Before Lin Xian knew it, the time for the movie he'd booked tickets for was drawing close, and the lights dimmed.
Lin Xian craned his neck expectantly, looking towards the entrance.
Just then, a person wearing a white dress with flowing long hair came to his side.
"Moxi, glad you made it." Lin Xian was thrilled, having tried to visit Jiang Moxi several times.
But Jiang Moxi kept turning her face away, using her long hair to shield it. Lin Xian thought she was showing her true self to him and was just shy.
"Let's wait until after the movie, then I can have a good look at you."
He reached out to grab Jiang Moxi's hand. Jiang Moxi struggled only briefly before letting him hold it.
He was puzzled though, for Jiang Moxi's hand felt rough and calloused.
But then he remembered that before being taken in by the Jiang Family, Jiang Moxi had lived in the countryside.
He figured it must be the farm work that had roughened her hands.
His heart ached for her silently, vowing to treat Jiang Moxi well in the future.
Thus, Lin Xian clasped Jiang Moxi's hand tightly in his palm until the end of the movie, pondering how he might confess his feelings for her...
However, as the movie ended and the theater lights came back on, Lin Xian turned around excitedly to look at Jiang Moxi, only to be shocked out of his wits.
Because the person sitting next to him was a male Scavenger from around their school.
With his thin body, dressed in a skirt and a wig, he didn't look much different from a woman under the dim light.
"What the hell are you doing here?"
Lin Xian hastily let go of the man's hand and disgustedly rubbed his hand on another seat.
Thinking that he had been holding the Scavenger's hand for over an hour, he almost wished to chop his own hand off.
"Weren't you the one who said if I put on a dress to watch the movie with you, you'd treat me to food and the film?"
"Get lost!"
Lin Xian refused to believe any of it.
He knew he had been played by Jiang Moxi and was so angry he could hardly find a place to vent.
He threw the 99 roses he had prepared for Jiang Moxi onto the ground.
But the Scavenger wasn't annoyed; he just smirked cheaply: "Alright, I'll get lost quickly."
Stepping out of the cinema, the Scavenger took out his phone and sent a message to a certain number: "Dead Ghost, done."
*
When Jiang Moxi saw the message, she had just delivered the Skin Relaxing Pills to Yu Dingding.
She replied: "Then withdraw. Don't appear near the school for these next few days."
After sending the message, she deleted the conversation.
Then she cautioned Yu Dingding, "I'm giving you two pills this time, but remember not to be greedy. Use them in moderation."
"I know, you always remind me whenever you give me the medicine."
After Yu Dingding handed over a bag of money to Jiang Moxi, she was ready to leave.
But Jiang Moxi suddenly called out to her: "Do you know of any part-time job where I can earn money quickly at night?"
Recently, the condition of the patient in the hospital was getting worse, and apart from needing a large sum of money every month to hold onto life, two major surgeries would likely be needed soon.
Yu Dingding said, "As you know, I'm not a Yan City person. The only place I'm familiar with is Night Color. They are currently hiring waitstaff. Are you interested?"
Night Color was an entertainment venue.
Many people looked at those who worked in entertainment venues with prejudice.
Even if they did not offer their bodies, the outside world would still gossip and point fingers.
Therefore, this was also why, knowing Jiang Moxi needed money, Yu Dingding had not referred the job to Jiang Moxi before—she didn't want Jiang Moxi to follow her old path.
But to her surprise, Jiang Moxi asked, "Does a waitstaff job pay well?"
"It pays very well. But you have to know how to protect yourself." Yu Dingding hinted no further.
"Then I'll do it."
Jiang Moxi's resolute tone surprised Yu Dingding, who asked,
"The person for whom you're so determined to earn this money must be very important to you, right?"
"Yes."
Jiang Moxi smiled and nodded.
Yu Dingding seemed to see her past self through her.
So, she immediately took Jiang Moxi to Night Color.
Since Yu Dingding was the Oiran of the place, although the manager wasn't very pleased with Jiang Moxi's appearance, he still took her in and arranged her to work in the VIP section where Yu Dingding worked.
But it was only after Jiang Moxi started working there the next day that she ran into Fu Youhan...