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When the doctor came in to check on her, he told Wen Tingli: You can walk around, just be careful not to bump into the wound.

After hearing this, Wen Tingli felt as if she had been pardoned, and immediately asked the nurse to help her go out to call Mrs. Zhou.

After finishing the call, she paced slowly in the corridor. Strangely, she turned around several times but did not see Lu Shicheng and Kuang Zhilin. The nurse told Wen Tingli that there was a VIP room at the end of the first floor, and maybe Mr. Lu and Mr. Kuang were talking there.

Wen Tingli had no choice but to go back to her room first.

After lying down, she thought of what Lu Shicheng told her before he left, and her heart was filled with expectation. He was actually curing his muteness. She had heard Lu Shicheng speak before, when he was seriously injured and unconscious. His voice was typical of a young man, with a bit of boyishness, and was clear and magnetic.

If one day he spoke to her face to face... She imagined that scene and couldn't help laughing to herself. Afraid that the nurse would notice, she quietly turned to the window and continued to fantasize.

She remembered that Principal Zou once said that Lu Shicheng loved to talk and was very good at talking when he was a child.

"He often says shocking things at such a young age." These are the exact words of Principal Zou.

Lu Shicheng is so old now. If his chronic illness can be cured, I wonder if he can still be as eloquent as he was when he was a child.

She suddenly realized that she and Lu Shicheng usually communicated through gestures and words, and Lu Shicheng seldom addressed her formally on paper.

If they were talking face to face, I wonder what he would call her?
"Ms. Wen", "Miss Wen" - this is in line with his quiet personality, but given their current relationship, this title is a bit too polite.

Call her by her full name, "Wen Tingli"? -- It was intimate enough, but in her impression, lovers only did this when they were quarreling.

Or maybe it’s——“Tingli”?
She was thinking about this and that, her heart was like a hatching sparrow, she couldn't calm down for a second. The last time she was so excited was when the joint entrance examination results were announced.

Suddenly, I heard the nurse behind me say, "Mr. Lu."

Wen Tingli turned around happily and saw that it was Lu Shicheng who came back.

She looked at him and smiled. Her smile was the most contagious. Lu Shicheng couldn't help but smile as well. His expression was the same as before he left, but the expression of Kuang Zhilin behind him was a little complicated.

However, Kuang Zhilin immediately returned to his usual warm and measured attitude.

"Miss Wen must be hungry. Master Cheng has already asked someone to order dinner at Kangle Restaurant. If you need anything else to eat or buy, just tell the attendants outside the door. Kuang has something urgent to do, so I'll leave you now."

Wen Tingli said hurriedly, "Go and do your work."

Although Kuang Zhilin quickly returned to normal, she did not miss the wariness in his eyes.

She was full of doubts. It had been a long time since Kuang Zhilin looked at her with that look.

Could it be that--

Wait, she made two calls in total at Guangdong Commercial Bank today. Could it be that Kuang Zhilin found out something while helping her find the murderer?

She subconsciously moved her gaze back to Lu Shicheng's face, hoping to find out something from his eyes, but Lu Shicheng looked at the nurse on the other side, and the nurse replied: "He ate some fruit and walked for ten minutes..."

Wen Tingli couldn't help but remind Lu Shicheng: "You are still covered in blood. Do you want someone to bring you a clean piece of clothing?"

Lu Shicheng looked down at himself, and the nurse said obediently, "Mr. Lu's attendant went to get his clothes early in the morning. He should be back soon. I'll go out and take a look."

After the nurse closed the door and left, Lu Shicheng sat beside the bed and held the hand that Wen Tingli extended to him.

This was the second time they shook hands. Lu Shicheng's fingertips were warmer than hers, and they felt warm in her hand.

It was a very concrete feeling of reality. She subconsciously clenched her hand. She was wondering whether she should take the initiative to explain to him.

Lu Shicheng noticed it immediately and looked up at her.

Wen Tingli pretended to admire his hands. In fact, when she first met Lu Shicheng, she noticed that his hands were beautiful, with long, white fingers and smooth, round nails. Now, these hands were in her hands.

