In the end, rehearsals went perfectly fine, but during her first debut show, she was walking at the very front. Then once everyone lined up, she fell, just like bowling.”

“Yesterday, we decided to enshrine her in the company as a mascot. We really can’t withstand her tossing around anymore.”

Thinking of this, Yu Jiawei rubbed her temples again. Her head hurt. It really hurt, throbbing one pulse at a time.

Li Sheng had not expected Bai Jing’s younger sister to have a personality completely opposite from hers. This was rather interesting.

Although Bai Qin looked like mud that could not be supported onto a wall right now, Li Sheng did not plan to give up. She nudged Yu Jiawei with her elbow.

“Call her out. I’ll audition her.”

Yu Jiawei went in and greeted the teacher, then walked over and tapped Bai Qin’s desk. Bai Qin was disturbed but did not wake up. Instead, she changed positions and continued lying there asleep.

Yu Jiawei went over and reached out to twist her ear. “Bai! Qin!”

“Aiyo, aiyo~ It hurts, it hurts.” Bai Qin was startled awake. She sat up and covered her ear, rubbing it.

Seeing that she was awake, Yu Jiawei did not stay longer. Most of the people here were the second batch of newly recruited trainees. Some still did not know her, while the few who did know her were still nervous.

“Come out with me.”

Yu Jiawei took Bai Qin away. The remaining people immediately exploded into discussion. They had watched Bai Qin idle away here every day, so they had guessed that Bai Qin had backing. They simply had not expected that her backing was Yu Jiawei.

Although Yu Jiawei had given Bai Qin a cold face the moment she came in, it was clear that the two of them were very familiar. Otherwise, there would not have been such a small action as twisting her ear.

Bai Qin followed Yu Jiawei out. In the classroom next door, Li Sheng held a script in her hand.

Seeing Bai Qin arrive, she handed the script to Bai Qin.

“Look through it and see if you can act it.”

Bai Qin was a little surprised. She had thought she was caught dozing off in class and was being taken out for a criticism meeting. She had not expected someone had come to audition her.

Bai Qin also laughed and turned back to ask Yu Jiawei, “You still haven’t given up on me?”

“We gave up yesterday. Today, we decided to give you one more chance.” Yu Jiawei told the truth with a cold face, but Bai Qin did not believe it. She knew this young female CEO was cold on the outside and warm on the inside. Although she often kept a stern face toward subordinates, she was still a very good person. This opportunity must have been something she fought against all opposition and worked very hard to win for her.

Thinking this, Bai Qin moved herself. Her gaze burned passionately as she stared at Yu Jiawei.

Yu Jiawei knew she had misunderstood and subconsciously touched her nose. Yesterday, in the meeting, she had been the first one to suggest giving up on Bai Qin and keeping her in the company as a mascot.

Bai Qin began reading the script. Li Sheng called Mo Yueshuang and told her to hurry over.

When Bai Qin became serious, she still had a bit of Bai Jing’s shadow, though it disappeared very quickly.

While Bai Qin was reading the script, Mo Yueshuang was brought over by the assistant. She had not seen Bai Qin’s lazy appearance from earlier. Bai Qin’s current serious and focused appearance really was quite similar to Bai Jing when they first met.

After a few more minutes, Bai Qin closed the script and said in a light tone, “I’m done reading. We can start.”

Yu Jiawei was somewhat stunned. Her finger tapped the script cover. “You memorized it?”

“It’s not like reciting obscure and difficult ancient texts. These are all conversations with main points, secondary points, and logic. Isn’t reading it twice enough?” Bai Qin said very naturally.

Yu Jiawei took her script and looked at it carefully, then closed it. Realizing she had not memorized it, she unwillingly opened it again to look, then closed it once more, only to discover she still had not memorized it.

“All right, step back and let them act opposite each other.”

Li Sheng pulled Yu Jiawei back with her and took out her phone to record the audition scene.

This scene was after a bloody battle had ended. As the captain of the small squad, Di Xue came to talk to a team member. She was also taking the opportunity to brainwash her, so the team member would support her. This female scientist was the main target she was trying to win over this time, but the other party was very hard to handle, because she was an external hire. If Di Xue wanted her to stay, she had to provide enough benefits.

Mo Yueshuang had already read the script on the way to Jiawei Media. She had long since memorized her lines. She simply had not expected Bai Qin to also memorize her lines so smoothly in such a short amount of time.

