Chapter 365 - 179: Bringing Wei Luyao Back to the Villa, the Party ’Dinged

Chapter 365: Chapter 179: Bringing Wei Luyao Back to the Villa, the Party ’Dinged

"That’s all for today. Everyone, go home and get some rest. We’ll come back tomorrow morning to reshoot."

The new director, Old Liao, came over to announce the plan.

It was nearly the end of the workday, and with the cast incomplete and a shake-up in the directing team, it was decided to call it a day.

They figured they might as well just wrap and resume filming tomorrow.

"Okay, Director."

The interns all nodded, then began packing their things to go home.

Wei Luyao also packed her laptop and law books into her canvas bag. Slinging it over her shoulder, she headed for the door, unable to wait.

After all, Chen Mo was still waiting for her in the break room.

Watching Wei Luyao’s rapidly retreating figure, the remaining eight interns exchanged glances.

They had all heard bits and pieces from the staff about why Liu Yufan had left the show.

Apparently, it had something to do with Wei Luyao’s boyfriend.

The rumor was that Wei Luyao’s boyfriend came from an incredibly powerful background—the kind of person who could get the chief director fired with a single word.

Recalling how Liu Yufan had been sticking to Wei Luyao’s side since the start of the day, they all had a pretty good idea of what had happened.

’He really dug his own grave.’

Still, they all made a mental note to get on Wei Luyao’s good side during the rest of the filming.

If they interacted more with Wei Luyao, they might even get more screen time.

After all, Wei Luyao was guaranteed to get the most camera attention. That much was obvious.

The male interns, meanwhile, figured that if they couldn’t get on her good side, they should at least do their best not to offend her.

Lest they end up like Liu Yufan, carried out chair and all.

...

In the law firm’s break room, Chen Mo saw Wei Luyao walking toward him, her canvas bag slung over her shoulder.

"All taken care of? Are you satisfied?"

Chen Mo stood, smoothly taking the canvas bag from her shoulder. He smiled and patted her head.

"Because of you, they compensated me with one million for emotional distress."

"That’s too much money. Let’s go to the bank so I can transfer it all to you."

Wei Luyao linked her arm through Chen Mo’s affectionately, looking up at him with gratitude as she spoke.

Her card had a low transaction limit; her balance rarely even hit five digits.

Now that it had suddenly jumped to seven digits, she would have to go to a bank teller to transfer a million yuan.

She knew the money was really compensation for Chen Mo. It was his forgiveness they were buying, not hers.

So, of course, she had to give the money to him.

One million was a lot of money, but she believed she could earn that much herself one day.

"They paid you for emotional distress. Why would you transfer it to me?"

"I told you, whatever they paid you is yours to keep. You don’t need to give it to me."

Chen Mo wrapped his arm around her slim waist and guided her toward the door, shaking his head with a smile.

Since he’d let Wei Luyao handle the negotiation, he’d never intended to take the money.

Besides, of all his girlfriends, Wei Luyao spent the least of his money. He might as well let her keep the compensation as spending money.

"No, that’s not right. I’m a law student. I know compensation for emotional distress is never this high."

But Wei Luyao was stubborn. She couldn’t accept money that wasn’t rightfully hers.

Even if Chen Mo refused to go to the bank with her or give her his account number...

...she would use Alipay to send him 50,000 a day for twenty days straight until it was all transferred.

Chen Mo saw the determination on her pretty, youthful face, so he just smiled and didn’t press the issue.

’She can do as she pleases.’

’As long as I’m around, she’ll never have to worry about money anyway.’

"Come on. You’re treating me to dinner today, right, Ms. Millionaire?"

With his arm still around her, Chen Mo led her to the elevators and turned to her with a joke.

"No problem. Who says a temporary millionaire isn’t still a millionaire?"

Hearing this, Wei Luyao smiled radiantly and nodded generously.

"Alright, I’ll pick the place,"

Chen Mo said with a smile, pressing the elevator button.

Afterward, Chen Mo took her to the same open-air food stall they had been to before.

He had brought Xia Shiqing here before, and he’d been a regular back in his school days.

The owner recognized them.

After skillfully ordering a few of the delicious house specials, Chen Mo and Wei Luyao started to eat.

"Mmm... this is so good."

"This one is great, too."

"I love this one..."

Wei Luyao nodded in constant praise as she ate.

In her eyes, anything that tasted better than the school cafeteria was a gourmet delicacy.

The two chatted as they ate, and the food on the table quickly began to disappear.

Though Chen Mo was the one eating most of it. Wei Luyao loved the food, but she had the appetite of a bird.

"Want to spend the night at my villa?"

When they were nearly finished eating, Chen Mo took a sip of his drink and asked her with a smile.

’Since she doesn’t want to mess around in the woods, it’s either a hotel or my place.’

’She’s been to the villa before, so I might as well just take her home.’

"Huh?"

At his words, a faint blush crept onto Wei Luyao’s pretty, youthful face, and she shyly lowered her head.

’She knew Chen Mo wanted to fool around again.’

’It wasn’t that she minded; after all, they had already done things on that park bench.’

’But if they went to his place, it probably wouldn’t stop at what they did on the bench.’

’He would most likely want to... take things further.’

After what had happened today, her feelings for Chen Mo had deepened, and she was even more devoted to him.

And while she felt a little shy, if Chen Mo really wanted to take things further, she was willing.

"I have to film the show tomorrow..."

Wei Luyao blinked her lovely eyes, looking at Chen Mo with a pitiable expression.

’Chen Mo certainly had connections; he was my biggest supporter on the show.’

’But I don’t want to break the show’s rules or take a day off for no reason.’

’I heard from my classmates that if you’ve never been in a relationship before, spending the night with your boyfriend for the first time... well, it could make things a bit inconvenient the next day.’

’So...’

"Don’t worry. It won’t interfere with your filming tomorrow."