Chapter 182: Chapter 180: Righteously Self-Justified
"No worries, you can take your time to investigate the clues. You need to rest well and not move around for now."
Elliana Lyle earnestly nagged at Luna. For her, Luna being back was already the best thing.
Hearing this, Luna smiled mischievously, "Could you ask Norman Bennett to give me some paid leave? I’ve worked so hard and selflessly, there should be some perks, right?"
Elliana replied, "Of course, if he doesn’t give it to you, I will."
Just as she finished speaking, the door was pushed open. Both of them looked over to find that Norman Bennett had returned.
The man seemed a bit displeased upon seeing Luna, but eventually, he frowned and asked, "What happened?"
"Norman Bennett, Luna saved someone this time..."
With Elliana praising her a bit, the man said nothing but took action.
He had Luna transferred to the best care center and agreed to the request for paid leave.
...
――― 1 AM.
Elliana nestled in the man’s arms, a bit out of breath from exhaustion, and soon fell deeply asleep.
The next morning.
Hannah Collins had already prepared breakfast early, while Elliana just came down from upstairs.
Don’t ask her why she got up so early today. If you ask, she’ll say it’s because she didn’t feel well and wanted to take a shower.
"Oh? Got up on your own?" Hannah smiled warmly as she looked at the "stumbling" person on the stairs.
Originally thinking she’d have to call Little Sprout for breakfast, she was surprised to see her up already.
"Hannah, where’s Norman Bennett?" Even though she knew for sure that Norman had left, she still asked.
"Norman Bennett had some corn porridge and left. I was going to call you later."
The corn porridge was sweet and fragrant, just to her liking.
After breakfast, she started reading the script. Since the male lead hadn’t been decided yet, she wasn’t in a hurry and could take her time reading.
And Hannah didn’t disturb her, quietly sitting beside her, accompanying her as she read.
In the afternoon.
The sun outside became even more scorching, and after reading the script for a long time, Elliana felt fatigued.
At this moment, Hannah took Little Lotus to play in the yard, making the house even quieter.
Just as she picked up her phone, Luna sent her a message.
Luna (Master): [Image]
Luna (Master): "I’m watching your ’South Wind Song,’ sis, your acting is great. Norman Bennett is quite thoughtful, the place is very comfortable."
...
With both Hannah and Lana outside, she quickly grabbed a few packages of snacks, devoured them, and no one noticed.
At this time, she received a message from Tiana Harris.
Tiana Harris: "Elliana, I might not be able to play the second female lead."
! Seeing these messages, she was shocked. Why couldn’t she act all of a sudden? Could it be that someone didn’t want Tiana to play the second female lead?
Cat: "What’s wrong, did something happen?"
Tiana Harris: "I broke up with him; I feel like I have no energy."
So it turns out she was heartbroken. A breakup always makes one sad, sometimes even unable to move on, regardless of the reason.
Cat: "Without love, focus on your career. Don’t be discouraged."
Tiana Harris: "I initiated the breakup, and now that he’s gone, I feel like I can hardly continue living."
Not knowing the exact reason, she didn’t know how to comfort Tiana, but she knew...
Wait! Tiana Harris?
The first time she heard the name Tiana Harris it felt familiar, and when Tiana said she didn’t want to live, she suddenly remembered why it felt familiar.
In a past life, there was news about an actress at the eighteenth level, Tiana Harris, committing suicide at home...
No way! She couldn’t just do nothing after knowing!
Cat: "Tiana, where’s your home? I’ll come find you. Don’t overthink, alright?"
Even sending a message felt unstable, so she directly called with a voice message.
And she hurriedly rushed out of the villa.
"Hannah, I’m heading out!"
...
――― Red Blossom Neighborhood.
Throughout the way, Elliana chatted with Tiana while driving, finally arriving at Red Blossom Neighborhood after an hour and a half.
Getting this address took quite a while to get out of Tiana.
On the other end of the line, Tiana had been crying all along, her voice and state were not good, but there seemed to be no suicidal behavior yet.
After getting out of the car and rushing, she finally reached the floor where Tiana was.
After checking the door number, she reached out to ring the doorbell.
Despite several rings, no one answered, and during her elevator ride, the network was bad, causing the call to drop automatically.
Tiana wouldn’t...
The more she thought about it, the more panicked she became, just as she was about to call again, the door opened.
The first thing she saw was Tiana’s teary, swollen eyes, followed by her white nightgown and disheveled hair.
"Tiana, you..." Seeing Tiana, she suddenly didn’t know what to say.
Tiana didn’t speak, just stepped aside from the doorway, surprised and moved that Elliana actually came to her.
She hadn’t known Elliana for long, and yet she came to see her in person. She had reached out to Elliana in desperation because she had no friends and wanted someone to talk to, to be soothed.
Entering the house, Elliana comforted her a bit, and Tiana cried even more, venting all her grievances: "It was clearly his fault, I was just..."
That morning.
Tiana had prepared breakfast, and after her boyfriend got up, the two were affectionate for a while.
"Weichen, I’m free today, how about we visit the Lotus Garden this afternoon? The lotus flowers should be blooming." Tiana spoke with anticipation as they hadn’t gone out together for quite a while.
But the man drank his congee while engrossed in his phone, obviously not listening to a word she said.
Seeing this, her tone turned impatient and her volume slightly louder: "Weichen, are you listening?"
"Huh? Honey, what did you say?" The man looked up bewildered, then held his phone out to her: "Honey, what color do you like? Pick for yourself. I’ve been choosing for a while and can’t decide on a color."
Turns out, he was choosing lipstick for her. She suddenly blushed, not from shyness, but from feeling ashamed of her earlier impatience.
Seeing that a single lipstick cost more than three hundred, she frowned and quickly waved her hands: "No, that’s too expensive."
The most expensive lipstick she had was around a hundred, typically she used ones around fifty.
"We need to save for the wedding; I haven’t even finished my current lipstick."
...
In the afternoon, just as they were about to go out, Tiana picked up the kitchen trash bag but accidentally found her jade hairpin broken in half inside the trash bin.
That was...
"Li Weichen! How did my hairpin break?" Her tone was a bit harsh, indicating anger!
The man wiped his face outside the kitchen, and finally, with his head down, sheepishly walked into the kitchen.
"I just picked it up to play with, asked a friend if it was an antique, and it broke!"
Seeing him acting nonchalant, with evasive eyes and a lazy tone, Tiana’s fury peaked.
"Do you know? This was something my grandmother gave me before she passed away!"
Perhaps because her volume was too loud, her tone too accusatory, the man’s face suddenly darkened, turning angry like a bull, and he shouted back confidently: "It broke! It broke! What can I do about it? Huh? What do you want me to do? Kill me?"
"..." Tiana was suddenly dumbfounded by the yelling, then disbelief surged in her heart.
She couldn’t understand why the man in front of her could shout at her so righteously... there was even a moment she started reflecting, wondering if she was the one at fault.
But she clearly wasn’t wrong, why couldn’t she question it?
Sometimes, she thought, even if at that moment the man held her, she might barely forgive him.