Under the Moonlight
The TV drama “Moon Under Beauty” was so popular that even someone like Zheng Hui, an insider, had heard about its massive success. It launched several new actors, and Zheng Yishan, who had been disfigured and lost her opportunities, would never play a female lead again – one could imagine how regrettable that was.
Zheng Hui was momentarily speechless.
Zheng Yishan said, “Opportunities are gone, everything is ruined. Fortunately, I knew many directors in the past, and our relationships were good. Some plays would have roles for disfigured characters, and they would call me, even if I only had one line of dialogue. Because I just wanted to be an actor.
As she spoke, tears gradually welled up in her eyes: “I remember once, Dai Weijie harshly told me that since I was ugly, I should behave and not make myself a laughingstock. Now I know, that person was you, right? You sent me money, unwilling to let me earn money with this face.”
Zheng Hui retorted irritably: “What were you thinking? Are you just causing trouble?”
Zheng Yishan responded: “When you first said to me ‘Sister, I want to be famous’, you said you loved some characters in scripts, but the actors didn’t portray them well enough to bring those characters to life. You wanted to be famous, to perform good scripts, to let more people see your performance and understand what these characters were truly like!”
Her tears spilled over, not even understanding why she was crying: “But what have you been doing since then? Participating in variety shows, crafting a persona, not seriously reading scripts, always thinking about gaining popularity! Why didn’t you persist? If you had just persisted a little more, tried a little harder, it would have been possible!”
Zheng Yishan cried: “Why didn’t you wait a little longer…”
Luo Yingbai and Wei Shou exchanged glances, simultaneously looking away, neither attempting to console her, simply allowing her to cry her fill.
Summer Xia Xia Ning paused, then spoke officially: “For personal interests, practicing dark arts, causing loss of life, the crime is unforgivable. Your life is exhausted, having transformed into a flying head ghost, half-human and half-spirit, and should be sentenced by the King of Mount Tai in the Hell of Burning Affliction. Wei Shou, organize the relevant materials and transcripts and send them over.”