Bai Qin’s acting was inexperienced, but her line delivery foundation was good. In addition, she herself had the kind of attitude of not caring about anything and being indifferent to everything. Facing the big star Mo Yueshuang, she was neither nervous nor stage-frightened. One scene flowed smoothly.

Mo Yueshuang was very satisfied with her.

Li Sheng watched their performance through her phone camera. Her attention swept roughly over Bai Qin, and after discovering that Bai Qin could handle this role, Li Sheng felt relieved.

After this audition ended, Li Sheng played the video on her phone again. Only this time, her attention focused mainly on Mo Yueshuang.

Back when Mo Yueshuang auditioned, she had still been nervous. Perhaps she had been afraid of performing badly and losing the opportunity.

At that time, although Mo Yueshuang had entered the role, her acting had seemed somewhat stiff, as if two souls lived inside one body. Mo Yueshuang could not distinguish whether she was Mo Yueshuang or Di Xue, so the director had not been very satisfied.

Now, Mo Yueshuang could already stand in front of the camera and become Di Xue.

It was just…

Li Sheng put away her phone and looked at Mo Yueshuang. It had only been a short audition clip, yet Mo Yueshuang’s emotions were still somewhat indignant. These were Di Xue’s emotions, not Mo Yueshuang’s.

From this, it was clear that Mo Yueshuang entered character extremely quickly, but came out of character very slowly. Li Sheng even worried that after this film ended, Mo Yueshuang might have difficulty leaving the role for a very long time.

If she could not, then finding herself again afterward would be a time-consuming, exhausting, and troublesome matter.

“Can she do it?” Yu Jiawei did not understand these things, but she felt that the two of them had acted very well. Even she, as an onlooker, had a feeling of being there herself. Mo Yueshuang had stirred up her emotions in just a few short lines.

Li Sheng nodded. “She passed. I’ll send it to the director. The director should come over very soon to arrange the contract.”

Yu Jiawei let out a breath. She was happy and also relieved. Bai Qin was actually going to debut too. She only hoped that this time, on the production crew, she would not cause any strange trouble.

“To celebrate the first batch of artists all debuting, I’ll treat everyone to a meal.”

Li Sheng did not agree. “Not today. Today is my birthday. I promised Ranran I’d go home. Ranran is personally celebrating for me.”

“What’s the problem? Go eat first. Bring Ranran too. After eating, you mother and daughter can go home, blow out candles, and eat cake. You can celebrate all the same.”

Li Sheng smiled. “I can’t decide this. I promised Ranran first. Call her over and ask her. If she agrees, I agree.”

Very soon, Ranran was brought over by two secretaries. There was still a faint milky fragrance on her. Li Sheng hugged Ranran in her arms and asked, “What did you eat just now?”

“Small cake.”

After Ranran said this, Yu Jiawei quickly leaned over. “Ranran, tonight, come eat with us together with your mommy, okay?”

Ranran looked at Li Sheng, then looked at Mo Yueshuang, who stood to the side without showing any expression. Seeing that Li Sheng did not speak, and Mo Yueshuang did not indicate anything either, she furrowed her little curved brows, clenched her little fist, and quietly thought.

In the end, Ranran still decided that tonight, she wanted to celebrate with just Mommy, so Li Sheng very apologetically left with Ranran and Mo Yueshuang.

After sending Mo Yueshuang to the production crew, Mo Yueshuang said “Happy birthday” to Li Sheng again when getting out of the car.

Li Sheng smiled. “Thank you. I’ll bring you cake tomorrow.”

Li Sheng and Ranran returned home. Little Ranran ran off and brought out the birthday gift. When Li Sheng saw it, she realized it was the one Guan Tai had brought over for Ranran a few days ago. She had not expected it to be a birthday gift for her.

Ranran hugged the box and ran toward Li Sheng. In the end, she accidentally fell to the ground. Ranran climbed up. Her body did not hurt much, but she had been frightened, and she was also very afraid that the gift had broken.

So her little mouth curled downward, and tears fell.

Li Sheng quickly hugged her into her arms and coaxed her. “Don’t cry, don’t cry. Where did you fall? Does it hurt?”

“Mommy.” The little one sniffed. “It doesn’t hurt. Mommy, see if it broke.”

