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  • Film Empress’s Daily Face Slapping Chapter 49

    Selfie

    His hot breath puffed onto her ear, causing Su Shen to stiffen all over in an instant. Her face felt a little flushed, but she pretended to be calm and tried to take his hands off her waist, “I… I know your house is big, you don’t have to show off.”

    Xie Yan: “…….”

    Seeing that she seemed to be a little nervous, Xie Yan lowered his voice and muttered, “Actually, the biggest thing in my house is…”

    “Get out!”

    Su Shen suddenly turned around, placed her hands on his waist and pushed hard.

    Looking at her flushed face, Xie Yan chuckled helplessly. At last, he cooperated with her and got pushed out of the kitchen.

    It was not until she closed the kitchen door and saw no figure outside that Su Shen leaned against the door and sighed. It was just that her ears were still a little red. 

    Xie Yan had actually been very upright. She had been trying to make herself relax a little, to not panic every time he got close to her. However, it was easier said than done, as she always felt embarrassed.

    After taking a few deep breaths, she continued rolling up her sleeves to get ready to cook. She simmered the chicken soup first before washing the vegetables. There was not enough time, so she could only simmer the soup at high heat. The amount of vegetables she bought was small, so it was fast to prepare. Three dishes and a soup were prepared in about half an hour, but the soup had to be cooked a little longer.

    When she opened the kitchen door, she saw that Xie Yan was sitting in the living room playing on his laptop. The sky outside was completely dark. After Su Shen brought the dishes to the small dining room and saw that the soup still needed to be simmered for a while, she washed her hands and walked towards him.

    When she neared, she found that Xie Yan was reading a script in English. Taking a glance at it, Su Shen found that it might be the Hollywood script that Liu jie had mentioned.

    “Done so fast?” Xie Yan turned his head and found her standing beside him. He took his phone, got up, and walked towards the dining table.

    “The soup still needs to be simmered for a while. You can eat first.” As she said that, Su Shen walked towards the kitchen to get some bowls and chopsticks.

    There were three bowls, one for Xie Yan, one for the helper auntie, and another one that was pink which looked brand new. Su Shen thought it was funny. Why did Xie Yan think she liked pink?

    After washing the bowls, a lamp was turned on in the small dining room. The light was not very bright. Under the light, Xie Yan could be seen taking pictures of the dishes on the table with his phone. After that, he took a selfie with them too.

    Su Shen: “……”

    “Don’t you not like taking selfies?” She brought the bowls and chopsticks over, remembering that Xie Yan’s Weibo didn’t contain a single selfie of himself.

    After sitting down, Xie Yan suddenly grabbed her hand, startling Su Shen, only to see him aiming his phone camera at their interlocked hands, taking whoever-knows how many pictures in a row.

    Su Shen quickly pulled her hand away and looked at the man beside her strangely, “What are you doing?”

    Sitting beside her, he tapped on his phone with the light from the screen shining onto his face, which was serene and particular, “Today’s a holiday. Did you make a post on Weibo yet?”

    Su Shen: “…….”

    She quickly grabbed his arm and said, “It’s not easy for He Hua. Just let him enjoy the holiday peacefully.”

    If Xie Yan was to post that photo, even though her face was not shown, his fans would definitely howl in grief. If it couldn’t be controlled, it would go haywire. He Hua would angrily ask him why he did so without saying a word again. Moreover, the movie premiere was tomorrow. If Xie Yan was to post this, it would definitely steal the limelight of the movie again. She was still waiting for an opportunity to improve her reputation too.

    Xie Yan looked up and looked at her for a while before he frowned and finally compromised, “I won’t post that photo.”

    Su Shen breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that he was still on his phone, she went to go fill his bowl with rice. When she came back, Xie Yan had already put down his phone. But when he saw the egg sized portion of rice in her bowl, he couldn’t help but said in a somber voice, “Are you eating or counting grains of rice?”

    “Eating.” Su Shen picked up a piece of vegetables and placed it into her bowl very naturally and said calmly, “I ate a bowl and a half this afternoon and also ate two pieces of meat. I really can’t eat too much for dinner.”

    Looking at her slender arm, as if it could be broken with one hand, Xie Yan lowered his gaze and suddenly placed his chopsticks down. He wrapped a hand around her waist and feeling her stiffened, he leaned in and whispered, “It’s so windy outside, and you’re so thin. What if you get blown away by the wind?”

    The heater was on in the house, so Su Shen only wore a coffee colored form fitting sweater. His hot hand clung to her waist tightly, causing her to blush. She quickly pulled his hand away and snorted, “I’ll just go and add more!”

    Seeing that she went to scoop some more rice, Xie Yan picked up his chopsticks satisfiedly and started to eat the fish in front of him.

    The three dishes and soup had no special plating, they were just ordinary home cooked dishes. But for Xie Yan, they tasted better than the Manchu Han imperial feast last time.

    As they were eating, Su Shen went to the kitchen to turn off the stove and told him that the soup was ready.

    Seeing that Xie Yan didn’t refrain from eating meat, she couldn’t help but asked curiously, “Why do you refrain from eating meat?”

    Every habit had its own reason.

    Xie Yan paused and then picked up some vegetables into his bowl. He said in a low voice, “When I was a child, I lived with my maternal grandma for a period of time. At that time, I was thin, so she fed me chicken, duck, and fish everyday. After a month, I was tired of them.”

    Su Shen: “…….”

    She hadn’t expected that there would be such a miserable story behind it. If it was her, she might want to vomit when she saw meat in the future.

    “But, I’m not tired of the meat you cook.” He suddenly turned around with a smile on his face.

    With a slight cough, Su Shen looked down and blushed without saying anything.

    He had never seen such a shy person. Xie Yan chuckled and continued to eat.

    After dinner, Xie Yan didn’t allow her to wash the dishes, and Su Shen didn’t decline. She laid on the big sofa and played on her phone as he went to the kitchen.

    Just now, Xie Yan had indeed posted two photos onto Weibo, one was a table of dishes and the other was a selfie of him and the table of dishes. It had only been more than ten minutes, and the comments below had already reached 20,000. Some artists that he had worked with before had even left a comment below, and there were some who just wanted clout such as Fan Meng. She left a gluttonous emoji, making it appear as if they were close.

    But there were also some who teased him too. One of them was Li Hao, who had left a photo of him eating takeout. The drastic contrast between his and Xie Yan’s made people sympathize with him.

    Netizen A: AHHHH! I finally saw my hubby post a selfie in my lifetime!

    Netizen B: Ahahaha, Li Hao’s so pitiful. [joy]

    Netizen C: Is it just me who’s focused on who made these dishes? [joy]

    Netizen D: Abusing us single dogs again. No! I refuse to accept it. [joy]

    Netizen E: Sigh, I don’t want to admit it, but since you guys already asked, yep, I’ve started living together with my hubby. [smiley face]

    Netizen F: If you have the ability, take a picture of the cook’s face. The brick in my hand is already ready to move. [smiley face] 

    Netizen G: AHAHAHAHAHA, I’m not crazy, I’m really not crazy. [knife]

    After a few minutes, Su Shen refreshed the page and there were an additional 10,000 comments. It could be imagined what would’ve happened if Xie Yan had posted that photo of their interlocked hands. However, it was not a big secret that she and Xie Yan were together in the industry. If her sister was able to know, so could others. Naturally, some people would want to expose the news, but no one would believe it without hard evidence. Moreover, the mainstream media had been bought off by He Hua, so no one would take the initiative to say something.

    In this world, if there was a problem that couldn’t be solved with money, it must be because it was not enough.

    After scrolling through the comments for a while, Su Shen also posted a selfie onto Weibo. In any case, it was a holiday today.

    When Xie Yan came out, she looked at the time and suddenly sat up from the sofa, “It’s late, I should go back.”

    “Go?” Xie Yan came to her side and sat down, his gaze fervent, “Back?”

    Being stared at by him, she felt a little flustered. Su Shen couldn’t help but pull a little distance and said in a somewhat timid voice, “We have to attend the movie premiere tomorrow. I have to go back early to rest.”

    “You can go there from here.” He picked up the glass of water on the table and took a sip before saying, “It’s late, not safe.”

    It wasn’t her first time to go home so late. Su Shen didn’t feel that it was unsafe, so she insisted, “I can ask the chauffeur to come pick me up.”

    Seeing that she was about to put on her slippers, Xie Yan frowned, “You don’t believe me?”

    Su Shen paused and turned around only to see Xie Yan staring at her, seemingly a little unhappy.

    Her eyes wandered for a bit and said softly, “No. I just thought that I… didn’t bring any clothes.”

    At that, Xie Yan sat there, lost in thought. Su Shen thought that he was angry, but she didn’t know how to explain it. After all, she really didn’t bring any clothes with her. Although she could make do with pajamas, she couldn’t with undergarments.

    The atmosphere seemed to have frozen like this for a bit. After a long silence, Xie Yan suddenly got up, “Let’s go, I’ll send you back.”

    Hearing this, Su Shen breathed a sigh of relief. She went to get her down coat and put it on in a hurry, as if she was afraid that he would change his mind.

    It was actually still pretty early, only eight o’clock. Su Shen didn’t want to trouble Xie Yan, but he insisted on sending her back, so she relented.

    After getting into the car, the atmosphere seemed to be a little awkward. Su Shen turned her head to look at the night scenery that was constantly changing. At this time, there were many cars, especially downtown. It was rare for it not to have traffic.

    She turned around to look at the person beside her as she thought of something, “What time is your flight tomorrow?”

    At that, the person driving said without turning around, “Five o’clock.”

    The movie premiere would begin at 1:00 pm, and it would end at around 3:30 pm. So, Xie Yan had to immediately hurry to the airport after. It was indeed quite rushed.

    Thinking that they wouldn’t be able to see each other for three months, Su Shen felt quite strange. She couldn’t help but stare at his side profile and suddenly discovered that she was actually a little reluctant to part with him.

    Seeing that she kept staring at him, Xie Yan turned his head slightly, “What, can’t bear to part with me?”

    Su Shen: “……”

    She snorted and looked away, “It’s you who can’t bear to part with me!”

    His eyes darkened and with a smile, “I really can’t bear to part with you.”

    His deep and mellow voice made Su Shen’s heart skip a beat. She quickly closed her eyes and ignored him.

    There was clearly a traffic jam, but the way back seemed to be faster than usual. When the car stopped, Su Shen looked at the familiar scenery outside and was in a daze for a bit before she slowly unfastened her seat belt.

    “Eat more in the future. Health is more important than money. You’re already very thin.”

