The nurse was very familiar with the situation of Xiaoxin and his mother. Seeing that Jian An'an looked even more exhausted than before, she felt a pang of sympathy, but still gently reminded her, "Ms. Jian, Xiaoxin's condition has been well controlled recently, but he has been using imported medications. I'm afraid the medical fees are running low."
Jian An'an's heart tightened. She had just made a payment last month, and she hadn't expected it to run out so soon.
Hastily taking out the money Zhang Luowei had recently paid her from her bag and handing it to the nurse, Jian An'an pleaded, "Nurse Gao, I don't have that much money right now. Could you give me a few more days?"
Nurse Gao patted her hand, her expression troubled. "Of course we'll do our best to treat him, but the hospital has its rules, too. If the subsequent medical fees keep falling behind, I'm afraid the hospital will have to stop Xiaoxin's treatment."
Jian An'an quickly said, "I will definitely find a way."
After sending Nurse Gao off, Jian An'an immediately took out her phone and dialed the producer she had just spoken with... Wasn't this the fastest way to make money?
No matter what price she had to pay, she had to keep Xiaoxin alive.
Su Zixuan's demand was that Jian An'an must be her body double. As the producer was hesitating over how to handle this bad-tempered female lead, Jian An'an happened to call, making him breathe a huge sigh of relief.
"Hello? Jian An'an? Have you changed your mind?"
"Yes, but I have one condition."
"What condition?"
"I want thirty times the pay."
Jian An'an was not making an outrageous demand; if Su Zixuan really intended to torment her, she wouldn't care about this small amount of money.
The producer's mouth twitched, however. Thirty times... Jian An'an must have gone crazy for money! A body double wanting to make ten thousand yuan in a single day? But since Jian An'an had only this one condition, the producer didn't dare make the decision on his own and had to report it truthfully to Su Zixuan.
Su Zixuan was getting her nails done. Hearing the condition, she said indifferently, "Thirty times is thirty times, as long as she gets herself over here."
It was only ten thousand yuan, and it wasn't as if she couldn't afford it.
Besides, a punching bag that cost ten thousand yuan a day—she really needed to think carefully about how to have fun with her!
...
The next day, at the producer's request, Jian An'an went to the set early in the morning to prepare.
She was having her hair styled when she suddenly heard a commotion. Turning her head, she saw Su Zixuan, accompanied by Lu Hanyang, arriving tardily amidst a crowd of people.
Jian An'an lowered her eyes, not wanting to provoke Su Zixuan.
But Su Zixuan saw her as well and had no intention of letting her off easily.
She affectionately linked her arm through Lu Hanyang's, let out a light laugh, and said, "Hanyang, do you remember Jian An'an?"
Upon hearing this, disgust instantly appeared on Lu Hanyang's face. "That woman full of lies? Why bring her up?"
"She's working as an extra here. Look, she's right over there." Seeing that Lu Hanyang was filled with disgust at the mere mention of Jian An'an, Su Zixuan was extremely satisfied. Deliberately pointing in Jian An'an's direction, she put on a hypocritical front and said, "I know she's having a hard time, so I asked her to be my body double. Don't you want to go say hi to her? You did know each other once, after all..."
Lu Hanyang glanced at Jian An'an with a trace of surprise, then looked away and said coldly, "No need."
Seeing that Lu Hanyang still despised Jian An'an just as he had back then, Su Zixuan happily linked arms with him and headed straight for the exclusive dressing room.
Jian An'an heard every single word Su Zixuan and Lu Hanyang had said.
She lowered her eyes and clutched the hem of her costume in her hands, feeling a deep ache in her heart. Even knowing that Lu Hanyang had amnesia and that five years had passed, seeing his look of revulsion still filled her with sorrow.
Before long, Jian An'an finished her makeup. The producer walked over, shoved a script into her hands, and said, "This is the scene we're shooting next. Take a look at it first."
She opened it, and her expression changed instantly. "Producer... Are we filming a drowning scene today?"
The producer had many other things to attend to and looked at her impatiently. "That's right. Is there a problem?"
Thinking about going into the water, Jian An'an turned pale, her fingertips trembling slightly as she gripped the script.
She bit her lip and glanced toward Su Zixuan, only to find Su Zixuan watching her with a smug smile on her lips and a vicious, venomous look in her eyes.
Jian An'an knew Su Zixuan was doing this on purpose!
Su Zixuan knew very well that she couldn't swim—she had even nearly drowned in junior high and had been saved by Lu Hanyang, which was why she was so terrified of water.
Seeing Jian An'an standing there motionless, the producer snapped, "Listen to me: either you get in the water right now, or you pack your things and get lost."
Seeing the sparkling artificial lake nearby, Jian An'an instinctively began to panic, feeling dizzy with her shins shaking as every cell in her body screamed at her to run away.
Yet she needed the money; she had no right to refuse! Gritting her teeth, Jian An'an said, "Fine, I'll do it!"
After speaking, Jian An'an forced herself to suppress her fear, closed her eyes, and jumped in! The moment she leaped, the water swallowed her whole.
Water rushed frantically into Jian An'an's nose and ears, and she felt as though she was dying! But she couldn't die! "Help! Cough... Save me... Help..." Jian An'an struggled desperately, trying to stay afloat.
Hearing Jian An'an's cries for help and sensing something was wrong, Zhang Luowei quickly put down her light reflector and prepared to jump in to save her, but Su Zixuan grabbed her sleeve. "What do you think you're doing?"
Watching Jian An'an panicking and crying for help in the water, Zhang Luowei said anxiously, "She looks like she's really drowning!"
Su Zixuan immediately snapped fiercely, "Her acting is so convincing, and if you go interrupt now, do you want to ruin this take and make her go into the water all over again?"
Since Su Zixuan had put it that way, if she insisted further, she would be setting herself against the female lead. Zhang Luowei had no choice but to watch the water anxiously.
Meanwhile, standing on the bank and watching this scene, Lu Hanyang clenched his fists and furrowed his brows tightly.
Just as Jian An'an was struggling for help, a sharp pain shot through his head, and fragments of memory suddenly flashed across his mind. It felt as though something similar had happened a long time ago, and it seemed he had once rescued Jian An'an...
Yet try as he might, he couldn't recall any more details. The harder he tried to think, the more his head hurt.
Watching Jian An'an cry out her final plea for help before sinking silently beneath the surface, Lu Hanyang felt a sharp pang in his chest. He could no longer hold back, and as he ripped off his tie, he prepared to jump in.
Right at that moment...
With a loud splash, a figure entered the water ahead of him and swam swiftly toward Jian An'an.
That person moved with incredible speed and, in a matter of moments, pulled Jian An'an out of the water.
When that person revealed their face, everyone on the bank was dumbfounded.
The person who had jumped in to save her was none other than...
Young Master Li!