Chapter 9 is really unlucky.
In the world of the book, Lin Qingtong, the transmigrated protagonist, has three main male leads, each with their own unique skill.
For example, Su Fengyao, who started out bankrupt, frantically used the title of "Fu Shao's soon-to-be boyfriend" to borrow resources and connections everywhere, successfully made the Su family rise again, and finally kicked out his sugar daddy and married the protagonist, is a protagonist who has achieved success in both love and career. His special skill is to be gentle and pretentious, and to live off a woman.
Take Gu Jiming, for example. Although he is a child star, he is very experienced. As a top idol, he can sing, dance, and rap, and can dance to ten songs in a row without getting tired. He can also make heart gestures and wink, captivating his fans every day.
"The number one male predator in the Chinese entertainment industry" is one of Gu Jiming's nicknames. Some perverts who frequent the internet and are at large have studied his gray sweatpants and charming shark muscles, and are convinced that this guy is no ordinary person.
As expected, the perverts were right.
Gu Jiming can be considered one of the talents in the flower market. He worked hard while sobbing and acting cute while sticking his nose up high. In the end, he successfully won over Lin Qingtong with his superb cultivation ability.
As a member of the stand-in group, Gu Jiming's approach to getting close to Fu Yanle was different from Su Fengyao's; he was not a "potential boyfriend," but rather "a younger brother from a family with whom he had a long-standing friendship."
Fu Yanle recalled Gu Jiming's repeated calls of "Brother Yanle," and a sudden urge to gag rose in his throat. He covered his mouth with his hand and, under Gu Jiming's suddenly darkening gaze, bent over and dry-heaved twice.
The butler immediately helped him up, patted him on the back to help him catch his breath, and asked worriedly, "What's wrong?"
Fu Yanle straightened up and exhaled. "There's something dirty here. I'm afraid I inhaled some foul air."
"Brother Yanle, are you alright?" Gu Jiming walked up to Fu Yanle, his tone worried. "If you're not feeling well, sit down for a while before taking the promotional photos."
As he spoke, Gu Jiming's gaze fell on the cloud-like patterns at the corners of Fu Yanle's eyes, then followed to those misty, hazy eyes. He couldn't help but click his tongue: Putting everything else aside, Fu Yanle's face is truly exquisite. If it weren't for Qing Tong, he really wanted to sleep with Fu Yanle once.
"Excuse me." The butler stepped aside to block Gu Jiming. "My young master can't stand bright colors. The green grass on your head is very glaring. Please don't get too close to avoid hurting my young master's innocent eyes."
"..." Gu Jiming did not back down, stared at the butler for about ten seconds, and suddenly chuckled, "Who are you? I've never seen you before?"
He looks decent enough, and he's so intimate with Fu Yanle, could he be her new favorite?
The butler calmly said, "You're blinded by the intense green light; how can you see other people?"
“…Brother Yanle.” Gu Jiming didn’t want to talk to the butler, so he looked at Fu Yanle and said, “It’s only been a little over a month since I last saw you, and you’ve gotten even more handsome!”
He flashed a simple and sweet puppy-like smile, "Brother Yanle is the most handsome person I've ever seen!"
"You have a good eye," Fu Yanle smiled slightly, "but you seem to have gotten uglier."
Seeing Gu Jiming's face scrunched up like a rag scratched by a dog's paws, Fu Yanle couldn't help but sigh, his voice seemingly carrying a hundred pounds of worry, "Is the air at the performance venue not good enough for you? You don't look like you've had enough rest. Look at your dark circles, they're as thick as two tadpoles. It's really bad luck—oh no, it's really depressing!"
Gu Jiming had a gut feeling that Fu Yanle was being sarcastic, but he couldn't find any evidence in Fu Yanle's sincere expression and worried tone.
"...I haven't had enough rest. We've been rehearsing repeatedly, and I have to rush back after the actual performance." Gu Jiming said with his big, watery puppy eyes, "I'm so tired, but I heard that Brother Yanle was coming today, so I came. I wanted to film with you."
