Fu Lingchu didn’t say anything harsh anymore, and Li Jing focused on enjoying her dinner.
The scene actually looked like a candlelit dinner for two, and the atmosphere was quite cozy.
Li Jing savored the classic sturgeon caviar on her plate, covered with a jelly made from pear vinegar, paired with low-temperature slow-milled almond milk paste. The slight sourness balanced the sweetness, the taste was exquisite.
This is the dining standard of the rich—Li Jing thought, she needed to accumulate more wealth, and she’d use this standard for her retirement.
She was just finishing her bite with her head down when another plate was suddenly pushed in front of her.
Perhaps sensing Li Jing’s fondness for the dish, Fu Lingchu gave her his, “Eat it.”
Her thoughts were seen through, the girl’s face immediately flushed, and she quickly said, “No, I’m full.”
Fu Lingchu didn’t expose her pretense, but said calmly, “I can’t finish it either, it’ll be wasted if you don’t eat it.”
Li Jing immediately widened her eyes, “It’s so expensive, how can you waste it!!”
Even freeloading should have a spirit.
So she very rightfully ate Fu Lingchu’s portion as well.
As she ate, her cheeks puffed up slightly, the satisfaction unconsciously revealed in her eyes made her features more vivid, every inch clearly imprinted in Fu Lingchu’s eyes.
It turned out that someone could be so easily satisfied.
Fu Lingchu couldn’t help but recall that time outside the cake shop where Li Jing worked, she firmly refused to take over the entire shop from him. Turning around, she squatted by the roadside eating cheap bread, the expression on her face was equally satisfying.
That was an expression rarely seen on Ye Yan’s face…
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Fu Lingchu suddenly realized at this moment that while he was having dinner with Li Jing, he hadn’t imagined the person in front of him as Ye Yan accompanying him.
But he was clearly just looking for a dining substitute.
Fu Lingchu’s deep black eyes rolled. It must be because Li Jing was dressed too poorly, or because her dining etiquette was too bad, that he couldn’t project Ye Yan onto her… It must be that, so he was distracted.
An indescribable restlessness welled up in his heart, he couldn’t let this “distraction” continue.
Fu Lingchu’s face darkened slightly, he raised a hand, and immediately someone presented a menu. He flipped through a few pages, then recited a string of Spanish words.
Li Jing knew immediately that this guy had ordered a bottle of foreign wine.
After placing the order, Fu Lingchu suddenly felt a little lighter in his heart—yes, Li Jing was just a drinking companion. That was the right identity.
Li Jing pretended not to understand, mentally reviewing the plot—there were indeed some heart-wrenching plot points about the male leads going crazy after drinking, but it wasn’t time for that yet—was her progress too fast, so the plot points were also advancing?
Physical contact should also escalate, although it was not allowed to go too far in Green Literature City, but the actual development of the scale could only be controlled by the transmigration staff themselves.
Li Jing was still calculating when the waiter came over with the wine bottle.
The tall figure stood still in front of their table, bending slightly, his magnetic voice was so close it was almost in Li Jing’s ear—
“Your wine has arrived.”
His arm blocked the view between Fu Lingchu and Li Jing.
Instantly, Li Jing’s eyes lit up: “Teach~ er~ Lu~”
No wonder he didn’t come to class, he was playing somewhere else, was he here to supervise the students?
Lu Mian’s lips curled slightly towards Li Jing’s side, as a response.
Those white, slender hands held the corkscrew, cutting off the seal of the wine bottle, then with a slight force, he slowly pulled out the cork. In the process, the blue veins on the back of his hand stood out, with just the right amount of strength, the whole picture was extremely aesthetically pleasing.
Li Jing was itching to ask him through the system, “Are you here to play with me?”
“Didn’t you ask me to pay back the wine.”
His magnetic voice echoed in Li Jing’s ear, while Fu Lingchu across from her couldn’t hear it.
—Flirting with the handsome silver-haired man in front of the male lead who needed to be conquered.
This had a kind of thrilling feeling like cheating.
Li Jing licked her lips, her clear pupils flickered with a hint of light.
Lu Mian was drawn to that light, and suddenly understood how the three male leads in this world fell for her one by one.
Fu Lingchu, out of his primal instincts, sensed something amiss.
Li Jing was blocked by the waiter’s arm, so he looked up at the waiter. But it was as if he was looking into a towering mountain covered in snow and wind, for a moment he only felt its grandeur and distance, but couldn’t see his face.
Lu Mian didn’t interfere much, he poured wine for Fu Lingchu and Li Jing with perfect and impeccable etiquette, then politely left.
Behind him, the girl’s sweet voice rang out: “Teacher—”
Li Jing was still using this address, with a hint of teasing: “This doesn’t count as compensation, you have to drink with me next time.”