    Su Shen paused and turned around, only to see Xie Yan staring at her with concern in his eyes. She blinked and took a deep breath before suddenly saying, “Come here, I’ll tell you a secret.”

    Her tone was very soft, as if there really was something that could not be known. With a frown, Xie Yan leaned over, “What?”

    Looking at the face that was so close to her, Su Shen swallowed and suddenly kissed him on the cheek!

    The residual warmth on his face quickly left, but Xie Yan was still completely stunned.

    “I’ll go back first. Drive slowly!”

    Blushing, Su Shen immediately tried to open the door, but before she could reach it, she was pressed against the seat completely.

    “I like your secret a lot.” Xie Yan grabbed her small hand and a devouring storm could be seen boiling in his eyes. He said in a hoarse voice, “But now, I have to tell you a bigger secret.”

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  • I Am A Matchmaker On Taobao Chapter 71

    As they tangled inseparably and fell onto the couch, Shen Chuchu suddenly exclaimed, “Ah!”

    Han Xingyan immediately stopped and worriedly asked, “What happened, did I crush you?”

    Shen Chuchu frowned in pain and replied, “No. I was accidentally hit on the waist today while filming.”

    Han Xingyan touched Shen Chuchu’s waist and asked gloomily, “Who hit you?”

    Shen Chuchu saw his expression and hurriedly explained, “It was an accident because there were too many people. Don’t get angry.”

    Han Xingyan pursed his lips. He looked down at Shen Chuchu’s waist then glanced up and asked, “Did you see a doctor?”

    Shen Chuchu sat up and shook her head, “No, it’s only a minor injury. Also, it’s been hurting since yesterday after doing the stunts on wires. Ouch.” The pain only resurfaced because Shen Chuchu had been moving.

    Han Xingyan held her body and said, “Stop moving and lie down. Where is the medicinal wine* I gave you?”

    *TL-note: Also known as 跌打酒 (Die Da Jue) a common Chinese liniment used as a traditional medicine to heal external injuries, such as bruises, sore muscles, ligaments, tendon tears, strains and even minor fractures.

    Shen Chuchu pointed at her bag and replied, “It’s in my bag. It was pretty good.”

    Han Xingyan lowered his head and searched for the medicinal wine, “Yeah, this is from the nurse who looks after grandpa, Mrs Chen’s secret hometown recipe. When my dad used to hit…erm, I used it before. It’s pretty good.”

    Shen Chuchu noticed Han Xingyan only said half a sentence and curiously asked, “You’ve been hit by uncle* before?”

    *TL-note: In Asian culture, generally refer to people in your parent’s generations as uncle or aunty to show respect. 

    Han Xingyan pursed his lips and did not answer Shen Chuchu’s question but asked, “Does it not hurt anymore?”

    Shen Chuchu pouted, “It hurts. How could it not? My whole body hurts. So tell me about your beating. If you don’t want to talk about it, forget it.”

    Han Xingyan held onto the medicinal wine for a moment then replied, “It’s nothing really. When I used to get into fights with others, my dad would always give me a beating.”

    Shen Chuchu looked at Han Xingyan with amazement and replied, “You really can’t tell. You don’t look a bit mischievous now.”

    Han Xingyan replied, “Yes, everyone changes.”

    Afterwards, he looked at Shen Chuchu’s waist and asked, “I’ll put the medicine on you?”

    Shen Chuchu remembered the position of the pain and nervously replied, “No, no need. I…I…I can do it myself.” What a joke. Nevermind Han Xingyan, she had never even let Wang Qian apply medicine on her before. She would die of embarrassment.

    As she said this, she reached out for the medicinal wine in Han Xingyan’s hand.

    Han Xingyan moved the medicinal wine further away and unhappily replied, “Let me do it. You can’t even see behind you.”

    Shen Chuchu quickly replied, “No need, why don’t I call my assistant over.”

    Han Xingyan grew even more unhappy upon hearing this and said, “Your assistant is a girl. She doesn’t have enough strength. Let me do it.”

    When he saw that Shen Chuchu still wanted to object, he continued, “Chuchu, are you shy? Actually…well, that day at the hotel. I have already seen it.”

    Taking advantage of Shen Chuchu’s initial shock, Han Xingyan pushed up her clothes, poured the medicinal wine on his hands, and began massaging.

    “Ah! You are a pervert!” Shen Chuchu finally reacted.

    Han Xingyan continued to rub without saying anything as he looked at the distinct bruise on Shen Chuchu’s waist with anger.

    Shen Chuchu struggled to sit up but Han Xingyan’s strength was too much. She could only plead, “Ah, stop rubbing. Ah, it hurts. Ouch ouch ouch. Please be gentle.”

    Han Xingyan examined the reddish skin under his hands, which contrasted sharply with the fair skin around him. Coupled with Shen Chuchu’s voice, he said, slightly hoarsely, “Bear with it a little longer. It will get better soon.”

    Shen Chuchu knew the situation was over, so she had no choice but to lie here and be “slaughtered”, “Ah, ouch. Be gentle, it hurts over there. Ah! Be slower, slower. Han Xingyan, be slower.” 

    Han Xingyan’s eyes were stained with unfamiliar emotions, and he spoke in a nasal tone, “Yes.”

    Han Xingyan thought to himself, a man can’t slow down! So his movements did not slow down even though he agreed he would.

    Whilst Shen Chuchu continued to cry out in pain.

    Shen Chuchu began to feel less pain and more at ease after the bruises were gradually rubbed away.

    “Over there, yes, that’s right. Up a bit.”

    “Yes, over there too. Mhm, that’s right.”

    At first, Shen Chuchu could respond to Han Xingyan every once in a while but she later noticed that her eyelids were becoming heavier and heavier. A little later on, she felt as if she was being carried to bed. She wanted to open her eyes to take a look but knowing that Han Xingyan was beside her, she felt very safe. She did not open her eyes again and let herself fall asleep.

    Han Xingyan looked at his sleeping girlfriend, then at himself, shook his head helplessly, kissed his girlfriend on the forehead, and went back to his room.

    When Secretary Wang received his boss’s call signal, he thought he had misread it. He had expected the boss to not be looking for him tonight so did not expect him to call so late. Perhaps he is missing something? Secretary Wang lewdly thought so he considerately went to buy a box. 

    As a result, he was very taken aback when he entered the boss’s room, he smelled medicinal wine and noticed the boss’s soiled clothes. How could their boss, who had a severe cleanliness problem, allow himself to be in such a sorry state? Unless this sorry appearance…Secretary Wang understood everything after recalling the medicinal wine he sent as instructed a few days ago. Love was truly great.

    “Cancel all work schedules tomorrow then sort all the work for the next couple of days and send it to my room tomorrow morning.” Han Xingyan stated.

    Secretary Wang’s eyes widened in astonishment. He has been following the boss for many years and rarely saw the boss delay work for personal reasons. He always assumed the boss was a cold, emotionless machine. But he had never imagined that a robot could disregard anything when it comes to love.

    “Yes, okay.”

    The next morning, Shen Chuchu awoke in a trance for a brief moment. She had no idea how she got into bed. When she smelled the familiar aroma of medicinal wine, she suddenly sobered up. She quickly glanced to the side and lifted the quilt to inspect her clothes. She felt relieved after seeing it then got out of bed and looked for her phone. When she saw the time, she dashed to the bathroom to take a shower.

    After the shower, she felt alive again and the pain in her body greatly lessened.

    When Wang Qian arrived in the morning, she looked to the side and was surprised to see only Shen Chuchu in the room.

    Shen Chuchu, “What are you looking for? CEO Han is not here.”

    Wang Qian awkwardly smiled, “Yes, let’s get going now.”

    This time, when Shen Chuchu acted, her body was obviously much more flexible, and she had fewer NGs*. The director even praised her, “Not bad, Chuchu. You are progressing well.”

    *TL-note: Not Good

    “Thank you, director.”

    When Shen Chuchu went to rest after finishing this scene, she happened to overhear Cai-jie’s call.

    “Yes, hurry up with wedding invitations. I need to send them out…yes, thank you…bye.”

    After hanging up the phone, Cai-jie still had a happy smile on her face. She happily said as Shen Chcuhu came over, “You were in good shape today.”

    “Yes, you are in a good mood too today, Cai-jie.” Shen Chuchu replied.

    Cai-jie happily nodded, “Yes, you must have heard that I am about to get married soon. Aiya, I am so busy every day that there is no time to be happy.” Despite her claim that she did not have time to be happy, the smile on her face could not fool anyone.

    Shen Chuchu raised the corners of her mouth and replied, “Yes, Wang-ge looks like a considerate husband.”

    Cai-jie laughed, “Yes, he is alright. We make do.”

    Shen Chuchu wanted to ask more cautiously but seeing Cai-jie‘s unwillingness to say anything further, she decided not to.

    After a while, she received a message.

    Han Xingyan: Chuchu, let’s get dinner later. I’ve booked the private home cuisine you liked last time.

    Shen Chuchu happily responded: Yes, okay.

    When Shen Chuchu returned in the evening, she saw Han Xingyan typing on the computer while talking on the phone and watched him for a bit. At dinner time, she asked, “Are you busy? If you are, you don’t have to accompany me.”

    “Not busy, there are trivial matters.” Han Xingyan replied and continued when he saw his girlfriend’s guilty impression, “Nothing is more important than you.”

    Upon hearing this, Shen Chuchu’s guilty feelings were immediately relieved.

    After dinner, Han Xingyan asked, “How are you feeling today? Does your waist still hurt?”

    Shen Chuchu rested on Han Xingyan’s shoulders and softly replied, “It’s okay. It’s much better than before. Thank you.”

    Han Xingyan stroked Shen Chuchu’s hair and responded, “I see, it seems pretty effective. I can massage it for you again later.”

    Shen Chuchu immediately rejected his offer after remembering the pain from last night, “No need, it doesn’t hurt anymore.”

    Han Xingyan frowned and said, “According to my experience, you need at least three days.”

    “Three days? No need, I feel one day is fine…”

    “Do you have a few more shoots afterwards?”

    “Yes…erm…”

    In the end, Shen Chuchu gave in.

    However, because he had rubbed it the day before, it didn’t hurt as much when he started it again today.

    “Ah! Be more gentle. Mhm, feels great…ah!” Han Xingyan suddenly increased his strength and Shen Chuchu exclaimed, “ah.” So she returned a glare to Han Xingyan.

    Han Xingyan coughed lightly and said in a slightly hoarse voice, “Stop messing around.”