"Damn!" Fu Yanle made an "X" sign in front of her chest. "You need to learn to walk independently, okay?"
"I just miss you so much," Gu Jiming said softly and affectionately. "I'll come to your house to visit you when I have some free time in a few days, okay?"
"No good." Fu Yanle recalled his past life, when Gu Jiming used the identity of "the younger brother of a family with whom he had a long-standing friendship" to run to his house every day. He was cute and coquettish, and he would squat in his room every day, playing the role of a puppy, a wolf, or a silly dog. He was just not human.
"Why?" Gu Jiming asked, looking aggrieved. "Brother Yanle, did I do something wrong, or did someone say bad things about me to you?"
His tone turned fierce, "Is it Su Fengyao?!"
Fu Yanle suddenly remembered that Gu Jiming first learned that there was an ambiguous relationship between Su Fengyao and Lin Qingtong on the night of Lin Qingtong's twenty-second birthday.
That day, Gu Jiming excitedly decorated the hotel, preparing to first make a tender confession, then a passionate one, but he couldn't get through on the phone. He went to Lin Qingtong's place to look for her, only to bump into his beloved Bai Yueguang and Su Fengyao embracing and kissing at the door.
Two attacks collided, a barrage of punches and kicks ensued, and the green waves shimmered.
Seeing that someone was about to die, Lin Qingtong cried out, "Stop hitting the spicy food!" and the two immediately fell silent.
Lin Qingtong stood between the two men, expressing how entangled she was in this complicated relationship, feeling restless day and night. Her impassioned speech and heartfelt confession deeply moved the two men, who immediately declared their willingness to coexist peacefully with each other.
Lin Qingtong was both gratified and moved, holding one in each hand as they celebrated their fulfilling and exhilarating 22nd birthday.
From this perspective, Gu Jiming is still unaware of the relationship between Su Fengyao and Lin Qingtong.
Fu Yanle looked at the grassland above Gu Jiming's head.
Seeing that Fu Yanle remained silent, Gu Jiming became anxious and stepped forward, speaking to the butler, "Brother Yanle, you must not believe him! He's just talking nonsense because he's afraid I'll get too close to you!"
“Sigh, how could he possibly care about my affairs now?” Fu Yanle lowered his eyes, his tone instantly turning bitter. “His heart is full of his white moonlight, I’m just a joke.”
What!
The assistant, huddled in the corner, suddenly realized he wasn't even in the corner enough: the amount of information in these two's conversation was getting increasingly overwhelming! Help! He couldn't understand a word they were saying...
"What!" Gu Jiming frowned. "Yanle, what do you mean by that? Su Fengyao gave you..."
"Yes, he lied to me!" Fu Yanle stomped her foot, covered half her face with her hand, and said with a mournful expression, "It's all fake. He's been having an affair with my dad's illegitimate son for a long time. I caught them in bed together!"
"What!" Gu Jiming's expression changed drastically. "An illegitimate child? Isn't that Qing? They—"
Fu Yanle suddenly looked up. "Yes, you sound so agitated. Are you also shocked by the ancestral graves?"
"Yes, ah!" Gu Jiming clenched his fist at his side, making a terrifying sound. Under Fu Yanle's gaze, he tried his best to turn his expression into worry and pity. "This is too much! Brother Yanle is so good, how could Su Fengyao bear to treat you like this?"
Upon hearing this, Fu Yanle closed his eyes, leaving behind a series of "woo woo woo" background music, and staggered away with the help of the butler.
The assistant followed behind Fu Yanle, feeling utterly dejected: He never imagined that someone as handsome as him would be cheated on, especially by his own illegitimate child. This wasn't just a cuckold's horns, but also a tremendous humiliation!
Gu Jiming watched the group walk away, stiffly took out his phone from his pocket, and made a call.
"Find out where that bitch Su Fengyao is, right now!"
Gu Jiming gripped his phone tightly. Amidst extreme anger and shock, he couldn't help but recall Fu Yanle's expression just now—his reddened eyes and pale lips… He must be heartbroken, right? After all, who in the industry didn't know that Fu Yanle's love for Su Fengyao had reached the point of utter madness?
