Chapter 686: China Entertainment Truth System (2)

The outside world truly believed it!

But it also drove the original body to her death!

She died under the frenzied pursuit of that group of Lou Yiling's fanatic sasaeng fans:

"Ugly people make so much trouble! How can you have the nerve to give birth to a child looking like that!"

"You monster! The person you have a crush on is truly unlucky!"

"You've implicated Yiling! Go to hell!"

"Boom—"

The original body, along with her car, was rammed through the elevated highway guardrail and fell to her death on the spot, at the age of twenty-nine.

After the original body died, Lou Yiling put on a show and cried for two days.

On the day of the funeral, she declared to the media and the public: "I will raise Meini's child as my own biological child, so that her spirit in heaven may rest in peace."

This act earned her the admiration and praise of people both inside and outside the circle.

The original body's parents had wanted to take their "grandson" back to their hometown, but Lou Yiling intimidated them, twisting the truth by saying those fans were too deranged; although the few fans who caused Xie Meini's death were in prison, there was no guarantee there weren't others, and if they set their sights on Binbin, wouldn't that be harming him?

For the sake of their "grandson's" safety, the original body's parents painfully gave up custody, but they sent child support every month.

At that time, the original body's parents were either retired or laid off, yet they still insisted on sending two thousand to their "grandson," hoping Lou Yiling would treat him well.

From then on, Lou Yiling's illegitimate child was officially recognized in the circle; with the help and guidance of older artists, he became a child star at a young age. Mother and son appeared on variety shows together and acted together, becoming the most acclaimed mother-son duo in the circle.

Riding this wave of success, Lou Yiling established a firm foothold in the entertainment industry and won the award for the youngest Hundred Flowers Award Best Actress...

Receiving the memories up to this point, Xie Yang understood: this was another girl who had been reborn after death.

It was just that, unlike Xie Yang from the previous plane, Xie Meini had bound a system before her rebirth, and the system had brought her back to this critical turning point of fate.

It was just unclear why she had breathed her last right after being reborn.

Xie Yang rubbed her sore temples and glanced at the "China Entertainment Truth System" she had reclaimed, watching it tremble and shrink in the corner of her sea of consciousness, its two mimetic rabbit ears twitching, muttering to itself:

【It's not my fault, I don't know anything! I'm just a newbie system that just started working, this is my first time on the job...】

Xie Yang twitched the corner of her mouth, too drained to retort, and decided to let it stay there while she dealt with what was in front of her.

"Yang Yang, you still won't forgive me, right?"

Seeing that the passersby were all on her side, pleading for her, while Xie Meini remained indifferent, Lou Yiling was furious.

If it weren't for the fact that she still wanted to borrow her school dormitory to stay for a few days, she would have walked away long ago. Did she really want her forgiveness? Hah!

"You keep begging for my forgiveness; are you admitting that you did something wrong?" Xie Yang lifted her eyes to look over. "Admitting that me being splashed with water was something you designed? Admitting that you snatched my audition opportunity while I was running a fever?"

"No... of course not! How could I possibly do such a thing?" Lou Yiling paused, hurriedly refuting. "We've been good friends since middle school, can't you trust me? How was I to know that they happened to be filming a fire rescue scene there, causing you to get splashed and end up with a fever? I feel very guilty and sad too. As for the audition this morning, I didn't expect to be so lucky; I just picked a random crew to interview with and happened to get the part."

"Since that's the case, why do you keep holding onto me begging for forgiveness? My cold isn't better and my head is still spinning. Move aside, I need to go back to the dormitory to rest."

Catching a glimpse of a large truck reversing, Xie Yang couldn't be bothered to argue further. She snatched back the campus access card hanging around Lou Yiling's neck and quickly crossed the street toward her alma mater before the green light turned red.

Lou Yiling: "..."

Xie Yang wants to go back to the dormitory to stay?

That won't do!

If she goes back to the dormitory, where will she stay?

Hotels around the Film and Television City aren't cheap.

Especially during this period, with nearly forty crews stationed here, actors and staff all need places to stay, and the extras following them come in waves. Hotel prices have soared, and even the worst youth hostels have raised their single rooms to over three hundred a night.

Because of this audition, most of her spare money was spent on clothes and styling, and the rest was spent on gifts to pull strings, so how could she have any money left for a hotel?

After all, it wasn't a one- or two-day affair. No matter how small the role, it wasn't up to her to decide when her scenes would be filmed; she might have to wait for several days.

But she really didn't want to stay in a dormitory with dozens of people for a few dozen yuan a night.

If she becomes a first- or second-tier actress in the future, wouldn't her days of staying in a crowded dormitory in the Film and Television City become her dark history?

Thinking of this, Lou Yiling grew anxious and lifted her foot to chase, but the traffic light had already turned red and the traffic was heavy, so she had to stop and shout loudly:

"Nini, aren't you staying just fine at your cousin's house? Why do you want to go back to the dormitory? My luggage is still in your dormitory! Nini! Nini! Xie Meini!"

Xie Yang didn't look back: "You can come to the dormitory manager's office downstairs to get your luggage."

"..."

Lou Yiling stomped her feet in anger.

At this moment, the reversing truck, whether it was sliding down a slope or in the wrong gear, suddenly backed up right in front of her, scaring her into screaming and trying to dodge subconsciously.

Because of the blind spot, the Truck Driver didn't notice the situation behind him. He heard the scream and thought he had hit a pedestrian. The more anxious he was to brake, the more panicked he became, and he accidentally stepped on the gas, causing the reversing speed to increase instantly.

At this moment, Lou Yiling didn't know what she thought of, but a strange smile curled at the corner of her mouth. She didn't dodge, but instead shouted three times at Xie Yang across the road:

"Xie Meini!"

"Xie Meini!"

"Xie Meini!"

The moment the last "Ni" fell, she was hit to the ground by the reversing truck and rolled under the wheels.

"Ah—my face—"

"Oh! Someone was crushed under the car! Good thing I dodged fast!"

"Is this girl scared stupid? She clearly saw the truck reversing and didn't even dodge."

"Oh my! Why is the car still moving? Stop! Stop! Hurry and tell the driver to stop!"

"Quick! Call an ambulance! Someone is rolled under the wheels! Looks like she's badly hurt!"

Five minutes later, the ambulance arrived at the scene with sirens blaring, rescued the blood-covered Lou Yiling from under the car, lifted her onto the ambulance, and sent her to the nearest hospital.

Xie Yang stood at the school gate, watching this scene from afar.

【Host, it's a good thing you dodged fast. This woman is a bit strange; there is something on her with a very bizarre magnetic field, but it's also somewhat familiar. It seems to be a kind of fate-altering energy. You almost fell for her trick.】

Hearing this, Xie Yang's eyes were thoughtful.

So, the original owner being dragged under the wheels in her past life and suffering facial disfigurement wasn't an accident? But rather Lou Yiling using some kind of method to alter her own fate?

【I know! I know what that woman used to alter her fate.】

The Novice Sub-system spoke up timidly:

【It's an Energy Crystal that a little friend of mine dropped.】

"???"

【???】

Wasn't it a newly manufactured novice Sub-system? Since when did it make friends?

The Sub-system looked shy: 【I knew it before I left the factory! It's my senior, called the Heaven-Defying Fate-Altering System. When it went back to the factory for repairs, it discovered a piece of Energy Crystal was missing and suspected it had dropped somewhere in some remote corner during a jump. It urged me to come to this space-time to look for it. I didn't expect to actually find it! My luck is truly no joke!】

"..."

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