Chapter 109

"Wei!" a short, capable middle-aged beauty called Du Wei in a low voice. She was Du Wei's agent and also her aunt, Du Mei. She had heard about it as soon as she arrived last night—Ji Jie was flirting with Ruan Lin's little assistant. She thought it must be because of this relationship that Qin Zhixiu would ask He Lele to help. "Miss He, you... do you know that our Wei and Qin Zhixiu..."

Seeing Du Mei seem to be probing something, He Lele nodded slightly, "I don't know much. If there is anything I need to pay attention to, please tell me directly."

Du Mei breathed a sigh of relief when she heard He Lele was so sensible, "Actually, it's nothing. Although our Wei and Xiao Xiu are childhood sweethearts, there is indeed no romantic relationship between them. And Xiao Xiu is an idol singer whose popularity is booming, while Wei has just debuted and is still a newcomer. If any scandal spreads, it won't be good for either of them, so it's better to avoid suspicion."

He Lele nodded to show she understood.

Du Mei sighed secretly. She could be considered to have watched Wei and Qin Zhixiu grow up. Qin Zhixiu's original name was Qin Zhixiu. Her brother and Qin Zhixiu's father were good friends, and they even bought houses next to each other as neighbors. Qin Zhixiu's parents were both in charge of key national scientific research projects and were away all year round. There was only a nanny at home to take care of Qin Zhixiu, so her brother and sister-in-law often called Xiao Xiu to their home to play with Du Wei, almost growing up together until high school.

Unfortunately, in Xiao Xiu's senior year of high school, bad news came. Xiao Xiu's parents had an accident while investigating abroad. Xiao Xiu, who had no relatives, was taken away by government personnel in charge of pensions, and her brother was also ruined by someone at that time. In order to make a living, her sister-in-law, who had been a housewife for decades, had to go back to work. Her niece, Du Wei, went from a pampered little princess to a poor student who had to rely on loans to study... Fortunately, not long after, her brother got a sum of money to make a comeback, but because he had lost his ambition, the company's business was far worse than before.

Although she returned to the life of a little princess, she knew that Wei was holding her breath, because they all understood that the collapse of the Du family's company wasn't because the Du family was bad at business, but because—they didn't rely on a big tree!

So after Wei graduated from university, she resolutely decided to enter the entertainment industry despite the strong opposition of her brother and sister-in-law. She would always remember what Wei said to her when she came to find her that day—

"Aunt, I want to be famous. I want to make those who mocked and satirized me look up to me, envy me, and be jealous of me! Then... I will marry into a famous family in style. Only a real wealthy family won't collapse overnight and be trampled on by others! Aunt, help me!"

"Wei, then... what about Xiao Xiu? You know Xiao Xiu has always—"

"I know he likes me! But he can't give me everything I want! I don't want to be trampled on like Dad without the ability to fight back. If I want to trample, I want to trample on others!"

...Easier said than done? After two years in the industry, how many times had she been trampled on? Although Wei had good conditions and spirit in acting, and knew how to be sweet-mouthed, this circle...

Just like just now, a scene of slapping, although true slapping was not impossible for the sake of realism and visual tension, Xiao Sha, who played the female lead, obviously deliberately NG'd, slapping Wei heavily time and time again—this kind of scene of bullying others under the guise of acting, which set hadn't it happened in? If Xiao Xiu hadn't seen it and grabbed Xiao Sha's hand, suggesting the director take a break, she didn't know how many more times Wei would have been hit! Even so, what could they say? They could only be confused about when they had offended someone.

"I'm fine, and tell him to worry less about my business in the future," Du Wei said impatiently.

Coming out of Du Wei's lounge, He Lele was a bit absent-minded. Her feet didn't walk back to Qin Zhixiu's lounge, but instead subconsciously returned to the door of Ruan Lin's lounge and turned the lock.

He Lele lifted her eyes slightly, and just happened to bump into a pair of ink-black eyes containing a daunting momentum—

Ladies~~ I have something to do tomorrow night~~ I might have to ask for leave~~ I'll say it first~~ if I have time, I'll try to update~~ I wanted to write two chapters today and leave one for tomorrow~~ but today is the introduction of Xiao Xiu's life story, and I couldn't break the chapter~~ I could only post two thousand five hundred words together~~

Xiao Xiu's high IQ is inherited... he has no relatives left~~ so he lives in the apartment...

The office motherboard is broken~~ I'm applying for a new computer~~ it's miserable~~ I wanted to reply to comments during the day~~

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☆, (9 Fresh Coins) Chapter 120: Don't Be Good to Her

Suppressing the urge to retreat, He Lele walked into the lounge and closed the door slowly.

"Mr. Ruan."

"..."

Looking quietly at Ruan Lin, who was in a deep rage, He Lele gradually calmed down.

She... thanked him.

No matter what kind of feelings he had for her, it was always a happy thing to be liked by someone, but unfortunately... she wasn't suitable for him, and he wasn't suitable for her.

In fact, she had discovered it very early on. She had no longing for "love." When girls were blushing and heart-beating for handsome guys, school hunks, and idols, the happiest thing for her was to stay in a corner and watch other people's smiling faces. Boys? Men? Love? Marriage? To her, it was like something from another world.

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