Chen Chunyao finally took her phone out of its case. Without even glancing at the old case, she simply tossed it into the trash can.
Then, she slowly replaced it with the one Fan Yi had brought. Only then did she speak up. "It's okay. What could possibly happen to me?"
"I just feel like you've been preoccupied. You're not happy at all and you keep crying."
Sister Chen carefully observed her expression.
Chen Chunyao still kept her head down. Hearing this, she fell silent for a moment before smiling faintly. "No. Maybe I just haven't fully detached myself from my last role."
Hearing this, Sister Chen's suspicions were somewhat alleviated.
Her last drama had a tragic ending. In the final scene, she had cried for three whole days. By the time the filming wrapped up, her eyes were still swollen.
"I mean, aren't you known for getting into and out of character quickly? How come you're still not out of it for this drama?"
"Maybe you should take a vacation. The variety show isn't starting for a few more days. How about taking a trip abroad?"
"Don't you have friends in the UK? You haven't really been there this year. Let me book the tickets for you?"
As Sister Chen spoke, she took out her phone and started looking at flight tickets.
Chen Chunyao used to go on vacation in the UK for a few days every year.
No matter how busy she was, she would always take those few days off for herself.
She always went alone, without any company. Once she left, she would be out of contact.
Later, when Sister Chen and the others asked her what she did in the UK and why she liked it so much.
She would always smile and say that she actually had a small house there and some friends as well.
There, no one knew who she was, and she could truly relax.
Everyone accepted this explanation.
After all, this was one of the drawbacks of being a public figure. Too many people recognized them.
Even going out required them to be secretive.
Chen Chunyao seemed not to hear what Sister Chen was saying. She was just staring at her phone when suddenly she sat up straight.
A new message had come in. It simply read: If you're free, let's meet tonight.
"No need. I don't feel like going out recently. But I do need to take a couple of days off."
She stared at the message numerous times. For some reason, her tone was a bit excited as she declined Sister Chen's suggestion.
"Alright. Then you should rest at home for a few days and adjust your state. You'll look better when you start filming."
Sister Chen readily agreed without much thought.
Actually, Chen Chunyao originally had a schedule, but considering her current state, the schedule could be changed.
"Sister Chen, do I really have dark circles under my eyes? Where's my hydrating emergency mask?"
Chen Chunyao seemed to be suddenly energized. She became completely animated.
While talking to Sister Chen, she couldn't wait to go look for it herself.
Sister Chen gave a suspicious glance at her phone but ultimately didn't think too much about it. She stood up and followed behind her.
"That's the spirit. We can never forget that we're female celebrities. We have to take good care of our faces."
"I'll make an appointment for you for a facial treatment. You can go and get your face done later."
She looked at Chen Chunyao who was putting on a mask and suggested.
"Is there enough time now? Okay. Please arrange it for me. And make an appointment with a stylist for me too. I've made an appointment to have dinner with someone tonight."
Chen Chunyao's tone was different from the previous two days. She no longer looked listless.
Although she didn't know what had happened to her, seeing her becoming more energetic, Sister Chen was happy for her.
"There's enough time. I'll take care of it. You can rest assured."
She really liked the fighting spirit in Chen Chunyao. In the face of any difficulty, she always seemed to have the courage to forge ahead.
While some were happy, others were sad.
In the nursing home, Zhang Qiu warily looked at Liu Ning who had come uninvited.
"What are you doing here? You're not welcome here."
Back then, when she stabbed Qi Shifeng and sent him to the hospital, Liu Ning had found her and slapped her twice.
She had been held down by others and couldn't even fight back.
This incident had always been a disgrace to her.
She never thought that Liu Ning would dare to come and see her now.
"If it weren't for your daughter still pestering my son, I wouldn't have come to find you. Do you think I really want to see you?"
Liu Ning calmly surveyed the hospital ward and then sat down on the sofa.
"I didn't expect your daughter to have done so well by relying on men in these years. She's been supporting you in such a nice nursing home."
She clicked her tongue twice, and her tone was full of contempt for Xu Tingyu.
Although Zhang Qiu also hated Xu Tingyu to the core, she knew that when Liu Ning insulted Xu Tingyu, she was also insulting herself.
She immediately retorted, "It's because my daughter has the ability. When you guys got divorced back then, you didn't give a single cent. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"
Mentioning this, Liu Ning also felt a bit embarrassed.
After all, the Qi family had really been quite ruthless back then.
When Xu Tingyu left the Qi family, she truly left with nothing.
But she didn't think this was wrong. "They had given enough when they got married. Without our Qi family, you guys would have gone bankrupt long ago."
"Moreover, she voluntarily signed the prenuptial agreement. She never went to work a single day after marriage. She enjoyed herself for so many years. What else did she expect to take away?"
"We didn't even hold her accountable for the losses she caused. We've already been very kind to you guys."
She was also a wife and a daughter - in - law.
But she never tried to understand others' feelings.
Because from the very beginning, she had looked down on Xu Tingyu.
She always thought this woman was too seductive and was a dancer. She was a disgrace to their family.
If it weren't for Old Master Qi's insistence back then, she would never have accepted such a daughter - in - law.
Zhang Qiu didn't hold back either. "Stop talking nonsense. You don't need to say these things to me. If you think you're right, go and tell others."
"If others don't say that your Qi family has gone too far and that you're so calculating that you've lost all your shame, then I'll admit that you guys have some skills."
Hearing her say that she was shameless, Liu Ning angrily stood up.
"Who on earth is shameless? It's your daughter who's pestering my son now. She always uses the excuse of seeing the child to get close to my son."
"No wonder she insisted on giving birth to that child back then. She was playing the long game."
"But I'm putting it on the record today. There's no way she can re - enter our Qi family."
"Of course, if she's willing to give all her property to my son, then I might consider it. They can continue to interact."
"After all, it's quite normal for a man to keep one or two mistresses."
Liu Ning's expression changed several times as she spoke, as if she was afraid that others wouldn't know how good she was at changing her attitude.
Zhang Qiu was so angry that her hands were shaking, especially after hearing her say that she wanted Xu Tingyu to give all her property to the Qi family.
"How can there be such a shameless person in the world? You actually want to ask your divorced daughter - in - law for property?"
"I can't believe you came up with this. You're truly invincible in your shamelessness."
Even as her mother, she didn't get to spend much of Xu Tingyu's money.
Xu Tingyu was very stingy when giving her pocket money.
Give all her money to the Qi family?