Chapter 541: Is This a Date?
Ye Zhiyun was discharged from the hospital.
She had been in the hospital for two weeks, and she had almost been bored to death. Now she could finally be discharged. When she stepped out of the hospital entrance, she was really moved. She had been bored for too long. She stretched, basked in the sun, and felt that it was so good to be alive.
And on the day she was discharged, Yu Linna had also promised her that she would accompany her for a day. Yu Linna had taken leave from the crew for this. Fortunately, the matters on the crew’s side had been arranged almost, so she could also let go. After all, she had promised Ye Zhiyun to go and watch a movie with her, although Yu Linna herself was extremely unwilling.
Yes, they had gone to watch Demon Child. The original author of this movie was Yu Linna, and she was also the screenwriter. She had also supervised it during the filming, but the problem was, she herself did not dare to watch it at all. Ye Zhiyun was by her side, but she was still uneasy. In the beginning, it was fine when she was watching the beginning, but as soon as it involved bloody, scary scenes, Yu Linna said, “Ah, I’m going to die.”
“Hee hee, how does it feel to watch your own movie, Shion-sensei?”
“Please don’t call me that…”
Yu Linna had even covered her eyes during the viewing.
Just hearing the screams of the women in the cinema, she had felt very terrified. Originally, her original work had a certain tendency towards horror, and in the movie, this element had been amplified, which had created the feeling of a horror film. Essentially, it was about an anti-hero, but there were indeed many scenes that had been filmed with the techniques of a horror film.
“Are you scared, Nana? It’s so exciting.”
“Shut up…”
At that moment, Yu Linna wanted to tear Ye Zhiyun’s mouth off. Hearing her teasing laughter, it was so infuriating.
Ye Zhiyun was also particularly mischievous. She had moved her two hands from her face and had pressed them on her thighs, not letting her move. Yu Linna’s eyes were thus exposed to the sight. Coincidentally, in the movie, there was a scene where the protagonist had used his superpowers to dismember the school bully. It was extremely heavy-handed, and the bloodiness was evident, and it was also quite scary.
“Ah!!!”
Yu Linna was terrified and had hidden behind Ye Zhiyun.
“You bastard, you’re so despicable! You big bad person!”
Ye Zhiyun felt this girl burrowing into her, her body still trembling. Her heart couldn’t help but think, This is so great. Seeing her so scared, on the contrary, it made one want to bully her even more. Although this was a very immoral thing, but I’m sorry, she just wanted to do it.
“Look, it’s not scary at all. Here, look up.”
“Waaaaah, let go of me!”
“Why are you closing your eyes? Open them and see. This is so good to watch.”
“Wuwuwu, you’re not human!!”
Yu Linna was about to be scared to tears.
She was good at everything, but she was just afraid of scary things. Although there were no ghosts in this world, she was just scared!
It was clearly no problem when she was filming, but when it was released and she was watching it, it was different. Like before, Zhao Yuyan had sent her a short video. That short video was just a chair rocking for more than twenty seconds. By the time Yu Linna had started to yawn, a ghost had suddenly jumped out of the screen, letting out a super loud scream, which had directly scared her so much that she had fallen off her chair. She hadn’t been able to sleep all night, and hadn’t even dared to go to the toilet.
For this, she had even held a grudge against Zhao Yuyan for a long time. It was Zhao Yuyan who had coaxed her back with delicious food and drinks.
What she was least good at dealing with was scary things!
After watching a movie, Ye Zhiyun was very satisfied. The popcorn was also delicious, and Yu Linna’s eyes were spinning in circles, her whole person not well. Mmm, yes, she had already lost her combat ability.
“My dear Shion-sensei, are you alright? Here, try a small cookie.”
“…Ye Zhiyun, you big bad person! Super mischievous! I curse you to eat instant noodles for the rest of your life without a seasoning packet!”
“Alright, alright, don’t be angry. I’ll treat you to something delicious. By the way, I hear there are delicious donuts here.”
“Hmph! I’m not talking to you!”
Yu Linna said as she turned her head, huffing and puffing, indicating that she would not talk to her.
But Ye Zhiyun was not flustered at all. She was very calm. To deal with her was actually quite easy. Before, when they were together, she knew her inside out. This was not difficult for her.
“Nana, are you really not talking to me? I was wrong.”
“Hmph.”
“Nana, I was wrong. Will you forgive me?”
“Hmph.”
“My dear wifey?”
“Hmph…”
“You’re not talking to me? Then you’re not eating the donuts I bought? If you don’t eat, then I can only eat them alone. This is very expensive.”
“…Who said I’m not eating? I’ll eat if you buy it. But don’t think I’ll forgive you just because of this.”
Nice. Ye Zhiyun silently gave herself a thumbs-up in her heart.
“Then what should I do to be forgiven?”
“…If you take me to eat Brazilian barbecue, then I’ll consider it.”
“Hahaha, alright. That’s no problem.”
Ye Zhiyun said that this was not simple. As long as she wanted, she could still get a reservation.
She and Yu Linna had been together before, after all. She knew her relatively well, and for how to deal with her, she also had her own set of methods. As long as she could make Yu Linna happy, this was not a big deal.
