The 30th melon

At first, Lin Cha couldn't understand why Liu Ling'er was so unlucky.

But when you think about the fact that this world is actually a book, everything makes sense.

——Personality label.

For example, Lu Yanyan, since she is Lin Churou's wealthy comparison group, must have a "villain" label. And people who are friends with Lu Yanyan, such as Lin Cha and others, undoubtedly also have the "villain" label.

Of course, Lin Cha is a fake daughter, and she once "occupied" all the resources of the real daughter. In the novel about the real and fake daughters, she cannot escape the label of "villain".

The author probably gave Liu Ling'er a label of "meeting a scumbag", and then when Liu Ling'er was bullied by the scumbag, she would most likely meet Lin Churou, be saved by Lin Churou and become Lin Churou's connection.

Pei Hongyun’s exposure shattered the image of Liu Ling’er “meeting a scumbag”.

Then, Fu Xinghan appeared.

After thinking through the logic behind it, Lin Cha also understood why Liu Ling'er always met bad men. But unfortunately, her speculation involved the secrets of the novel world and was automatically censored.

The guests at the scene only felt that Lin Cha was in a daze for a long time. His eyes were still bright, as if he was thinking about something, but he could not hear anything.

Liu Mingqian couldn't wait any longer, so he pulled Liu Ling'er to his side, stared at Fu Xinghan, and asked, "There was a girl looking for you downstairs just now, what's going on?"

Fu Xinghan was startled, a trace of guilt flashed across his eyes almost imperceptibly, and his heart seemed to skip a beat.

"The girls downstairs looking for me? I know there are a lot of my fans downstairs. Are they the ones Teacher Liu is talking about?" Fu Xinghan looked confused, but his tone was sincere, making people feel that he really didn't understand what Liu Mingqian was asking.

Liu Mingqian scoffed. "Whether she's a fan or a girlfriend, you know for sure. How about I have someone bring her up and ask her?"

A thin layer of sweat appeared on Fu Xinghan's forehead. He was panicking, but his face remained gentle and calm. "I don't understand what you are talking about, Teacher Liu." He turned to look at Liu Ling'er, "Ling'er, if you don't believe me, you can call her up. I'm innocent and I'm not afraid of confronting her!"

Liu Ling'er frowned slightly as she looked at Fu Xinghan's confident expression.

Sun Qianqian, however, has long been well aware of this.

How can you be a scumbag without some skills? A scumbag is someone who can remain calm and unfazed when his girlfriend asks him if he is cheating! She has experienced this before!

"Ling'er, don't believe those nonsense. Just call him up. I want to see what this guy has to say!"

Sun Qianqian asked her assistant to go downstairs, and soon she called up the girl who had been looking for Fu Xinghan downstairs.

Fu Xinghan was horrified when he saw the person coming.

There were many girls surrounding him downstairs, and each of them called him husband and said that they loved her. Fu Xinghan really didn't expect that Sun Qianqian's assistant could actually find Feng Ru accurately!

Feng Ru looked at everyone, feeling timid, shrinking her head and not daring to speak.

"I heard from the security guard that you said you wanted to see Fu Xinghan downstairs," Liu Mingqian asked, "What is your relationship with Fu Xinghan?"

Feng Ru lowered her head in fear, not knowing whether she should tell the truth. She even secretly glanced at Fu Xinghan out of the corner of her eye.

Seeing this, Fu Xinghan stepped forward and said fearlessly, "I didn't expect that the girl you were talking about, Teacher Liu, was her. Let me introduce her. Her name is Feng Ru, and she's my ex-girlfriend."

"Ex-girlfriend?" Liu Mingqian was stunned. "Isn't she the girlfriend you abandoned?"

"Of course not!" Fu Xinghan said righteously, "Feng Ru and I just had different values. We broke up normally. I didn't cheat or have any affairs. I met Ling'er after breaking up with her. I have a clear conscience about this!"

Fu Xinghan spoke with absolute certainty. Feng Ru didn't expose him, and even Lin Cha remained silent.

Liu Mingqian couldn't help but secretly glance at Lin Cha.

Why is this guy silent? Didn't he just expose Fu Xinghan as a scumbag? Say a little more! If Feng Ru is just Fu Xinghan's ex-girlfriend, what kind of scumbag is she?

What exactly is the scumbag about Fu Xinghan? Tell me!

Before Lin Cha could browse the melon-eating system, suddenly, a "thump" sound came from his ears. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Feng Ru kneeling in front of Liu Ling'er, holding Liu Ling'er's hand tightly!

"Ms. Liu! I know you're in a relationship with Xinghan, but I really like him! I've loved him for five whole years! Can you please give him back to me, please?"

