On the Yancheng flyover
Du Yuanzhe leaned against the railing and looked at the pedestrians coming and going on the street below. His eyes were deep and no one knew what he was thinking.
When Zhou Chenlang arrived, he saw Du Yuanzhe, who was fully armed. Among so many people on the overpass, he was the only one who was covered the most tightly.
He walked over and said, "I was careless and forgot that you are a big star."
It was Zhou Chenlang who decided to meet at this place.
Du Yuanzhe came back to his senses and asked, "Why did you choose this place?"
Zhou Chenlang put his hand on the railing and said, "I like to come here when I'm in a bad mood. Compared to these people who are busy making a living every day, I'm already much better and have no right to complain."
Du Yuanzhe asked, "You seem to have something very important on your mind?"
Zhou Chenlang turned his head and looked at him: "You always disliked me before. This time you asked me out, it shouldn't be just to talk to me, right?"
"What if I say I just want to talk to you?"
Zhou Chenlang smiled: "That's fine. Even if my sister doesn't want to pay attention to me, it's fine if my brother-in-law is willing to pay attention to me in the future."
Du Yuanzhe said: "It seems that you have not been happy staying with Zhou Heng these years."
"Why do you say that?"
"If you feel enough love around Zhou Heng, you won't be so eager to contact Qiqi."
People are always like this, always chasing after things they don't have.
Zhou Chenlang said: "This is all your guess. I am the only son of my father. Who else can he love if he doesn't love me?"
"Zhou Heng is a selfish man. He only cares about himself. His son is just a tool to carry on the family line."
Du Yuanzhe said this to Zhou Heng in front of him, but Zhou Chenlang didn't seem angry at all. He said, "Why think so much? I am his son, and he is my father. I will be filial to him while he is alive, and he will pass on his family property to me after he dies."
Du Yuanzhe raised his eyebrows: "This sounds more like a deal."
"It would be nice if it was a deal."
Zhou Chenlang said quietly, "A transaction can at least guarantee that both parties are willing, but blood ties are the most undesirable thing in this world."
Du Yuanzhe deeply believed it: "Indeed, it is unreasonable for irresponsible people like Zhou Heng and Xia Yiyao to have a child."
Zhou Chenlang looked at him and said, "You dislike Ms. Xia so much, aren't you afraid that it will embarrass my sister?"
Du Yuanzhe did not answer, and said: "Come to think of it, it was because of you that Xia Yiyao discovered Zhou Heng's affair. Did Zhou Heng take his anger out on you?"
Zhou Chenlang chuckled: "You seem very curious about the relationship between me and my dad?"
Du Yuanzhe did not answer.
Zhou Chenlang said: "It has already happened. It doesn't matter whether he is angry or not. He was only thinking about how to gain the greatest benefit for himself and didn't care about me."
The two were silent for a while, and Du Yuanzhe asked, "Do you believe in fate?"
When asking this, he looked at Zhou Chenlang, carefully observing his reaction.
Zhou Chenlang was a little surprised. He didn't expect Du Yuanzhe to suddenly change the subject. He said, "I don't have any feelings about something as metaphysical as fate. It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. Anyway, whether I believe it or not, nothing will change."
Du Yuanzhe withdrew his gaze from him and asked, "Why did you go to see Liu Chenglian before?"
"You change the subject so quickly."
Zhou Chenlang couldn't help but complain.
"Liu Chenglian is preparing a new drama, and I want to help Yingxue get a role."
"Shouldn't she do this herself?"
Zhou Chenlang said naturally: "I didn't tell her because I wanted to give her a surprise."
When Du Yuanzhe heard this, his heart sank. Could it be You Yingxue?
Apart from Zhou Heng, the only people related to Zhou Chenlang were You Yingxue. Today's test actually eliminated the suspicion of both of them.
No!
There is another possibility—he is lying.
Du Yuanzhe remained calm and said casually, "Qiqi has recently taken a liking to incense. Do you have any good recommendations?"
Zhou Chenlang smiled: "What a coincidence, I also like incense these days. I recommended it to Liu Chenglian when I met him before, but he didn't like it."
