That night, Li Jing walked with the wind.
The balance in her bank account now was: 20,210,899.3 yuan.
——She was a multi-millionaire ^_^
As she left the charity gala, her entire being radiated satisfaction and joy. This emotion was evident in her eyes and the corners of her mouth, and both Fu Lingchu and Feng Ce saw it clearly.
Was donating money to others that satisfying…?
At the foot of the steps outside the entrance.
Fu Lingchu’s limited-edition Maybach and Feng Ce’s silver supercar were parked one after the other.
Fu Lingchu turned his head and glanced at Li Jing, gesturing for her to follow him, “Let’s go.”
Feng Ce stood aside, arms crossed, and sarcastically remarked, “Did President Fu forget he brought his fiancée?”
Qiao Yuxin had been staring at them all night, almost burning a hole through them.
Fu Lingchu paused slightly, his expression unchanged as he looked at Li Jing, “Go with him or with me?”
He didn’t even bother to explain the word “fiancée.”
Li Jing timely displayed a hint of surprise, then seemed to remember something, lowered her head and smiled, “I… I’ll just walk back to school myself. Today… thank you both very much.”
Fu Lingchu narrowed his eyes slightly, and Feng Ce furrowed his brow.
Li Jing, with a serene smile, waved to Fu Lingchu and Feng Ce. Then, her slender figure gradually disappeared into the distance.
At that moment, their gazes lingered, unable to move away.
As if they saw the kind heart beating beneath that slender and fragile body.
Li Jing walked and touched her own heart: It was beating alright. It was very immoral, but very happy.
The plot progress was going well now. Male lead number three had successfully been activated, male lead number one’s favorability was 29%, and male lead number two’s favorability was 35%.
After today’s auction, the White Moonlight’s sense of crisis would definitely be unprecedentedly strong. From now until Ye Yan returned to the country, she would definitely cause a lot of trouble for her—but Li Jing felt very tender for her.
Who wouldn’t love the leek god that can drive up production value?
Once the male leads’ favorability reached 50%, their attitude towards the substitute female lead would change significantly. These arrogant male leads would gradually fall for the substitute, unable to maintain their proud demeanors, yet unwilling to admit their feelings, so they would use various melodramatic and cliché methods to test their feelings for the substitute.
After their favorability was maxed out through emotional and physical abuse, the male leads would face the original owner, who then would know everything and was covered in wounds, and they would all be filled with remorse and pain—at that time, Li Jing would simply disappear, giving them a final blow.
Then, she would take the leeks’ wealth and happily retire!!
A beautiful tomorrow awaited her~carpreads.pages.dev
At this time, the system’s backend had also finished calculating the detailed income and prompted: “Host, a big shot from the Transmigration Bureau will be coming to connect with you and verify the income issue. You’d better be polite, because you don’t know how big of a big shot they are…”
Li Jing walked and asked disappointedly, “It’s not Teacher Lu? Then come on.”
Anyway, she had earned the money legitimately and fairly under the system’s reward mechanism. She didn’t believe the Transmigration Bureau could find fault.
The system’s mechanical voice was flat and emotionless. It confirmed a few plot points with Li Jing. She hadn’t delayed any plot progress because of making money, and she had used the rules reasonably and effectively, and her speed in raising favorability exceeded the Transmigration Bureau’s initial estimate.
Li Jing: The Top1 professional is just that confident.
Okay.
Your feedback has been received.
Wish you all the best in the future.
Li Jing smiled and replied, “Don’t worry.”
The system paused for a moment, then its flat, emotionless mechanical voice asked a question: “So, what will you do with your money in the future?”
Li Jing envisioned a beautiful life and said very honestly, “Use it to take care of hotties.”
At this moment.
On the top floor of the banquet hall, the silver-haired man watched Li Jing’s retreating figure, silent for a moment.
It turned out that when she said she would leave him a separate house, she didn’t necessarily mean just for him.
The handsome god fell into deep thought.
…Otherwise.
Let the real estate prices in that sea area be a little higher.
A long, long time later.
Li Jing, who was carrying her ill-gotten gains over to buy a house: “?”
-—–
The next day, Li Jing went to class as usual.
Today’s elective class teacher wasn’t Lu Mian, and the students who had been eagerly waiting for him all lowered their heads in disappointment.
Li Jing tapped on the system and tried to connect: “Teacher? Teacher Lu?”
There was no response from the other side.
It seems like Teacher Lu isn’t in a good mood today.
But Li Jing didn’t waste this class. The male lead was still present—Feng Ce’s frequency of coming to school had increased a lot recently. He would basically attend elective classes with Li Jing, and his 35% favorability was evident.
After class, Feng Ce pulled Li Jing to his sports car, “Come with me to a place.”