    Who was messing around? She only made those sounds because he was making her feel really good. When Shen Chuchu looked at Han Xingyan’s red ears and awkward expression, Shen Chuchu’s face also reddened as she remembered what she had just said 

    After a moment of silence, Shen Chuchu wanted to shout so she changed the subject and said, “Why are you so skilled? Have you ever massaged others?”

    Han Xingyan’s hands paused for a moment. Massage? Never mind massaging, he rarely touched others.

    “No, you are the first.”

    “Really?” Shen Chuchu replied in disbelief.

    “Yes. Many things are self-taught when it comes to you.” Han Xingyan moved his hand and turned Shen Chuchu’s body over then kissed her.

    Now that his girlfriend’s waist is almost healed, he can also reap the benefits. After all, he had endured for two nights already. No one can touch their girlfriend’s body and have no reaction. Unless he was a saint but on the contrary, he was a human and not a saint.

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  • plumlizi Welcomes 《I’m Actually Really Rich》

    plumlizi is happy to announce that we’re releasing a new novel I’m Actually Really Rich translated by maikaelaa and edited by Arielle (Chapter 1 – 7) and Lavender (Chapter 1 – onwards)! Woohoo 🥳

    Expect to see two people who have a crush on each other become a couple. This novel is full of fluff and makes you giggle as you read! Come and enjoy this novel with us!

    SYNOPSIS:

    Wen Le’s grandfather was a revered literary writer who escaped to the mountains for inspiration and has lived there for over 10 years.

    Ever since she was a child, Wen Le has lived in the mountains with her grandparents.

    Only upon attending school did Wen Le discover that they only had a black and white TV while her friends all had LED ones.

    Thus the young Wen Le who matured early knew that they were poor and that she had to work hard.

    However, Wen Le gradually realized that something felt a bit odd.

    Wen Le hesitantly gave her grandfather a call.

    “Yeye*, when I passed the university entrance exam, what are the two keys that you and Dad gave to me for?”

    [Yeye – a term to refer to one’s paternal grandfather]

    Grandpa snorted in reply, “I gave you a courtyard house, and your dad gave you a building.”

    Wen Le trembled in trepidation, “Then what about that document which Dad got me to sign a few days ago?”

    Grandpa snorted, “How would I know? But your Dad recently bought a gem mine.”

    Wen Le cautiously asked, “Yeye, is our family really not poor?”

    Grandpa got so angry and scolded her for being stupid.

    After Wen Le got together with the school crowned hunk Zhou Kao, who was cold to everyone, it shook the entire school.

    Zhou Kao was a wealthy young master from birth, and Wen Le was only a poor child from the mountains.

    With their social status deemed unfavorably matched, Wen Le was deemed as a scheming girl who wanted to marry into wealth. 

    Until someone secretly recorded the interaction between the two of them.

    In the video, Zhou Kao had unexpectedly backed Wen Le up to a secluded corner. He played with Wen Le’s long hair, “It’s said that this jewel that’s currently on you is worth millions but was bought from a street stall for $20?”

    Wen Le smiled: “The stall owner was probably my Dad.”

    “However…” Wen Le raised Zhou Kao’s chin and looked at him with her seductive eyes, “How much are you selling this ten million beauty for?”

    Reputed as being hellishly difficult, Zhou Kao, the famed hunk whom nobody could successfully chase, was infatuated. He leaned down for a kiss, and with a raspy voice said, “I’ll give it to you for $10.”

    Wen Le dodged the kiss with a laugh, “Isn’t $10 a little expensive?”

    Zhou Kao clenched his teeth, and directly kissed her, “I’ll bear a deficit of $10.”

    The whole school was SHOCKED!

    [A beautiful top student who thought her family was poor but is actually wealthy X A handsome tycoon who has been in love with her for many years] 

  • I’m Actually Really Rich Chapter 3

    To Gain Fame With One Battle

    It was really unexpected for Zhou Kao to have bumped into Wen Le tonight. Not only to have met Wen Le, but also for Wen Le to have chosen the School of Economics and Management, and for everyone around him to also know Wen Le — all these were outside Zhou Kao’s expectations.

    “It’s because we have the Campus Grapevine,” Cheng Liang waved his phone and grinned brightly.

    The Campus Grapevine was an app officially released by University A for students to exchange information. After several generations of students’ development, the Campus Grapevine became an entertainment app exclusively for the use of A University students.

    Zhou Kao had downloaded the app at the start of school, but because of its strong nature as an entertainment app, it was not very useful for Zhou Kao, so he uninstalled it that same night.

    Lan Zhixin gave a weird laugh, and looked at Zhou Kao sympathetically, but his tone was gloating, “Without BBS*, you naturally wouldn’t know the glance and smile that made my goddess famous overnight.”

    *BBS (Bulletin Board System) – a system that allows users to exchange messages and information, refers to the Campus Grapevine app

    As early as the start of freshman year and before the end of military training*, news of Wen Le spread through the whole university with just one video. At that time, the newly enrolled freshmen had not even remembered the names of their classmates but had already remembered Wen Le’s name.

    *military training – a course (sometimes compulsory) in schools and colleges

    Wen Le’s fame was purely accidental.

    Next to A University was D University, an art college with countless handsome men and beautiful women, with many celebrities in the entertainment industry currently attending the school. The starlet, Li Lexue, who debuted as a child star, was one of the celebrities.

    A University and D University were next to each other, and the surrounding streets filled with food vendors were connected. Students from the two schools thus often encountered the other due to food.

    When the fifth day of military training ended in the afternoon, Wen Le and her roommate went to an internet-famous beverage shop near the school. It so happened that Li Lexue and her assistant were filming nearby. At that time, a certain video app just became popular, and it was the trend to take videos of oneself smiling while looking back. Naturally, Li Lexue hopped on the bandwagon.

    Wen Le was chatting happily with her roommate while holding a cold drink, when she suddenly heard someone shouting behind her, “Le Le!”

    Wen Le turned around subconsciously and looked around blankly, only to see that there was another person in the middle of the crowd who also looked back. She realized that it was not her that they were calling, and could not help but laugh at herself, then turned around to leave with her roommate.

    Li Lexue was as pure as a lily with an exquisite profile, and had a large fan base. When the video was uploaded, it had hundreds of thousands of likes and shares, and it went viral on the app.

    Hopping on the bandwagon, someone posted a fan-cam of Li Lexue shooting the video at that time.

    Unlike Li Lexue’s own video where only she was in frame, there were inevitably more people included in the fan-cam taken by the passersby. 

    It was such an unintentional shot, but it clearly captured Wen Le who looked back and laughed behind Li Lexue.

    Even beauties were most afraid of comparison.

    Wen Le’s looks were even more outstanding than her grades. From the remote mountains of a certain southwestern province to the capital, she had never suffered a defeat once along the way.　

    In the video, Wen Le was wearing a camouflage outfit looking valiant and confident, with a face void of any make up, and glancing back tenderly and beautifully. Yet this gentle glance of hers thrusted an explosion of beauty to others. By comparison, even the starlet, Li Lexue, captured in the fancam, was reduced to being a foil.

    The video exploded in views rapidly, even surpassing Li Lexue’s original video.

    Someone in school found out that the girl in the viral video was actually a freshman in the School of Economics and Management of A University, and forwarded the video to the BBS forum which caught a lot of attention. This was not surprising as after all, it was human nature to yearn for beauty.

    Later, the online video was deleted, but the video posted in the forum was kept. 

    Lan Zhixin took out his phone as if he were offering a treasure, opened BBS, and bestowed it to Zhou Kao, saying, “Let me show you the god-level scene of my goddess. Pay attention to your image, and don’t get a nosebleed!”

    Zhou Kao only took a quick glance, then looked away. If this was god-level, then it was because they hadn’t seen sixteen-year-old Wen Le’s ability.

    Thinking about it made Zhou Kao frown slightly, and he shook off the image in his mind and decided not to think about Wen Le further.

    Soon after the start of school, clubs began recruiting new members. In the evening, the Student Union prepared for their first round of interviews in Room 202 at the J Hall.

    As the newly appointed vice-president, Wen Le was one of today’s interviewers.

    Although University A was a top university filled with the country’s cream of the crop students, the students’ personalities were not the same, and their way of thinking was also bizarre. After interviewing the entire night, there were all sorts of candidates. During a break, a guy next door grumbled under his breath, “This is even more tiring than participating in a physics competition.”

    Wen Le’s group was still alright and did not have any weirdos showing up, thus were unable to understand the guy’s feelings. 

    Guan Yue, who was also one of the interviewers along with Wen Le, whispered near Wen Le’s ear, “One of my roommates is in the External Relations Department of the Student Union; and during one of the interviews, a guy turned up and started babbling in a foreign language. My roommate and the rest of the interviewers were stunned and couldn’t understand him at all. Then the guy sneered and said contemptuously, ‘Do none of you guys know any foreign language in the External Relations Department? It seems that this department is rather disappointing.’ and he just left after saying that.”

    Guan Yue rolled her eyes as she said, “My roommate was so bewildered, and was practically bursting with rage.”

    Wen Le curled her lip and said, “I recommend your roommate to use XX translator. Next time, even if he speaks Arabic, it will still be able to translate it, and can even point out the parts he got wrong.”

    Wen Le acted as if she were a drama queen, and said: “Hey, classmate, your pronunciation is not right. Tsk tsk, your oral speech is terrible, even this translation software can’t recognize it at all.”

    After hearing it, Guan Yue laughed till she was out of breath, “Hahaha, can’t stand you and your antics, Wen Le.”

    Of course, normal people and outstanding interviewees still accounted for more than 90% of the interviewees. However, there were always a few who were self-conceited, which would catch the interviewers off guard.

    Wen Le never expected that as soon as she ridiculed others, she would be hit next.

    When the interview reached the last two candidates, the penultimate candidate was a xue di* with quite a personality.

    *xue di – a term to refer to a male lowerclassmen

    The xue di did not seem nervous at all in front of the interviewers, and instead was relaxedly slumped in the chair while staring at Wen Le.

    Wen Le scrunched her brows in a frown, as she felt somewhat offended with the way he was blatantly staring at her.

    What happened next was even more outrageous.

    Faced with the question asked by an upperclassman, the xue di turned a deaf ear to him, and instead stared at Wen Le and started chatting unscrupulously.

    “Xue jie*, I came especially for you. I’ve seen your photo on BBS before; you’re even prettier in person.”

    *xue jie – a term to refer to a senior sister

    “Xue jie, do you have a boyfriend?”

    “Xue jie, what’s your ideal type like….”

