By ten that night, the frenzy over #SavingUpForATripToEvernightSky# had been eclipsed by another video.
Gift Of The Ocean, Evernight Sky's jewelry brand specializing in pearls, announced its brand ambassador on its official Starblog account, along with advertising photos and a promotional film.
Mo Yuanyuan's messages began bombarding him again.
[Sheng Sheng Nian, you guys are incredible!!! Mermaids, seriously? This is such a feast for anyone who loves beautiful faces!]
[This story! How did you come up with it? It hurts so much! Thank goodness it has a happy ending, or I really would cry myself to death...]
Sheng Nian looked helplessly at his Light Brain. Yuanyuan truly deserved her title as the intelligence chief; she was always ahead of everyone online.
He sent a message to soothe Mo Yuanyuan's excitement, then went to share the Starblog post.
He and Yan Feizhuo had been the main creators of the story, but it had all been filmed in segments. He was genuinely curious about how the finished film had turned out.
Sheng Nian put on his headphones and opened the video.
The video began with an expanse of deep-blue ocean. The roar of surging waves filled his ears, as though a tiny boat had ventured deep out to sea, and boundless loneliness spread.
Two or three seconds later, a fissure tore open where the sea met the sky. Within it, an enormous giant clam opened and closed, scattering gentle flecks of pearly light.
He faintly heard a voice repeating "My pearl" with tender care. It was soft and ethereal, like a murmur made with the tongue pressed behind the teeth.
Gradually, the fissure widened, revealing what lay inside the giant clam: a platinum-white pearl. It was not yet perfectly round, and several cracks ran through it. It looked as though it might