"My sister has higher standards and probably looks down on my recommendations."
Du Yuanzhe said: "That's not necessarily true. Tell her about it. Maybe she will like it."
Zhou Chenlang shook his head: "That won't do. My sister doesn't like me in the first place. If she doesn't like the incense I recommend, she will probably dislike me even less."
"If you don't want to, forget it."
Du Yuanzhe raised his hand to look at his watch and said, "I have something else to do. Let's stop here for today."
Zhou Chenlang nodded: "Slow down."
Du Yuanzhe turned and left. After walking a few steps, he paused and asked, "Do you think you are an emotional person or a rational person?"
Zhou Chenlang seemed not to have heard the hidden meaning in Du Yuanzhe's words, and said, "Divide people into different tasks."
Du Yuanzhe nodded, said nothing more, and walked straight down the overpass.
Back in the car
Du Yuanzhe took off his sunglasses and mask and asked, "What do you think?"
[I still think that Zhou Chenlang is not the new host chosen by the Luck Plundering System. He seems to be intentionally hiding the existence of that person.]
Du Yuanzhe agreed: "I think so too. There are only two people who can make him do this, and You Yingxue is the most likely one."
[Do you want to investigate You Yingxue?]
Du Yuanzhe said: "Let Xiaopang check it first."
......
You Yingxue was reading a script when she saw Zhou Chenlang open the door and walk in.
She asked, "What does Second Young Master Du want to see you about?"
Zhou Chenlang threw the car keys on the table: "Nothing, just asked me some things from the past."
You Yingxue frowned: "What does he want to do?"
Zhou Chenlang shook his head: "He is a man who does whatever he wants. I don't understand what he is thinking."
"By the way, Yingxue, do you still have the incense you gave me earlier?"
You Yingxue's heart skipped a beat, but she managed to stay calm and said, "No, what happened?"
Zhou Chenlang said: "I smelled it before and it smelled good, and it is indeed effective for insomnia."
You Yingxue was relieved to see that he was not abnormal, and said, "After all, there are medicinal herbs added in it, and it may smell bad."
In order to avoid arousing Zhou Chenlang's suspicion, You Yingxue first secretly gave Zhou Chenlang drugs to make him insomniac, and then used the excuse that the incense had the effect of curing insomnia and asked him to use it every year.
In order for the plan to proceed smoothly, You Yingxue had been supervising Zhou Chenlang during that time and asked him to develop the plan of using incense.
When the plan succeeded, she destroyed the remaining incense and stopped giving Zhou Chenlang drugs. Zhou Chenlang's insomnia naturally recovered.
I thought the matter was over, but Zhou Chenlang suddenly brought it up today.
Zhou Chenlang leaned over and lay on her legs, saying, "My dad has been calling me a lot lately, and I'm so annoyed. I started to suffer from insomnia again at night. I want to use the incense to cure me again."
You Yingxue massaged his forehead and said, "It seems that the incense is only a temporary solution, not a permanent one. I'll take you to see a doctor someday. We should consult a professional about this matter. To be honest, I was careless before. I was so anxious to cure your insomnia that I forgot to ask someone to carefully check the ingredients of the incense."
Zhou Chenlang closed his eyes and said softly, "You are doing this for my own good, and you did cure my insomnia before."
You Yingxue looked at him: "Chen Lang, your father came to me a few days ago."
Zhou Chenlang sat up suddenly: "What did he say?"
You Yingxue pursed her lips: "He said the company needs a marriage, but he won't care about us, and the company will belong to our children in the future."
“Bullshit!”
Zhou Chenlang cursed: "Don't trust him. He only cares about the company and doesn't care about other people's lives."
You Yingxue said: "But it's not a good idea for you to keep quarreling with your father like this."
Zhou Chenlang held her hand and asked seriously, "Yingxue, do you want our child to be illegitimate?"
You Yingxue shook her head: "Of course I don't want to, but..."
"No buts."
Zhou Chenlang said: "Yingxue, we are all wounded people, and our hearts are still scarred. You should know the importance of family to children. I don't want our children to experience the pain we once experienced."
