Chapter 34: Just consider it compensation for you

Gu Tingyan said nonchalantly, "Rest assured, I absolutely will not affect your filming."

With these words from him, Director Chen felt relieved in his heart.

Qin Shu returned to Su Tuantuan's rented apartment and told her everything about Director Chen looking for her.

Su Tuantuan: "That's a good thing."

She analyzed for Qin Shu: "The fact that he has invited you repeatedly like this shows that this role is really important."

Qin Shu nodded: "Mm, I know."

Su Tuantuan instructed: "In two days, they might notify you to join the set, so start controlling your diet from tomorrow."

"You can't touch braised pork anymore."

Qin Shu's face showed bitterness; it was all Gu Tingyan's fault for causing her to miss out on eating it today.

"Got it."

While the two were talking, the doorbell rang. Su Tuantuan went to open the door and was slightly startled to see Gu Tingyan standing at the entrance.

Su Tuantuan wore a flattering smile, but her foot braced against the door to guard against him: "President Gu? Why have you come?"

Gu Tingyan looked at her with a half-smile: "Is Qin Shu inside?"

Su Tuantuan played dumb: "Qin Shu? I don't know."

She didn't yet know that Gu Tingyan already knew Qin Shu was with her; she waved her hand behind her back, signaling Qin Shu to hurry and hide.

Gu Tingyan: "Today, I walked with Qin Shu downstairs at your building."

Su Tuantuan: "........."

She was polite for a moment: "Hehe, President Gu, would you like to come in for a cup of tea?"

Gu Tingyan laughed: "Wouldn't that be inappropriate?"

Although Gu Tingyan said it was inappropriate, his body was more honest than his mouth and he had already taken the lead in stepping inside.

Su Tuantuan: "........."

Gu Tingyan stepped one foot inside, and seeing the door still being braced, he tilted his head to look at Su Tuantuan with a look of confusion.

"Let him in." Qin Shu's voice sounded from behind.

If she didn't let him in today, he certainly wouldn't leave.

Su Tuantuan could only step aside to make way.

Gu Tingyan walked straight in and took a nonchalant look around the room; it was very small and not as spacious as the villa.

Qin Shu would rather come out and squeeze in with Su Tuantuan than live in the villa.

"Something up?" Qin Shu looked at him and said in a flat tone.

Gu Tingyan: "Move back. If you don't want to see me, I will move to the Old Residence."

Qin Shu pursed her lips: "No need."

"I am already looking for a place."

Seeing the stubbornness on her face, Gu Tingyan took out a black card and handed it to her: "There is 100 million in this card, take it and spend it first."

"Just consider it compensation for you."

Qin Shu raised her hand to take it, not standing on ceremony with him: "Many thanks."

Gu Tingyan had always been very generous with her spending; every month she didn't know how much he gave, only that there were countless zeros on the card.

"A friend of mine has a vacant high-end apartment for rent, three bedrooms and two living rooms, in the city center."

"You two move there tomorrow."

"This place is too small."

Qin Shu frowned: "No need."

Gu Tingyan called her name, his voice deep: "Qin Shu."

His eyes were as dark as ink: "We are divorced, but still friends, aren't we?"

Qin Shu pursed her lips; she felt that she wouldn't want to be friends with Gu Tingyan after the divorce.

Su Tuantuan interjected from the side, raising her hand: "I'm not going. I quite like my little nest."

Besides, her boyfriend would come over to stay with her from time to time, and it would be very inconvenient if she lived with Qin Shu.

When Qin Shu was filming, she had to follow along, and the two of them would sleep in the same bed when staying in hotels.

Qin Shu did not accept his good intentions, and Gu Tingyan left without even drinking the tea.

Qin Shu asked a real estate agent and took a fancy to an apartment; she first called a cleaning service to clean the place, and moved out of Su Tuantuan's home the next day.

Su Tuantuan followed to see her new home; Qin Shu had rented a two-bedroom apartment and specifically left a room for Su Tuantuan so she would have a place to stay when she came over.

Su Tuantuan saw her room and circled around it: "Ah, I love it!"

"I will definitely come over often in the future!"

Qin Shu was unpacking a delivery and looked up with a smile: "Okay."

Once Qin Shu was finished, she went out shopping to buy things, while Su Tuantuan returned to the company to do preparatory work.

Carrying her things, Qin Shu walked into a flower shop and began to pick out green plants.

That afternoon, Lin Jingshu was also having afternoon tea with some wealthy ladies when she saw a familiar figure flash past the window, and her brows furrowed slightly.

Qin Shu was wearing simple jeans with a shirt and had her hair in a bun.

A familiar lady nearby saw it and said: "Jingshu, isn't that your daughter-in-law?"

Mrs. Chen covered her mouth and laughed: "Why, is your family out of money? She is dressed so shabbily."

"From head to toe, there isn't a single decent piece of jewelry."

"Those who don't know might think that you, the mother-in-law, are being harsh on your daughter-in-law and won't buy her any."

Lin Jingshu's expression was cold.

These women in the wealthy families just love to compare; with nothing to do all day, they love to wear their newly acquired expensive jewelry out to show off, comparing whose is more expensive, seeking a sense of existence through others.

The dress Lin Jingshu was wearing was haute couture, costing over one hundred thousand, the ruby necklace around her neck was a relic left behind by French royalty, worth over one hundred million, and the bracelet on her wrist, while cheaper, was still over ten million.

She was incomparably exquisite from head to toe, graceful and wealthy.

Every time there was a gathering, she was always the one who stole the spotlight.

Since they couldn't outshine Lin Jingshu, they made comparisons using Qin Shu.

Compared to this group of wealthy wives and young ladies, Qin Shu was dressed far too shabbily.

Lin Jingshu's expression turned unpleasant; she glanced at Mrs. Chen and said coldly, "She is being low-key."

She looked at Mrs. Chen, scanned her up and down, estimated the value of all the jewelry on her, and smiled slightly: "The monthly allowance my son gives her is worth much more than your entire outfit."

Mrs. Chen's face flushed red from the retort: "You..."

Lin Jingshu lost her mood; she stood up, grabbed her bag, and left directly.

She walked out of the shop, saw Qin Shu's back, and felt furious, so she lifted her feet and followed her.

Qin Shu was just like that, always able to make her lose face, causing her to be embarrassed with the greatest of ease.

Because of this daughter-in-law, she was always secretly mocked among the group of wealthy wives.

Lin Jingshu saw Qin Shu buy a potted cactus, thinking that after much deliberation, she could only raise this; as for anything else, she was afraid of killing it.

Just as she walked out holding the item, she bumped into the furious Lin Jingshu, froze for a moment, and subconsciously called out: "Mom, why are you here?"

Lin Jingshu glared at her: "Can't you have the servants do these things?"

"You insist on doing it yourself."

"Are you lacking clothes to wear, or food to eat?"

"You don't look like a daughter-in-law of the Gu Family at all!"

"Truly a servant's body, but a lady's fate!"

Lin Jingshu: "Do you know how that group of wives mocked me today?"

"They said you were dressed shabbily and that I was mistreating you."

She scanned Qin Shu's attire from top to bottom, then thought of how Chu Sheng was always a precious young lady wherever she went.

Truly one is the sky!

And one is the earth!

Lin Jingshu glared at her: "How did our Gu Family end up with a daughter-in-law like you!"

"You really make me lose face!"

Qin Shu stood there, listening to her finish the reprimand, feeling bitter inside; for the first time, she had enough confidence, and Qin Shu raised her eyes, looked at Lin Jingshu, and smiled: "Then you can change to a different daughter-in-law now, because I have divorced Gu Tingyan."