Ye Yan felt a chill spread from her fingertips to her heart.
Both Feng Ce and Fu Lingchu had changed…
Was it because of that fake? Impossible, that poor thing couldn’t even compare to her pinky finger.
“A’yan? A’yan? What’s wrong?”
Fu Lingchu called out softly to her, who was lost in thought.
In front of Ye Yan, he finally felt his heart settle back into place.
That’s right, his love and care would only belong to Ye Yan.
Not a single bit would belong to Li Jing.
However, as Ye Yan listened to Fu Lingchu’s gentle voice, as usual, she clearly sensed something had changed.
“No, nothing…“carpreads.pages.dev
Ye Yan finally found her voice after a long pause.
“It’s just, I wanted to ask if I go back to the country,” Ye Yan bit her lip, “would you need me to bring anything back…”
“It’s okay, A’yan, you just focus on recovering.” Fu Lingchu said softly, “I don’t need anything, your health is the most important…”
He didn’t even immediately show any excitement at the prospect of seeing her again?!
Ye Yan was about to burst.
-—–
Li Jing had no idea how the White Moonlight spent her night.
Anyway, she was incredibly happy!
Li Jing turned off her flip phone for the entire night, and locked the hotel’s security door, so no one disturbed her. She slept soundly until dawn.
The luxurious presidential suite bed was so comfortable, zero pressure, zero vibration, she felt completely relaxed.
After waking up, she stretched, then picked up the phone and called for hotel service.
Soon, a waiter with a smile pushed a cart full of exquisite breakfast items into her room.
Li Jing stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, admiring the morning scenery while sipping rose tea, and sighed with genuine contentment—
“This is what it feels like to retire!”
How blissful!
And this bliss didn’t cost a single penny.
Thinking about how she would have a handsome silver-haired guy to keep her company in her old age, Li Jing felt even more motivated to complete her missions.
While enjoying the delicious food, she also took stock of her “leek” progress—after last night’s excitement, Male Lead #1 had reached 47%.
Male Lead #2 had pulled himself up to 51% on his own.
In comparison, Male Lead #3, stuck at 23%, was lagging behind.
Hmm, it’s time to move the plot forward with Du Jinghuai.
After all, Male Lead #3 was the real expert in stimulating plot twists.
In this part of the story, the original owner was burdened with her uncle’s gambling debts, and under Fu Lingchu’s increasingly strong control, her situation became more and more difficult. She hated Fu Lingchu, but at the same time, she gradually became unable to leave him under his control.
Meanwhile, she thought that beneath Feng Ce’s hot temper, there was still some genuine affection, that some of his concern for her was out of liking, but she was always hurt by him.
As for Du Jinghuai, who had donated so much money to the orphanage, he was a good person in the original owner’s eyes.
But in reality, Du Jinghuai was even colder than the other two male leads, a real dog among dogs.
But the little white flower wouldn’t realize this, she only needed his pity, and then waited for his pity to turn into something more, eventually evolving into forced love. At that point, this storyline would strongly stimulate Fu Lingchu and Feng Ce, leading to a bloody and chaotic battleground.
So before Ye Yan came back—
Du Jinghuai’s storyline had to be pushed forward, the subsequent heart-wrenching and soul-crushing drama would be more flavorful.
Moreover, Li Jing looked at her backend earnings—
Including all kinds of income, the current total was 29,987,045 yuan.
President Fu contributed 70%.
Young Master Feng contributed 20%.
White Moonlight contributed 8%.
Du Jinghuai contributed 2%.
Is this even fair? Is this even fair? Is this even fair??!!
Li Jing, “Go get some leeks.jpg”
System: “The male lead’s status is reflected in the degree to which he is being harvested, right!”
Li Jing had a deep look on her face.
So, where should she “accidentally” run into Du Jinghuai? —
Li Jing looked at the television in her hotel room. The same movie was playing yesterday in Fu Lingchu’s office.
Du Jinghuai’s movie from two years ago was about to be released. This was the film that Ye Yan had accompanied Du Jinghuai in filming. It was easy to imagine that the White Moonlight’s influence on Du Jinghuai would be very strong during this entire period.
Li Jing stroked her chin, then once again summoned the system’s location function.
“It’s so useful,” Li Jing left the hotel, following the system’s directions, “So this is how Fu Lingchu tracked me?”
At the same time.
Fu Group.
President Fu, whose heart had been filled with turmoil for a whole night, still maintained the powerful aura of a young CEO, despite the bloodshot eyes and the slap marks on his face.
He asked his assistant calmly, “Where is she?”
The assistant, hearing the pronoun “she,” automatically knew who President Fu was referring to, and so reported Li Jing’s whereabouts truthfully.
Hearing that she had spent the night peacefully in the hotel, Fu Lingchu’s expression softened slightly.
But when he heard about her whereabouts after leaving the hotel, Fu Lingchu furrowed his brow.
“She went to the cinema?”
Could it be that she was crying alone in the dark cinema?
Fu Lingchu rubbed his temples, “Let’s… have the meeting first.”
He couldn’t let a fake affect his emotions.
“Yes.”
Meanwhile.
Li Jing was at the entrance of the cinema —
“Mr., Mr. Du?”
The movie had just premiered, and the Acting Emperor would also be at the cinema to watch his own work.
Li Jing thought to herself, this was great. The cinema, dark, easy to brush up against some exciting plot.
System: “！Reminder from the front row —”
Li Jing: “I know, I know.” There would be a silver-haired hottie to substitute “you love me” etc.