Lu Mian’s fingertips curled slightly, and he lowered his light-colored eyes: “Okay—”
So this time he specially came to deliver her wine,
This wine was not intoxicating.
…To prevent any improper behavior from happening under his supervision.
After Lu Mian left, he saw with his peripheral vision that Li Jing had resumed her persona in front of the male lead.
A poor and self-conscious girl, with a hint of curiosity, hesitantly took a small sip of the wine, then immediately wrinkled her entire face from the “spice,” but still said stubbornly:
“I, I’ve never drunk before, cough, cough!”
“It’s okay, I can finish it, can’t waste it—”
Then, the man’s favorability towards her increased by 1%.
She was too good at this.
In moments unknown to others, the Main God had watched his most outstanding employee brush out perfect emotional lines in various worlds. Even on the verge of retirement, Li Jing maintained the highest task standards.
This was a good thing.
But—
The young god’s expression turned slightly serious.
But, how to make the Sea King settle down and come ashore.
This was a problem.
-—–
Ms. Li Jing, who had inadvertently been classified as a Sea King, was only focused on completing tasks.
And—making a fortune for her retirement!
With Fu Lingchu’s personality, 30% favorability would probably make him wary, and then he would try to control his increasingly uncontrollable feelings for the substitute.
On the other hand, she had already cast her fishing hook on line number three, now just waiting for Du Jinghuai’s big order.
But for the next two days, there was no movement from Du Jinghuai’s side.
The only explanation was that Ye Yan had made some moves, but Li Jing’s backend account details didn’t show any income.
Tsk. A bit stingy, huh.
But if the east doesn’t shine, the west will, Li Jing soon saw Feng Ce’s handiwork in the details—that big Young Master was indeed a man of his word, even though Li Jing had verbally refused, he still bought her clothes.
All kinds of luxury brands and trendy items, totaling 100,000 yuan.
Li Jing touched her eyes, which were dry of tears, with a sense of gratitude: Such a filial child.
But, filial children are easily overlooked—
Now Ye Yan’s sense of crisis was strong, but she couldn’t cut herself into three pieces, so she definitely had to prioritize maintaining her male leads in the fish pond.
But just like Feng Ce’s favorability was the easiest to brush up in Li Jing’s case, relatively speaking, Feng Ce was probably the easiest to manipulate in Ye Yan’s case.
So Ye Yan definitely wouldn’t prioritize Feng Ce.
Young Master Feng, truly pitiful.
And no matter which fish Ye Yan prioritized at this stage, Li Jing’s job was to adjust her strategy of harvesting leeks—
No, her strategy of brushing up the plot.
At this moment,
Ye Yan was accompanying Du Jinghuai.
Although this would take up time that others could spend with her, and might even cause dissatisfaction from Fu Lingchu and Feng Ce, but as the substitute’s influence grew, Du Jinghuai was currently the least affected.
Besides, it wasn’t a bad thing to make them worry about her.
The television drama script that Du Jinghuai had taken on after many years was very meticulous, and it would definitely be a huge hit without any surprises. If she could accompany him during filming, she could also share the glory with him when major awards came his way in the future.
To this end, Ye Yan spared no effort in spending a long time talking to Du Jinghuai to accompany him in preparing for his role.
After reviewing the last line, both of them on the phone were still immersed in the emotions. After a while, Ye Yan gently said in a soft voice: “It’s so nostalgic to feel this way, unfortunately, I…”
Understanding the meaning behind her words, Du Jinghuai’s heart was filled with a deep sense of pity.
“Yanyan, you just focus on recovering,” Du Jinghuai comforted her, “You will always be the only moon in my heart.”
Only. This was exactly what Ye Yan needed.
Her gentle voice had a hint of a sob: “A’huai…”
Du Jinghuai patiently comforted her.
It just so happened that the assistant outside the rest room came to call him. Ye Yan heard it through the phone and said very considerately, “You go ahead and do your work, but work is hard, so you have to eat well.”
Du Jinghuai responded softly, his mood greatly improved, and he thought about taking the crew out to eat.
Then, a name unexpectedly popped up in his mind.
Li Jing.
The girl who told him that he could get a discount on cakes if he ordered them using her name.
She had the same face as A’yan, but lived a completely different life.
Poor, pitiful, yet strong.
“A’huai? A’huai?”
When Du Jinghuai came back to his senses, he realized that he had been lost in thought while talking to Ye Yan.
He quickly said, “I’m going now… to get some sweets. A’yan, you have to eat well too.”
Ye Yan lowered her eyelashes, “Hmm, you can rest assured.”
