That day, Qiao Moyu filmed according to the new play script. She didn't say anything.
In the evening, she had dinner and received Ye Peicheng's call.
His voice was gentle as he spoke, "Moyu, everything was successful today?"
Qiao Moyu responded, "It's pretty good. I've been doing better now. A lot of my scenes are passed after one try. There are only a few scenes where I need to film twice."
Ye Peicheng complimented, "Moyu, you're amazing!"
Besides her, there was a soft child's voice. "Mommy, you're amazing!"
Qiao Moyu's heart softened. She chatted a bit with Luo Luo before she said to Ye Peicheng, "Thankfully you're Luo Luo's dad!"
Ye Peicheng smiled and asked, "Why?"
Qiao Moyu responded, "Otherwise, I need to earn money and film. I don't even have time to look after Luo Luo!"
Ye Peicheng sighed and said, "Don't film dramas that are too far from here. Only accept the ones nearby!"
Qiao Moyu said ok and asked, "You're so picky. What if we have no money?"
"I'll raise you." Ye Peicheng said seriously. "Moyu, my work has been going successfully, more than what I expected. Once I'm done with this project and the weather isn't that cold in spring anymore, let's hold our wedding, ok?"
Qiao Moyu was frozen.
Ye Peicheng said deeply. "Why? You still want to run away despite sleeping with me numerous times?"
Qiao Moyu's face turned red. "God, you're so annoying!"
Ye Peicheng laughed happily. "When the time comes, make a swallow-tailed coat for Luo Luo. He will be the page boy at the wedding."
Qiao Moyu thought of that scene and was eager for some unknown reason. "Ok!"
"Mommy, Luo Luo has a good friend in kindergarten. Her name is Ni Ni. Can Luo Luo invite her to be the flower girl?" The little boy asked.
Qiao Moyu immediately agreed. "Yes! Luo Luo, you can invite as many friends as you want!"
The little boy was happy when he heard it. Yet, Qiao Moyu squinted her eyes and asked, "Brother Ye, you like to invite girls when you were young?"
Ye Peicheng immediately claimed he was innocent. He said, "This must be a change in genes!"
Qiao Moyu laughed then said something else. "Brother Ye, do you think it's important if I become the Film Empress or not?"
She promised the original host. Plus, this was a very good chance. If she missed it now, who knew when there would be another good script she liked.
She knew that if she told Ye Peicheng about the script, he will definitely help her.
But he just entered Ye Group and his position in the group isn't steady yet. There were many shareholders setting their eyes on him. Once Ye Peicheng does anything out of hand, they will definitely make a big deal out of it. Then, all the hard work Ye Peicheng had done will go to waste. Shareholders' trust to him will become non-existent.
That meant that he would be destroying his career for herself. She couldn't do this to him!
Ye Peicheng didn't know what Qiao Moyu was thinking. He thought that she just purely wanted to succeed. Therefore, he said, "Moyu, whether you can obtain the award or not, I approve of your hardwork and acting skills, speaking from a professional perspective. So, you just need to do your best. Don't feel pressured!"
Qiao Moyu responded, "Ok."
In the end, she didn't say it.
A thousand miles away, Ye Peicheng hung up and played with Luo Luo for a while. Then he went to his study and continued to work.
When he finished working, it was already very late.
Luo Luo was already asleep. Ye Peicheng went to his room to look at him. When he returned, he thought of what Qiao Moyu had asked him.
For some reason, he was uneased.
Although they hadn't been together for a long time, he knew that Qiao Moyu had a great state of mind. She calmly solved her problems and wasn't the type of person that would be disturbed by her problems for a long time.
But when she asked him this, she didn't mention this when they just started chatting about the crew. Instead, she did it after. This meant that she hesitated before deciding.
Was someone bullying her in the crew? Or did the producer wants to do something to her?
Ye Peicheng thought of this and felt uncomfortable. He had been in the circle for many years so he naturally knew how dark the entertainment circle could be.
So he worked hard and hoped that he could support her one day. At least, he wanted to promise her that the people who were jealous and wanted to do something to her would be scared due to Ye Group's power!
Ye Peicheng gave his assistant a call. Half an hour later, he got an answer. The crew suddenly changed the script and deleted Qiao Moyu's lines, adding more to the second female lead's lines.
The moment he got the news, he couldn't describe the feeling in his heart. But he felt his heart swelling up for some unknown reasons. He felt his heart aching but at the same time, very warm.
He knew why Qiao Moyu didn't tell him this. Not because she didn't trust him but because she understood his difficulty.
His Moyu seemed to be carefree and casual. She didn't think much about it but times like this, she would make him feel moved. She caught his heart completely!
Ye Peicheng thought about it before calling…
The next morning, Qiao Moyu arrived at the cast and crew as usual. She held the script that was revised.
She sat on her seat and looked at it. She felt that it was strange how the Director wasn't there yet. An hour later, he finally arrived.
He held the original script in his hand and said to all the actors, "Sorry for being late, everyone. It's because I had a video conference with the producers and everyone thought the original script would be more valuable. So, we need to shoot parts of the scenes from yesterday again. This is our responsibility. In order to compensate everyone, we'll invite you guys to Ocean City to eat!"