Li Jing, like a little white flower swaying in the wind, was dragged along by him, stumbling: “Go, go where?”
“Buy clothes,” Feng Ce said.
He cherished Ye Yan’s painting and placed it in his bedroom. As long as he looked up, he could recall his sister’s elegant and beautiful appearance.
But for some reason, as he looked at it, Feng Ce thought of Li Jing wearing her tattered clothes, and the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became. The big Young Master had always been a person who did whatever he wanted, so today he decided to drag Li Jing to buy clothes.
Feng Ce looked Li Jing up and down with a look of disgust: “You’re always wearing rags. It’s too embarrassing to stand next to me. Come with me to buy some clothes.”
Li Jing: Very good, the leek has upgraded, and it’s now taking the initiative to spend money.
Li Jing slapped his hand away, her delicate white face tightening: “I don’t need it!”
Feng Ce was very impatient and used a warning tone: “Don’t be ungrateful.”
Li Jing raised her clear, watery eyes, with a hint of melancholy, reflecting his face: “Feng Ce, thank you for your kindness, but I don’t want to indulge in vanity anymore.”
Feng Ce found it unbelievable.
If Li Jing was vain, were there any people in the world who weren’t? She wouldn’t even accept the donation certificate for the honor.
“It’s just buying clothes. What’s so vain about it?”
Li Jing shook her head to interrupt him, her soft hair brushing against her cheek, “That dress, I already owe Fu Lingchu five thousand yuan. I don’t want to owe you anymore.”
Feng Ce frowned when he heard this trivial matter: “I’ll pay it back for you, okay?”
He directly pulled up Fu Lingchu’s WeChat and transferred five thousand yuan to him, with a note that read “Li Jing repaying the money.”
Because he included Li Jing’s name, the five thousand yuan smoothly went into Li Jing’s account.
Li Jing: Thank you ^_^
Feng Ce showed her the transfer record: “Is that okay now?”
The girl in front of him shook her head gently, her eyes filled with fragile helplessness, as if silently saying “You don’t understand.”
Li Jing held her worn-out sleeve and whispered, “I’ll pay it back myself. I’m going to work now. Goodbye.”
After saying that, she turned and left.
Feng Ce’s heart suddenly felt like it had been squeezed with lemon juice.
Actually, he could guess the outcome, because Li Jing had always been like this. She wouldn’t bow down because of poverty, and she would never do anything for money. She was like a lotus flower, untainted by the mud.
Feng Ce knew she was just a fake. A counterfeit for entertainment.
But…
Li Jing, who had turned to leave, heard the system’s prompt.
—Feng Ce’s favorability +3%
Li Jing: 38% √
Baby, you’re in danger!
The second male lead’s line was too easy to brush up, so Li Jing needed to focus on the third line that had just started.
—She was going to work today because there was a plot point to be followed.
Li Jing’s cheap flip phone couldn’t access the internet, but she had already learned from the conversations of the employees that Du Jinghuai was filming a TV series again after many years. The filming location was in the city’s film city, and there were a lot of fans going to watch every day.
And today, their cake shop received a large order for takeout, and the address was Du Jinghuai’s filming location.
What a coincidence, right.
Because of the large quantity, the cake shop had to send an employee to deliver it. This glorious mission naturally fell on Li Jing, the female lead.
Li Jing wore the cake shop’s employee uniform, with a hat printed with the store’s logo. She loaded the cakes into the trunk and followed the driver to the film city.
As soon as she got out of the car, she could hear the roar of Du Jinghuai’s fans.
“Ahhhhhhh Brother Du!”
“Du Jinghuai, the cold moon of the world! No one is worthy of you!”
As a top-tier actor, Du Jinghuai had a large number of solo fans, who could even be considered “toxic solo fans.” They rejected any CPs or pairings. Du Jinghuai could only be their god. If anyone got too close to Du Jinghuai, his fans would use their extraordinary fighting power to dig up that person’s information.
This was also why Du Jinghuai never showed any affection for Ye Yan in public, protecting her from being gradually forgotten by the public, suppressing his desires for many years.
But—Ye Yan wouldn’t do, but a substitute would.
In the later part of the plot, Li Jing often took the bullet for Ye Yan, and in the end, she was even scolded by Du Jinghuai’s fans to the point where she didn’t dare to go out, which triggered a stimulating plot line where Du Jinghuai “protected” her but actually “imprisoned” her.
So, we need to work on the favorability here, my dear.
“Look,” Li Jing pointed at the throngs of fans, saying to the system, “My field of leeks—”
System: “…”
It had no doubt that Li Jing could harvest them all as leeks.
A field manager came to meet her on the scene, and seeing that the person pushing the cart was a thin, frail girl, he muttered a couple of words.
