Chapter 129

"Weiwei!" A middle-aged beauty with capable short hair called out to Du Wei in a low voice. She was Du Wei's manager and also her aunt, Du Mei. She had heard about it as soon as she arrived last night: Ji Jie had hooked up with Ruan Lin's little assistant. Presumably, it was precisely because of this connection that Qin Zhixiu would entrust He Lele with the task. "Miss He, you... do you know about our Weiwei and Qin Zhixiu..."

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

Upon hearing how sensible He Lele was, Du Mei breathed a sigh of relief. "Actually, it's nothing much. Although our Weiwei and Xiao Xiu are childhood sweethearts, there really is nothing romantic between them. And Xiao Xiu is a popular idol singer, while Weiwei has only just debuted and is still a newcomer. If any rumors were to spread, it wouldn't be good for either of them. So, it's better to avoid suspicion."

He Lele nodded to show she understood.

Du Mei sighed inwardly. She could be considered to have watched Weiwei and Qin Zhixiu grow up. Qin Zhixiu's original name was Qin Zhixiu. Her older brother and Qin Zhixiu's father were good friends, and they even bought houses next to each other and became neighbors. Qin Zhixiu's parents were both in charge of key national scientific research projects and were away from home for years at a time. There was only a nanny at home taking care of Qin Zhixiu, so her brother and sister-in-law often invited Xiao Xiu over to play with Du Wei. This continued until high school; the two children grew up almost together, and many people thought her brother had a son and a daughter.

Unfortunately, when Xiao Xiu was in his third year of high school, the bad news arrived: Xiao Xiu's parents had an accident while traveling abroad for research. Xiao Xiu, who had no other relatives, was taken away by government personnel in charge of compensation. At that time, her brother's company was also ruined by someone, and he became completely decadent. To make ends meet, her sister-in-law, who had been a housewife for decades, had to go back to work. Her niece, Du Wei, went from being a pampered little princess to a poor student who had to rely on loans to study overnight... Fortunately, not long after, her brother obtained a sum of capital and made a comeback, but because he had lost his ambition, the company's business was far from what it used to be.

Although she returned to the life of a little princess, she knew that Weiwei was holding a grudge in her heart, because they both understood that the collapse of the Du family company was not because the Du family members were bad at business, but because—they hadn't relied on a big tree!

So, not long after Weiwei graduated from university, she resolutely decided to enter the entertainment industry despite the strong opposition of her aunt and uncle. She would always remember what Weiwei said to her the day she came to find her—

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

"Weiwei, 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 by others like Dad without the power to fight back. If anyone is going to do the trampling, it will be me!"

... Easier said than done? In two years in the industry, hasn't she been trampled on enough? Although Weiwei has good natural conditions, has a flair for acting, and knows how to be clever and sweet-tongued, this circle...

Just like just now, in a scene involving a slap, although it's not impossible to hit for real for the sake of realism and visual tension, the actress playing the lead, Xiao Sha, clearly did it on purpose, NG-ing and slapping Weiwei hard again and again—this kind of bullying under the guise of acting, which set hasn't it happened on? If Xiao Xiu hadn't been unable to watch any longer and grabbed Xiao Sha's hand, suggesting the director take a break, who knows how many more times Weiwei would have been hit! Even so, what could they say? They could only wonder inexplicably when they had offended someone.

"I'm fine. Also, tell him to stop meddling in my affairs from now on," Du Wei said impatiently.

Emerging from Du Wei's lounge, He Lele was somewhat absent-minded. Her feet didn't lead her back to Qin Zhixiu's lounge; instead, she subconsciously returned to the door of Ruan Lin's lounge and turned the lock.

He Lele's eyes lifted slightly, just in time to collide head-on with a pair of ink-black eyes filled with a daunting sense of power—

Writer's Note:

Girls~~ I have things to do tomorrow night~~ I might have to ask for leave~~ Just letting you know in advance~~ If I have time, I will try my best to update~~ I originally wanted to write two chapters today and save one for tomorrow~~ But today was about introducing Xiao Xiu's background, so I couldn't break the chapter~~ I can only post the 2,500 words together~~

Xiao Xiu's high IQ is hereditary... He has no relatives left~~ That's why he lives in an apartment...

The office motherboard died~~ I'm applying for a new computer~~ How tragic~~ I was thinking of replying to comments during the day~~

Thank you girls for not leaving me~~ Love you all!!

Thank you dan11, harrison, and Yueman for the maces!! I didn't expect there to be so many maces now~~ *cough cough*

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Thank you Xun, emma20070610 (two), Youqi'er (two), m1220132646, Aibei Aibao, and Li Qi (two) (Qiqi~~ Bear hug!!! I read every one of your comments every day~~ I'm just waiting for my computer to be fixed during the day to reply to them all at once~~ Love you~~), ysdcy, deepsnow, and qifugoudemao for the "urge-to-update" bricks~~ *clack clack*~ I can use these to build a house~~~

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Thank you Busigui for the gold and silver jewelry.

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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 slowly closed the door.

"Mr. Ruan."

"..."

Quietly watching Ruan Lin, who was in a state of suppressed anger, He Lele gradually calmed down.

She... thanked him.

No matter what kind of feelings he had for her, being liked by someone was always a happy thing. Unfortunately... she wasn't suitable for him, and he wasn't suitable for her.

Actually, she had discovered long ago that she had no longing for "love." When girls were blushing and heart-pounding over handsome guys, school hunks, and idols, the happiest thing for her was to stay in a corner by herself and watch other people's smiling faces. Boys? Men? Love? Marriage? To her, they were like things from another world.