Lu Shicheng moved his face closer, Wen Tingli's heart started to panic, and she looked up at him.

There was only her shadow in Lu Shicheng's dark pupils.

He motioned for her to look at his hands; his knuckles were a little white from being clenched in her fists.

Wen Tingli was startled, then quickly let go with a smile. She tried to see something in Lu Shicheng's eyes, but she only saw calmness, tolerance, and understanding - all of this reminded her of the sea in the early morning.

Even if there had been a hint of doubt in his eyes, she would not have felt as uneasy as she did now. But there was not even a hint of self-righteous accusation or condescending scrutiny in those eyes.

This made her feel a little at a loss. While she was silent, Lu Shicheng was also looking at Wen Tingli. He thought for a while, picked up the notepad on the bedside table and wrote the word "peach" on it.

Wen Tingli immediately understood that he was asking her whether she wanted to bring Xiao Taozi and Mrs. Zhou over.

Her heart warmed up, and she shook her head and said, "I've already called her to tell her about my injury, and she will bring Xiao Taozi to the hospital later. No, no, no...you don't have to pick them up, I've already hired a car for them from the car dealership."

She pointed to the book bag hanging on the rail at the end of the bed: "I want that."

Lu Shicheng helped to hand it to him, and Wen Tingli took out a thick photo album and two award certificates in front of him and opened them to show him.

"Look, this is a collection of photos of me participating in off-campus performances when I was studying at Xiude Middle School. My classmate gave it to me this afternoon."

She pointed to a girl standing next to her in the photo.

"That's her, Qiao Baoxin. You must have seen her. I had the best relationship with her when I was studying at Xiu De."

She looked at Lu Shicheng's expression and continued, "Her family is arranging a blind date for her. In order to fight against her family, she deliberately applied for a university in Peking. Now she is hiding in her cousin's house - that is, Meng Qiguang's house."

There was finally a ripple in Lu Shicheng's eyes.

"Qiao Baoxin called me this morning and said that she would be leaving for Peking soon. She wanted to see me before she left, but it was inconvenient for her to come out because she was afraid that her family would catch her and put her in solitary confinement again, so she asked me to go -"

Lu Shicheng raised his hand and covered Wen Tingli's mouth.

Wen Tingli's chest was pounding. This was the first time Lu Shicheng interrupted her.

She stared at him.

Lu Shicheng shook his head at her slowly, looking very serious.

He trusted her, so he didn't ask anything, and she didn't need to tell him anything.

Wen Tingli's eyes became sore, and her smile immediately became relaxed.

"Let me finish what I was saying... I agreed to meet her, but I didn't want to stay in Meng Mansion for too long, so I got some headgear and makeup from the crew in advance. When I got there, I made Qiao Baoxin look like a middle-aged lady. Then I took her to a snack bar on Magen Road nearby to talk. We both felt more relaxed this way. Not long after, we separated. She went back to Meng Mansion, and I went to Guangdong Commercial Bank across the street to make a phone call. Then I met the murderer on the second floor."

This time, she did not emphasize that she only made one call to Lu Shicheng, but she did not further clarify how many calls she made.

Li Chengying is the bottom line she must stick to.

But she was also as honest as possible with him.

After saying these words, she felt much more relieved.

Looking at Lu Shicheng again, I found that he was smiling.

After looking at each other for a moment, she leaned her head on his shoulder and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Lu Shicheng kissed her lightly on the top of her head.

Wen Tingli raised the corners of her mouth and muttered, "I'm hungry...why hasn't the meal come yet?"

***
Less than five minutes after Wen Tingli shouted that she was hungry, the food from Kangle Restaurant was delivered.

Lu Shicheng fed her mouthful by mouthful with a spoon beside the bed, just as she had done to him when he was seriously injured and bedridden.

Only after Wen Tingli was fed did Lu Shicheng start to eat his own portion.

"Try the ribs, they're delicious." She pointed at the side.