You Yingxue was stunned, with scenes from the past flashing through her eyes.
Ever since she was old enough to understand, she has never had a peaceful day in her life. In order to avoid creditors, her mother took her to hide from place to place and moved again and again. They lived a hard life and sometimes even had problems with food and clothing. Before her life got better, she lived in panic.
And all this is because she has a gambling father.
Thinking of all the pain that had brought her, You Yingxue couldn't help but clench her hands.
Zhou Chenlang sensed her emotions, hugged her and said, "Don't be afraid, Yingxue, I am here with you. I will always be with you."
You Yingxue leaned in his arms and whispered, "Chen Lang, I'm neither kind nor innocent, why do you like me?"
Zhou Chenlang smiled and said, "Because I am not kind and innocent either. We are not good people, so we should be tied together to avoid harming others."
You Yingxue was amused by him, but still retorted: "Shen Lang, you are a good person, you have never done anything bad."
As soon as she finished speaking, she thought of Liu Chenglian and added, "Even if he did something bad, it was because of me."
Zhou Chenlang looked deep in his eyes and said, "This shows that I have been hiding something very deeply, but you just don't know it."
You Yingxue thought he said that on purpose to cheer her up.
late at night
You Yingxue got up to drink water.
[Zhou Chenlang loves you very much. You are a good target for exploitation. With him around, it is difficult for others to find out about you.]
You Yingxue took a sip of water: "I know."
[To prevent you from making a foolish move, I remind you once again that career is the most important thing for you. Women can only rely on themselves. Don’t let love get you carried away. You also know how many women in history have been harmed by love. Don’t repeat their mistakes.]
In order to prevent You Yingxue from doing something stupid like Wang Lianxuan, the Luck Plundering System directly turned into an expert, constantly reminding her the benefits of female independence.
You Yingxue said calmly: "You think too much. I am very clear-headed. I know better than you how important my career is to me. I don't need things like feelings."
【我早就和你說過，我存在于你的意識中，我看不懂外界的一切，但可以借助你感知，同樣地，你的所有思維都瞞不過我，你又何必對我說謊，我只是好心提醒你，并沒有讓你斷情絕愛的意思】
尤映雪聽言笑了：“連你都能騙過去，不正好說明我演得很好。”
【騙過了我？】
“你不是號稱無所不知嗎？那你會不知道我們兩人之所以在一起，都是我精心設計的？”
周沉朗只是她向上爬的工具，當初她的目标本來是蔣澈霖，但蔣澈霖實在太難攻略了，再加上周沉朗和蔣澈霖是好朋友，尤映雪便選擇了周沉朗。
【那應該是我感知錯了，你剛才的情緒波動貌似是因為你父親，和周沉朗沒有關系】
氣運掠奪系統很幹脆地轉變了口風，反正尤映雪這麽想正是它想要的，至于真假并不在意。
尤映雪目光一冷：“如果你知道他在哪兒就告訴我，這個消息可以抵消一次報酬，”
那個害得他們母女東躲西藏的男人，她恨不得殺了他。
【很遺憾，我并不知道他的位置】
小說中，尤映雪都是沒什麽戲份的角色，更別提她的賭鬼父親了，根本提都沒提過。
【那部戲将來會大爆，你好好準備，這對你的事業很有幫助】
這部戲的消息就是氣運掠奪系統支付給尤映雪的報酬，同樣也是在利用尤映雪對付衛菱菱。
尤映雪點頭：“我明白。”
......