    He completely ignored the questions asked by the seniors, and like a peacock with its feathers on full display, he acted absolutely unbridled, seemingly forgetting that this was an interview.

    Wen Le and the rest of the interviewers, who were sitting, all had visible scorn on their faces. Wen Le knocked on the desk with a darkened expression and said, “Tong xue*, this is an interview. Please correct your attitude, otherwise please leave.”

    Tong xue – the direct translation is classmate, this term can also be used to refer to said student

    Hearing this, the xue di changed his posture with a smile, and said, “Xue jie, why be so serious…”

    Wen Le closed his application form and said, “OK, tong xue, your interview is over, next please.”

    The xue di spread out his hands nonchalantly, and said, “To be honest, xue jie, I only came because I heard that joining the Student Union would get me your WeChat. Since I’ve already come, you can’t possibly let me return empty-handed right, xue jie?”

    The male interviewer at the scene had already stood up and was about to escort him out with an impatient look. It was at this moment, the interview in Room 203 ended. Zhang Lin pushed the door and walked in. He frowned upon hearing what the xue di said.

    Zhang Lin snickered while leading over two other guys from his department, and said to the shameless guy, “Don’t bother. Your xue jie is not single. Her boyfriend is Zhou Kao from the law school. Is there a point for you to pester endlessly here?”

    “What the f**k?” The guy looked at Wen Le begrudgingly, but as he was apprehensive about Zhang Lin and the rest of the guys present, he got up and left in embarrassment.

    At the present moment in the huge room, all the interviewers turned their eyes onto Wen Le, and no one bothered paying attention whether the rascal stayed or left. They had a more concerning topic at hand—the news just mentioned by Zhang Lin.

    A girl softly cried out in surprise, “Oh my God, is what Zhang Lin said, true? Wen Le?”

    Everyone in the room stared at Wen Le with beseeching eyes, waiting for her reply.

    At the moment, Wen Le’s head was full of the stupid things she did yesterday, that she failed to realise why the people around her all seemed to know who Zhou Kao was.

    The moment Zhang Lin appeared, Wen Le turned completely stiff. Just thinking about the stupid things she did last night, made her toes curl up together in awkwardness.

    What had she done?

    She used Zhou Kao, whom she had not seen in three years, to act as a couple to reject Zhang Lin.

    Wen Le thought that she must have been crazy last night, as she had never thought about what she would do if Zhang Lin were to confirm about the relationship with her in public.

    Maybe she had anticipated such an embarrassing situation at that time, but her brain numbed by alcohol affected her judgement, so in the end, she impulsively did something that she now regretted.

    Under everyone’s gaze, Wen Le went completely stiff. No words were able to describe her embarrassment at the moment. She could not deny it in front of Zhang Lin yet she also could not admit it in front of everyone.

    The taste of being unable to advance or retreat was incredibly diabolic.

    But Wen Le had a heavy burden; how could she lose face in front of everyone? Thus she kept her expression in check, coughed lightly while smiling embarrassedly, and said, “What’s with you guys? Interviewers, we still have interviews.”

    Avoiding the topic was sometimes the best answer.

    When everyone saw that she didn’t say anything, they just thought she was too embarrassed to talk about her relationship in front of everyone. Thus, they took her silence as a ‘yes’ and didn’t pursue the topic any further. They then asked the last person to come in for the interview.

    As soon as the interview was over, Wen Le took advantage of the fact that everyone had yet to react after finally finishing the interviews, she picked up her bag, and escaped claiming that she had something to do.

    Wen Le rushed back to the dorm in a somewhat pitiful state. After closing the door, Wen Le then remembered something was not quite right. Why did they all know Zhou Kao? Was Zhou Kao very famous? Then why did she just get to know that Zhou Kao was also at A University?

    While mulling it over , Wen Le heard her roommates’ excited screams. Upon hearing these screams, she knew at once that they were spazzing while watching handsome hunks.

    Wen Le put her bag down and went over, “What are you guys doing?”

    Author has some words to say:

    The background of the plot is a parallel universe. A University is not referring to any university. Li Lexue is not referring to anybody. Everything was set to serve the plot. ~

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  • I’m Actually Really Rich Chapter 2

    The Scumbag and The Bitch

    Wen Le walked back to the dormitory, shuttling back and forth in the brightly lit corridor, and gradually sobered up.

    It just so happened that the dorm leader had also just come back from another dormitory, “Le Le*, you just got back?”

    *Lele is an informal way of addressing Wen Le, usually by close friends.

    Wen Le faintly nodded, “En.”

    She seemed to be engrossed in thoughts. 

    The dorm leader muttered in her heart, and took another look at Wen Le, but was still unable to figure out what was wrong. She then followed Wen Le into the dormitory.

    Everyone in their dorm was present. Upon seeing that Wen Le was back, they greeted each other before returning to their own affairs.

    Wen Le sat down in front of her desk and absent-mindedly began to remove her makeup unhurriedly. 

    Her phone on the desk vibrated slightly. Wen Le subconsciously took a look and saw that the dorm leader, Cheng Hui, who was playing on her phone a few steps away, had sent her a message.

    Hui: Are you ok?

    Hui: Seems like you have something on your mind.

    Wen Le looked at the two messages sent by Cheng Hui and was not sure how to reply to them. 

    She simply replied with a few words.

    WL: I’m fine, I drank a little too much and my head hurts. 

    It was not that Wen Le did not want to say, but she didn’t even know what she was thinking; her thoughts and emotions were all a mess and incoherent.

    Wen Le kept thinking of the person who sent her back today.

    Having not seen him for three years, he was even more outstanding than he was before. Amidst the crowd, he could be spotted at a glance.

    Wen Le recalled Zhou Kao’s profile under the light; his eyebrows and eyes, the bridge of his nose, his lips, neck, Adam’s apple, and the bit of clavicle exposed outside the black T-shirt.

    He appeared cold and indifferent as if everything was beneath his contempt, this was coupled together with a deadly charm. But it was somewhat more restrained now compared to the past, yet seemingly it made him look more reserved and mature, making one unable to stop staring at him.

    He was handsome to the point where it was a little excessive.

    Wen Le loved anything that was beautiful and had little resistance to a top-level handsome guy like Zhou Kao.

    …

    However Zhou Kao, this bastard…

    Wen Le could not help but think of the past. The memory she thought had been forgotten for three years was still as clear as yesterday.

    Wen Le grew up in a remote mountain village with idyllic surroundings in a southwestern province. Before she went to high school, they did not even have a computer at home.

    As for Zhou Kao, the young master who was born with a golden spoon, he had been studying in a top private school from kindergarten all the way to high school, and he should have even been sent to university on a recommendation or should have studied abroad.

    She and Zhou Kao should have never crossed paths.

    However just three years ago, due to a job transfer, Zhou Kao’s father brought his family and relocated to the small remote city where the high school Wen Le was studying was located.

    Zhou Kao transferred schools and became schoolmates with Wen Le.

    For the first exam he took after transferring, Zhou Kao stole Wen Le’s No. 1 spot in the whole school by a difference of ten marks.

    Ever since Wen Le started going to school at the age of seven, no one had been able to take the No. 1 spot from her. For nearly ten years, Wen Le had always occupied the No. 1 spot in the grade and had never been defeated.

    Only in the second semester of their first year of high school, did she lose to Zhou Kao by a ten-mark difference.

    That was the first time Wen Le had a taste of defeat.

    Wen Le thus cried badly over this, and henceforth, completely regarded Zhou Kao as her life’s number one rival, even if Zhou Kao did not know of her existence. 

    As long as there was a  first time, there would inevitably be a second, third, and Nth time.

    After three consecutive exams, one at the beginning of the semester, and two monthly exams, Wen Le suffered defeat one after another.

    Beneath the surface, Wen Le was actually wild at heart. The more ladylike she appeared on the surface, the crazier she was inside.

    The successive failures could not rattle Wen Le’s confidence. Instead, it incited her to try even harder through her defeats till she succeeded. 

    In the mid-term exam that year, Wen Le wrote an essay with a perfect score that got published in a magazine. She beat Zhou Kao with a difference of five points and retook the No. 1 spot.

    That was also the first time Wen Le entered Zhou Kao’s life as a victor.

    –

    *** back to the present

    There seemed to be a faint smell of Wen Le’s perfume still lingering on his clothes, quietly seducing him in the tranquil summer night.

    It was an elegant and charming light floral fragrance, just like how Wen Le was tonight.

    Her long wavy hair, exquisite makeup, and bright, eye-catching red dress were beautiful yet also unfamiliar.

    Zhou Kao could not help but reminisce the first time he met Wen Le. 

    At that time, his father had been schemed against and his career suffered from a setback. He was then transferred to a small remote city in the southwestern province. His father was worried about his safety, so he took his son along with him, and Zhou Kao was thus transferred to the only elite high school in that small city.

    Resources were limited, and the knowledge taught did not provide sufficient depth and breadth. The school exams were relatively simple for him, and he easily attained the No. 1 spot within his year in several exams. But unfortunately, he always failed to widen the gap between himself and the No. 2 within their year. The gap between the second and third place was 50 points, and yet the gap between him and No. 2  was never more than 10 points. This made Zhou Kao put away his contempt for the school.

    Zhou Kao had imagined that if the educational resources for both of them were the same, the competition between him and No. 2 would be even more intense.

    However, one’s background was also a part of one’s strength. So Zhou Kao never once paid any heed to the No. 2. 

    It was not until that midterm exam when Zhou Kao was finally overtaken by the relentless No. 2, and managed to beat him with a five-point lead to gain back the No. 1 spot.

    Zhou Kao had read her essay, it was brilliant yet still simple and sincere. It made one be amazed by the author’s age, while also admiring them greatly in their hearts.

    An evenly-matched opponent was a very precious gift to each other.

    Zhou Kao valued and respected this hard-to-come-by opponent in his heart.

    –

    The first time Zhou Kao really met Wen Le was at the grade assembly held after the midterm exam.

    Like all the students present, Zhou Kao stood amongst the crowd under the flag platform in a blue and white school uniform, while looking at the flag platform.

    It was at this moment that Wen Le entered his sight. 

    Just like everyone else, Wen Le was wearing a blue and white school uniform. At that time, Wen Le still had shoulder-length hair, and under the sun, it shone brownish-yellow.

    Wen Le calmly walked to the microphone with a smile as the wind caressed her shoulder-length hair; she was proud and confident, in high spirits and her eyes were as if they were full of starlight.

