As the saying goes, "The day never understands the night's darkness, and the director never knows the scriptwriter's toil."
Not to mention the hard work of Joyno as a scriptwriter. Even the white - collar workers sitting in the office all day face the same situation. Overtime has become the norm for white - collar workers these days. Normally, it's a 9 - to - 5 job, but for some, leaving at 8 p.m., 9 p.m., or even 10 p.m. is considered early. Whether you're a scriptwriter or a columnist, if you don't work until 10 or 12 at night, you won't be able to leave the office.
For the whole month, Joyno was completely in seclusion. All she did was revise the script. When her knowledge fell short, she simply relied on her imagination, connecting all the available literary tropes into sentences and writing them as lines. She revised from morning till night and from night till morning, eating takeout and drinking coffee every day.
By the time she finished revising, the title "Why Am I So Ugly" had changed to "Until the End of the Red Carpet".
Compared with the previous title, this one at least didn't sound so brainless. The story still revolved around childhood sweethearts, with a third - party conspiracy and a happy ending in the end, but the lines now exuded a more aesthetic and poetic charm. During this month, Joyno had watched the TV series "Knock on Love", which was adapted from a romance novel by Xi Juan, and carefully studied the plot, character settings, and dialogues.
Now, surely you, Director Cao Can, will be satisfied?
Just as one wave subsided, another rose. Joyno's parents called and said they were going to arrange a blind - date feast for her.
Could she not go? —— No way! She had to go whether she liked it or not, as if she were completely obedient to her parents.
As for the location of the blind date, it was even scarier. Why did they have to choose Haidilao, and specifically the one next to the newspaper office where Joyno used to work? That was the place where she and Luo Yize had dined twice!
At first, Joyno had no interest in this blind - date feast at all. When she saw who the other person was, she felt even more disgusted. He wasn't good - looking. He was about forty years old, and not only was he as fat as Zhu Bajie, but his job was both enviable and out of reach for others. He was a public servant, a department - level cadre in a public institution, and the director of the office department.
Joyno had never been interested in middle - aged men, but this man was very interested in girls in their twenties.
At the dinner table, when their eyes met, he started to cook the kelp for Joyno himself and then put it on her plate, saying, "Come on, have some. It's very nutritious and can make you look more beautiful."
"Pfft..." Seeing this, the food in Joyno's mouth almost came out.
She clearly didn't eat kelp, but he still cooked it and put it on her plate.
Joyno shook her head awkwardly and put the kelp on his plate, saying, "Uncle, you eat it."
A shy smile appeared on the man's face. He put his big hands on Joyno's shoulders and said, "You're being too polite. When we're together in the future, there's no distinction between yours and mine. We'll be on equal footing."
"This... If I were with you, it would be..."
"What would it be?"
It took Joyno a while to say word by word, "It might not be very appropriate?"
"What's inappropriate about it?" Father Qiao interrupted at this moment. "When getting married, do we have to care whether the man is handsome and the woman is beautiful?"
"But I..."
Before Joyno could finish her sentence, her father interrupted her immediately: "Don't say so many 'buts'. Do you think you can achieve anything by hanging out with that star all day?"
"Exactly. What's so great about a star? Look at us. Compared with your previous relationship with that guy, isn't it better? At least, I'm a dedicated person..." As he said this, the man put both his hands on Joyno's shoulders.
At this moment, Joyno had to find an excuse to get away.
"Um... I need to go to the restroom. Excuse me..."
After saying that, Joyno picked up her phone, slung her bag over her shoulder, and walked out of the private room.
"Why are you taking your bag to the restroom?" her father scolded in her ear.
"My toilet paper is in the bag, Dad!"
Then, without looking back, she walked out of the private room.
Joyno was so scared that she quickly looked for the restroom. For a blind date, why did they have to find her a middle - aged man? It almost made her lose her youth.
In a hurry, she walked into the restroom. Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered, she felt a hard bump and then fell to the ground.
When Joyno was about to curse at the person for being blind, she looked up and was extremely surprised. Isn't this Luo Yize?
"Sorry, sorry, sorry!" Joyno said while bowing.
"Hey, don't you even look where this is? This is the men's restroom!"
After Luo Yize said this, Joyno was so scared that she quickly took many steps back until she was near the sink.
She had actually walked into the men's restroom. Fortunately, she met Luo Yize. If it had been someone else, they would have scolded her severely.
Just when Joyno thought she was okay, Luo Yize suddenly grabbed her shoulders, and a strange smile appeared on his face.
"I said, Yino, you've been stalking me long enough..."
How did the situation suddenly change like this? She had never stalked anyone, especially her idol!
Just as Joyno was about to explain, Luo Yize continued, "Tell me the truth. Why do you show up wherever I am?"
Joyno's face turned bright red from holding back: "If you really want to know why, I'll tell you. Because I need a reason to break up!"
Luo Yize started to harass her. He tightly hugged Joyno, and the distance between them was so close that it seemed his lips were about to touch hers.
"I've lost interest in women. Are you satisfied now?"
Luo Yize let go of her, and in response, Joyno let out a sneering laugh.
"Then why did you touch me?"
"Because I regard you as a friend. Can't I touch my own friend?"
Joyno was immediately speechless.
Then, Joyno's phone rang. Seeing that it was her father calling, Joyno quickly tried to hang up, but Luo Yize snatched the phone from her.
When Luo Yize saw the caller ID on Joyno's phone, he seemed to be interested for some reason and said, "Your dad?"
"Give me back my phone!"
The next second, Luo Yize actually answered the call.