Leaving a bunch of award winners with darkened expressions.
Sun Yiwu and Ji Cheng laughed and shook their heads. "Fortunately, we didn't win any awards or we'd have been embarrassed."
Though both their works got nominated, in order to prevent rousing suspicion, they'd decided to remove themselves from the competition since they were a part of the film festival's judging panel.
Such an award had lost its appeal to both of them, but there were many other more prestigious awards waiting for them in the future; they had many more opportunities next time.
***
Over at the Lu Family.
Lu Qiyuan had been out of the hospital for a month and was recuperating at home currently.
He was extremely fortunate, even if his anger previously hindered whatever small progress he had made.
After the surgery, he recovered and was almost as good as new, his speech and mobility unhindered.
