Chapter 3, Chapter 3: A Slap into the Screen

Lin Beibei gripped the wine bottle tightly. Everyone in the private room was looking at her, but no one noticed the words.

This made her even more certain that only she could see the strange characters.

Wu Shao shoved Lan Jie away, "What, does she not have a mouth? Do you have to speak for her? Let her speak for herself."

"Why aren't you apologizing to Young Master Wu right away?" Sister Lan said.

Then he kept giving Lin Beibei meaningful glances.

Lin Beibei stood there, looking at Sister Lan, feeling a little sad, but still spoke up, "He touched my leg."

Before Sister Lan could even speak, the people in the private room burst into laughter upon hearing her words.

Strange characters appeared again.

[Laugh, laugh, laugh! What's so funny? These guys are acting so greasy.]

Lin Beibei looked at the people in the private room in a panic. Sister Lan had already walked over and gently pushed Lin Beibei from behind, "Hurry up and apologize to Young Master Wu."

But she was still very flustered inside. Even though those people were in the wrong, Lin Beibei couldn't bring herself to apologize after looking at them for a long time.

Wu Shao sat back down and looked at her with a relaxed expression.

The person next to him said, "She's got some backbone, Young Master Wu, how can you tolerate this?"

Unable to contain himself, Wu Shao grabbed Lin Beibei's arm and tried to pull her into his embrace.

Lin Beibei screamed in fright. As she struggled to break free, the wine in her hand fell to the ground. The more panicked she became, the louder the men laughed.

"Help! Help!" Lin Beibei screamed in terror.

The more she acted this way, the more people egged her on.

Suddenly, Wu Shao turned his face away, and his unexpected action silenced everyone instantly.

Wu Chi looked at Lin Beibei, whose hands he was holding. While he was distracted, Lin Beibei had already broken free of his hands and retreated to the wall.

The people around him remained seated, at most shifting their positions to watch the spectacle, but the pain from the slap was still lingering on his face.

Someone slapped him; it wasn't his imagination.

Wu Chi stared at Lin Beibei as if trying to see if she had grown a third hand.

After all, this woman was the closest person to him.

Everyone was puzzled by his behavior. "Young Master Wu, what's wrong with you?"

Wu Chi didn't say anything, and Sister Lan also sensed something was wrong. Just as she was about to speak, Lin Beibei opened the door of the private room and ran out.

Just as Sister Lan was about to chase after her, she heard a cold voice, "Go out."

Hearing this voice, Sister Lan realized that there were other people present besides the few people sitting on the sofa.

She looked in the direction of the sound, but the person was in the shadows, and she could only vaguely make out an outline, not a face.

But she knew in her heart that she couldn't afford to offend these people, so she took the opportunity to leave.

After everyone left, Wu Chi said, "Didn't you see that woman slap me just now?"

As he spoke, Wu Chi rubbed his cheek, which hurt more and more the more he rubbed it.

The others looked at each other, seeing confusion in each other's eyes. Just as they were about to laugh at Wu Chi, they noticed that there was actually a handprint on his cheek.

Half of his face was swollen, so the handprint was clearly visible.

"That's impossible. You clearly grabbed both of the woman's hands. How could she have had a hand to slap you?"

"Brother Chi, so that's why you suddenly turned your head. I thought you did it on purpose."

They only saw Wu Chi make a very sudden movement, and now it really looked like he had been slapped on the head.

“Nobody hit you,” the voice said again.

The person in the shadows stood up and walked towards them.

The people who were sitting immediately stood up. "Young Master Gu."

Gu Tingyun's gaze fell on the door of the private room, a smile playing on his lips. "What an interesting woman."

Seeing that Gu Tingyun had taken an interest in the woman from before, the others dared not say anything more.

Wu Chi covered his cheek, rehearsing the incident in his mind countless times, but he still couldn't understand who had slapped him.

Could it be that the woman was a martial arts master who could slap him without anyone noticing?

Xiang Bei was also very surprised. She was so angry watching the TV series. The female lead was too pitiful. She subconsciously swung her hand, but she didn't expect that her slap seemed to actually hit something.

She brought a lot of force to that slap.

Xiang Bei tried waving her arms in the air a few more times, but there was no resistance.

Then, they heard the man on the big screen rubbing his cheek and telling his brothers that someone had slapped him. Xiang Bei stared blankly at her hand.

So, did she really slap that greasy man across the face?

This place seems truly magical; everything here has exceeded her comprehension.

In the past, when I saw infuriating scenes on TV, I felt like I could slap someone but not actually hit the screen.

But now her slap has actually landed on the screen.

What kind of magical place is this?

Seeing a tall and handsome man appear behind her, Xiang Bei gasped. This man was just too handsome.

He's so handsome it's infuriating!

However, he seemed to be quite familiar with those people; he didn't say a word when the man surnamed Wu was harassing the female lead.

So no matter how handsome he is, it doesn't change the fact that he's in cahoots with that group.

She looked at her own hand, then at the handsome man on the screen, and swung it into the air.

Missed.

Xiang Bei tried again, but still missed.

Undeterred, he set his sights on the man surnamed Wu again, but missed once more.

It was as if the slap into the screen just now was a hallucination she was having.

But she clearly felt that her slap had hit something.

As he looked down at his own palm, the screen switched to Lin Beibei's side.