"Mr. Lu, you are so picky about food! You don't even touch a piece of fish?"

The chopsticks in Lu Shicheng's hand stopped there, and Wen Tingli covered her mouth with a smile: "Okay, I won't say anything."

Kuang Zhilin happened to return and saw this. He couldn't help but joked, "I find that as long as Miss Wen is here, we never have to worry about it not being lively and interesting enough."

Wen Tingli greeted Kuang Zhilin frankly. Kuang Zhilin looked at the expressions of the two of them carefully, as if he was secretly relieved.

He waited until Lu Shicheng finished his meal before talking about business: "The man has been caught. His surname is Huang and he is from Suzhou."

Wen Tingli asked hurriedly: "Is it related to Deng Tianxing?"

Lu Shicheng nodded to her. Wen Tingli was overjoyed, and Kuang Zhilin told her the whole story. "This Deng Tianxing is too vicious. I was wondering why he always spread rumors about me in the crew. It turns out he was trying to steal the show for others." Wen Tingli was so angry that she wanted to jump off the bed, but Lu Shicheng pushed her back.

Kuang Zhilin continued, "For a vain and poor boy like Deng Tianxing, the Luo family is a stepping stone to success. Although this matter involves great risks, it can impress Miss Luo's heart in the shortest possible time. If he succeeds by chance, he only needs to pay a little 'labor fee' to the Suzhou scoundrel from beginning to end, which is a very profitable business. It's a pity that this Deng is just a street scoundrel after all, his vision and methods are really too low-level."

The attendant knocked on the door and said, "A colleague of Miss Wen wants to see you."

When the door opened, it turned out to be Huang Yuanshan.

"Sister Huang! How did you know I was here?"

Huang Yuanshan came in with a few bags of fruit and supplements in his hands. He greeted Lu Shicheng warmly and then Kuang Zhilin. Then he said to Wen Tingli, "You have an audition tomorrow. I wanted to tell you something in advance, but I couldn't find you anywhere. I just called your home and Mrs. Zhou said she was about to take Xiao Taozi to the hospital to see you. That's when I found out you were injured. I happened to be doing something nearby, so I drove here first. What happened?"

Wen Tingli repeated Kuang Zhilin's words with hatred.

"What a jerk!" Huang Yuanshan was so angry that his whole body was shaking. "He's been doing nothing all day long, doing these wicked things! No wonder he kept asking me about the progress of "Beauty of the South" a few days ago. It turns out he had this bad idea. I think he's really courting death!"

After a long scolding, he laughed and sighed, "I was wondering which hard stone slab Deng Tianxing had kicked this time. It turned out to be Mr. Lu's vigorous and resolute actions. It's great! Great!"

She said to Lu Shicheng with a smile, "Huang wholeheartedly supports the reshoot of Sands of Time and the replacement of the male lead. Ever since this brat named Deng made two relatively popular movies, he has been getting more and more popular. This time, Mr. Lu made a move to punish him, and everyone in the company applauded. The key is that Zhu Xiaozhou, who was found, has better acting skills than Deng Tianxing. In fact, we also considered looking for Zhu Xiaozhou at the beginning, but he just said that he didn't have the schedule. Unexpectedly, Mr. Lu sent someone to talk to him and he was able to reach an agreement. Mr. Lu is so visionary and courageous, you can't tell that this is his first time investing in a movie."

She said a lot of compliments, watching Lu Shicheng's reaction as she spoke. There was no arrogance or perfunctoriness in Lu Shicheng. He was always listening to her and listening very seriously, which gave Huang Yuanshan great encouragement.

She rubbed her hands excitedly, "The film industry needs powerful investors like you. Mr. Lu, have you heard of the Meni Company? The two brothers founded the company in Beiping five years ago, and it has developed in just a few years. Last year alone, they made more than 600,000 yuan. If the Lu family were to make movies, it would definitely develop faster than a small workshop like Meni. Mr. Lu, why don't we take this opportunity to talk about future cooperation? In addition to "Sands of Time", our company also has many wonderful scripts, including family ethics films, literary and artistic love films, martial arts films, detective films, and comedies. Mr. Lu, let's learn about them together?"

