Chapter 101
"...Teacher Xu, could we remind her again? She probably doesn't realize the seriousness of what you said."
It was Yuan Lu who spoke. Looking at Xu Gui and Kuang Ming, she was a little nervous, but she still mustered up her courage and said, "I know it's wrong of her to deliberately ride on Teacher Xu's popularity. Teacher Xu has already reminded her and has been more than kind to her, but... but..."
"I still think that even if she deserves to be despised by everyone and ruined in reputation, it shouldn't be done in this way."
Being filmed in bed, having the video spread across the internet, and being seen by countless people... this method is simply too shameful. Moreover, even if the videos are filmed together, most of the attention will likely be on the woman, not the other person involved.
This is so unfair...
Yuan Lu felt that she wasn't pitying the "Ulala Cola"; she simply felt that for a girl, such an ending was truly terrible.
“Teacher Xu…” Yuan Lu looked at Xu Gui with expectant eyes.
Xu Gui thought for a moment and nodded, "What you said makes sense. This ending is indeed too harsh for a girl. Shall we remind her again? But we don't have her contact information. How can we remind her? Kuang Ming, do you have a solution?"
Xu Gui looked at Kuang Ming beside him, and Yuan Lu, who was standing next to him, also looked over.
Kuang Ming: "..."
Faced with their expectant eyes, he said helplessly, "If you really want to do this, then I can try to contact the people at the Fruit TV app. They should have this [Cola]'s contact information."
Xu Gui smiled and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, agent."
Kuang Ming sneered and said, "Only now do you remember that I am your manager."
However, despite saying that, he still contacted the staff of the fruit station and got the contact information for "Ulala Cola" from them. However, by the time he got the contact information, it was already the next day.
"Is it too late?" he asked Xu Gui.
Xu Gui looked at the number, copied it, opened WeChat, and sent a friend request. Only after doing all this did she look up and say, "There should still be time, right? If not..."
She looked at Yuan Lu and said, "We've done everything we could, so there's nothing more we can do."
Yuan Lu understood what she meant and quickly nodded, saying, "I know. If it really doesn't work, then no one can be blamed."
Xu Gui nodded gently.
Meanwhile, Wu Xue was having dinner with her top friend when she heard a friend request notification on her phone. She picked up her phone, glanced at it, and then her gaze froze as she looked at the screen, a look of hesitation on her face.
She'd probably been looking at her phone for a while, so Liu Dawei asked her, "What's wrong?"
Wu Xue looked up, exclaimed, and said, "It's nothing, it's just a friend..."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but glance at her phone screen again, her expression somewhat strange.
On her screen was a friend request notification. It showed that she had received a new friend request from an unfamiliar ID and profile picture. Normally, Wu Xue would reject such friend requests from strangers, but this time was different.
The reason given for the friend request was: "Hello, I am Xu Gui".
Xu Gui...
Wu Xue silently murmured the name.
She naturally knew Xu Gui, after all, she had even connected with him on a live stream last night. She just didn't know why Xu Gui was now requesting to add her as a friend. Was it because of what happened last night, and he was angry?
Wu Xue was uncertain and somewhat uneasy.
Just as she was pondering this, her phone vibrated again. Wu Xue looked down and saw that Xu Gui had sent her another friend request. This time, the reason for the request was: "[I have something very important to tell you]".
Wu Xue pursed her lips, finally gritted her teeth, and tapped the option to accept the friend request with her thumb.
"You finally managed to come out and have a meal with me, why are you looking down at your phone the whole time?" At this moment, a hand reached out and restlessly stroked her thigh. The other person complained, seemingly genuinely, "You're making me feel like all the money I spent last night was wasted."
Hearing this, Wu Xue smiled, put down her phone, and turned to say, "Didn't someone just message me?"
Liu Dawei laughed and said, "I thought it was your boyfriend texting to check up on you."
Hearing him mention her boyfriend, a hint of sarcasm flashed in Wu Xue's eyes. She said, "He knows I'm here to have dinner with you, so why would he check up on me?"