Feng Ru's eyes were red, and hot tears fell like a bead curtain, hitting Liu Ling'er and her hands.

Everyone was stunned and didn't react for a moment.

Wait, wait!

What kind of magical development is this?

Could it be that Feng Ru had just been meeting Fu Xinghan downstairs and actually wanted to get back together with him?

"This is a matter between you two, what does it have to do with me?" Liu Ling'er impatiently shook off Feng Ru's hand, but Feng Ru's hand was extremely strong and she couldn't shake it off.

Feng Ru burst into tears: "Ms. Liu, you are so outstanding, beautiful, and your family is rich. You will have many choices in the future! But I only have Xinghan! I can't live without him. I will die without him!"

Liu Ling'er couldn't believe it.

What kind of love brain is this? If you break up, then break up. You're dying for a man, and even begging your current girlfriend. What's the big deal?

"Feng Ru, we are really not suitable." Fu Xinghan looked indifferent and helped Liu Ling'er pull Feng Ru's hand away without hesitation.

When he looked at Feng Ru again, his tone was extremely calm, "We are already from two different worlds."

"Why is this happening..."

Feng Ru's voice was filled with helplessness and despair. Her body seemed to have suddenly lost strength, and she slumped to the ground. "Xinghan, I will work hard! Work hard and do more projects. I won't be like before, and I will improve!"

Fu Xinghan shook his head. "This isn't the first time you've said that. I work every day, wishing I could work 24 hours a day! But what about you? You just sit around after get off work and never think about making progress! We're all adults now. Maybe we were together because we loved each other in the past, but what about the future? Is love all there is between two people? I hope my future partner is someone who can progress with me and keep pace with me!"

"Feng Ru, we are no longer suitable for each other..."

The scene fell into silence.

I thought Feng Ru’s appearance would be able to slap Fu Xinghan in the face, but I didn’t expect that the one who got slapped in the face was Feng Ru?

In reality, this is indeed the case. If one partner becomes successful, they may look down on the other, or even feel a sense of imbalance. While the term "equal status" may sound class-specific, it actually has a deeper meaning.

Most of the people present, especially those from the Lu and Sun families, were born into wealthy families. They understood very well that material equality could determine spiritual equality. The story of Cinderella meeting a domineering CEO was a story from novels.

But no matter what, abandoning his partner for material reasons is a bit of a scumbag, but it doesn't rise to the moral or legal level, and he's no more scumbag than Zhao Kuan and Pei Hongyun.

[The truth is this...]

Lin Cha's voice suddenly rang out——

[But wasn't it Feng Ru who provided the financial support for Fu Xinghan's acting studies, his participation in the arts exams, and even all his school expenses?]

[Ah! Dumping his ex-girlfriend as soon as he got rich, even if there wasn't any real moral violation, doesn't that count as scumbag?!]

Everyone:!!!

Lin Cha’s voice finally came out!

They said, Lin Cha has the system in his hands, how could he make a mistake!

What?

Used to spend your girlfriend's money, but later dumped her?

If that's true...how can Fu Xinghan have the nerve to blame Feng Ru!

[They say, with all due respect, that we can't make progress together or keep pace, but how is this any different from those stinky men who abandon their wives once they become rich?]

[Ah, no, I overestimated Fu Xinghan! Those stinky men might not spend their wives' money, but Fu Xinghan has definitely spent Feng Ru's money to get to where he is now!]

[She even made a promise that once she became famous, she would officially announce her relationship, buy a house, a car, get married, have a honeymoon, and have children, but in the end, she dumped her the moment she became famous!]

Everyone stared at Fu Xinghan.

Especially Lu Yanyan and Sun Qianqian.

Most of the time the two of them don't get along because they are business competitors, but when it comes to eating melons, they have an unusual tacit understanding and form a united front.

They leaned side by side at the long table in the conference room, eating melons and cracking the melon seeds they took out of Liu Mingqian's pocket, sneering and complaining.

Lu Yanyan: "Oh, you scheming, stinky man! If this isn't considered scum, then what else is scum?"

Sun Qianqian: "So, men can only play around. It's okay to play with their bodies, but forget about the feelings!"

Lu Yanyan: "Anyway, I've never seen a good man in my life. All men are bad!"

Liu Mingqian & Lu Yanche: "..."

It feels like they shouldn't be here...

As the person involved, Liu Ling'er was unable to join Lu Yanyan and Sun Qianqian in complaining, and she only felt a surge of frustration in her heart.

It wasn't just because Fu Xinghan was a scumbag, it was more because why did she meet another scumbag again? Was it because there were too few good men in this world or was it just her bad luck?