She ran out of the club and wandered aimlessly through the streets, not knowing where to go.

This was not what she expected.

She sells alcohol to customers, and the more she sells, the more commission she earns.

But no one told her that customers would touch her legs and even try to force themselves on her.

But if I don't work as a waiter at a club, where else can I earn a lot of money?

Lin Beibei stopped and stood still, trying to find the strange characters that had suddenly appeared.

She should have been afraid of something that appeared out of nowhere, but for some reason, she suddenly felt that nothing could help her now except for the words that had appeared out of nowhere.

Help her scold her stepfather and remind her to hurry up and give her mother the money.

Just now, when that young master Wu grabbed her hand and tried to molest her, she clearly heard a crisp slap.

Was it that strange person who helped her?

Could she ask Him for help?

Lin Beibei didn't know the other person's gender or age, nor did she know what the current situation was, but she wondered if He could help her and perhaps solve her current difficulties.

"Are you there?" Lin Beibei asked softly.

Xiang Bei, watching from the screen, was also stunned.

Is the female lead asking if she is there?

That's impossible.

Xiang Bei stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Lin Beibei. Lin Beibei couldn't see her at all, so the female lead wasn't asking about herself.

However, given that her slaps are so powerful they could penetrate the screen, it doesn't seem impossible for her to have a conversation with the main character.

Such high technology made Xiang Bei eager to try it out.

Before she could even speak, a very inconspicuous black car pulled up beside Lin Beibei.

Xiang Bei's eyes lit up when she saw the logo on the car.

[My God, a Maybach.]

Xiang Bei looked at the cars on the big screen and couldn't help but say something.

Xiang Bei knew about this Maybach. When her colleague was going crazy from work, she would go online to look at luxury goods and wish for herself to become rich. She had seen this car before.

Its value is over 70 million.

[This is amazing! They even brought out a car worth over 70 million yuan. This production team really went all out.]

Lin Beibei saw two sentences appear in front of her this time.

Maybach? More than 70 million?

Does it refer to the car parked next to her?

Lin Beibei glanced at the car. Over 70 million yuan—that's a lot of money. If only she had it, at least her mother's surgery fees would be covered.

But she soon realized something was wrong; she hadn't blocked the way, yet the car had stopped in front of her.

Lin Beibei took a step back warily.

But then they saw the car window slowly open, revealing a very cold-looking face.

"Get in the car!" the man said.

Lin Beibei didn't recognize this person, so she took a step back warily and even looked around to make it easier for her to run if he came down to grab her.

The two were locked in a stalemate for a moment. When Lin Beibei saw the car door open, she ran off in the direction she had chosen without looking back.

Gu Tingyun looked in the direction she had fled, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Very good, woman, you've successfully caught my attention."

The car door closed again, and the car quickly drove away.

Lin Beibei's information was still on Gu Tingyun's lap.

His gaze fell on the smiling photograph, and he pointed at it, saying, "You'll come begging to me."

[It's unbelievable that such old-fashioned CEO quotes still exist today!]

Xiang Bei couldn't help but complain.

Lin Beibei rushed forward without looking back, only to see those words again.

A classic domineering CEO?

What is that?

The film crew mentioned earlier also left her completely bewildered.

Lin Beibei slowed her pace, glanced back warily, and then quickly walked towards the school.

Yu Jing went to the club and wouldn't be coming back at night. Many senior students had already left school, so no one would come to check the rooms.

Lin Beibei locked the dormitory door from the inside before speaking again, "Are you there?"

Xiang Bei felt that she was asking herself a question, as if she could really sense her presence.

Thinking about it that way, I suddenly became interested.

Are you asking me?

Lin Beibei was overjoyed to see the words appear before her.

He truly exists.

Lin Beibei asked cautiously, "Are you a deity?"

Xiang Bei silently replied in her mind, "No."

But Lin Beibei panicked, "Have you left?"

Xiang Bei also found her reaction strange.

I'm here.

"It's good that you didn't leave."

It turns out you can only hear me when I speak; you can't hear me if I don't speak.

Xiang Bei then understood.

Lin Beibei reached out and touched the glowing words that were rolling around her. "So, are these words you speaking?"

[Words? What words?]

Xiang Bei was also confused and didn't understand what she meant.

After the two talked for a while, Xiang Bei realized that when she spoke, her words would appear as text like bullet comments in front of Lin Beibei.

When she's not speaking, Lin Beibei can't see what she's saying.

"This is amazing!" the two exclaimed in unison.

Especially Lin Beibei, when she learned that the person in her heart was a girl not much older than her, she no longer had the same guard up as before.

She thought that such an amazing person must be incredibly powerful.

As Xiang Bei listened to what Lin Beibei was saying, she felt a profound sense of unfamiliarity, as if it were not the world she knew.

Moreover, they weren't filming a movie; it all happened in real life.

There were some things that Lin Beibei didn't even know, which Xiang Bei found a bit strange.

Xiang Bei had never even heard of the city where Lin Beibei lived.

This is not surprising, after all, the country is so big, she doesn't know every city.

Especially since Xiang Bei had never even heard of the province where she lived, which was quite strange.

The two communicated across a large screen. Xiang Bei's words were transcribed into text and displayed in front of Lin Beibei, while she could see what was happening on Lin Beibei's side.

A note from the author:

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