Lu Yang took the newspaper and looked at it carefully, then frowned: "Playing the victim, that's what many actors do."
Yao Lili said angrily, "How dare she say that you all bullied her?"
Lu Yang smiled, his heart completely unmoved: "Haven't she always been like this?"
“She used to always turn the tables and say that we bullied her. She would spread rumors in front of Lu Jianjun and incite Lu Jianjun and my grandma to beat us.”
"She's very good at this, and she uses it not only on us, but also on anyone she doesn't like."
Yao Lili gave a disgusted look and rolled her eyes.
"You absolutely must not mention to anyone that you are Lu Qing's cousin, it might cause unnecessary trouble."
Yao Lili reminded her, a hint of worry creeping into her heart.
Lu Yang couldn't help but laugh: "She has to become famous first. If she's just a nobody actress, who would even bother with her?"
Yao Lili frowned, feeling very irritated.
She increasingly felt that Lu Qing was shameless. They had already stopped interfering with each other, yet Lu Qing still insisted on blaming Lu Yang.
Seeing that Lu Yang didn't care at all, she stopped talking.
At this moment, Lu Qing's life was not so good. She had joined the film crew and was at odds with Zhou Xiaoxiao.
She plays the third female lead in this series. Zhou Xiaoxiao is a minor villain, but Zhou Xiaoxiao's acting is excellent, so she might be more likable than her.
Lu Qing is under a lot of pressure right now, but she is still adjusting her emotions to act.
Zhou Xiaoxiao watched from the side with a half-smile, then turned to her assistant and asked, "Are you sure everything you found is true?"
The assistant laughed and said, "It's confirmed. She was expelled for embezzling school funds and was also a mistress..."
Zhou Xiaoxiao curled her lip, seemingly losing interest instantly: "This kind of idiot doesn't deserve to be my opponent!"
The assistant looked at Lu Qing with disdain and said, "That's right, she's not even worthy of carrying the young lady's shoes."
Zhou Xiaoxiao said in a low voice, "Don't rush to release those negative stories. Wait until the movie is released and when the hype is at its peak."
A cold glint flashed in the assistant's eyes, and he immediately nodded obediently.
Lu Qing was still acting hard on the side. The character was very similar to her, so she didn't find it too difficult to act.
Half a month later, Lu Qing finished filming her scenes. She felt exhausted and even more uneasy looking at Zhou Xiaoxiao's confident demeanor.
But she felt she had done her best, so she stopped worrying about it.
When she got home, Lu Yao was sitting in her rented room.
Lu Yao's expression turned somewhat unpleasant, and he said speechlessly, "Why are you targeting Zhou Xiaoxiao? Look at what you've said."
Lu Qing slumped onto the sofa, exhausted, and said, "The director told me to. Do you really think I can just say whatever I want?"
Lu Yao stared in disbelief, scratched his head, and asked, "Aren't you afraid of offending your competitors?"
Lu Qing closed her eyes and couldn't help but chuckle to herself.
It wasn't just offending her; she and Zhou Xiaoxiao were locked in a life-or-death struggle.
She was too lazy to tell Lu Yao any of this, but Lu Yao pressed her for details: "You must have received a lot of money this time."
Lu Qing ignored him and said impatiently, "Mom gives you a lot of living expenses, right? You're still eyeing my paycheck!"
Lu Yao sat down next to her and said, "I'm just curious if you'll earn more money this time since you have a lot of scenes."
Lu Qing nodded perfunctorily: "Yes, we made quite a bit."
Lu Yao felt extremely frustrated when she didn't respond.
He heard from others that being a celebrity is very lucrative, and he thought that he could benefit from Lu Qing's earnings.
With more acquaintances, celebrities can also take the opportunity to build connections and lay the foundation for their future careers.
But he found that this was not the case. Lu Qing was busy running around, but it seemed that she had not saved any money at all, and he himself was struggling to make ends meet.
He stood up irritably and couldn't help but sneer, "You're really outrageous. You couldn't do well in college, you couldn't even manage to find a boyfriend, and now that you're an actor, everyone else is making money, but you're just throwing money away and making yourself so tired. You've accomplished nothing!"
Lu Qing, unable to bear it any longer, opened her eyes and questioned, "You're a grown man, and you never think about earning money on your own. You only think about sucking the blood of your relatives. You're a complete waste."
Lu Yao was enraged by the scolding and said angrily with red eyes, "If it weren't for me, would you know Director Xu? Would you be able to become an actor? And you still call me a piece of trash. Compared to you, I'm at least better than you."
Lu Qing struggled to get up, and the two had a big argument, which startled the downstairs neighbors who came up to knock on the door. In the end, the two parted on bad terms.
Lu Yang was unaware of this; he was reading a letter sent by Li Xingran.
Li Xingran received another second-class merit award and told him about it. This time, she even mailed all the prize money to Lu Yang.
Lu Yang received the money and bought a bunch of daily necessities, nuts, snacks, dried fruit, and other things, which he mailed to Li Xingran along with the letter he had written.
Ten days later, Li Xingran received a large package. The school checked it and made sure there were no problems before giving it to him.
"Xingran, did your girlfriend send this to you? You send her two letters a month, that's quite a good relationship!"
"My roommate Qi Yu couldn't help but laugh as he spoke."
Li Xingran shook her head: "He's a guy, and he has a girlfriend. We're just very good friends."
As he spoke, he tossed a bag of nuts to Qi Yu, then took out some more and placed them on the table, saying, "Anyone who wants some can take some."
He packed up his other belongings, picked up the letter, put it in his pocket, and left the dormitory.
Qi Yu curled his lip: "What kind of friend would send him two letters every month, and the other person would reply to him every time?"
Tang Zhiyuan, sitting in the opposite bed, grabbed a handful of nuts and said casually, "Who cares? If he wants to go out, we'll go with him. That guy always manages to cause big trouble whenever he goes out!"
Li Xingran was right at the door and naturally heard their conversation, but he didn't feel any aversion to it.
Because the criminals Lu Yang mentioned each time were extremely vicious, he wasn't confident he could handle them all by himself.
The Yangcheng Market building was completely sealed off last month, and they're going to add two more floors.
But the street stalls can still be set up outside, so there are still quite a few people, and it's still very lively.
Lu Yang would come over whenever he had free time. Sometimes he would come by himself, but most of the time he would leave with Yao Lili.
Three months later, the two-story building was completed, and the market reopened.
Standing on the top floor, Yao Lili smiled and said, "The rent has increased by 76,000 yuan every month."
Lu Yang nodded, adding two more floors, each with eight units of 40 square meters and two units of 60 square meters.
However, all four 60-square-meter apartments on these two floors are rented out for 5,000 yuan per month.
After deducting expenses such as water and electricity, they made a net profit of 165,000 yuan, breaking even in less than four months.
The two drank tea on the rooftop for a while, then slowly walked downstairs.
As they were walking, people suddenly started pointing and whispering about them.
Lu Yang was a little puzzled, and just as he was wondering, he suddenly heard someone call his name.
He instinctively turned around and discovered that the sound was coming from the market's large television screen.
"Lu Mansha!"
Yao Lili looked at the woman on TV whose makeup was ruined from crying and exclaimed in surprise.
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