Chapter 27: Chapter 27

it’s me

after swallowing his last bite of sandwich, mo yancheng took out a handkerchief to wipe at his mouth and said with indifference, “i heard you and the boss talking just now. did she say that she wanted to open a new homestay business?”

gu ran gave mo yancheng a loo. she didn’t think that he could understand french.

but it also did make sense. mo yancheng filmed a movie in france before in french and had personally voice acted in it. it was no surrprise that he could understand the language.

“yes. it’s actually her son. remember the tourist attraction we went to before? it opens there next week.”

“do you want to do some promotion for them?” mo yancheng asked again.

gu ran said nothing to this. her status back at home was very low and was riddled with scandals. she didn’t know if anyone would even see a promotional video done by her.

bu granny had been nice enough to help her. gu ran wanted to do her best to help others as well.

“count me in,” mo yancheng said.

gu ran froze. mo yancheng hadn’t touched any sort of media-related work ever since he had turned his sights onto the business world, much less promotional videos. the first time in many years that he’s shown his face on a public space would be the show that they were currently on.

it was also said that, allegedly, the producer of this show had risked his whole career helping mo yancheng when he was just a newbie starting out in the industry, which was why mo yancheng was willing to humble himself to promote the variety show. moreover, he would only be participating in this episode.

but now, he’s actually taking the initiative to ask to be included in a promotional video?

with mo yancheng’s influence and fanbase size, the old granny’s new homestay could become a new internet celebrity hotspot in minutes!

yan hao and the others also understood that gu ran planned to help the old granny by filming a promotional video. as such, they could not help but to view her in a different light.

gu ran might be cold and unyielding on the surface, but there was still kindness and softness in her heart.

“count me in,” yan hao said.

“and me,” liao ping seconded.

“me too, me too,” ma yunyun agreed, raising both hands. “i’ll advertise on my blog when i get back.”

hearing this, gu ran smiled. “then i’ll thank you on behalf of the old granny. when we’re about to leave, we’ll ask the film crew to help us film it.”

unbeknown to them all. this incident had somewhat bridged the gap between all of them.

it was still rather early by the time they had finished dinner. ma yunyun made a sudden suggestion out of the blue, “what about a movie? it’s too early to hit the hay!”

yan hao and the others had no objections. it was also rather coincidentally that there was a television in the living room of the homestay. ma yunyun volunteered to choose the film.

“aiya! i’ve actually always wanted to watch this movie, but it’s already been taken down before i could. let’s watch this then!” ma yunyun said as she started streaming the movie.

as soon as the prelude sounded, gu ran’s body suddenly tensed up. this damned ma yunyun actually chose a horror movie.

“this light’s too bright and it’s taking away the atmosphere! we’ll be able to feel the movie better in the dark.” ma yunyun said again, and went to turn off the lights in the living room.

the house was now pitch black. coupled with the eerie and desolate music from the horror movie, gu ran felt all the hairs on her body stand on their ends from the atmosphere. it did not take long for cold sweat to bead on her forehead.

unconsciously, she clenched her hands tightly. her mind was filled with flashbacks from her time at the hotel, of director li’s predatory smile as he loomed over her, walking closer and closer to where she was at.

it did not take long for the scene in front of her to morph into director li’s bloodied appearance…

suddenly, a hand clamped onto her wrist. before she could scream, a voice sounded in her ear. “it’s me.”

the low baritone felt stranegly comforting to her.

this is… mo yancheng.

he sat beside gu ran. the warmth from his body seeped into her skin bit by bit, calming the fear and panic in her heart.