Liu Ling'er looked at Fu Xinghan and asked coldly, "But weren't your art exam tuition and living expenses all paid for by Feng Ru? And you also promised her that you would officially announce your relationship after you became famous, right?"

Fu Xinghan's eyes widened instantly.

How could Liu Ling'er possibly know this? This was something only he and Feng Ru knew!

Could it be Feng Ru who said that? !

Fu Xinghan looked fiercely at Feng Ru who was sitting on the ground, and a hint of viciousness flashed in his eyes.

How could this woman be so vicious? He had only relied on her for a few years, why would she destroy him?

Fu Xinghan suppressed the anger in his heart, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.

He opened his eyes, walked up to Feng Ru, and said coldly, "Feng Ru, didn't we settle our previous accounts long ago? I was poor when I was young, and I borrowed some money from you, but I have already paid you back the principal and interest! What else do you want!"

"I even paid for your father's lung cancer surgery, which cost over 200,000 yuan! What else are you dissatisfied with?"

“I, I…”

Feng Ru was unable to refute and lowered her head in shame.

Yes, what could she be dissatisfied with?

Fu Xinghan not only paid back all the money he owed her, but also spent money on her father's surgery. He no longer owed him anything.

It was because she couldn't keep up with Fu Xinghan's pace and was always going around in circles. After Fu Xinghan gradually became famous, she became more and more lazy and dreamed of becoming a rich wife every day.

"I'm sorry, Xinghan, I'm not worthy of you... I shouldn't have been pestering you, I'm sorry..."

Lu Yanyan frowned and whispered to Sun Qianqian, "Did this girl get shot in the head? She's still speaking up for this scumbag at this moment."

"That's right, three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged men are everywhere in the street!" Sun Qianqian also couldn't understand Feng Ru's train of thought.

Only Lin Cha sighed deeply:

[The eldest lady and Mr. Sun are both from wealthy families. They've had everything they want since they were little. Of course, they don't know. This is clearly a case of being pua!]

Feng Ru's family was originally well off. Her pocket money, combined with her part-time job, was enough to support Fu Xinghan's education. But later, Feng Ru's restaurant went bankrupt, and her family's financial situation plummeted. Naturally, Feng Ru developed a low self-esteem, feeling unworthy of Fu Xinghan, which made her even more vulnerable to being manipulated!

Over the years, Fu Xinghan has often told Feng Ru, "If my family wasn't so poor and you weren't so well-off, do you think you could get into a better school than me? You're not as good as me to begin with, you just rely on your family being richer. But don't worry, you're paying for my education now, and when I become famous, I'll definitely repay you!"

[What a huge reward! Isn't the reward now just a breakup?!]

Everyone at the scene was furious when they heard this.

What a rubbish statement!

It wasn't enough for him to get Feng Ru's financial support, but he also stepped on her?!

The farmer and the snake are just like that!

Fu Xinghan was completely oblivious to this and continued to pua Feng Ru, "Feng Ru, life is still long. I've worked hard step by step to get to where I am today. I can't give up because of you. After all, we are no longer from the same world. Let's break up! It's better for both of us!"

Feng Ru lowered her head in shame and remained silent.

Everyone at the scene was so angry that they gritted their teeth and wished they could pry open Lin Cha's head so that Fu Xinghan could also hear what Lin Cha was thinking and know how hard his face had been slapped!

Only Lin Cha touched his chin and thought seriously:

If Fu Xinghan's "working hard step by step to get to where he is today" means that he relied on sleeping with countless wealthy sponsors to obtain his current resources and status... well, does that even count as hard work?

[Let me think...it seems like he's pretty hardworking in bed!!!]

Everyone: ???

What what what what what?

Fu Xinghan and the sponsor? !

There is such a melon?!

Everyone looked at Fu Xinghan fiercely.

To be honest, although Fu Xinghan is handsome, he is only average in the entertainment industry. His acting skills are just passable, but he has indeed had very good resources in the past two years, and has risen like a rocket to his current top position.

It turns out there are countless financial backers behind it, no wonder!

Lin Cha continued to browse the Chigua system, and suddenly saw a paragraph of text that was simply amazing -

[Smack! It can be done this way!]

[As expected, there is no worst, only worse! ]

When Feng Ru first graduated, she was often asked by her boss to accompany her for drinks because of her good looks. Feng Ru didn't want to do it, and she would refuse on the pretext of feeling unwell.

After Fu Xinghan learned about this, he actually scolded her for not understanding the ways of the world. Not only did he personally send Feng Ru to the dinner, he also stuffed a condom in her pocket!