    The 16-year-old Wen Le without any makeup had a beauty that surpassed even the beauty of a lotus flower rising from under the water. It was a beauty that could amaze everyone with just a simple smile. Her innocent and tender appearance was like an orchid that had just bloomed in the morning, adorned with dew drops. Fresh, beautiful, and unforgettable.

    Surprise and astonishment flashed in Zhou Kao’s eyes. It turned out that the owner of the name that had been mentioned countless times in his ears, that powerful opponent and talented writer, was such a beautiful and outstanding girl.

    She had a temperament that was different from all the girls Zhou Kao had seen before. She was serene yet willful like an orchid. It was rare and precious, yet grew in this barren and remote corner. It made people wonder so that they could not help but want to find out more.

    That was the first time Zhou Kao saw the brilliantly talented and overly beautiful Wen Le. No one could not help but be impressed by the 16-year-old Wen Le.

    Zhou Kao was no exception.

    …

    A pity…

    It was unsure what Zhou Kao had recalled; his eyebrows frowned slightly.

    …

    Forget it….it’s all in the past. 

    Zhou Kao was distraught by the mere thought of this.

    Entering the dormitory right before the curfew, he was immediately blocked by his roommates as soon as he opened the door to their dorm. The three of them held a broom, ruler, and belt in their hands, respectively, posing as if they were going to extract a confession through cruel punishments.

    Zhou Kao was helpless, “Are you guys very idle?

    Roommate Hang Shuai, “There’s still a short paper that’s left which is due tomorrow, but that’s not important!”

    Roommate Cheng Liang echoed loudly following with, “That’s not important! The important thing is that you have to give us an explanation!”

    Roommate Lan Zhixin also followed, “Explain! When did you, when…”

    As he talked, it was as if he got possessed by a drama queen, and said aggrievedly while sobbing, “When did you and my goddess, when wuuuuu~~~”

    wuuuu – onomatopoeia for sobbing, crying 

    Before he finished his words, Lan Zhixin covered his face, pretending to cry.

    Zhou Kao said indifferently, “Goddess? Who?”

    Cheng Liang glared at him, “You dare say who! You dare say who?”

    Lan Zhixin: “It’s, it’s the belle of the School of Economics & Management, my goddess Wen Le!”

    “Wen Le?” Zhou Kao faintly smiled, “Your goddess?”

    Lan Zhixin raised his chin, “What! Are you going to hit me?”

    Zhou Kao ignored Lan Zhixin’s playing of tricks, and suddenly asked another question, “You said she was from the School of Economics & Management?”

    Hang Shuai: “You don’t even know about this? What kind of boyfriend are you?”

    Zhou Kao frowned slightly and said, “She’s not my girlfriend.”

    Lan Zhixin was shocked, “You still don’t want to admit it! My goddess has already admitted! You scumbag!”

    　Zhou Kao: ???

    Zhou Kao pushed away the three of them blocking behind the door, too lazy to talk nonsense with them, and took out clothes to go and take a shower.

    Behind him, he could still hear his roommates denouncing him.

    “You scumbag!”

    “Scumbag!”

    Zhou Kao: …

    After Zhou Kao came out of the shower, Lan Zhixin still refused to give up, chasing after Zhou Kao and chattered endlessly, “Laoda*, what exactly is going on between you and my goddess? How did you two, the king and queen of visuals, get together?”

    *laoda – a term to refer to someone who is the leader of a group or a boss, can also refer to someone who is the eldest in a family

    “How could you not tell us you’re dating? No wonder you, the flower on a high peak*, have shown no interest in anyone. Turns out, you already have a girlfriend.”

    *flower on a high peak – something out of one’s reach

    “Tsk tsk, if the girls in our major knew, all their hearts would be broken.”　

    Lan Zhixin grasped his heart and said, “My heart is also broken.”

    Zhou Kao patiently explained it again, “We’d just met before, we’re not close.”

    Cheng Liang rushed up front and asked curiously, “Then earlier…”

    “Earlier, she was using me as an excuse to reject a confession,” Zhou Kao smirked, his tone sarcastic, “Can’t you tell?”

    Lan Zhixin: “Ahhhh, I see.”

    “You’re so pitiful.”

    Zhou Kao looked at Lan Zhixin blankly.

    Lan Zhixin sheepishly closed his mouth.　

    TN: I love Zhou Kao’s roommates ahahahaa

    Lying on his bed typing his paper, Hang Shuai did not forget to chime in, saying, “It’s mainly because if you two are together, it’s too breaking of a news.”

    Cheng Liang followed in agreement and said, “This won’t do. We won’t be able to bear it, we won’t be able to bear it.”

    Lan Zhixin: “If you two are together, the number of people in school would reduce by half. Half of the girls would jump into the river due to heartbreak because of you, and half of the boys would jump from a building because of the goddess.”

    “Tsk tsk, you guys are committing an unpardonable sin.”

    The author wishes to say:

    Awesome warning, a warning for the crematorium, hahaha

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  • I’m Actually Really Rich Chapter 1

    Hello! I’m Mai, the new translator on plumlizi~ Really hope that you guys will look forward to this novel ^^

    Met with a Confession

    It was the start of sophomore year at university. The elections for the new term of the Student Union had just ended, and a gathering was to be held later in the evening at the barbeque place next to the school. Everyone was particularly high in spirits after having not met over break and was drinking happily. A senior sister had too much to drink and leaned against her boyfriend talking gibberish.

    Under the influence of the lively atmosphere, Wen Le also drank two glasses. Her alcohol tolerance was only average, about the amount of one bottle of beer, and she refused to drink a sip beyond that.

    Wen Le waved her hand, indicating to the upperclassman who was about to pour more alcohol into her glass, that she had enough. Instead of urging her to drink more, the upperclassman shot a glance at the guy opposite her, smiling, “Ok, do you want to drink something else then? I’ll ask Zhang Lin to help you girls get some.”

    Wen Le was not familiar with Zhang Lin and only knew of him as a classmate from the same year but from a different department.

    Wen Le replied, “I’m good. Xue Zhang*, you can go and ask what the other girls want to drink.”

    *Xue zhang – a term to refer to an upperclassman

    The upperclassman heard her words yet did not go and ask the other girls. He briefly greeted the girls beside Wen Le before moving on to pour drinks at another table. 

    Upon seeing the upperclassman leaving, the girl on Wen Le’s right nudged her, “What was that? Which ignorant young man’s heart has our beauty captured this time? Is there gonna be another special confession event taking place tonight?”

    The short-haired girl on Wen Le’s left laughed and said, “Hey Qiu Yalin, are you blind? The group of guys across from us have been looking over here the whole night. Their undisguised fervent gazes, how’d you not noticed it at all!”

    Qiu Yalin rolled her eyes and said, “Guan Yue, YOU are the blind one! Doesn’t our great beauty Wen experience this wherever she goes?”

    Guan Yue shook her head, “NO, NO, NO. It’s different this time around. Look at that gaze,” saying this they first glanced at Wen Le, then at Zhang Lin, before smiling knowingly to themselves. Guan Yue added, “Just have a look yourself.”

    Qiu Yalin sneered, “Ah, men and their endless conspiracies.”

    Wen Le acted like she did not understand their teasings, picked up a piece of BBQ meat, and insipidly said, “Really? Eat this, it’s really good.”

    Guan Yue laughed, “Don’t try to act like you don’t know! We’re asking you, what do you think?”

    Wen Le rolled her eyes.

    Guan Yue placed a hand over her chest and exclaimed exaggeratedly, “How can a beauty’s eye roll be so fatally charming!”

    Wen Le smiled, “You’re so annoying!”

    Qiu Yalin tapped the table with her index finger and urged, “Quickly, tell us.”

    Wen Le helplessly said, “I really don’t know him, and I just got to know his name.”

    Guan Yue laughed heartily, “Is this how you’re planning to reject him later
     ‘You’re a good person, but I don’t really know you.’ Hahaha.”

    Qiu Yalin followed in laughter and suddenly looked in Zhang Lin’s direction while resting her chin on her hand. She clicked her tongue and whispered, “To be honest, the little man is rather tall and handsome, his traits are all quite good.”

    Then, in a sour tone lamented next, “Do all beauties have such advantages? All those who have confessed were either handsome, rich, or must’ve been overly confident.”

    Wen Le did not have the habit of discussing such private matters of relationships with people she was not close to, thus she changed the topic while smiling, “As someone who already has a boyfriend, please don’t tease us single dogs anymore. It’s already sad enough that we have to see your affection (eat your dog food*) daily.”

    *self-pity of single people triggered by public displays of affection online or offline. A popular catchphrase in China where single people refer to themselves as dogs.

    Qiu Yalin sputtered in laughter, her gaze subconsciously wandering towards her boyfriend’s direction while smiling with much affection and happiness.

    Guan Yue, who was sitting next to Qiu Yalin, rolled her eyes when she saw her lovey-dovey look and said teasingly, “Ah let’s see, who has such a bad sense of judgment to have arranged the seating in such a way and split the pair of couples up?”

    Qiu Yalin coughed lightly in embarrassment, “We’re not to the point where we are unwilling to be separated…”

    Guan Yue laughed aloud, “I think it’s about there though?”

    The conversation finally shifted. Wen Le smoothly finished the remaining beer she had left. Without a word or movement, she withdrew from the conversation and while listening to the girls talking about topics of love, she suddenly felt listless.

    Ever since the start of university, the prying into her love life had never stopped. It was as if in the eyes of the gossip mongers, a beauty who has always been single must have some sort of big secret worth gossiping about.

    However the truth was, there was no such secret; she had no experience of being hurt, neither was she homosexual or had an unrequited love nor was she anti-marriage either. Her love life was akin to a notebook which was yellowed with age on the outside but was actually completely empty and white inside.

    The reason why Wen Le chose to remain single was very simple. Just like how she chose to drink tea and not coffee, and chose to wear cotton pyjamas instead of silky nightwear, it was because she liked it and because it was comfortable.

    It was also because she had not yet met a “coffee” or “silky nightwear” that could move her heart and change her mind.

    The reason was simple to the point where nothing more could be said.

    Wen Le was also too lazy to explain it to others.

    Essentially, Wen Le did not really care about the impression that the gossip mongers had about her.


    As school had just started, everyone was in high spirits having fun till late before they decided to call it a night. It was already close to 9.30 pm when they parted ways (TN: how is 9.30 pm very late hahaha??). After settling the bill, the vice-chair arranged for the students staying in the same dorm to help send the drunk students back, and also arranged for those guys who were still sober to accompany the girls back to their dormitory.