Lu Shicheng smiled slightly.

He shook his head without hesitation.

He has no interest in the film industry and this time he just wants to bring down Deng Tianxing.

Wen Tingli didn't want to interrupt and just smiled.

Huang Yuanshan was not angry, and changed the subject casually: "Look at me, I forgot to talk about business. Tingli, you are injured like this now, can you still participate in the audition tomorrow morning?"

"Of course I can participate!" Wen Tingli said anxiously, "This is my role. I will go even if my legs are broken."

"Pah, pah, pah, what broken leg." Although he was spitting, a proud smile appeared on Huang Yuanshan's face.

She told him everything about the audition arrangements for tomorrow morning.

A while ago, "Beauty of the South" attracted investments from several bosses of Feidi'er and became the top blockbuster of Golden Film Company. Now everything is almost ready, but there are still controversies in the casting. In order to make Huang Yuanshan obey the arrangements, the producer invited Yu Peiling, Le Zhiwen, Xiao Diejun, Lin Manrulai and Wen Tingli to audition together.

Every time Huang Yuanshan said a name, Wen Tingli's heart skipped a beat.

Yu Peiling was named the movie queen a while ago, and wherever she goes, the streets are always packed with people.

Xiao Diejun was born with a face that is very popular with the audience. The box office of several movies she starred in after her debut were very good, and she was dubbed the "box office magic medicine".

Lin Manru was born in Huangmei Opera. She had a unique figure and posture, and was especially good at crying scenes. She was known as the "orchid in the valley".

Le Zhiwen is a well-known child star and the only actress Wen Tingli has ever worked with. When the two of them participated in a youth drama competition in the first half of the year, Wen Tingli was full of admiration for Le Zhiwen's professionalism and acting talent. Le Zhiwen lost to her by a narrow margin in the last competition, so it would be strange if she didn't try to make a comeback this time.

"The bosses of Feidi'er are afraid that their investment will not be recouped, so they are trying their best to create a hit movie. It's only been half a month, and I don't know how many new tricks they have come up with. I wanted to stop them, but I couldn't. Tingli, why do you look so different? Are you okay?"

When Wen Tingli looked up, everyone in the room focused their eyes on her face, including Lu Shicheng.

"No problem." She raised her head. "Of course no problem."

When Huang Yuanshan left, Lu Shicheng personally saw her out.

Kuang Zhilin and Lu Shicheng stood on the steps and watched Huang Yuanshan's back.

"Master Cheng, it seems that Miss Wen has little chance of winning, but... even I know that Miss Wen has been reading scripts these past few months, or getting up early and going to the studio to learn. She has put in so much effort, but she was kicked out just like that. Miss Wen will definitely be very sad. Anyway, she has to go to Golden Film Company tomorrow to discuss the issue of the box office profit sharing of "The Sands of Time", so why not go there-"

Lu Shicheng shook his head without hesitation.

Kuang Zhilin was stunned: "That's right, this is Miss Wen's own business after all. Given her personality, she may not be willing to have us help her."

Lu Shicheng had a different idea.

Ever since he met Wen Tingli, he has never seen her lose.

He just had the same confidence in her as always.

***
Wen Tingli was troubled by herself for a while, but she was relieved immediately. No matter how much she worried, it would not change the outcome, so why waste her energy worrying? So when Lu Shicheng pushed the door open, Wen Tingli was already sitting there eating oranges in high spirits.

Lu Shicheng's eyes were filled with smiles.

Wen Tingli waved at him. Lu Shicheng walked to the bedside, took the orange from her hand and put it on the bedside table.

"How about I give you a piece of clothing? Look, the one you wore last time was stained with my tears and snot, and this one is stained with my blood. Hey, your cufflinks are really unique. What are they made of?"

She stroked his cuffs curiously, but when she lowered her head, her hair accidentally got caught on the pen cap in Lu Shicheng's shirt pocket.

