Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Guan Meiyi had completely vanished from the public eye ever since the press conference ended. On the reception, Ling Yuqing’s words were as clear as day, Guan Meiyi was involved in the plan to harm Ling Tianya. Ruan Zeyan had clearly mentioned to the reporters later, that he and Ling Tianya had been a couple since six years before. The rumor that Ling Tianya was the third wheel in their relationship was absolutely false, and from the start until then, it had always been Guan Meiyi that had thought too much.
Because of how big this issue had blown up, Guan Meiyi’s image in the public view had taken a huge blow, and right at that harsh time, a few sponsors and businesses had cancelled their contracts and agreements with Guan Meiyi. The crew had also made the decision to not have Guan Meiyi as their female lead anymore. At the same time, their male lead, Gu Zhiqian, also handed in his resignation, even though he had to pay the huge sum of compensation for the breach of contract. Of course, the sum of money was just pocket change to Gu Zhiqian.
A good drama like that, but the female lead needed to be changed and the male lead had resigned. It was pushing Zhang Heng to the brink of insanity. Left with no other choice, the crew had decided to halt filming for the time being in their search for suitable leads. Because of how much controversy and news the drama was surrounded in, many of the A-list actors and actresses were unwilling to pick up the project. Zhang Heng didn’t like the actors that were willing to accept the project either. The situation had come to a standstill, and so they could only put it aside.
That didn’t affect Ling Tianya too much anyway. She was the screenwriter, she accepted payment based on the amount of scenes and episodes that she had filmed. No matter whether the drama was filmed successfully or not, she would still be collecting her payment promptly. Besides, the investor was Ruan Zeyan, so she definitely would not be losing out on the monetary compensation.
With no filming going on, and her script completed, Ling Tianya was suddenly left with too much free time. She started preparing for her next book. The female lead in the story was set as a gynecologist in a big hospital. For that, Ling Tianya had specifically contacted a well-known hospital in town in order to collect information and prepare for the book.
In order to cooperate with Ling Tianya’s job, the hospital had originally arranged a doctor to her – who performed abortion surgeries. She sat right in the hospital’s hallways, carefully observing the patients and doctors passing by, watching their expressions, and guessing their thoughts.
Opposite to Ling Tianya sat a pair of middle-aged women, the two of them seemed to be strangers, but they were quick to start and enjoy a conversation together.
“You’re here with your daughter too?”
“No, with my daughter-in-law.”
“My daughter’s having issues with her menstrual cycle, and keeps having cramps, so I brought her here.”
“My daughter-in-law’s having an ectopic pregnancy. The doctor said that she’s ready, they just have to continue on with maintenance therapy.”
Listening to their conversation, Ling Tianya found it really interesting, and so she focused on the both of them. The two of them seemed to have felt Ling Tianya’s concentration on them, and they turned to see Ling Tianya, a beautiful young lady there alone. They asked her curiously, “Young lady, what are you here for?”
Ling Tianya smiled. “I’m waiting for the doctor, she’s doing an abortion surgery now.”
Hearing that, the two ladies’ expression morphed. “Are you married?”
Ling Tianya was stunned, not knowing why the two of them asked that, but she shook her head honestly. “No.”
“Do you have a boyfriend?”
Thinking of Ruan Zeyan’s cold face, Ling Tianya reluctantly nodded, “I guess.”
The two ladies were clearly conservative people, hearing Ling Tianya’s vague answer, there was a judging flicker in their eyes. “Tsk, the world’s changed, people are so casual now. It’s become so common to have a baby out of wedlock.”
“Right? If they could marry it would be a good thing too, it’s just those kids that fool around with each other all the time, then abort the child afterwards, how irresponsible!”
Ling Tianya was taken aback, were the two of them talking about her? Clearly, they had been mistaken. Because of that, Ling Tianya got invested, and just continued on the conversation.
Ling Tianya pulled her face down, radiating sadness as she continued, “I was left with no choice, the man is poor, we were just fooling around too. I was lied to by his pretty words, he said that he couldn’t support a child, and he was fooling around with a few other women too. He chased me out of the house, and I had no choice, I could only come here for an abortion…”
The two ladies listened, and their face pulled down along with hers. “What a jerk, if my daughter met such a man, I would chop him up to pieces! Girl, you’re at fault too, why didn’t you look for a better man? Now you’re the one suffering! You don’t love yourself enough!”
Seeing the two of them so agitated, Ling Tianya wanted to continue the story, but she saw Ruan Zeyan walking over from a distance, his face as cold as the arctic ocean. It was a chill that seemed to be able to freeze her into an ice block, the chill spread up her spine and down to all of her fingertips.