    Wen Le’s cheeks were slightly flushed as her alcohol tolerance was weak. Even though she barely drank, her cheeks were still stained with a light pink, which contrasted with her ivory skin nicely.
    Wen Le went back with a few other girls, and they were murmuring about something. She listened in on the conversation, and then realized they were talking about Zhang Lin again because he happened to be one of the guys who was sending them back.

    The topic that Wen Le diverted at the dining table was shifted back to its original limelight, and the girls were teasingly making eyes at Wen Le.

    Wen Le knew that they did not have any ill intentions, but she also did not give them any reaction.


    On a summer night, the breeze was gently blowing while the silhouette of the leaves swayed in fragments. The dim streetlamp shone upon a group of men and women, talking and laughing, exuding the beauty of youths.

    Their dormitories were located in different areas; when they reached the fork of the road, the guys and girls gradually separated.

    There was no one else that stayed at the same dormitory as Wen Le, thus she waved goodbye to the few girls she was familiar with, but was teased by them. Wen Le had a hunch, she looked down and glanced at the ground. Not far behind, there were three boys’ shadows — evidently, Zhang Lin had not left.

    At that moment, the rest of the girls had already left and only Wen Le and Zhang Lin were left on the road.

    Wen Le followed the path faintly lit by the streetlamp and headed towards the direction of her dormitory, while occasionally taking note of the shadow behind her. Zhang Lin followed behind, but Wen Le acted as if she was not aware of him as she was not looking forward to the confession that was about to happen.

    Wen Le’s attitude towards love was a bit more conservative — she did not approve of such one-sided heartfelt confessions. An untimely confession would only increase the awkwardness when working with each other in the future.

    However, the guy behind her hesitated only for a moment before shouting, “Wen Le!”

    Wen Le really wanted to act as if she did not hear it, but the campus was really too quiet at night; this soft call abruptly penetrated through the silent night.

    Wen Le heaved a sigh and turned around.

    Wen Le was a beauty worthy of the name; with an exquisite appearance, classical grace, a perfect figure, and excessively superior extrinsic conditions. When she first entered the campus as a freshman, she won the title of department belle with just her natural face.

    Since then, suitors had advanced dauntlessly, wave upon wave repeatedly.

    Wen Le’s immense popularity did not drop a bit since she was a freshman up til now as a sophomore, yet no one had managed to win the goddess’ heart.

    Presently, Wen Le was standing under the dim yellow streetlamp, and looking at a beauty under the light only added to her charm.

    Wen Le was dressed in a rather conservative style, with a skirt that had to pass the knee, short sleeves to the elbow, and buttons clipped all the way to the top. It seemed as if dressed in this way, it consolidated her appearance of a sweet-tempered lady, gentle like water.

    However, such styling of clothes, if not done well, would make one appear dull and old-fashioned. Fortunately, she was rather vain and knew how to match her clothes, thus when paired with her classical grace, people often mistook her as a refined wealthy lady who stepped out of a last century’s movie set.

    Zhang Lin looked at Wen Le, his heart and mind could not help but thump, and the words he did not dare to say finally rushed out of his mouth.

    “Wen Le, I like…”

    Wen Le, however, suddenly cut off Zhang Lin’s confession. She looked behind Zhang Lin’s direction, and waved her hand, “I’m right here!”

    Wen Le had forgotten how long it had been since she had such a strong impulse. She thought the alcohol had probably numbed her brain, and her sanity had retreated in this quiet and tense night, allowing her impulse to gain the upper hand.

    So when Wen Le saw the person appearing from not far away, she was incited under the influence of alcohol and acted on impulse for once.

    Zhang Lin dazedly stared at Wen Le as she smiled and walked up to a man, intimately holding onto his arm. She seemed to have remembered something, turned around and said to Zhang Lin, “Thank you! Someone came to pick me up, you don’t have to send me off anymore. Bye!”

    Zhang Lin was stunned by Wen Le’s move and did not see that the person whose arm was held on by Wen Le frowned imperceptibly. He subconsciously wanted to pull his hand away, but when he noticed that Wen Le was gripping his hand tightly out of nervousness, he hesitated for a moment, and then gave up.

    But this subtle movement did not go unnoticed by Wen Le.

    Wen Le felt that her brain was split into two halves, and one half had already turned to mush.

     Muddleheaded, she completely neglected Zhang Lin’s presence. In fact, Wen Le did not even notice that there were other people around, and more so, did not notice that their pupils were quivering like an earthquake in shock.

    Whereas the other half of her brain was swiftly turning, capturing and observing every movement and reaction of the person beside her. Hence, Wen Le noticed his resistance and nervousness at the beginning, but then this person suddenly relaxed his tensed muscles. Wen Le secretly breathed a sigh of relief and settled half of her worries, but in her heart, she secretly cursed herself that she must be crazy.

    —

    Walking all the way to a corner, and after turning around and not being able to see Zhang Lin’s figure, Wen Le gave a sigh of relief. She let go of Zhou Kao’s arm, and her reasoning slowly returned with the embarrassment finally flooding in.

    Impulsiveness was really akin to the devil. Wen Le wailed in grief in her heart but did not reveal an inch of what she was really feeling on her face. She suppressed her embarrassment, slowly backed up two steps while slightly smiling, and spoke softly and graciously with a little drunkenness in her voice, “Long time no see, Zhou Kao.”

    She had not taken a closer look earlier, but now she discovered that after three years of not meeting, Zhou Kao had changed a lot, and he seemed to be even more mature and handsome than the figure in her memory. She had to admit that thus far, Wen Le had not seen anyone who matched her standards in terms of looks more than Zhou Kao’s.

    Wen Le looked up and examined  Zhou Kao, while Zhou Kao and his three dorm mates behind were also checking Wen Le out. The department belle of the School of Economics & Management had a famous reputation, however, she looked unexpectedly even more beautiful in real life than the rumours.

    The three people behind made some restless movements as if they wanted to express something to Zhou Kao, but he ignored them. He smelt a faint whiff of alcohol, and could not help but glance at Wen Le for a moment, “You drank alcohol?”

    Wen Le did not reply to him, only raised her wrist to look at the time, “Thank you so much for tonight, my head’s feeling a bit faint so I’ll go back first, see you.”

    Upon this, Zhou Kao subtly frowned, “I’ll send you back.”

    Wen Le replied, “No need, it’s very near.”

    However, Zhou Kao turned around and signalled to his dorm mates to head back first, and then said to Wen Le, “Let’s go.”

    Amidst his dorm mates’ hollering, he took the lead and started walking ahead.

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  • You’re So Arrogant Chapter 46

    “You can see, right?”

    Her statement struck Xie Shuo like thunder. He froze, and it felt like a cold bucket of water was poured over him, devastating a precious illusion and leaving him shivering.

    He looked at her directly, not daring to move.

    Ye An brought her hand up and waved it in front of him. “Can you sense the shadows?”

    Xie Shuo was relieved seeing the curious expression on her face. He didn’t answer her and lowered his gaze to hide the new light in his eyes. His slender fingers traced upward from her collarbone to her lower jaw. He held her face in his hands and lightly pressed his lips against hers.

    With his eyes closed, he bowed his head to kiss her.

    Ye An wanted to ask a question, but her lips were soon blocked. 

    At first, the kiss felt like the winter snow, cool and calm. Gradually, warmth spread, raising the temperature little by little.

    Ye An gasped and tilted her head up subconsciously, but the man followed her movements. He captured her lips and pried them apart.

    Their breaths intermingled amongst their lips and teeth. Ye An moved away, almost out of breath.

    She was dizzy and clasped his shoulders firmly enough to turn the tips of her fingers white. She was oblivious to the changes in his eyes.

    The night was quiet outside of their windows. The shadows of the trees swayed gently, and the moonlight rippled like waves.

    There were indistinct sounds in the quiet tranquility, and the air was heated with a fiery passion.

    After some time, the sounds finally stopped. Ye An’s entire body was weak. She lay in Xie Shuo’s arms and breathing quickly. Her face was still flushed, and her lips were a vibrant red, like roses fully bloomed. Her appearance was radiant and feminine.

    Xie Shuo wrapped his arms around her and stroked her back gently to calm her down.

    The night was cold, but there was a fine layer of sweat on his temples. Ye An breathed in the clean scent on the man’s body. Her heart beat rapidly, and it continued to do so for a long time.

    The two didn’t make it to the last step. It was Ye An’s first time here, and she was not comfortable enough in such an unfamiliar place. Most importantly, she didn’t want children yet, and there weren’t any contraceptives here. 

    Although Grandfather Xie had been pushing the idea of having children, Xie Shuo’s condition needed someone to take care of him. With their current situation, it wasn’t suitable to start a family. Moreover, their relationship wasn’t that intimate, to begin with.

    Xie Shuo must have shared her concerns and restrained himself without having her tell him.

    The two lay quietly in each other’s embrace for a while. The fire in Xie Shuo’s eyes faded, and he resumed his usual indifference. He looked down at her and caught a glimpse of her flushed cheeks, which appeared rosy under the lamp lighting.

    “Are we going home tomorrow morning?” Ye An asked him softly.

    Recalling the slip-up from earlier, Xie Shuo avoided her eyes. His voice was gentle. “Later in the day. Let’s go to the company first and then home in the evening.”

    “You still need to go to the office? Has it been busy lately?”

    “Yes, there are a lot of things to take care of since it’s the end of the year.” Xie Shuo was unusually patient with her after the events that had just transpired.

    Ye An looked up at him to be met with his Adam’s apple and smooth jawline. The collar of his shirt was slightly open, leaving his sharp collarbones and the accompanying marks on display.

    Her heart began to pound again, and she couldn’t help but stretch a finger out to poke the half-exposed collarbones.

    Xie Shuo grabbed her fingertips, held them in his palm, and whispered, “Sleep well.”

    His breath fanned across her forehead, and the scenes from just then flashed through her mind. Ye An’s face became warm, and she got up to turn off the lights before laying back down and wrapping her arms around his waist. 

    Ye An turned to angle her face near his. As she listened to his heartbeat, her eyes gradually closed.

    Her frame was soft, and Xie Shuo lifted his arm to wrap around her body. Thoughts flew through his mind, rendering him unable to sleep, and his gaze was complicated. It took a long time for him to fall asleep.

        —-

    The next day, Ye An accompanied Xie Shuo to the company, the two leaving the Xie residence sometime after one in the afternoon.

    Xie Shuo still didn’t let Ye An into the office to assist him and had her wait in the lounge. Fortunately, he didn’t have her wait too long before getting off work.

    The winter night was dark, and the remnants of twilight were clear. The sun set into the shoulders of the horizon, leaving a slight crispness behind.

