Chapter 688: The Entertainment Industry Truth System (4)

Over there, when Lou Yiling was sent to the hospital, it looked serious, but after the medical staff treated her, they discovered that aside from the relatively severe abrasions on her face, her body was actually fine; they were all just superficial wounds, which could be considered a stroke of luck in a misfortune!

Although she was in too much pain to speak, her mind was still clear. When she heard the doctors and nurses say that the wounds on her face would take at least half a month, or as long as three months, to heal, and that there was no guarantee they wouldn't leave scars, she nearly fainted.

How could this happen!

She was about to join a production crew to film!

It was an opportunity she had fought so hard to get!

What was she to do now?

Subconsciously, she clutched the Black Crystal Pendant on her chest, anxious to the point of tears. Why wasn't it working this time?

Ever since she picked up this Black Crystal and dreamed that it spoke to her, it claimed it could help her avoid disasters and bad luck.

The method of use was that when something unlucky happened, she should silently recite the name of anyone within her field of vision three times, and the person whose name was recited would take the disaster and bad luck for her.

At first, she didn't believe it, but later, at a campus singing competition, she was almost eliminated due to a stage accident, so she tried reciting her roommate's name three times. She then luckily made it to the finals, while her roommate had an accident on the way back to the dormitory—she missed a step and fell, causing a torn ankle ligament, and had to wear a cast for a month before she could walk.

After that time, she treated this Black Crystal as a good luck charm and even specially paired it with a Platinum necklace to wear at all times. Whenever something unlucky happened, she would recite someone else's name to block the disaster. Her own luck seemed to get better and better.

But what was going on this time?

When she was hit by the large truck, she had clearly recited Xie Meini's name three times; why didn't it work?

Could it be because there was a road in between and the distance was too far, so it didn't take effect? Or had it malfunctioned?

"Sob sob sob... please, help me! I'm an actress, I can't have scars on my face, please help me!"

At the thought that the Black Crystal might have malfunctioned, Lou Yiling clutched it in her palm, crying until she was a mess, unable to speak through her sobs.

The nurse applying medicine to her quickly tried to stop her: "You can't cry! Your face has just been treated; if tears get on it, it will need to be disinfected again, and you're the one who will suffer! The incident has already happened, you can only look at the bright side. At least there are no broken bones or broken legs, right? Although the wounds on your face are troublesome, they will heal if you take care of them slowly. Even if there are scars, medical aesthetics technology is so advanced now, it will recover as it was."

Lou Yiling couldn't take any of that in.

The nurse's comfort didn't have the slightest effect on her.

Compared to her face being ruined like this, she would rather have a few broken ribs, or internal bleeding, or a broken leg.

She was an actress!

If her face was disfigured, how could she act?

As for medical aesthetics, it was expensive and couldn't guarantee success; what if it failed? Wouldn't that be losing her fortune and her soldiers too?

In short, the more she thought about it, the more depressed and sorrowful she became.

How could she be so unlucky! The Black Crystal had been quite effective until today, yet it failed precisely when this car accident happened.

It was all Xie Meini's fault!

If she hadn't inexplicably come over to accuse her, she wouldn't have chased after her to explain; if she hadn't chased after her, this car accident wouldn't have happened!

Xie Meini was lucky! To think she had escaped a disaster!

If she hadn't dodged it, or if the Black Crystal had taken effect and made her block the disaster for her, who knows who would have been the one disfigured!

Lou Yiling thought resentfully.

Clearly, the Xie Family's conditions were much worse than her own family's; Xie Meini's parents were both factory workers earning fixed wages, unlike her own family, which at least ran a small hardware store.

But Xie Meini's parents belonged to that type of parents who earned two thousand but were willing to spend one thousand on their child.

Unlike her own parents, who favored their son more and saved whatever money they had to buy a house, a car, and a wife for her younger brother in the future, rarely willing to spend money on her.

That was why she had envied Xie Meini since she was young, and hated her parents for not being like Xie Meini's parents, who only had one daughter, and why they had to give birth to a younger brother to fight her for the family property.

If it weren't for the fact that the Black Crystal required the person to be within her field of vision to transfer bad luck and block disasters, she would definitely have shouted Xie Meini's name every time to make her take the disaster for her.

At the thought of her bad luck being borne by Xie Meini, her mood became exceptionally pleasant.

And so, she didn't go to the internship her relatives had helped her arrange, but instead ran to the Film and Television City to find Xie Meini.

She had finally waited for an opportunity to make Xie Meini unlucky, so why didn't the Black Crystal take effect? It had been perfectly fine until today!

Why on earth!

Just as she was staring down at the Black Crystal Pendant in utter confusion, the nurse came in to notify her: "Have you contacted your family? You will still need someone to accompany you for these next few days."

Lou Yiling looked up pitifully and asked: "Must family come over? My home is very far from here."

"A family member needs to watch the IV drip. Also, the wounds will ooze over the next few days and need gauze to absorb it; having gauze wrapped around you will affect you when you get up at night. In short, you still need a caregiver. If your family really can't come, then hire a nursing assistant."

As soon as the nurse mentioned a nursing assistant, the first person Lou Yiling thought of was Xie Meini.

It made no sense for her to be injured and lying in the hospital while Xie Meini was resting in the dormitory safe and sound, so she took out her phone and asked the nurse to help her make a call.

Thinking of her own miserable appearance, as a fellow townsman and friend, Xie Meini surely had to come over to take care of her, right? It wouldn't be right if she didn't come!

Unexpectedly, the call kept prompting: "The number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable."

"It won't go through." The nurse was busy going to the next room to change dressings; after dialing a few times and getting the same prompt, she returned the phone to Lou Yiling and told her to contact her family or hire a nursing assistant as soon as possible.

Lou Yiling wouldn't give up and kept trying, but it just wouldn't go through.

The caregiver in the next bed was a young man in his early thirties who couldn't help but say: "You've been blocked, haven't you? My wife blocked me, and when I call, that's the prompt I get."

"..."

Lou Yiling was so angry it took her a while to recover, then she squeezed three words through her teeth: "Xie! Meini!"

"Achoo!"

Xie Yang was currently looking at apartments around the Film and Television City, accompanied by a young lady from an agency.

She hadn't originally planned to move out of the dormitory today, but then, the Novice Sub-system issued her first Task—

【Ding! Experience setting up a stall to sell snacks at the Film and Television City Snack Street for ten days, with profits exceeding a background actor's wages. Reward: 100 points, 30 seconds of Truth Duration.】

Setting up a snack stall meant she would need to prepare pots, bowls, ladles, and other equipment; staying in the dormitory was too inconvenient.

Since she planned to move out anyway, Xie Yang had the Main System help her screen a reliable real estate agent and made an appointment to see rentals directly.

After weighing her options, she chose a small suite on the first floor of a self-built house in an urban village that came with a bathroom.

Wasn't she going to set up a stall at the Film and Television City? Being on the first floor of a self-built house would at least make it convenient to use water for cleaning, and it would also be convenient to move an electric tricycle in and out.

She paid the deposit and received the keys on the spot. After the agent left, she released an Interstellar Brand Cleaning Robot, closed the doors and windows, drew the curtains, and let it do a deep clean inside while she returned to the dormitory to pack her luggage, planning to move in tonight.