"Ouch." She cried out in pain.

Lu Shicheng had no choice but to hold her wrist and carefully help her separate the strand of hair that was caught by the pen. Wen Tingli also touched around with her hands, and ended up touching Lu Shicheng's chin one moment and then his nose bridge the next.

He couldn't help laughing, and she couldn't help laughing too.

He suddenly lowered his head and kissed her, and Wen Tingli kissed him back. He simply held her face with his hands and kissed her all over her face. Wen Tingli closed her eyes and chuckled. Just as she was feeling the same, a child's childish voice suddenly came from outside the door, accompanied by a "pa pa pa" knock on the door.

"elder sister."

The two people separated quickly as if a spring mechanism was triggered. While Lu Shicheng was moving away, he did not forget to support Wen Tingli because he was afraid that she would tear the wound.

Mrs. Zhou saw this scene when she entered the room: Wen Tingli had not yet had time to withdraw her hand from Lu Shicheng's waist; Lu Shicheng seemed to want to walk away, but his hand was still on Wen Tingli's shoulder.

Lu Shicheng pretended to be idle and searched his trouser pockets. Not feeling anything interesting, he casually took out a round Citi orange from the fruit basket, squatted down and handed it to Xiao Taozi.

Xiao Taozi's eyes lit up. She had never eaten such a beautiful orange. Lu Shicheng patiently helped her peel it and handed one to Mrs. Zhou.

Little Peach was so happy with the meal that she wanted to go to bed holding the foreign orange.

"Sister is in pain, little peach."

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly took Xiao Taozi down, and Wen Tingli kissed Xiao Taozi on the cheek: "Sister, it doesn't hurt."

Mrs. Zhou looked at Wen Tingli with a worried look on her face: "It really makes me anxious to death, what happened?"

Wen Tingli briefly explained what happened. Mrs. Zhou had noticed that the ward was fully stocked with fruits and daily necessities, and a nurse was waiting nearby. She didn't know what to say for a moment, and said with deep emotion: "Mr. Lu, you are so young, but you are so good at taking care of people."

Lu Shicheng nodded politely to Mrs. Zhou and pointed outside the door, meaning that he wanted them to talk in the room while he went out for a while.

Xiao Taozi took out a chocolate candy from her small bag and tiptoed to give it to Lu Shicheng.

"Mr. Lu, eat." This was Xiao Taozi's way of expressing gratitude. At such a young age, she could already understand some conversations between adults. She understood that it was Mr. Lu who sent her injured sister to the hospital.

Kuang Zhilin just happened to come in, and seeing this, he smiled and said, "Uncle Kuang likes peaches the most, can you give Uncle Kuang one of these candies, too?"

Xiao Taozi generously gave one pill to Kuang Zhilin, thought about it, and turned back to give Lu Shicheng the second pill.

The caregiver nearby joked: "It's incredible, they know how to treat them differently at such a young age."

Everyone in the room laughed.

***
That night, Mrs. Zhou and Xiao Taozi slept in the cubicle of the ward, and Lu Shicheng returned to the Lu Mansion in the middle of the night.

When the doctor came to check on her the next morning, Wen Tingli strongly asked the doctor to help her remove the gauze.

Although Lu Shicheng was worried about her injuries, he also knew that this audition was crucial to Wen Tingli. After some discussion, the chief of surgery finally agreed that Wen Tingli could be discharged from the hospital in the morning, but she had to come back immediately in the afternoon to continue stable treatment.

Before leaving, the chief of surgery gave Wen Tingli another painkiller injection.

"Don't think that everything is fine now." The director stressed, "The recovery in the next two days is crucial. You must not do anything drastic."

After these words were spoken, everyone secretly worried about Wen Tingli's audition today. Wen Tingli did not look worried at all, but she was obviously much quieter than usual on the way to the studio. She did not pester Lu Shicheng to talk, nor did she look around outside the window. She was just concentrating on reading the script.

Lu Shicheng glanced at her from time to time.

(End of this chapter)