[Luckily, there was a female senior at Feng Ru's company that day who was able to take the drunk Feng Ru home in time. If she had been abducted by her boss, who knows what would have happened!]

Fu Xinghan was disappointed when he found out, thinking Feng Ru wouldn't seize the opportunity. If someone wanted to take advantage of him, he wouldn't give up if they gave him resources!

Damn, what the hell!

Liu Ling'er just wanted to curse!

Pei Hongyun had already been so scumbag that she was astonished, but she didn't expect Fu Xinghan to be even worse!

Even if Fu Xinghan was only willing to lose his virginity to a financial sponsor in exchange for resources, Liu Linger would still look up to him a little. What kind of person is it to let your girlfriend accompany her boss!

Liu Linger even suspected that Fu Xinghan approached her not because he wanted to fall in love, but because he thought she was a potential "financial backer" who could provide him with resources!

This is indeed the case.

Lin Cha soon discovered that Fu Xinghan's words "If someone wants to take advantage of him and give him resources, he won't give up!" were not just thoughts, but true.

Afterwards, Fu Xinghan began searching for potential investors who could become his financial backers. However, he discovered that in the entertainment industry, the proportion of financial backers was indeed higher, and that women were either of high moral standards or preferred to be more attractive, which was not the case for him.

[Until Fu Xinghan discovered that gay men were a scarce resource in this market...]

[Holy crap! Holy crap! How could this be possible?!]

Lin Cha's pupils trembled.

Everyone pricked up their ears and their curiosity was aroused to the extreme.

What did Lin Cha discover again?

Don’t be shocked alone, speak up!

What the hell is going on? I really want to know!

In front of him, Fu Xinghan swallowed his saliva.

I thought my words would be enough to convince Liu Ling'er and make her stop being wary of me...but I didn't expect her to not even look at me!!!

What is she looking at?

Lin tea?

What are you doing!

Lin Cha is just an 18th-tier unknown star who has made some progress. What's so good about him!

"Ling'er? Ling'er?"

Fu Xinghan called out twice tentatively.

Liu Ling'er turned her head to look at Fu Xinghan, extremely annoyed, "What! Leave me alone!"

Fu Xinghan: ???

Oh my god!

Lin Cha's inner voice suddenly rang out, his tone full of amazement.

[How on earth did they do this?! Is this thing a bottomless pit?!]

What bottomless pit?

What on earth did Lin Cha see?

Say it quickly!

[Cucumbers, bitter melons, thermoses, wine bottles... I'll forget about those, but Fu Xinghan's financial sponsor... actually stuffed a live fish up his anus!]

Everyone: ???

Live, live fish?

Is it the kind of creature they understand? The one that swims in the water and makes bubbles?!

[One was as thick as my arm! It was swimming in the bathtub, and when I pulled it out, it was jumping around!]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

【What did the fish do wrong? Why treat it like this! 】

Everyone at the scene was petrified...

Are they too shortsighted? How can they leave the fish there?!

Looking at it this way, Fu Xinghan’s chrysanthemum is more than just a bottomless pit, it’s a black hole!

[In addition to live fish, there was also corn, floral water... and even unsealed bottles of Fengyoujing...]

Oh my god…

[That’s Fengyoujing…]

Everyone looked at Fu Xinghan with extremely complicated expressions.

Disdain, sympathy, contempt, disbelief...

Fu Xinghan was right in one thing. It was not easy for him to get to where he is today. No one here can match his hard work in bed!

Fu Xinghan finally felt something was wrong.

Just now he thought everyone believed what he said, but now it seems that Liu Ling'er and the others despise him even more.

What just happened?

His debate was flawless! It was Feng Ru's fault for not being ambitious enough. What's wrong with him wanting a hardworking girlfriend?

Moreover, Liu Ling'er was merely the daughter of the famous director Liu Mingqian. In terms of personal ability, Liu Ling'er was still a newcomer and couldn't compare to him!

Why should Liu Mingqian be unhappy that he is with Liu Ling'er?

Liu Mingqian narrowed his eyes slightly. "Fu Xinghan, if I remember correctly, there wasn't an open audition for the male lead in the web drama you starred in, right? Why did the investors choose you?"

Fu Xinghan was startled and his limbs turned cold instantly.

"I know, I know!" Lin Cha exclaimed excitedly, "It's because of that fish!"

The sponsor gave Fu Xinghan a lot of choices: grapes, marbles, cakes, bananas... and a fish as thick as an arm! Each item corresponded to a resource! And the resource corresponding to the fish was the best!

[Although Fu Xinghan hesitated at the time, he finally gritted his teeth and chose the fish!]