"..."
Gu Jiming lit a cigarette in frustration, then came back to his senses a second later—damn it, why was he worrying about this! At least Fu Yanle's hair was still black, but he was green from head to toe, green inside and out, it was so fitting!
*
Fu Yanle sat on the sofa, the photographer was communicating with him, the butler glanced at the situation out of the corner of his eye, took out his phone from his pocket and sent a message to his husband who was working hard, relaying the "Green Light in the Corridor" segment with a scientific and rigorous attitude.
After the photographer left, the butler brought Fu Yanle a cup of hot water and thoughtfully inserted a tube, then whispered his doubts, "Young Master Fu, why did you tell Gu Jiming about Lin Qingtong and Su Fengyao's relationship? Wouldn't it have been better to let him be cuckolded for now, and tell him when he's really cuckolded to the point of absurdity?"
"Huh?" Fu Yanle turned around, holding his water glass. "How do you know Gu Jiming and Lin Qingtong have a relationship?"
“If two people get too close, even if they’re acting suspiciously, we can still find clues,” the butler said modestly. “As an all-rounder, this is a piece of cake.”
"Wow!" Fu Yanle slurped up some hot water. "As time went on, although Gu Jiming's infidelity became more pronounced, his feelings for Lin Qingtong also deepened. Right now, they haven't officially confirmed their relationship and are still in that ambiguous, mutually entangled phase, so their feelings aren't that deep yet."
The butler immediately understood, "So right now, Gu Jiming's anger and shame outweigh his sadness and jealousy. He will definitely not let Su Fengyao go, and he will also harbor resentment towards Lin Qingtong. When Lin Qingtong seeks Gu Jiming's help again, it will be more difficult."
This would not only incite conflict between Gu Jiming and Su Fengyao, but also sow discord between Gu Jiming and Lin Qingtong, and cause Gu Jiming to suffer heartbreak—killing three birds with one stone!
The butler gave a thumbs-up, "Brilliant!"
"No problem." Fu Yanle held the water glass, his palms were warm, but his heart was still a little cold.
He once thought that Su Fengyao genuinely liked him, which was why she was so considerate and gentle towards him. He also thought that Gu Jiming genuinely treated him like a brother, which was why he acted childishly and always liked to come and pester him. Although he was a scoundrel, he wanted to repay those who treated him sincerely with ten times the sincerity, so he tried his best to help the Su family and was always willing to help Gu Jiming.
But they're all fake.
He looked somewhat ridiculous.
The butler noticed that Fu Yanle was in a bad mood and couldn't help but rub his white gloves, but he couldn't come up with a word of comfort. After all, his husband never needed comforting, and he had never had the opportunity to learn that skill.
Just then, Fu Yanle's phone on the table lit up, and a familiar number caught the butler's eye. He quickly picked up the phone and placed it in front of Fu Yanle. "Young Master Fu, there's a call."
Fu Yanle answered absentmindedly, "Hello?"
"It's me."
The clear and magnetic voice deepened slightly at this moment, and Fu Yanle instantly recognized the other person's identity.
"Brother Chen?" Fu Yanle put down his water glass. "Why are you calling me?"
“I guess you’re not very happy right now,” Yu Jingchen said.
Fu Yanle was taken aback, then grinned and said, "Wow, Brother Chen, you can even read minds from a distance!"
“Looks like I read it right,” Yu Jingchen said. “I’m not making money tonight, I’ll come pick you up.”
Fu Yanle subconsciously said, "The housekeeper is here, you don't need to come and get me."
Yu Jingchen patiently persuaded, "You have the right to be unhappy, and I also have the right to make you happy."
“…Oh.” Fu Yanle gripped his phone tighter, somewhat taken aback. “Huh?”
"Yanle, you should allow me to exercise this right."
Author's Note:
Assistant Xu entered the office with the documents. "President Yu, I have some here—"
Mr. Yu wandered around the perfume industry, didn't even look at it, and went out to coax people.
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