Liu Dawei squeezed her thigh harder and said suggestively, "After dinner, come to my place?"
Wu Xue turned to look at him and asked, "Where's your wife? Isn't she home?"
Liu Dawei said, "My father-in-law is sick, and she took my son and daughter to his house. They definitely won't be back for at least ten days or half a month, so you don't need to worry about her catching you in the act."
"Don't worry, as long as you stick with me, I won't let you suffer... Look, last night you said you wanted to trend on social media, and I spent three million on you without even blinking an eye!"
As he spoke, he leaned closer to Wu Xue, kissing her cheek with his breath reeking of alcohol, saying, "Only you would make me so generous."
Just then, a customer came into the restaurant and happened to pass by their table. The young girl turned her head and saw Liu Dawei kissing Wu Xue. Her expression was one of surprise.
There's no other reason than that the combination of these two is simply too discordant. Wu Xue is young and beautiful, fresh and tender like a flower, while Liu Dawei is fat and ugly, exuding a greasy aura. The two of them perfectly exemplify what it means to have a beautiful flower stuck in cow dung.
As the young girl passed by, Wu Xue seemed to hear her mutter, "...What a beauty and beast combination! These sisters really don't know how to choose."
Upon hearing this, a hint of embarrassment flashed in Wu Xue's eyes, and her breathing quickened for a moment, but she quickly calmed down.
She knew very well that there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world. If she wanted something, she had to give something in return. Since she wanted Liu Dawei's support, she was willing to suffer some grievances and tolerate his fat and ugly appearance.
—Since you've already become a prostitute, there's no need to pretend to be virtuous.
She told herself to just bear it a little longer, and once she became famous, she wouldn't have to put up with this anymore.
Thinking about how she gained hundreds of thousands of followers overnight after trending on social media last night, Wu Xue took a breath.
When Liu Dawei looked up, her expression had returned to normal, with a gentle smile, making her look young and beautiful.
After the two finished their meal, she went to Liu Dawei's house with him.
Liu Dawei is very rich. He owns a factory with an annual turnover of tens of millions and assets of over 100 million. Although his money is nothing to truly wealthy people, for Wu Xue, he is the only wealthy person she can currently contact who is willing to spend money on her.
Therefore, if she wants to become famous, she must seize the opportunity.
As soon as he entered the house, Liu Dawei hugged Wu Xue and kissed her a few times. After he finished, he blew her a greasy kiss and said, "Baby, I'm going to take a shower first. Wait for me here!"
Wu Xue smiled as she watched him walk into the bathroom. Once he was out of sight, her expression immediately fell. She reached up and vigorously wiped the drool off her face, her expression one of extreme disgust.
Only then did she have time to check her phone—it had been vibrating in her pocket, indicating that someone was sending her messages, but she didn't feel comfortable taking it out to look at it in front of Liu Dawei.
When Wu Xue took out her phone, she discovered that the person who had sent her the message was Xu Gui. He had sent her nine messages in a row, and she didn't know what he had sent her.
Looking at the bright red "9" in the message list, Wu Xue clicked on it with a puzzled expression. However, after reading all the messages Xu Gui had sent, she felt a chill creep up from the soles of her feet and quickly spread throughout her body.
Wu Xue suddenly shivered, then abruptly turned her head to look at the desk in the bedroom.
There, a black laptop sat quietly, its screen black, with a mouse connected next to it; it didn't appear to be powered on.
Wu Xue watched and slowly walked over—in those few short steps, her breath caught in her throat until her hand gripped the mouse on the table.
The mouse was touched, and the previously dark computer screen suddenly lit up. The bright light fell on Wu Xue's face, making her face as pale as snow.
What appeared on the computer screen was a live streaming room, and the subject of the live stream was... Wu Xue's current bedroom. As Wu Xue approached, the live stream showed her face magnified several times.
Seeing her face appear in the live stream, Wu Xue took several steps back in fear.
