She took out her phone, and sent a blessing to him across the ocean.
[Happy New Year.]
Lu Qingyan didn’t reply.
[The male lead’s goodwill value is 75%.]
When spring arrived, Jiang Nanshu accompanied Mrs. Ji for a surgery.
Fortunately, it was very successful. Next came the recovery period, and there were no worsenings of the condition.
After resting in the hospital for a month, Mrs. Ji successfully returned home.
She had beaten cancer and survived.
With that came the start of Jiang Leyi’s new drama.
The filming location was still set in Port City, and Jiang Nanshu, being the martial arts director, got into the scene.
Several months later, she returned.
She discovered that Zhou Yanbai’s career had suffered a significant hit, and surprisingly, Su Ran was by his side.
However, her belly, which should have been due according to the timeline, had now flattened.
Through gossip from Jiang Leyi, Jiang Nanshu came to know.
Su Ran was abandoned by Liang Ciqiu, returned to Port City, got hit by Zhou Yanbai by accident resulting in a miscarriage, and had been ambiguously following him ever since.
When Jiang Nanshu encountered Su Ran’s resentful gaze,
she just brushed past it.
People who only blame their misfortune on others truly don’t deserve to be the leading lady of this world.
She focused on her work.
And juggled her studies.
Occasionally, when she thought of Lu Qingyan, she would send a few messages in his chat.
Even though Lu Qingyan never replied.
Spring passed and autumn arrived.
Jiang Nanshu entered her sophomore year.
Lu Qingyan’s goodwill value had increased to 90% over these six months.
He was indeed a strange person.
His goodwill value surged when he wasn’t around.
When Jiang Nanshu celebrated her twentieth birthday, she became famous.
It was due to the advertisement she shot under Fang Minghe’s company that went viral.
Unexpectedly, it was Jiang Leyi who brought her the fame.
Her new drama was completed.
Director Wen released some everyday bloopers of the actors, coincidentally including her.
Jiang Nanshu gained recognition for her beauty and won over many fans with her strong Hua Country martial arts skills, earning the nickname “Wifey”.
Her past experiences were also dug up, including her Mid-Autumn Festival performance from the previous year.
Thousands wrote petitions, requesting her to star in a leading female martial arts TV drama.
Jiang Nanshu straightforwardly declined.
She wasn’t entering the entertainment industry.
[Aah, wifey! Wifey! You’re so beautiful, and your fighting scenes are so fierce, it’s unjust for you not to join the industry! I beg you, I really can’t stand the current TV dramas, I’m so hungry, so hungry haha!]
[The comment above is spot on. With you and Sister Yiyi debuting as sister flowers, you’d be invincible alright, no one in the entire entertainment industry could match your beauty! You are truly a blessing to us beauty lovers. Oh my, am I destined to spend days hunting down photos of Nanshu? Ugh, it’s tough!]
Jiang Nanshu looked at these comments and found them somewhat amusing.
So, she took a screenshot and sent it to Lu Qingyan.
She had been sending messages to him for nearly a year.
Lu Qingyan hadn’t replied to a single one.
Jiang Nanshu even suspected if he had changed his number.
Later on, Jiang Nanshu just treated his WeChat as a venting trash bin.
[The male lead’s goodwill value is 95%.]
Jiang Nanshu’s hand paused as she was typing a message.
Just 95.
She messaged him once a year, did nothing else, used him as an emotional trash bin, and still managed to garner his favor.
She deleted everything she had just composed.
She had a chance to return.
Jiang Nanshu spent two New Years in Beijing.
Jiang Yisen still took them to the Nanshan District to set off New Year fireworks.
Only this year, there was an extra person in the firework setting brigade: Fang Minghe.
It wasn’t that Jiang Nanshu was overly skeptical, but Jiang Yisen was already thirty and didn’t even have a girlfriend.
It worried the old man to the point of graying hair.
Later, he stopped worrying.
As for Jiang Yisen bringing Fang Minghe to set off the fireworks, he just turned a blind eye and adopted a see-no-evil approach.
Jiang Nanshu looked down, typing on her phone, sending a message to Lu Qingyan: [Happy New Year.]
[The male lead’s goodwill value is 98%.]
Jiang Nanshu looked towards the sea, and shouted once more, “I want to return, can you make it happen next year?”
Jiang Zhouye finally appeared on the Spring Festival Gala this year.
It seemed the Sea Elf really had some magic.
[The male lead’s goodwill value is 99%.]
Jiang Nanshu: “?”
While she was lost in thought, her phone vibrated slightly.
The Lu Qingyan who had never messaged her for years finally replied.
[I’m back. Come and fulfill my last condition, I want you to marry me.]
Jiang Nanshu thought Lu Qingyan must have gone mad.
He wanted to marry her as soon as he came back.
She thought she was crazy too.
The first day the civil affairs office was back in business, she followed Lu Qingyan inside.
Jiang Nanshu looked at the household registration book she sneaked out and glanced sideways at him.
Having not seen him for over a year, his brows and eyes appeared clearer, his hair was cut short, his facial contours were sharper, and when he lowered his eyebrows, they cast a shadow, giving him a somewhat cold look.
“Are you sure… you want to marry me so suddenly?”
Primarily because Lu Qingyan did not seem like someone with a 99% goodwill rating.
Even standing together, there seemed to be a distance as wide as the Chu-Han boundary between them.
“What? Not willing? Aren’t you supposed to compensate me? Just marry me.”
His tone was indifferent, his dark eyes calm, dressed in a dark coat, his facial features more defined.
“You do not look like you want to get married.”
“Do you?” he countered.
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
Her grip on the household registration book tightened, “Maybe… let’s forget it.”
“It’s your turn, come fill out the forms,” called the staff at the window.
Lu Qingyan scoffed lightly and began writing his information.
Jiang Nanshu, gritting her teeth, reluctantly wrote hers, vaguely thinking she might have been too impulsive.
During the photo session, she was a bit nervous.
“You young couple there, why stand so far apart? Be happy, it’s your marriage, smile a bit.”
Jiang Nanshu struggled to smile.
Lu Qingyan pulled her close, their arms pressed tightly together.
It was then that Jiang Nanshu finally raised a smile, and Lu Qingyan’s lips curled slightly.
She still couldn’t believe it when the marriage certificate was handed to her.
She had had a flash marriage with Lu Qingyan.
[Ding, the male lead’s goodwill value has reached 100%, congratulations Host on completing the mission, please select a location for your suicide, to detach from the world.]