    Ye An had originally wanted to continue what they had not finished the last night since the atmosphere seemed just right, but she suddenly caught a cold.

    She leaned on Xie Shuo’s shoulder on the way home with watery eyes and a red nose, appearing as if she had been wronged in some way. 

    Xie Shuo touched her cold fingers and frowned before taking both of her hands to massage them gently.

    Her hands quickly warmed up. Ye An looked up at him and leaned into him before lowering her gaze.

    Not long after arriving home, Ye An caught a fever and lay on the sofa with a flushed face. 

    Xie Shuo held her hand as he had Aunt Zhou bring hot water upstairs. “Call Dr. Zhang and have him come over.”

    Ye An grabbed his sleeve and said hoarsely, “No need, I just have a cold. It’s late now, so I’ll just take some medicine and go to sleep.”

    As she spoke, her eyelids drooped, and her breathing evened out. Xie Shuo estimated that she didn’t want to take any shots, so his thumb stroked the back of her hand as he asked Aunt Zhou to bring some fever medicine.

    Ye An took a warm bath, two more fever-reducing pills, and then climbed into bed. She dizzily wrapped the blankets around herself in a cocoon.

    She rarely got sick, so becoming sick so suddenly was alarming. Her appearance was no longer youthful and fresh; instead, she was shriveled and shrunken into a ball.

    This was the first time Xie Shuo had seen Ye An in this state. He leaned against the headboard and looked at her, recalling when he was sick before he had regained his sight. With a soft gaze, he reached out to pull her into his embrace.

    Ye An’s mind was muddled, and she pushed against his chest weakly. She wanted to prevent him from getting too close and subsequently sick, but she didn’t even have the strength to speak out.

    His chest smelled clean and pleasant, reassuring her of his presence. Ye An quickly fell into a deep sleep soon after, wrapped in his embrace.

    Xie Shuo lowered his gaze to look at her frail expression. He moved a lock of his hair away from her cheek with gentle eyes.

    Suddenly, a blurry image crossed his mind, and he felt as if the face in front of him seemed somewhat familiar as if he had seen it before. 

    However, the image only lasted for a fleeting moment, and Xie Shuo regarded it as nothing more than an inkling. He chose not to think of it anymore and tucked her further into the blankets.

        —–

    Over the next few days, Ye An no longer accompanied Xie Shuo to the company, and she stayed home alone to recuperate.

    When her cold got better, Ye An wanted to return to the company with him, but she was rejected. 

    The sun shone brightly through the window, showing off the man’s slender figure. He put on the blazer that originally hung on his arm and turned slightly. “You don’t have to come with me everywhere I go in the future.”

    Ye An, who had just gotten up from the bed, immediately sat back down with a stunned expression. “If I don’t come with you, how will you eat and walk places? Also, don’t you need someone to read your documents to you?”

    Xie Shuo said lightly, “Zhong Fu will do those things.”

    Ye An: …Zhong Fu feeding him…why did this scene feel so weird?

    Xie Shuo sneakily glanced at her before raising his arm to straighten his cuffs. 

    She almost found out about his recovery that night. If she were to always accompany him, problems would appear soon. 

    He couldn’t act perfectly all the time, and she wasn’t easy to deceive either.

    After straightening his sleeves, Xie Shuo walked out of the bedroom.

    Zhong Fu was already waiting downstairs. Ye An got out of bed to change and walked to the floor-length windows to see a familiar car driving out of the garden.

    The sunlight shone diagonally through the window as a faint sense of loss suddenly grew in her heart. There suddenly seemed to be an empty hole in her chest. 

    She raised her hand to press against the glass. A blurry image was reflected, showing slender fingertips and a fair wrist in window panes.

    Routines were truly scary. For the past six months, she abandoned everything in her life to stay with him every day. Now that she had succeeded in her goal of cheering him up and achieving some free time, she wasn’t quite accustomed to it.

    Ye An sat on the sofa for a while after eating breakfast. She picked up her phone and opened up the work studio group chat.

    During this time, the group chat was relatively quiet. Most of the content in the chat was from yesterday. 

    She clicked on Xiang Quan’s name and started typing.

    Ye An: [Do you need any help?]

    Xiang Quan replied almost instantly: [Are you finally free?]

    Ye An chuckled out loud.

    Another message came through. [There are no roles that will fit you at the moment, but I recently signed a few new people, and my head hurts. Can you come and give them some tips if you have the time?]

    Ye An hesitated for a while before asking: [Now?]

    Xiang Quan: [Just before one o’clock in the afternoon.]

     Ye An: [Ok~]

    After lunch, Ye An changed clothes and went out, purse in hand.

    She arrived at the studio just past one.

    Aside from the newly signed artists, there were also many familiar faces. When everyone saw her, they all gathered around to say hello.

    Xiang Quan was so busy that he had no time to catch up with her. He took her and a few newcomers directly to the recording studio.

    Even though Ye An had remained relatively low-key recently, her previous work and fame were still there. Even if they had not met, the new artists knew of her name and looked at her in wonder.

    Ye An hadn’t worked in a long time, so it took a while for her to completely ease her nervousness.

    When she was focused, she had an icy aura. No one dared to gossip or giggle, so everyone was completely silent and attentive.

    She was busy until six o’clock when she finally packed up and prepared to go home.

    Xiang Quan walked over and asked, “Do you remember the voice acting program that I asked you about last time?”

    Ye An picked up her bag and looked up. “Yeah, what’s up?”

    Xiang Quan replied, “They need a position filled temporarily. Do you want me to try to reserve your name for the spot?”

    Ye An thought for a while and responded, “How long will the recording take?”

    Xiang Quan said, “If everything goes as planned, it can be done in a day or two.”

    “All right, can you get it for me?”

    “Yep, I’ll let you know.”

    Ye An said, “I’ll be leaving then,” before walking out of the studio holding her purse.

    In the break room, gossip and chuckles sounded. Everyone  worked overtime before they gathered together for a takeout dinner.

    “…She’s so pretty. Look at her skin and body; I’m so jealous!”

    “Her Weibo says that she’s married, but isn’t her husband blind?”

    “What a pity…”

    “How is that pitiful…”

    The chatter continued on, but when someone caught a glimpse of her coming, they hurriedly went silent.

    Ye An’s gaze swept over them. She ignored them with an indifferent expression and walked directly out with a straight back.

    After taking the elevator downstairs, she called Xie Shuo.

    Xie Shuo had the latest software update installed on his phone, which made it more convenient for him to pick up calls.

    “Are you going home for dinner tonight? Do you want me to pick you up?” Ye An asked softly.

    The man’s cold voice sounded through the phone, “You can eat first. Zhong Fu and I are together right now; we’ll be back later.”

    Ye An’s heart stopped, and she became irrationally annoyed. 

    ……

    Zhong Fu, Zhong Fu. It’s always Zhong Fu… go be with Zhong Fu then!

    She hung up angrily and stuffed her phone back into the bag. Her footsteps became louder, and every step she took vented her frustration.

    The twilight evening went dark, and the night silently descended.

    When she arrived home, it was already night. The lights were turned on in every room, and the light and shadows flickered in glass windows.

    Ye An ate dinner alone, which felt a bit unsettling. She wrapped herself in a blanket and lay on the sofa for a nap.

    The mahogany embroidered blanket and the elegant peony pattern made her face appear even paler.

    The bedroom was silent apart from her steady breaths. After some time, the door was pushed open, and a tall figure walked in.

    Seeing the figure curled up on the sofa, Xie Shuo stood in place, and his body relaxed.

    He walked to her slowly. She was sleeping on her side with her legs bent in the fetal position. Even with the blanket, her toes were exposed.

    His eyebrows furrowed slightly, and there was a trace of unhappiness on his face.

    Xie Shuo stared at her for a moment. Worrying that she would be sick again, he bent down and reached out to touch her forehead.

    He didn’t dare to stay for too long and quickly removed his hand soon after.

    After confirming that she was okay, Xie Shuo left her alone and turned to enter the closet.

    The light came on automatically. He took off his suit jacket and hung it up before loosening his tie and unbuttoning the first button of his shirt.

    Ye An was lightly sleeping, and when she heard a faint rustling noise, she tried to lift her eyelids several times before successfully waking up.

    She was still dazed after just waking up. After lifting the blanket from her body and getting up, Ye An stood in place for a few moments before following the sounds to the closet.

    The soft halo of light flooded her peripheral. A man stood in the light. The lithe figure wore a black dress shirt tucked neatly into the waistband of his pants, appearing visually aesthetic and pleasing to the eye.

    His body was faced towards her as he slowly loosened the cufflinks, revealing a portion of his wrist.

    A tie had fallen to the side of the closet, obviously dropped by Xie Shuo just a moment earlier. After loosening his cuffs, he bent down, grasping the tie instinctively and accurately.

    Ye An looked at him confused, feeling that there was something contradictory about his actions.

    After noticing her arrival, Xie Shuo’s fingertips froze, not daring to move.

    Author’s note: One lie only leads to countless others, you silly goose; you’re just digging your own grave!

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  • Film Empress’s Daily Face Slapping Chapter 48

    Going to His House

    Su Shen went silent for a moment after hearing the words from the other end of the phone before saying, “I have my own plan for that, but it is definitely not now.”

    It wasn’t because she was afraid of being maliciously attacked, but because she and Xie Yan still hadn’t met with each other’s parents. It was not a good idea to go public so rashly. Moreover, she also planned to tell her parents about it after Xie Yan came back from Africa.

    “Up to you.” Liu jie didn’t say anything else, “If there’s nothing else, I’m going to bed. I’ll pick you up to go to the movie premiere the day after tomorrow.”

    “Okay.” After saying that, Su Shen followed with a goodnight and hung up the phone.

    It had been an hour since Xie Yan drove back. Su Shen sent a message to ask if he had returned to the hotel yet.

    In less than a minute, the other party responded with a message.

    Xie Yan: You care so much about me?

    Su Shen: “……”

    She had never seen someone so narcissistic before. After sending a few emojis over, Su Shen closed her phone and went to sleep. This time, she could finally have a good night’s sleep.

    Recently, she had been in such a hurry to finish filming that she could only sleep for five hours a day. So this time, Su Shen didn’t get up until 10:30 am. She had actually wanted to sleep in, but she had to go back home for lunch, since it was the Laba Festival, so her sister would also be there.

    After washing up and having something to eat, she bundled herself in a cotton padded coat and called the chauffeur over. When she returned home, it was already almost 12 pm. As soon as she arrived at the gate, she could hear sounds of a cartoon and toy gun.