At this moment, Wu Xue could see the barrage of comments scrolling rapidly in the live stream room. At a glance, words like "Why hasn't it started yet?", "This woman has such a hot body", and "Hehehe, I'm ready to record" kept popping into her eyes.
In the upper right corner of the live stream, the number of viewers was displayed as 20,000.
What Xu Gui said was actually true...
Wu Xue had only one thought left in her mind.
Looking at the Liu family's bedroom again, she felt as if it were a giant beast that would devour people... Wu Xue's face showed a hint of fear. Without thinking, she took off and rushed out of the Liu family's house.
"Honey, I'm done washing! Huh, where did you go?"
When Liu Dawei came out after taking a shower, he was stunned to find the living room completely empty.
...
After leaving the Liu family, Wu Xue didn't dare to stop for even half a step. At a certain moment, her phone started vibrating wildly. Wu Xue looked at the caller ID, "Top Boss," switched the phone to silent mode, and put it back in her pocket.
After an unknown amount of time, the phone stopped ringing. Liu Dawei stopped trying to call her and instead sent her a message.
"Wu Xue, you're really something! Are you playing me for a fool? Do you think I'm a sucker?" Liu Dawei said in the message. "Don't even think about me spending another penny on you from now on!"
As Wu Xue looked at the message, her usually calm face twitched slightly.
At that moment, she had an urge to smash her phone, but after raising it, she stopped. A few seconds later, she slowly squatted down, hugged her knees, and buried her head in them.
That night, Wu Xue stayed outside for a long time, wandering the streets like a lost soul until midnight before finally returning to her lodgings.
She lived with Xiang Wei in a rented one-bedroom apartment. They ate, slept, and even did their live streams there. When she returned home, the lights were still on, but instead of her boyfriend's concern, she was met with his accusations.
"Wu Xue, where have you been? Why are you back so late?" Xiang Wei stood in the living room, looking at her with annoyance, and asked, "What happened between you and Liu Dawei? Why did he send you a message saying he would never contact you again?"
"Look at the group chat. He suddenly left the group. Now the fans in the group are all speculating about what happened between you and him. Several of the big spenders on your leaderboard have also left the group!"
"...Didn't I tell you to try and please him? Why didn't you listen? At this rate, when will you ever become famous?"
Listening to his complaining words, Wu Xue finally couldn't hold back and slapped him across the face. This stopped Xiang Wei from speaking. He stared at Xu Gui with wide eyes and an expression of disbelief on his face.
"What are you doing?" Xiang Wei roared angrily.
"What am I supposed to do?" Wu Xue laughed, but the smile was more like a grimace. She murmured, "I'd like to ask you, what are you trying to do? Your girlfriend was invited out to dinner by an ugly, fat man, and she's only just come back. You don't care if something bad happened to her, or if anything happened between her and that man, but instead you're here questioning her..."
"Question her, why did you break up with another man..."
Wu Xue looked at Xiang Wei and, seeing his guilty look, asked softly, "Xiang Wei, do you really love me? Do you really consider me your girlfriend? Do you even remember that I'm your girlfriend?"
Xiang Wei looked guilty. He reached out and awkwardly grabbed Wu Xue's arm, saying, "Xiao Xue, of course I like you, and I haven't forgotten that you're my girlfriend, it's just..."
"Have you forgotten our dreams? Didn't you say you wanted to become the number one singing and dancing blogger on Hunan TV? But if no one is giving you money, resources, and gifts, do you think you can achieve your dream?"
He spoke with an earnest tone, saying, "Look at all those singing and dancing bloggers on Fruit Station now, which one of them is as talented as you? But it's because you don't have resources, no one is throwing money at you, that's why you've remained unknown!"
"Xiaoxue, I'm doing this for your dream! Besides, we've worked so hard for so long, do you really want to give up now?"
“I know you must have been wronged by Liu Dawei,” he said, reaching out to hug Wu Xue and whispering, “How about this, you get some rest tonight and calm down, and we’ll talk it over properly tomorrow, okay?”