Everyone was very shocked. Many looked at Qiao Moya.
After all, everyone knew that the person most affected by this revision of script would be Qiao Moyu.
But the script was modified again. That meant someone was helping Qiao Moyu behind the scene?
But yesterday, they had been filming according to the new script. Who was by Qiao Moyu's side that had the ability to reverse the situation?
The people in the crew were completely different from "Dawn's Light". Although some people heard that Qiao Moyu was dating Ye Peicheng, they thought it wasn't really possible.
Plus, everyone knew about Ye Family's situation. They didn't believe that Ye Peicheng would abandon his career for her!
The filming was successful. It was the female lead's scenes today. Although the second female lead was in it, she didn't have many lines. According to the original script, she had even less.
When they gathered together for dinner, Qiao Moyu went to the bathroom to call Ye Peicheng. "Brother Ye, was it you?"
Ye Peicheng was working overtime. He walked over to the French window and stared at the light outside. There was a smile on his face. "It wasn't me."
Qiao Moyu didn't believe him. "I didn't even give you context when I asked you this question. If you really didn't do this, you would ask me what I was talking about."
Ye Peicheng's smile deepened. "My Moyu finally knows how to get words out of my mouth."
As he said this, he explained. "It really wasn't me. It's my father."
Qiao Moyu was stunned. "What?!"
Ye Peicheng said, "Just like what you're concerned about, if I help you, the shareholders won't let me go. My Elder Brother will make a big deal out of this too and drive me out of the Ye Group. Even if my father wanted to save me, by then, I would lose everyone's support. But if my father helps you, it will be completely different. He doesn't need to care about anyone. He can directly suppress the sponsor behind second female lead and make them remove their funds. That way, Ye Group can inject their funds."
"What?" Qiao Moyu said worriedly, "What if you can't get the money back?"
"Will my koi not help me get the money back?" Ye Peicheng laughed deeply and his laugh was pleasant. "My father likes you as his daughter-in-law anyway. By then, he will probably be even happier that you helped him earn money!"
Qiao Moyu tilted the corner of her lips up. "Ok. I think that I won't fail at this either!"
She hung up and walked out of the bathroom. At the door of the private room, Qiao Moyu saw the second female lead who was about to pick a call up. She looked at Qiao Moyu and faintly smiled at her. They had greeted each other in a sense. At least on the surface, there was no problem.
But people with sharp eyes would notice that the Director and staff cared for Qiao Moyu more than usual recently. This was similar to the second female lead from before.
Plus, the second female lead suddenly resorted to being low-profiled. As long as there wasn't a scene in her, she would be reading through the script in a certain corner or not come. This was completely different from how she tried to draw attention to herself everywhere from before!
Everyone present were all wise people. They had tacit mutual understanding. And the people who came to chat with Qiao Moyu increased.
Someone teased her. "Moyu, I heard that you can bless people. When our movie screens, you need to bless us!"
Qiao Moyu smiled and said, "Ok! But it's all just my luck. You can't really believe in these things."
Actually, many of the people present right now didn't really believe this. After all, those who had succeeded had the power to from the start. So people felt like success was only for prepared people.
The filming went by successfully for the next few days. Everyone wanted to go home when it was New Year's. Therefore, they all worked hard. Even if the filming went into midnight, they never complained.
This was one of Qiao Moyu's relaxing days. Thinking that the day was still early and the guest house wasn't far from the filming location, she decided to walk over slowly. She greeted her assistant, Xiao Su, and wanted her to bring her clothes and drive her car back. Then she followed the path and walked while listening to music.
But while crossing through a narrow alley, Qiao Moyu felt something was wrong.
She took off her earbuds and noticed two to three burly chaps walking out from either sides of the alley, surrounding her.
She knitted her eyebrows and looked at them. "Who are you guys?"
The chaps didn't answer her. They gave each other a look and reached over to grab Qiao Moyu.
Qiao Moyu learned martial arts so the moment they surrounded her, she kicked the man across her.
There was no time for him to duck so he stumbled a few steps back from the kick. He cursed and ran over.
Qiao Moyu's heart sunk.
She knew very well that her strength was enough to break two of his ribs, but that only applied to kicking.
Plus, she clearly felt herself losing strength as she made a move!
So, someone had touched her water?
Qiao Moyu suddenly thought of a few mass actors in the crew today. It seemed like someone had mingled amongst them and slipped a drug.
Then who did this? Her gut feeling was that it shouldn't be the second female lead because she was the type who bullied the weak and was scared of the strong. After knowing Qiao Moyu's power, she probably wouldn't dare to make a move.
But who else then?
While she was considering this, the surrounding men blocked her way. In the fight, they took Qiao Moyu's bag. Her phone was in there so she couldn't call for rescue. She was losing her strength quickly.
She was captured by a man with her hands behind her back. That man cursed and said, "Damn! This girl is drugged but she's still so violent!"
They clearly came prepared. They quickly pulled Qiao Moyu into an empty home in the alley.
It was bright right now. The sunlight shone in through the window, landing on a tall man in the room and stretching his shadow.
He heard movements and slowly turned around. He faintly said to Qiao Moyu, "I finally brought you over now!"