Li Jing’s face was hidden by the brim of her hat, and she was dressed in dull gray, so no one paid attention to her. When she pushed the cake cart into the filming set, many actors and staff members came over to grab some cake.
Of course, Du Jinghuai was not among them. The Acting Emperor was preparing for his role, but he hadn’t filmed a television series for many years, and his emotions weren’t ready yet—because the last time he filmed a television series, Ye Yan had stayed with him on set for a long time.
Du Jinghuai had done his best to protect Ye Yan from being discovered by the fans, and he didn’t dare to let her take that risk again. But at this moment, he missed her company very much.
When Du Jinghuai came out of the rest room, he had already adjusted his state. The script supervisor clapped the slate, the cameraman moved forward, and filming began.
Li Jing watched from behind the small cart. Du Jinghuai looked very handsome today, his half-long black hair tied back, wearing a white linen shirt, his whole person a blend of coolness and warmth.
The Acting Emperor’s acting skills were naturally superb, his lines were impeccable, and the actors he was working with were even a little overwhelmed.
But after this part was filmed, Du Jinghuai himself was not satisfied.
As an artist, he could clearly sense that something was missing.
Just a little bit.
Du Jinghuai rubbed his temples, turned to look at the director, but his gaze suddenly stopped as it swept across the set.
Behind that simple cake cart, under that dull gray employee hat.
Familiar, moving features, directly crashing into his line of sight.
She must have been working for a long time, her forehead was covered in sweat, her black hair hung softly on her cheeks and neck, looking frail and disheveled.
In an instant, Du Jinghuai felt a pang of pity rise from his chest almost instinctively.
—Du Jinghuai’s favorability +3%
The moment Li Jing and Du Jinghuai met eyes, she automatically launched into her equally superb acting.
Her eyes, which had been dazed and tired, suddenly brightened, her long, thick eyelashes fluttered, and then she suddenly widened her eyes, as if she recognized him, and then she awkwardly tugged at her employee uniform, as if she was embarrassed to be caught working in such a disheveled state.
The system witnessed the entire series of performances and couldn’t help but say, “Natural! Smooth! You’re truly the best!”
Li Jing agreed wholeheartedly: “I have to find someone to settle this salary.”
Du Jinghuai didn’t say anything.
But after seeing the lively expression on that face, all his emotions suddenly flowed smoothly. When he started filming again, he was immediately in the zone.
Gradually, the cakes on the delivery cart were running low, and Li Jing was about to leave.
There was only one box left on the cart, and the cake inside had been deformed because it was pressed at the bottom, and no one had taken it. Li Jing pushed the cart to the back door, then carefully put the deformed box of cake into her reusable bag.
Just then, the man’s cool voice came from above—
“Is it still edible?”
Li Jing was startled and quickly looked up, her eyes under the brim of her hat meeting the man’s gaze.
“This… this is… my dinner.” She answered instinctively.
A very meager dinner.
Du Jinghuai’s cool gaze held a hint of inquiry. He had encountered her twice, yesterday and today—was this “fake” that Fu Lingchu and Feng Ce had found really as innocent as she appeared?
“Why are you here?”
Li Jing’s surprise and shame were completely hidden—you’re just a male lead from an old-fashioned novel, I can’t even handle you? Then I might as well quit.
Her fingers twisted the cuff of her sleeve, and as she lowered her head, she revealed the pale blue veins on her delicate neck, as fragile as the veins on a porcelain plate.
“I need to, work…” Li Jing’s voice lowered, as if she was ashamed to say it, “to pay back money.”
Du Jinghuai immediately remembered her torn dress, the “five thousand yuan” she owed.
“Pay back to whom?” Du Jinghuai said lightly, “I’ll pay for it.”
Li Jing: You’re on the right track, my old bro.
She quickly waved her hand: “No need, I said I would pay it back myself.”
Du Jinghuai’s gaze fell: “Fu Lingchu?”
Li Jing widened her eyes: “How did you know?”
The answer was clear.
Du Jinghuai sighed helplessly.
She was so foolish, completely incomparable to his Ye Yan. She was just a poor, ordinary, female student.
Du Jinghuai took out his phone, found Fu Lingchu, with whom he had never spoken, and transferred five thousand to him.
Li Jing watched the posture, the speed.
It was clear that he was the number three high-quality leek who could be cultivated well.
“But wouldn’t Fu Lingchu be furious?” Li Jing asked the system, “A 500,000 yuan dress, you collected 5,000 yuan each from Feng Ce and Du Jinghuai, a net loss of 490,000 yuan.”
System: “……That’s probably the case!”