“王導，我們很久沒見了，要不要出來吃個飯？”
王立剛埋怨道：“我之前閑的時候你不找我，我都開始忙了，你倒是想起來請我吃飯。”
杜元哲笑道：“怎麽，又開始籌備新劇了？”
王立剛道：“公司之前買了一部雙女主小說的版權，我挺感興趣的，最近正在選角。”
杜元哲道：“我閑得都快長毛了，能不能去旁觀一下？”
“随你，反正就在公司裏。”
“那行，我這就過去。”
挂了電話，杜元哲二話不說拿起車鑰匙出了門。
這部劇就是女主開挂人生的第二部 爆劇，衛菱菱在前幾年總是演不溫不火的角色，直到等她演了《雲苗》，之後的作品都是爆款作品。
千影娛樂
試戲地點安排在三樓，杜元哲到了後就看到公司的很多演員都在排隊等着試鏡。
看到杜元哲出現，所有人都愣了，這是雙女主劇，男主就是個鑲邊角色，以杜元哲現在的地位，根本沒必要演這種角色。
杜元哲無視衆人好奇的目光，走進王立剛試鏡的房間，和其他人打了個招呼，就自己搬了個椅子坐在王立剛身邊。
王立剛瞥他一眼：“你倒是不見外。”
杜元哲笑了笑，問道：“定了幾個女主了？”
王立剛搖頭：“一個都沒定，本來楊詩瑤很适合，但她之前正好簽了合同，沒時間拍這部劇。”
杜元哲很清楚這段劇情，這部雙女主劇的兩個女主，一個清純一個妩媚，按理說衛菱菱更适合清純女主，但她對那個妩媚的女主更感興趣，最後憑借自己精湛的演技說服了導演。
王立剛很失望：“本來還以為可以直接定下一個女主，結果還是得試鏡。”
杜元哲道：“那就試呗，我們公司的女演員那麽多，即便公司找不到，還有其他公司呢。”
王立剛瞪他一眼：“你說得簡單，這麽大的工作量感情不是你來忙。”
“您都歇了一年多了，也該忙起來了。”
“這算什麽，我之前歇兩三年的時候也有，這還算少的了。”
杜元哲無語：“您厲害。”
兩人說了一會話，選角就開始了，先試鏡的當然是女主。
雖然杜元哲說公司的女演員很多，但有資格面試女主并且形象符合的并不多，王立剛估計一天時間就能面試完。
衛菱菱就在面試女主的隊伍中，而且還很靠前，第五個試鏡的就是她。
她看到杜元哲并不意外，她剛才就見杜元哲進了這間房間。
接下來的劇情和小說中相差不大，衛菱菱讓化妝師給她化了一個有些妩媚的妝容，身上穿着一身旗袍，很明白地表示自己想試戲哪個角色。
王立剛并沒有直接拒絕她，讓她先說了對女主的理解，然後安排她試一段戲。
等衛菱菱演完，王立剛只是點點頭，并未表明有沒有通過，只是讓她回去等消息。
杜元哲問道：“王導不滿意？”
王立剛道：“這才剛開始，我看下面有沒有更合适的。”
王立剛很滿意衛菱菱的演技，但現在還不到下決定的時候。
杜元哲聽言沒有再說話，陪着王立剛面試了一上午的戲，兩人一起吃了頓午飯就分開了。
當天下午，小胖就給杜元哲發消息，說衛菱菱定了王立剛新戲的女主。
得知劇情沒變，杜元哲暗道這次很順利，沒發現有人搗亂的痕跡，看來氣運掠奪系統謹慎了很多。
在小說中，尤映雪正在拍攝另外的戲，并沒有來試鏡這部戲，但現在她正好有空，就看她會不會來試鏡了。
其實僅憑這一點，其實并不能證明尤映雪是新宿主，畢竟汪憐萱已經搞亂了劇情，但小胖查到尤映雪之前拒絕了一個邀約，那部戲恰好是她小說中會拍攝的劇。
把這兩件事放在一起，尤映雪的嫌疑就大了很多。
杜元哲并沒有等多久，第二天小胖就告訴他，報名參加女主試鏡的名單裏有尤映雪。
基本可以确定了。
杜元哲松了口氣，終于找到了，今後會再次形成敵明我暗的局面。
等等——
杜元哲突然想到一件事。
“周沉朗知道我和七七的事，如果他把這件事告訴了尤映雪，那我豈不是早就暴露了？”
這件事太過重要，杜元哲立刻給周沉朗打電話，他還保持着理智，沒有直接問，只是道：“最近多了很多狗仔追蹤我的私生活，我還沒有官宣的打算，你可別說漏嘴。”
周沉朗道：“我沒有那麽大嘴巴。”
“包括尤映雪和周衡，你都得瞞着。”
“這是姐姐的私事，沒有姐姐的允許，我誰都不會說。”
杜元哲松了口氣。
還好周沉朗是個守規矩的人。
晚上，夏凝覓下班回家。
“王立剛的那部戲有問題？”
杜元哲愣了：“怎麽這麽說？”
夏凝覓道：“你昨天不是去看試鏡了？”
杜元哲挑眉：“你怎麽這麽了解我的行蹤，是不是想我了？”
夏凝覓有些無奈：“你別明知故問，需要我提醒你我們天天見面嗎？”
關注杜元哲行蹤的不是夏凝覓，而是秘書處的人。
杜元哲這段時間幾乎天天給夏凝覓送午飯，和秘書處的人熟悉了很多，幾個膽大些的還會詢問他和夏凝覓私底下怎麽相處，只是都被杜元哲糊弄過去了。
杜元哲笑道：“人家都說助理就是給上司背鍋的，誰知道是不是你下令的。還有誰說天天見面就不能想了，我今天還想你來着。”
夏凝覓剛皺起的眉頭聽到他的後面半句話瞬間撫平，道：“別轉移話題。”
杜元哲撇嘴：“開個玩笑嘛......好好好我說，也沒什麽事，目前來說一切順利，我的目的已經全都達到了。”
“不過過段時間就得需要七七你幫忙。”
“幫什麽？”
“這部劇是公司出品，我希望你到時候派幾個人當監工，嚴格把控劇組需要用到的一切道具，不要給人搞小動作的機會。”
夏凝覓點頭：“沒問題。”
杜元哲放松地靠在沙發上：“有七七在就是好。”
夏凝覓瞥他：“你把我當工具？”
“胡說，我只把你當愛人。”
夏凝覓勾唇，眼中滿是滿意的神色。
正要喊他們吃飯的吳姨聽到這話起了一身雞皮疙瘩，雖然經常聽到杜元哲說甜言蜜語，她這個上了年紀的阿姨還是很不适應。
她現在嚴重懷疑夏凝覓就被杜元哲的甜言蜜語打動了。
她暗自感嘆，看來不論什麽女人都逃不過甜言蜜語。
“二少爺，夏總，吃飯了。”
杜元哲立刻站起身：“吃飯喽——有我喜歡的水煮肉片？還是吳姨疼我。”
夏凝覓跟在他身後，瞥了眼桌上的菜，也有她愛吃的菜。
自從吳姨來給他們做飯後，飯桌上基本上都會有一到兩道兩人都愛吃的菜，誰都會照顧到，這是她的習慣，之前在杜家做飯也是這樣，杜家每個人的口味都會考慮到。
兩人吃完飯就坐在沙發上說話，剛說了一會話就接到路軒的電話。
路軒很是幽怨道：“元哲，你不愛我了。”
“打住！”
杜元哲冷漠道：“我沒愛過你。”
路軒依舊進行自己的表演：“你都和周沉朗一起玩了，也不告訴我一聲，你背叛了我。”
杜元哲：“什麽亂七八糟的，你聽誰說的？”
路軒撇嘴：“還能是誰，周沉朗自己說的。”
“他說什麽？”
"He said that he and I are both your friends, and told me to come to him if I need any help in the future."
Du Yuanzhe frowned.
Why does Zhou Chenlang act like a gangster? I told him the same thing before.
Du Yuanzhe said: "He and I are not friends. I just came to him for something before."
Lu Xuan was immediately delighted: "I told you that you couldn't betray me. Do you want to come out for a drink?"
"Some other time."
After hanging up the phone, Du Yuanzhe couldn't help but ask, "Does Zhou Chenlang admire those who value chivalry?"
Xia Ningmi asked calmly, "What do you want to see him about?"
"I tested him and confirmed one thing from him."
Xia Ningmi didn't ask any further questions and said, "Just do whatever you want. If you can't do it, I can help you."
In Xia Ningmi's heart, there was no difference between Zhou Chenlang and a stranger. She didn't even care about Zhou Heng, let alone the part of her blood that Zhou Chenlang shared.
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