When Wu Xue heard him use the same familiar rhetoric, she couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly.
“There is no tomorrow,” she said.
Xiang Wei: "What?"
Wu Xue pushed him away, looked up at him, and said, "I said, we don't have a tomorrow."
She said, each word distinct and her tone icy, "Xiang Wei, I want to break up with you!"
Xiang Wei's eyes widened, and he blurted out his objection: "No! I don't want to break up with you... Xiaoxue, don't be impulsive, listen to me..."
He took a step forward, wanting to get closer to Wu Xue, but Wu Xue took another step back.
“There’s nothing left to say between us,” Wu Xue wiped away her tears and said, “Actually, I should have broken up with you a long time ago. When you asked me to have dinner with Liu Dawei, when you repeatedly made me abandon my self-respect and endure Liu Dawei’s harassment… I should have broken up with you then.”
If she had broken up with Xiang Wei earlier and hadn't listened to his nonsense, perhaps she wouldn't be in this situation today... Wu Xue smiled self-deprecatingly.
Xiang Wei: "I won't allow it! I won't break up with you!"
Seeing his agitated state, Wu Xue sighed, "Why are you doing this? You don't really love me that much; you just want to make me famous and earn more money..."
Xiang Wei said, embarrassed and annoyed, "Xiao Xue, how could you think of me like that? Is that really the kind of person you think I am?"
Wu Xue felt very tired, exhausted both mentally and physically. Listening to Xiang Wei's rebuttal, she suddenly said, "I slept with Liu Dawei."
"..." Xiang Wei's voice stopped abruptly, and he stared blankly at Wu Xue.
Wu Xue was amused by his expression. She said, "What kind of reaction is this? Didn't you already think of this? A lone man and a woman, a lustful old man... Do you think nothing happened between us?"
"You, you..." Xiang Wei's face turned red, then suddenly: "Slap!"
He slapped Wu Xue across the face, glared at her hatefully, and cursed, "Shameless!"
Wu Xue's face was turned to the side by the slap. She covered her burning cheek, turned her head slightly, and looked at Xiang Wei coldly. The next second, she directly slapped Xiang Wei back with all her might.
After being slapped, Xiang Wei stared at her in disbelief, "You dare hit me?"
"You dared to hit me, why wouldn't I dare to hit you?" Wu Xue retorted, lowering her hand, her palm slightly numb. She looked at Xiang Wei with a mocking expression and said, "Why are you pretending not to know anything now? Ask yourself honestly, do you really know nothing about what happened between me and Liu Dawei?"
Xiang Wei's anger gradually turned into guilt, and he was somewhat afraid to look at Wu Xue's sharp and mocking eyes.
Seeing his reaction, even though Wu Xue already knew he knew everything, her heart turned cold. Tears streamed down her face. She blinked hard, took a breath, and said, "So, let's just part ways amicably. I don't want things to get too ugly."
Xiang Wei: "...Xiaoxue".
"Don't you mind that I slept with Liu Dawei?" Wu Xue retorted. "If you don't mind, it's not impossible for us to continue being together..."
As she spoke, she took a step forward and said, "Xiang Wei, actually I still really want to be with you."
Upon hearing this, Xiang Wei subconsciously took a step back. Only when he saw the mockery on Wu Xue's face did he realize what he had done, and his face immediately burned with embarrassment.
"Alright, since you insist on breaking up, there's nothing I can do..." he said. "Although I rented the house, I don't have much stuff, so I can just move out. As for tonight, I can sleep on the sofa outside."
The man who had just said he didn't want to break up was now going in and out of the bedroom, taking a blanket and starting to sleep on the living room sofa, as if all his reluctance and entanglement had been fake.
Ah, all of this was fake, all pretense. Didn't I already know that? Wu Xue thought with a touch of self-mockery.
After Xiang Wei left the bedroom, she closed the door, leaned against it, and slowly slid down to sit on the floor. She hugged her legs and stared blankly at a point in the void.
Suddenly, she remembered something, picked up her phone from the ground, and sent a message.
*
"Wu Xue wants to meet you?" Kuang Ming asked in surprise. He was on the phone with Xu Gui. "What does she want to do with you?"
Xu Gui said, "Maybe it's because of what happened yesterday, they want to thank me."
“Alright…” Kuang Ming said, but didn’t say anything more about the matter. He felt that Xu Gui was definitely more aware of the situation than he was, so there was no need for him to say anything more.
Rather than dealing with such matters, he would rather give Xu Gui a few more words of advice regarding work.
"By the way, He Yuan's filming should be finished soon, and she should be back in the next couple of days. She should have told you, right?" Kuang Ming suddenly asked.
Xu Gui nodded: "Yes, she told me that she would be back tomorrow."
He Yuan is not in City A. "The Acting Competition" is being filmed in Province K, so she is naturally in Province K now. Now that the first episode has finished filming, she will naturally be coming back. During this time, she and Xu Gui have been in contact. She was on the phone with Xu Gui yesterday, saying that she would bring him some local specialties from Province K.
Kuang Ming said in a good mood, "He Yuan's acting skills are really good. The mentors on the 'Acting Competition' program are all asking me where I found this gem."
The other party told him that He Yuan has a face that tells a lot of stories. Looking at that face, one can't help but imagine countless stories. What's even more difficult is that He Yuan, who has such a face, is also an excellent actress.
"He's no worse than veteran actors, and even more talented than many veteran actors..." These are the words of that mentor, who is also a famous director in China.
He contacted Kuang Ming and expressed his desire to collaborate with He Yuan again... This surprised and delighted Kuang Ming, giving him even more confidence in Xu Gui's earlier prediction that He Yuan would become famous.
“Since you and she are friends, if you have any problems with acting, you should ask her for advice,” Kuang Ming said. This was also the purpose of his call with Xu Gui.
Compared to He Yuan's skillful acting, he was actually more worried about Xu Gui's acting. Soon, Xu Gui would be joining the crew to film her first scene.
Kuang Ming: What should I do if I panic?
Xu Gui responded to his words with pride, "Then don't worry, He Yuan already said that she will definitely give me good guidance on my acting skills, you don't need to worry about me at all!"
Kuang Ming: ...But I'm a little worried.
well.
After Xu Gui finished his phone call with Kuang Ming, he had lunch with everyone at the orphanage before heading to meet Wu Xue. The two arranged to meet at a coffee shop. When Xu Gui arrived, Wu Xue was already there, sitting in a booth, staring blankly out the window.
Seeing Xu Gui approach, she quickly stood up and waited for Xu Gui to sit down before sitting down herself. Then she asked Xu Gui, "Miss Xu, what would you like to drink?"
At a coffee shop, of course, one must drink coffee. Xu Gui thought of the coffee he had at Lu Boyi's house back in H Province. Although the taste of that coffee was a little unusual, it was really fragrant.
Xu Gui was feeling a bit hungry, so she ordered an iced Americano recommended by the waiter.
After she finished ordering, she looked up at Wu Xue.
Wu Xue had been wearing a mask, but after Xu Gui sat down, she quietly took it off, revealing a somewhat haggard face. Upon closer inspection, her eyes were also red and swollen, as if she had been crying.
"Thank you for telling me about yesterday." She thanked Xu Gui, then joked self-deprecatingly, "Otherwise, I really would have become a viral sensation online..."
She thought of the prophecy Xu Gui had given her in the live stream and couldn't help but ask, "But if you tell me about this, then what you predicted for me in the live stream won't come true, right? Wouldn't that be bad for you?"
"Won't people think you're all talk and no action, and that you made a mistake in your calculations?"
She started to worry about Xu Gui.
Upon hearing her words, Xu Gui lifted his eyelids to glance at her, and suddenly laughed.
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