“—To compensate for your loss,” Du Jinghuai put away his phone and said to Li Jing, “And thank you for the cake.”
He said no more and turned to leave coldly.
After walking a few meters, her voice suddenly came from behind, with a tremor: “……Th-thank you!”
Li Jing was a strong little white flower in front of Fu Lingchu and the others, but a fragile and pitiful creature in front of Du Jinghuai. For someone like him, letting his pity fall into place would be effective.
Du Jinghuai paused slightly, turning his head to see the girl’s face flushed with shame.
It seemed that the five thousand yuan debt was too heavy for her as a student, so when the burden was lifted, she almost cried——
“If you need to order another cake, you can use my name!” she said.
The girl seemed to have racked her brains to think of this one thing she could offer in return, and quickly added: “Y-you can get a discount.”
Du Jinghuai, the three-time Golden Awards Acting Emperor, exuded an air of nobility, but there was a hint of helpless amusement in his eyes at this moment.
“Okay.”
—Du Jinghuai’s favorability +3%
System: “Leek, rest in peace.”
Li Jing: Remember to use my name, okay~~
-—–
After successfully harvesting the same dress from the three male leads, Li Jing made a perfect retreat.
As soon as she stepped out of the film city, she was unsurprisingly stopped by a Maybach.
After the car window slowly rolled down, it was Fu Lingchu’s cold, hard-lined face, his expression displeased.
Li Jing: Very good, dinner is here.
She had three bodyguards who cost 150,000 yuan a month, so it wasn’t strange that Fu Lingchu could keep track of her whereabouts at any time. However, the fact that he needed to keep track of Li Jing’s whereabouts was more intriguing——
For a domineering CEO like Fu Lingchu, who had a strong desire for control, even if he knew deep down that Li Jing was just a fake, a substitute, his possessiveness had already begun to ferment quietly.
Fu Lingchu narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Jing.
He couldn’t believe that Li Jing could have such ability, that she could get Feng Ce and Du Jinghuai to help her pay her debts. But she didn’t know that she was just borrowing this face that resembled Ye Yan.
Fu Lingchu sneered, grabbed her clothes and pulled her forward, his heart filled with agitation, his words extremely harsh: “Wearing such tattered clothes, seducing others?”
Li Jing was stung by his words, her face turning pale instantly.
Then she said to the system in her heart: “Did you hear that? I’m going to make him pay for his mouth.”
The system was now completely in sync with Li Jing’s thinking.
Pay = Money.
Understood √
Fu Lingchu looked at her hurt expression, a sour sense of satisfaction welled up in his heart, and he continued to mock: “Selling yourself to two people isn’t enough, you want to find another buyer?”
Li Jing tightly pursed her lips, just as Fu Lingchu was about to pull her into the car, a cardboard box suddenly fell out of her eco-bag.
Li Jing was startled, then quickly squatted down to pick it up.
Fu Lingchu reached out to take it: “What is it?”
Li Jing couldn’t compete with him, so she lowered her head, her eyes tinged with red, and whispered: “This is for you… the cake.”
System: ?? It was her own dinner just now!
Fu Lingchu was suddenly stunned, his movements stopped.
The cake, because she had been carrying it in her bag and it had fallen, was almost completely deformed. The pampered young CEO had never encountered such food since birth.
But his voice inexplicably softened: “What about yours?”
Li Jing turned her head: “I’ve already eaten.”
Fu Lingchu knew she was lying.
He had checked Li Jing’s card, and all the medical expenses he had transferred were used for her grandmother’s treatment. Even though the amount far exceeded the cost of treatment, Li Jing hadn’t touched a single cent of the remaining money.
That’s just how Li Jing was.
—Fu Lingchu’s favorability +1%
It reached 30%.
Finally, Li Jing held the broken box of cake, and Fu Lingchu took her to a high-end restaurant with an average price of 5,000 yuan per person.
At that moment, Fu Lingchu couldn’t even tell if he wanted Li Jing to experience his usual dining standards, or… if he simply wanted her to eat better.
And at this time.
Li Jing, a woman with a net worth of 20 million, sat uneasily in the restaurant seat, saying nervously: “This is too expensive, I…”
Fu Lingchu took the paper box from her hand: “The payment has been given, no need to return it.”
Li Jing: Don’t worry, I won’t return it ^_^
System: “Trading small money for big money, you’re truly something else.”
“No,” Li Jing looked puzzled, “You forgot? The cake shop where I worked has been bought by Fu Lingchu.”
The cake shop belonged to Fu Lingchu.
So the cake was also his.
Therefore, Li Jing used a cake from his own shop to exchange for a dinner worth tens of thousands yuan.
“Freebies, forever the best.” Li Jing raised her glass.
System: “…”
System: “Amazing!!”