As Yi Mo spoke, she excitedly grabbed Meng Ruozhao's hand, her tone urgent.
"Ruozhao, it's me! Yi Mo! We were good friends when we were kids!"
"We were the best, best friends in Star Kindergarten!"
Meng Ruozhao was a bit dazed by Yi Mo's sudden enthusiasm and the amount of information, her face full of disbelief.
Kindergarten? The best, best friends?
She looked at the delicate and beautiful face in front of her, with not the slightest bit of memory.
Seeing that Meng Ruozhao still looked blank, Yi Mo thought she didn't believe her and quickly said, "It's true! I'm not lying to you!"
"I still have a photo of us when we graduated from kindergarten at home!"
"You were wearing a little white tulle dress, and I was wearing a pink one. We were even holding hands!"
"And! Don't you have a very small red mole on the palm of your left hand? Right?"
Meng Ruozhao suddenly spread out the palm of her left hand.
Sure enough, among the delicate palm lines, a bright - red mole the size of a needle tip was clearly there.
This mole was very small and in an inconspicuous position.
If it wasn't someone who was very close and had carefully observed her hand, there was no way they could have known.
She looked up at Yi Mo in shock.
"How... how did you know?"
"Of course I know!"
Yi Mo's eyes were slightly red, as if lost in a distant memory.
"We were deskmates for four years. We played together, ate together, and took naps together every day. How could I not know?"
She took a deep breath, trying hard to calm her excited mood, and explained quickly.
"Later, after we graduated from kindergarten, my dad suddenly became successful in business, and our whole family immigrated abroad."
"In the first few years, we still often made long - distance calls. We would talk for a long time, and the phone bill was so expensive that my mom scolded me."
"But later..."
Yi Mo's voice dropped, with a hint of sadness.
"Later, probably when you were in the first or second grade of primary school, when I called you, eight out of ten times they said you weren't at home or weren't convenient to answer the phone."
"After that, it became harder and harder to contact you, until we completely lost touch."
"I always thought you made new friends and forgot about me. Later, I found out that your mother had passed away."
Meng Ruozhao's heart skipped a beat.
Her mother's passing...
Yi Mo continued, her tone full of regret and helplessness.
"I always wanted to come back to China to find you, but later my dad's investment failed, and our family's situation declined sharply. There was no way to support me coming back to China."
"I was not willing to give up. I kept calling your home landline. At first, no one answered. Later, when everyone started using mobile phones, that number couldn't be reached at all."
"After that, our family situation was always bad. I didn't get to go to college as planned and started working very early."
"By a coincidence, I got into the entertainment industry and have struggled until now."
Yi Mo looked at Meng Ruozhao, her eyes full of joy and emotion at finding a lost friend.
"After I came back to China to develop, I tried to find the place where you used to live based on my vague childhood memories."
"But so many years have passed, and Haicheng has changed so much that I couldn't find it at all."
"I really didn't expect to meet you here!"
This sudden reunion and the past that Yi Mo talked about rushed towards Meng Ruozhao like a tide.
She looked into Yi Mo's excited and sincere eyes and felt the warmth from the hand that was tightly holding hers.
An indescribable and complex emotion spread in her heart.
Although her memory was still blank, the inexplicable sense of familiarity and the details that Yi Mo could accurately tell about the red mole made her unable to doubt the authenticity of this friendship.
She had lost so many memories, but now, in such an unexpected way, she had retrieved a little bit.
"Yi Mo..."
She softly uttered this name, trying to find a trace of familiarity.
"It's me! Ruozhao, it's me!"
Yi Mo nodded vigorously. Tears finally welled up in her eyes, but she smiled and tightly hugged Meng Ruozhao.
"It's so good. I finally found you."
"It doesn't matter if you lost your memory. We're still the best friends in the world."
On the bustling filming set, Meng Ruozhao was warmed by this sudden hug, her heart full of mixed feelings.
The best friends in the world.
It sounded so wonderful.
The maze of her lost memories finally seemed to let in the first ray of light from the past.
And this ray of light might help her illuminate more dusty corners.
However, there wasn't much time for the two of them to catch up.
Although Yi Mo was beautiful and had good acting skills, she didn't have any resources behind her, so she could only play small roles.
This low - budget online drama was her first leading - role.
So she cherished this opportunity very much.
After they talked for a few words, she was called away to prepare.
Before leaving, they exchanged contact information. Yi Mo repeatedly told her, "Wait for me. You must wait for me. Let's go for a meal after it's over."
For some reason, Meng Ruozhao believed that Yi Mo was her best friend.
Because Yi Mo was lively, cheerful, and had a bright smile. She seemed to be the kind of person Meng Ruozhao would like.
Fate was really interesting. She had taken a fancy to Yi Mo at first sight on the poster and then decided to take this job.
And this decision had helped her find a good friend.
Originally, she didn't need to stay until the end and could leave early.
But because of Yi Mo's words, she stayed until it was over.
During this time, she heard some other staff chatting and found out that there was a little episode.
"Come to think of it, Yi Mo might be promoted after this drama."
"Ah? Don't you guys know? Our drama couldn't get much investment at first. We were really poor."
"Otherwise, would the male and female leads be so unknown?"
"Who would have thought that not long after the makeup - test photos were released, a large investment suddenly came. And it's said that the investor is very powerful and invested voluntarily."
"A second - tier actress heard about it and immediately wanted to snatch the role. She even invited the director and the producer to dinner, but neither of them went."
"I heard that it was the big shot behind that mysterious investment who specifically named Yi Mo as the leading actress."
"It's even written in the investment contract. So, this is not really an investment in our crew. It's purely an investment in her."
...
Meng Ruozhao listened with great interest.
Who was it?
Who else had the same eye as her and had taken a fancy to Yi Mo at first sight?
Before, she simply admired Yi Mo's temperament and appearance.
Now, with the filter of friendship, she thought Yi Mo would definitely become a superstar in the future!
Letting her be the leading actress in this drama was a huge win.
Just as she was lost in thought, she received a message from Pei Jiangmu.
"Sister, are you still on the filming set? I'm out of class. Do you want me to pick you up?"
During this period, they had been together almost every day.
Neither of them had mentioned that Pei Jiangmu would move out.
Fortunately, Pei Jiangmu still had classes. Otherwise, they would really be together 24/7.
"No. I met my best childhood friend here today. We're going for a meal later."
She didn't hide it from him. In fact, she was eager to share this good news with others.
However, Pei Jiangmu on the other end of the phone didn't think this was any good news at all.