    “Auntie!”

    As soon as Su Shen changed her shoes, a young brat grabbed her leg. She saw that only her dad and brother-in-law were sitting in the living room; two adult men accompanying a kid to watch a cartoon.

    Looking down at the chubby brat, Su Shen squatted down and picked him up, “Xi Xi’s getting chubbier, you’ll become a piggy in the future.”

    She smiled as she carried the child into the living room, and when she saw the people sitting on the sofa, she greeted, “Dad. Jiefu*.”

    jiefu – brother-in-law

    Her brother-in-law’s name was Hu Zhi, and he was from a pretty rich family. He was classmates with her sister in college, and after dating for a long time, they finally entered the hall of marriage. They had also never heard of him messing around outside either, and for this point, it was already not bad.

    “Hu Xi, come down quickly. How old are you to still let your auntie carry you, no manners at all.” Hu Zhi looked at the child unhappily, but the latter was not afraid of him at all.

    “I want auntie to carry me, bleehhh!” The child turned around and stuck out his tongue, grimacing while hugging Su Shen’s neck tightly. He blinked his big cute eyes and said in babytalk, “Auntie, can I live with you? Mama’s cooking isn’t good at all.”

    Looking at the serious look on the little boy’s face, Su Shen’s heart softened and almost agreed. When she saw a figure in red coming out of the kitchen, she knew that this brat was out of luck again.

    “My cooking’s not good, but your Grandma’s cooking today. If you don’t eat two bowls of rice today, see if your bum will bloom a flower or not*!” Wearing an apron, Su Ruan walked over in great strides, scaring the child to bury his head into Su Shen’s arms.

    bum will bloom a flower – when a child gets spanked on their bum because they were being naugty, the handprint resembles that of a flower thus the saying

    Seeing this, Su Shen placed the child onto the sofa with a smile and then kneaded her arms, “Xi Xi’s gotten so heavy for auntie to hold now.”

    Hearing that, the child rolled his eyes and suddenly got up from the sofa. He stretched out his chubby little hands to knead her arm, “I’ll help auntie massage, so you’re not so sore.”

    Seeing this mischief-maker, Papa Su couldn’t help but laugh. Su Ruan came over to the sofa unhappily and sat down. Taking a glance, she pinched the child’s chubby baby face, “I work to death everyday, but don’t see you giving me a massage, what’s the use of raising you.”

    Seemingly afraid that she would hit him, the child threw himself into Su Shen’s arms again and held her arm tightly. He said in a baby voice, “I like auntie. Auntie can cook tasty food, but Mama can’t.”

    At this, even Su Ruan was amused by the child. Su Shen kissed the child hard on his smooth baby face, “Auntie also likes Xi Xi too. I’ll cook a lot of tasty food for you in the future, okay?”

    “Okay!” The brat smiled and kissed her on the cheek, leaving a mark of candy residue.

    Su Shen pinched the kid’s face helplessly and then got up to go to the bathroom to wash off the candy residue on her face.

    When she came out, she saw that Su Ruan was standing not far away, seemingly waiting for her. Seeing her come out, she walked towards the balcony.

    Taking a look at the three people who were watching cartoons in the living room, Su Shen followed behind Su Ruan. When she came to the balcony, the cold wind was blowing. Su Ruan leaned slightly forward against the balcony, looking at the unbloomed flowers in the garden insipidly.

    “Jie, what’s up?” She took a few steps forward, with the cold wind blowing against her neck.

    Su Ruan didn’t answer her immediately, but turned to look at her fixedly for a while. Then, she said softly, “You’ve been doing well recently.”

    Seeing her half smiling eyes, Su Shen’s heart immediately jolted. She had almost forgotten that Su Ruan was half an industry insider and was well-informed.

    “It’s okay.” She smiled faintly, turning away from Su Ruan’s gaze.

    The latter chuckled and said in a calm voice, “An opportunity with Director Li isn’t something that can be gotten just by good acting.”

    As expected, Su Shen blinked and smiled without saying anything.

    “That’s a hickey on your neck, right?” This was a statement.

    Su Shen subconsciously reached out to touch it and pulled up her sweater blushingly. She hadn’t expected that it would be seen by someone.

    Looking at her burying her head in the sand, Su Ruan laughed, “What, you still don’t plan on telling me?”

    Their eyes met. Looking at her sister’s confident expression, Su Shen blushed and looked down, hesitating for a long time before she coughed, “I have a boyfriend.”

    “Xie Yan?” Su Ruan’s gaze was fervent.

    Su Shen didn’t say anything and just nodded slightly.

    The cold wind was still blowing. Su Ruan sighed and walked a few steps over. She put her arm around her shoulder and looked up at the sky with a sigh, “My sister’s all grown up now and is at a marriageable age. Fortunately, Xie Yan’s private life is not that messy, else mom and dad will definitely not agree.”  

    Speaking of this, Su Shen was also a little worried. Their parents had always been against her finding someone in this industry. She didn’t know if they would disapprove of Xie Yan or not.

    “I plan on telling them after a bit. Can you keep this a secret for me first?” Su Shen turned to look at her and said earnestly.

    With a smile, Su Ruan patted her on the shoulder, “No worries, but…”

    She glanced at Su Shen’s neck meaningfully, “You have to take protective measures, else mom and dad will break your legs.”

    Understanding that she was thinking of those kinds of stuff, Su Shen blushed again, “I haven’t!”

    Seeing that she was embarrassed, Su Ruan laughed, “Okay, okay, you haven’t!”

    Knowing that she didn’t believe her, Su Shen was helpless and didn’t explain further. In any case, Su Ruan would definitely not believe her. But, she was a little angry at Xie Yan for leaving this kind of thing on her neck. Was he a dog?

    When they returned to the living room, it was almost time for lunch. As expected, they arrived at talking about Tan Haozhi again.

    “Su Shen, did you not add Hao Zhi’s WeChat?” Mama Su, who was drinking soup, suddenly asked.

    Su Shen almost choked on a mouthful of soup and immediately drank a gulp of water from the glass at the side.When her throat felt better, she then glanced at her mom, “I’m usually busy, not even having time to sleep. How would I have the time to play this kind of thing?” 

    “I also have WeChat. Auntie, can you add me?” Xi Xi suddenly looked up and looked at Su Shen with oil all over his mouth.

    Seeing this, Su Ruan, who was beside him, immediately glared at him, “Behave and eat your lunch!”

    As if frightened by her, the kid pouted and didn’t say anything else. Mama Su, however, looked at Su Shen somewhat displeased, “You…”

    “Mom.” Putting her chopsticks down, Su Ruan looked at Mama Su and said, “Shen Shen’s busy with her career now. Moreover, you can’t force things like feelings. Just let her be.”

    Su Shen was in the midst of drinking soup as she heard this and couldn’t help but glanced at her sister gratefully.

    “To not even have a boyfriend at such an age, she’s already turning 25 next year. At that age, we already had several kids!” Mama Su glared at Su Shen unhappily, and the chopsticks in her hand had almost jabbed her in the head. 

    “Just let her be. If something is not meant to be, it’s no use trying to force it to happen.” Papa Su took a sip of wine and looked very calm.   

    Seeing this, Hu Zhi also echoed, “Nowadays, youngsters like to pick and choose until they find someone they like.” 

    Seeing everyone else saying so, Mama Su was discontented and kept talking about the past by herself. 

    The latter didn’t dare to utter a sound, letting her mom continue nagging over there by herself. After finally finishing lunch, she was then dragged to play several rounds of mahjong and couldn’t leave even if she wanted to. Ultimately, she just said that she has an engagement tomorrow, so she had to go home early to sleep; only then did Mama Su let her leave. 

    She lost five thousand from playing mahjong, and when she came out, it was already 5:00 pm. Thinking of Xie Yan, Su Shen asked the chauffeur to send her to the address on her phone.

    Xie Yan’s mansion was located in a district full of mansions in the city. Su Shen had once checked out the real estate price over there, and a mansion was at least hundreds of millions, so even if she worked herself to death, she still wouldn’t earn as much as his pay for a drama.

    When she passed by a large supermarket, she put on her mask and went to buy some food. When she arrived at the gate of the community, she knew that the security guard wouldn’t let her in so easily, so she sent a message to Xie Yan, telling him to let the security guard know.  

    However, before the security guard had let her in, she saw a figure in black walking out from inside. The sky had gotten dark, and only when the figure got closer and closer that Su Shen saw that it was Xie Yan. 

    “It’s so cold, quickly bring it in.”

    As soon as Su Shen got off the car, she hurriedly passed the groceries she bought to Xie Yan, while she put her hands in her pockets, still shivering.

    Xie Yan, who was walking ahead, glanced at her, “It’s very warm in my house.”

    Su Shen: “…….”

    She followed after him and said in a muffled voice, “I know that your house is warm, the kitchen is big, what else?”

    Turning his head, he said with a smile, “And me.”

    A gust of cold wind blew, and Su Shen lifted her shoulders and hunched her back. She glared at him and just let out a hmph.

    Looking at the leaving figures of the two, the two security guards in the security booth were surprised. They naturally recognized Xie Yan, but it was rare to see him bring a person of the opposite gender home.

    After walking for a while, Xie Yan finally stopped at the door of a mansion. He pressed his fingerprint and pushed the door open. The light inside the mansion was not turned off, and the decor inside was particularly minimalist. It was just that there was not an utter sound inside the mansion—inexplicably still.

    Su Shen swept a look around. As soon as she entered, she saw that Xie Yan had thrown her a pair of newly opened pink fluffy slippers which looked extraordinarily warm.

    “Where are your parents?” She suddenly asked.

    Carrying the groceries, he walked towards the kitchen while saying, “We don’t live together.”

    It was true that people like them who run from one place to another practically everyday rarely lived with their parents. Su Shen also liked to live alone, free and quiet.

    After changing her shoes, she followed Xie Yan all the way to the kitchen and found that his kitchen was indeed really big, at least twice the size of her kitchen.

    “I told you that my kitchen is really big.” Xie Yan said that as he placed the groceries on the counter.

    Su Shen took off her down coat and shoved it into his arms. She smiled helplessly, “Okay, okay, your kitchen’s really big. Can you go out now?”

    When he saw her turn around, rolling up her sleeves, as if she was about to start cooking, a light flashed through Xie Yan’s eyes. He suddenly stepped forward and embraced her from behind, leaning in and whispering into her ear, “The rest of my house is also very big.”

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  • Film Empress’s Daily Face Slapping Chapter 47

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    Abruptly withdrawing her hand, