On this night.
At Zhang Ye's house.
The main door of the villa was open. Zhang Ye was busy washing vegetables and cooking the dishes in the open kitchen all by himself. It was going to be the first meeting for the main cast of the drama In the Name of the People. Zhang Ye had chosen not to hold the gathering at a restaurant this time. Instead, he held it at his house because it meant a lot to him.
Outside.
The door was being knocked on.
Ning Lan was the first to arrive. "Zhang'er, may I come in?"
Zhang Ye said, holding a kitchen knife in his hands, "Come in, the door's open."
Ning Lan looked around. "Where's Minister Wu?"
Zhang Ye said, "Oh, her? She's working overtime today."
Ning Lan broke into a smile. She didn't even change out of her shoes and stepped in with her high heels still on. "You could have said so earlier. I wouldn't have knocked otherwise."