Du Jinghuai looked at Li Jing, pausing slightly.
This was his private trip, he hadn’t brought any assistants or agents, he had carefully worn a hat, sunglasses, and a mask, and he hadn’t expected to be recognized, especially by her —
The sun above was shining brightly, and her face was full of smiles, shining brightly, colliding with Du Jinghuai’s heart.
Like Ye Yan, but not entirely…
Especially after Ye Yan sent him a video of her playing the piano, it made his longing even more intense.
However, as soon as she spoke, “Ye Yan” completely disappeared.
The girl’s eyes sparkled, as if she had finally seen him, and she couldn’t help but pour out all the words she had been holding back: “The money you donated last time helped a lot. Teacher Wang and the others have started building new dormitories and a dining hall! Really, really, thank you so much!”
Du Jinghuai’s expression gradually returned to its usual indifference: “You’re welcome.”
“I’ve always wanted to thank you in person, and I didn’t expect to meet you today —” Her clear pupils reflected his figure completely, as if they were filled with gratitude and respect.
Du Jinghuai possessed the best acting skills, and he could tell that Li Jing’s words were sincere, without any pretense.
Li Jing: Laughing to death.
It was indeed sincere.
How could cutting leeks not be sincere? ^_^
Du Jinghuai didn’t want to talk to Li Jing much. He subconsciously didn’t want to be entangled with this face. Because he would never, like Fu Lingchu and Feng Ce, truly care for this substitute.
A fake was a fake. It was a counterfeit.
He thought this, but he couldn’t help but take another deep look at Li Jing’s face, then he wanted to turn and leave.
Behind him, the girl mustered her courage and called out to him:
“Then can I —”
“Can I ask you to watch a movie with me?”
Du Jinghuai turned his body halfway.
Li Jing clutched her own clothes: “I, I don’t have anything else to repay you.”
Indeed, she had nothing to her name.
Only her eyes were filled with sincerity.
“Just consider it… repayment for your piano! Okay?”
Ten minutes later, at the ticket machine.
Du Jinghuai was about to grab his phone, but Li Jing stopped him.
She held a brick-like mobile phone in one hand and two hundred-yuan bills in the other: “I, I’ll do it!”
Du Jinghuai remained silent for a second, then raised his hand to indicate that she should do it.
Then he performed other operations on his phone, and only after Li Jing clumsily finished her own operations did she successfully purchase two movie tickets with cash.
Li Jing quickly breathed a sigh of relief.
After entering the screening room, Li Jing carefully walked up the stairs, explaining to Du Jinghuai as she went:
“Mr. Du, I’ve taken on new part-time jobs recently, and I can earn money.”
Du Jinghuai asked: “Besides the cake shop, what else?”
Li Jing bit her lip, hesitated for a few seconds before saying: “Also… cleaning Fu Lingchu’s office.”
System: “？?”
System: Male lead number one has become a living, breathing big injustice.
After saying that, Li Jing lowered her head as if embarrassed: “He paid off my uncle’s loan, and I… I will also work hard to pay off the debt.”
Debt?
Du Jinghuai couldn’t help but take another deep look at her.
As fellow men, even as rivals in love, he almost immediately understood Fu Lingchu’s thoughts.
Heh, he was already unable to control himself, controlling and caring for a fake? What a fool.
And Li Jing, in front of him, didn’t even know what Fu Lingchu wanted from her.
Equally foolish.
Fate, besides giving her a face similar to Ye Yan’s, seemed to have only given her hardship. No, perhaps this face was also her misfortune.
Like a pitiful, miserable, stray cat.
Yet, because of this, the two movie tickets she held carefully in her hand suddenly seemed worth a thousand gold.
—Du Jinghuai’s favorability +1%
Li Jing didn’t even need to look at him to know that Du Jinghuai’s arrogant personality was surely feeling sorry for her again.
System: “Host, if Fu Lingchu knew that you were freeloading off of him and then taking Du Jinghuai to the movies, he would probably die of anger.”
And that certain big shot that it can’t mention—would probably be angry too!
“Hmm?” Li Jing asked as she found their seats: “Who’s taking him to the movies?”
The two of them sat in the most central position in the screening room.
Li Jing looked down at the entire empty movie theater and told the system: “I was on the hot search with Du Jinghuai last time, how could he possibly watch a movie with me when there are other viewers?”
“So, I bought two,” Li Jing smiled and pointed to the empty seat, “—but he, he has to have a private screening.”
System: “？?”
Li Jing: “Didn’t you see the biggest screening room I chose?”
300 seats, 80 yuan per seat, Du Jinghuai pays ^_^
System: “?? As expected of you.”
The movie began to play, and darkness enveloped them.
The backstage account rang a few times, and Ms. Li Jing’ assets scraped by the 30 million mark.
So, Li Jing took out a ticket stub and her slender white fingers left an imprint on it.
She carefully handed it to Du Jinghuai: “For you—as a souvenir.”
Du Jinghuai smelled the sweet scent of her breath and couldn’t help but turn his head.
At that moment, the light from the big screen gradually reflected on Li Jing’s profile, her expression was so, so serious.
Her voice was mixed with the sound effects of the movie, but it still clearly reached Du Jinghuai’s ears.
“You are the best artist, I can only support your movie’s box office this much!”
Du Jinghuai, who had just bought 298 tickets, slowly took it.
“…Thank you,” he said.
A nameless feeling of emotion welled up in his chest.
—Du Jinghuai’s favorability +2%
Author Note:
Big sister Li: Are you moved?