[Sigh, I have to admit, Fu Xinghan is really trying hard to pretend to be gay! He even joined a lot of gay groups and learned how to please gay people in the groups!]

"Of course, of course there are auditions!" Fu Xinghan stammered, "But those who audition are all recommended internally, so, so there is no open recruitment!"

Liu Mingqian said "Oh" and asked, "So you were also recommended internally? Who recommended you? To be the male lead in an A-level production, the recommender must be quite influential, right? This circle is so small, tell me what you think, I know people who are not up to par!"

Fu Xinghan paused, his heart pounding.

Why did Liu Mingqian suddenly ask this? Did he guess something?

But that's impossible. He knows that the boss always hides things very well and has a loving wife. How could he not know about his affair with an artist?

Fu Xinghan is very careful about his reputation, and so is his financial sponsor. This kind of thing will only be done in secret and will never be brought to the surface.

So Fu Xinghan said, "Chen Weiye, Mr. Chen from the Lin Group, he recommended me for the audition."

"It turns out to be Mr. Chen!"

Lu Yanyan smiled, "I know this person. We worked together in the first half of the year!"

"Is that so?" Fu Xinghan's voice was a little awkward and trembling. "This circle is really small!"

"However, Mr. Chen said that if I invest, I have to give him someone, his girlfriend. I didn't agree, so the cooperation fell through!"

When saying this, Lu Yanyan was clearly smiling, but Fu Xinghan felt a chill running up his spine and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He didn't even know whether he should respond to Lu Yanyan's words.

Sun Qianqian searched Baidu for the web drama starring Fu Xinghan and waved it in front of him. "That web drama you starred in was also invested by Mr. Chen, right? He's the top investor. He invested so much money, there's no way he didn't have someone involved!"

"Yes, of course!" Fu Xinghan lied to everyone, "It's a supporting actress, but I don't know who it is."

Chen Weiye is a man, and it is reasonable for him to mislead Liu Ling'er into thinking that it is a woman who is being sexually exploited.

But everyone present already knew the identity of Fu Xinghan's real financial backer, especially Lin Cha, who scoffed at this.

[How cunning! He actually shifted the blame onto the actress in the same crew! What did the actress do wrong to be rumored to have relied on the sponsor to get to the top!]

[If you have the guts, bring in the producer for a confrontation! I just checked, and Fu Xinghan's crew is incredibly broke. The only people they hired were recent drama academy graduates with no connections. They only got Mr. Chen's investment because the script passed the platform's review!]

[The entire crew is working hard on the project, except for Fu Xinghan, who's a resource-rich guy! And he's accusing others!]

[Pooh!]

Everyone at the scene also said "Pooh" in their hearts.

He's rubbish indeed! He's always praising himself and dragging others down! He treated Feng Ru the same way, and he did it in front of them too.

Sun Qianqian rolled her eyes and played with her phone. Since she wasn't the one getting all the attention, she was quite happy as a bystander, even happy to see the melon grow bigger and bigger.

"So there were some people forced into that show?" Sun Qianqian smiled. "But I think their acting is great! It just so happens that I'm short on funding for a movie I'm working on right now. Why don't I call Mr. Chen and ask if he's interested? The actors he wants to cast are good actors anyway, so I don't mind!"

As she spoke, Sun Qianqian picked up her cell phone and pretended to make a call.

In the blink of an eye, Fu Xinghan stepped forward and knocked Sun Qianqian's phone away!

With a "clang", the phone fell to the ground and the screen shattered into cracked ice flowers.

Sun Qianqian's eyes instantly turned as cold as ice.

"Fu Xinghan, what do you mean?"

"I, I am..."

Fu Xinghan stuttered again. He was really afraid that Sun Qianqian and Chen Weiye would call each other. Wouldn’t all his lies be exposed?

"Why?" Seeing Fu Xinghan unable to answer, Sun Qianqian sneered, "Are you worried that I'll call Chen Weiye and find out that you're the one he's been seducing?"

Fu Xinghan:!!!

At that moment, Fu Xinghan's pupils suddenly shrank and he stared at Sun Qianqian in disbelief.

"Mr. Sun, what are you talking about? I'm a man! How could I possibly be Mr. Chen's partner?"

Sun Qianqian leaned leisurely beside Lu Yanyan, picked up two intact melon seeds from her hand, and ate them comfortably.

Lu Yanyan straightened her back slightly, patted the melon seed shells on her hands, and looked at Xinghan with a smile.

"But as far as I know, the resourceful person Mr. Chen wanted to insert into my drama was a man!"

Note: This chapter is partially adapted from real cases.