A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television

The night before, the two of them were in a mess.

That night, just as Lu Cheng was about to rest, he heard a slight noise coming from the backyard. He walked to the window and saw a thin figure climbing over the wall of Malena's house and climbing towards the big tree in the yard.

Obviously, this uninvited guest should be the male protagonist Renato in the movie, a 13-year-old boy who was restless in adolescence and liked to peek at Malena.

Just when the guy climbed up the tree and was about to climb to the window along the trunk, Lu Cheng casually pinched a piece of hard soil from the flowerpot in front of the window and threw it at the guy's leg joint.

Renato had just walked to the window and was about to look inside through the gap in the window when he felt a numbness in his legs. He immediately lost his balance and fell from the tree.

The sound outside quickly woke up Malena in the house. Malena quickly put on her coat and ran to the window to check: "Who is it?"

Renato, who fell to the ground, didn't care about the pain in his body, and hurriedly limped outside, leaving only a small and embarrassed figure.

Malena took a look, then closed the window, locked it from the inside, checked the surrounding windows and the door downstairs, and went back to the house to rest after confirming that there was no problem.

The next morning, Lu Cheng had just finished his exercise and had a simple breakfast. He was reading in the yard when he saw Malena coming over.

"Mr. Lu, can I trouble you for a favor?"

"What is it?"

"It's like this. Last night, a thief came to my yard and almost got into the house through the tree. I want to trim the branches, but I don't know how to use a saw."

"No problem, I'll go over and help you."

Getting up and going to Malena's house, Lu Cheng first observed the situation and soon found a small hole near the window against the wall. He pointed it out casually: "Ms. Malena, it seems that your house also needs repairs."

"Can I trouble you?"

"No problem, I'll do it."

Then, Lu Cheng first climbed up the tree with a saw, sawed off all the branches near the second-floor window, and trimmed the entire tree.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng entered Malena's house again, carefully checked it, blocked all the holes, and re-nailed some of the movable windows.

After Lu Cheng finished, Malena quickly brought a cup of coffee and handed it to Lu Cheng: "Thank you so much. I don't know what I would do without you."

"You're welcome. We are friends now, aren't we?"

"Of course, I'm honored to have a musician friend like you. Lu, stay for lunch. I can make pasta, lasagna, and pizza."

"Really? Then I'd like to try your cooking. However, I have a good appetite and eat more. Let me ask Mrs. Moore to prepare some food and bring it over to eat together."

"Okay."

In fact, Malena's family situation was not very good at this time. Her husband's allowance for last month had not been sent over, and the family had no savings. If she hadn't made a few clothes for Lu Cheng and earned some labor fees, she would probably have almost gone without food.

Now the prices on the island are getting higher and higher, and the lira is constantly depreciating, but her husband's allowance is still so little, and it is not even enough to maintain food and clothing.

Lu Cheng helped her today, and she had nothing to thank him for, so she could only cook a meal to show her gratitude.

Lu Cheng knew Malena's situation, so he deliberately asked Mrs. More to make more and bring them over to eat together.

Soon, Mrs. More baked a lot of bread, prepared some steaks, fish, shrimp, cheese, cakes, etc., and sent them to Malena's house.

Malena was also a little surprised to see so much food: "Lu, why did you prepare so much food?"

"It's okay, if you can't finish it, just save it for dinner. Is this the pizza you made? It looks very good."

"Then you try it."

"Well, it tastes good too. I didn't expect your cooking skills to be better than your tailoring skills."

"Thank you for the compliment."

In fact, Malena's cooking skills are only average, not even as good as Mrs. More, but women always prefer to hear good words rather than the truth.

After a meal, there is still a lot left, and the remaining food is easy to preserve and not easy to spoil.

At this time, Malena also understood that Lu Cheng deliberately took this opportunity to give her some food.

Thinking of this, Malena

Lena was even more grateful to Lu Cheng.

Since her husband left, Malena has actually been very lonely. The men in the city are not kind to her, and the women are jealous of her.

Except for her father who can no longer hear her clearly, Malena usually has no one to talk to.

Since Lu Cheng moved in, although the two have not had many opportunities to meet, Lu Cheng's noble temperament, the unique charm he exudes inadvertently, and this kind of subtle care always make Malena's heart slightly ripple.

However, Malena's husband is still alive at this time, and she also suppressed this inappropriate thought in her heart and told herself to treat Lu Cheng as a friend.

On the other hand, as the business was thoroughly rolled out, Lu Cheng's lipstick factory's output also caught up, and a large amount of money went into Lu Cheng's pocket every day.

In less than a month, lipsticks made by Lu Cheng were sold everywhere on the entire island of Sicily.

At the same time, some businessmen took the initiative to find people and asked to buy lipsticks in bulk.

Sicily is a trade transit point on the Mediterranean route, with a large number of merchants coming and going. Naturally, some people will set their sights on this lipstick with rich categories and excellent quality.

Now that the product has become well-known, Lu Cheng also took the opportunity of the depreciation of the lira to directly raise the price of the product, which is not much different from other similar products, and won customers with rich categories and excellent quality.

Anyway, it is a seller's market now. As long as the product quality is excellent, there is no worry about not being able to sell it.

Soon, batches of orders came one after another, and the factory expanded again, recruiting more female workers.

Lu Cheng's younger brothers also became security personnel, guarding the factory and company.

As the lira is constantly depreciating, Lu Cheng also exchanged all the money he earned into US dollars or some materials.

Unfortunately, gold control is now implemented on the island, and money cannot be directly exchanged for gold, which is easier to store.

At noon that day, Lu Cheng just came back from outside and saw Malena wearing black clothes and coming back from the city with a sad face.

A passerby not far away saw Malena coming back and whispered: "Mr. Nino is really pitiful. He died on the battlefield at such a young age. Malena will definitely find a new love soon."

"Yes, maybe Malena has already found the next one."

"I heard that she has a good relationship with the Oriental man in front. Do you think they will..."

Lu Cheng looked back at the gossipers, and his murderous eyes were as sharp as a knife, which scared them and they walked away quickly.

Then, Lu Cheng walked to Malena and comforted her: "Malena, I just heard about your husband's affairs. Please don't be too sad, so as not to hurt your body. The deceased has rested in peace, and the living still need to look forward."

Malena nodded and turned back to the house.

Then, Lu Cheng heard a slight sobbing sound coming from the house.

Shaking his head, Lu Cheng returned home and said, "Mrs. Moore, Ms. Marlena is very sad now, please go and take care of her."

"Okay, sir, I'll go right over."