Ranran held up the gift box. Only then did Li Sheng understand that she was crying because she was afraid the gift had broken. Li Sheng was moved, her heart warm.

“Okay, Mommy will look.”

Li Sheng carried Ranran to the sofa. She slowly opened the gift. Ranran, sitting beside her, took out her special little handkerchief from her tiny pocket, wiped the corners of her tearful eyes, then blew her nose. After that, she stared without blinking as Li Sheng opened the gift.

The item was opened. It was a necklace. The style, design, and pattern were all very strange. Li Sheng suddenly remembered that a few months ago, Miranda said she wanted to teach Ranran how to draw. The two of them hid in the study and drew a pile of strange patterns, and one of them looked very much like this necklace.

“Ranran, did you draw this?” Li Sheng had not expected Ranran to give her this surprise.

Ranran looked at Li Sheng somewhat shyly yet expectantly and nodded. “Auntie Miranda taught me.”

The original draft had been drawn by Ranran. It was only a rough outline. The pendant had white wings on it. Ranran said these were the wings of a guardian angel. Surrounded by the wings was a crescent moon, and around it were beautiful and delicate patterns.

Li Sheng did not know how precious these gemstones were, but she recognized the most inconspicuous gemstone used for decoration. It was bamboo-ink gemstone, which was extremely difficult to mine, extremely expensive, and very rare. One carat of bamboo-ink gemstone cost over one hundred thousand.

Yet the bamboo-ink gemstones here were only used as decoration. Although Li Sheng did not recognize the main gemstone, she could also guess it was extremely valuable.

Moreover, the making of this necklace had turned Ranran’s few abstract drawings into something so artistically processed. It must have taken quite a lot of thought. This necklace openly declared its preciousness and luxury.

Ranran had emptied out her entire little treasury.

Li Sheng was moved and distressed. Her daughter really did love her the most.

She was only celebrating a birthday, yet her daughter had emptied her little treasury. When Ranran’s birthday came in November, she also had to prepare a big gift for Ranran.

Li Sheng hugged Ranran and kissed her fiercely. The gift itself was not important, and neither was the price. What mattered was that Ranran cared about her and was willing to empty her little treasury to buy her a gift.

The more Li Sheng thought about it, the more moved she became. All the grievances she had suffered from Ranran these days because of Mo Yueshuang were swept away.

Li Sheng’s excitement lasted for a very long time. Even the next morning, when she wore the necklace to buy a small cake for Mo Yueshuang, her mood was still extremely happy.

It was just that this person was very inwardly showy. Her heart was blooming with joy, but on the surface, she still wore that unmoving, icy expression.

When she arrived at the production crew and saw Mo Yueshuang, Li Sheng gave her the small cake in a good mood. “I didn’t invite you to eat cake yesterday, so I’m making up for it today.”

After Li Sheng finished speaking, she even sat down beside Mo Yueshuang. The necklace Ranran had given her was openly displayed outside. After that, Li Sheng kept paying attention to Mo Yueshuang.

In the end, she discovered that when Mo Yueshuang was reading the script, she would occasionally raise her head and look at her. She would glance over as if nothing had happened, then act as if she had seen nothing, as if she was merely relaxing her eyes before lowering her head and continuing to read the script.

Li Sheng felt very bored. Such a beautiful necklace was hanging around her neck. How could Mo Yueshuang not notice?

If she had noticed, why did Mo Yueshuang not ask her about this necklace? She had held herself back for an entire night and had not shown it off everywhere, just waiting to come to the production crew early this morning to show Mo Yueshuang, then proudly and smugly tell Mo Yueshuang, “My precious Ranran gave me this birthday gift. She spent all the money in her little treasury on it.”

Unfortunately, Mo Yueshuang simply did not look at the necklace or ask her about it. Her eyes occasionally looked at Li Sheng’s face. Li Sheng touched her face. It was not like flowers had bloomed on her face. Mo Yueshuang was truly inexplicable.

A single mother’s birthday. Refusing a friend’s invitation. The next morning, wearing a famous gemstone necklace around her neck. It was very difficult for Mo Yueshuang not to think about Li Sheng’s romantic life.

Mo Yueshuang was left irritated and restless by the hidden joy in Li Sheng’s expression. Seeing Li Sheng sitting beside her with an attitude as if she were about to start showing off her love life made her heart feel even more blocked.