Because she had already made up her mind to do it, right? Since that was the case, then she had to be serious to the end. This was also her only atonement.
The last day that Ye Zhiyun had spent in America had been very pleasant. The two weeks she had spent with Yu Linna was her most treasured time. The time she had not been able to enjoy before, now she had properly made up for it. But sometimes she really wondered if she had reflected a little too late.
But it was fine. Fortunately, it was not as if there was no chance at all. Now, she had a chance, and she would seize it.
And so, Ye Zhiyun’s days in America had ended. She had to go back to her home country to work.
The next time she would come over, that was something she could only consider later.
…
When Yu Linna’s movie had been released in American cinemas, she had briefly attracted the attention of the American audience. There were also interview videos of her online, as well as talk shows and variety shows during her promotion in England.
The American audience who were interested in her had started to go over the wall online, and had found the snowy variety show that Yu Linna had recorded in China before. That issue of the program had invited many big-name stars, but the American audience did not know a single one of them, only Yu Linna. This video had been translated, with English subtitles, and had been put on YouTube. For a time, it had attracted many people to watch.
This day, Catherine was at work at the Los Angeles branch. She was tidying up some documents, thinking about what documents to use in the meeting in a bit. She had gone to the planning team’s position, thinking of finding the team leader, when she had suddenly seen those few members of the team actually scrolling through a video on their phones, and the sound seemed to be in Chinese. This had made her both angry and amused.
“You can’t play on your phone during work hours.”
She went up to remind them.
These few people were instantly flustered and quickly ran back to their own seats. The person who was leading was very embarrassed, but he still stood up and apologized.
“I’m very sorry, madam. I won’t dare to do it again.”
“Not again.”
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Catherine had glanced over and had found that this person was scrolling through a video on YouTube. A careful look showed that the person in that video… was not the one she had been visiting on the set, the one named Linna?
“Who is this person?”
“Oh oh, this, this is the one who has become popular on YouTube recently, the original author of that Demon Child. There are also many of her interviews on YouTube. She’s really super cute.”
The staff were crazily recommending her to themselves, although Catherine might not be interested. After all, it was something for young people. She could certainly appreciate it. But she had still used her own phone to watch it.
She saw the introduction of this girl on the video, as well as her name. She stared blankly at these videos. And then she had also watched the interviews about this girl once, and had not even let go of the movie clips that she had once guest-starred in. It had been a long time since she had paid so much attention to a person.
“Yu, Linna…”
She had looked at this name countless times, over and over again, completely unable to calm down. To the point where she was a little dazed during the meeting, and it had taken her a while to adjust.
She was in her office, looking at her phone, unable to calm down at all.
“Is it… a coincidence?”
She had watched it over and over again, had replayed it over and over again, had watched it many times, but her mood just couldn’t calm down. In the beginning, she had felt that she looked like Yu Xiayue. As she had continued to watch, it was very obvious that they were not the same person at all. But she had the name of her deceased daughter.
Logically, it was not scientific.
Was it really a coincidence?
More than ten years ago, the police had told her that the bones had been found. And the amulet that Catherine had always had her little daughter wear had also been found. All sorts of signs indicated that this was a settled matter.
“Nana…”
She held her phone, unable to calm down for a long time. That heart that should have been calm was now faintly aching. And she also wanted to cry.
Besides it being a coincidence, she couldn’t think of anything else. Could there be such a thing as a dead person being resurrected in this world? That was not scientific. How could such a thing be possible? Catherine had really racked her brains but couldn’t come up with anything. She could only watch the videos about Yu Linna over and over again, and then let herself fall into endless trouble.
And during this period, a lot had also happened in Hollywood.
Just as Yu Linna was concentrating on filming a movie in Hollywood, preparing to go all out, a big shot’s sex scandal had been exposed in Hollywood. For a time, a heavyweight bomb had been dropped, stirring up a huge storm. It was understood that this big shot had sexually harassed no less than forty people in Hollywood, and it had been going on for at least thirty years. After this matter was exposed, many female stars in Hollywood had stood up to speak.
Among them, someone had @-ed the former Hollywood queen, Catherine, hoping that she would stand up and speak for the many women.
Some had even attributed Catherine’s decision to leave Hollywood many years ago to this big shot, to the point where Catherine had had to be silent for a long time before she had stood up to say that there was no such thing. She had said that it was only because of her family that she had had no heart to take on any roles. And after this had come out, many people had turned their eyes to seventeen years ago, when Catherine had not yet left Hollywood and was at the peak of her life. That year, she had been favored by the Oscar for Best Actress in a row, had gotten a little golden man, and had also gotten the Palme d’Or, the Golden Bear, and the Golden Lion. It could be said that she was in the limelight.
But after that year, her state had always been getting worse and worse. Later, she had even left Hollywood.
Many people wanted to know why.
Now, some people had begun to put their eyes on this former Hollywood queen. Catherine really wanted to tell them not to do so, but the reporters would not let her go. They were eager to know what the truth of her leaving the circle back then was.