After hanging up the phone, Ye Yan gradually became expressionless.
Du Jinghuai’s fans were so powerful, it seemed like she should let them discover… that someone who didn’t know their place had infiltrated their brother’s side.
That ridiculous, inferior, counterfeit. She won’t know what she’s going to endure.
-—–
—Li Jing received 1,000 orders from Du Jinghuai.
The detailed income statement clearly stated that Du Jinghuai had indeed used her name. Ye Yan’s mood probably wouldn’t be very good right now.
Even this scheming White Moonlight overlooked a very important point.
The more she tried to impress the male leads, the more their sides needed a psychological compensation—that was the operating mechanism of a substitute novel, right?
So, now Male Lead Number Three had taken the bait, directly sending her a big order.
Next, the three lines would be linked together—
Ah! The smell of leeks!
Li Jing loaded the cakes onto the delivery truck while listening to the system’s prompt.
Male Lead Number One is approaching you, 100m, 50m…
Li Jing raised an eyebrow: He’s here, send money my way ^_^
Fu Lingchu held the steering wheel, his brow furrowed—he had been calling Ye Yan all day, and she had been busy.
He had been calling for a long time.
Fu Lingchu’s fingers holding the steering wheel involuntarily tightened slightly.
Who was talking to Ye Yan, Feng Ce?
No, it should be Du Jinghuai.
Jealousy accumulated with the length of their phone call, with nowhere to vent, it pressed down on his chest.
Finally, Fu Lingchu drove out himself, heading straight for a destination.
To find Li Jing.
Even though Fu Lingchu had already realized that his attention to Li Jing had exceeded a certain safety limit, but, isn’t that what substitutes are for?
When he couldn’t get satisfaction from Ye Yan, he should find it in the substitute.
Li Jing was currently working at the cake shop, still wearing her dusty employee uniform.
When she saw the Maybach parked outside the store, she asked the system, “Do you know how to handle this situation where Male Lead Number One and Number Three need to be dealt with simultaneously?”
The system humbly asked for advice: “How?”
Li Jing loaded all the cakes, and said leisurely, “Of course it’s about using one force to overcome another.”
Hee hee.
This car was for delivery to the film set, so there was a poster of Du Jinghuai’s character on the side, making it look like she was going to cheer for Du Jinghuai.
Fu Lingchu got out of the car and walked over, seeing this immediately felt very irritated.
Not only did Ye Yan spend time with Du Jinghuai, but even Li Jing, the substitute, had to go to Du Jinghuai’s side?
Li Jing closed the trunk, just as she was rubbing her sore wrist, she was suddenly grabbed by someone without any mercy.
Startled, she turned around, and Fu Lingchu looked at her with a gloomy face.
The man sneered condescendingly, “What, are you really going to seduce the Acting Emperor?”
Li Jing widened her eyes, her expression incredulous: “What are you talking about?”
Those eyes were too clear, too lively, as if asking, “You were fine the other day, why are you like this again?”
Even Fu Lingchu couldn’t tell who his anger was directed at.
He only felt that Li Jing, who had specially left him a cake that day, was just being insincere.
“You’re sending it over every day, how much money can you make?”
Li Jing’s eyes gradually lost their sparkle, and Fu Lingchu continued:
“Do you think Du Jinghuai is really interested in you? He’s just looking at your face—”
“Enough!”
Li Jing’s eyes were completely red, she glared at him hatefully, the pride of her slender frame was utterly shattered.
The system excitedly watched: “The escalating emotions are so on point! This is how you do melodramatic!”
Li Jing trembled all over, her voice also trembling—
“Have you forgotten, this is your own store!”
System: “???”
Fu Lingchu suddenly froze in place.
He was in charge of the vast commercial empire of the Fu Group, with countless assets, of course he couldn’t remember the cake shop he had casually bought.
Li Jing’s feelings were brewing grandly: ^_^ Although all of Du Jinghuai’s orders went into her account, but—
“I just wanted to do something!”
The girl’s face was full of hurt, but she still tried to be strong, “You donated so much money to me last time, I can’t repay you! But, but isn’t this store yours? I can also get some big orders…”
Her voice grew quieter and quieter, by the end, tears were welling up in her eyes.
System: “？？？Amazing?”
Fu Lingchu was completely stunned.
An indescribable emotion slowly and intensely surged through Fu Lingchu’s heart.
His empty heart was suddenly filled to the brim.
It was… for him?
Fu Lingchu’s favorability +5%
Li Jing: Yay.
—Directly broke through the 30% mark.
Fu Lingchu thought in a daze:
Actually… she doesn’t know what I’m like at all.
Li Jing: Mm-hmm.
He doesn’t know what I’m like at all ^_^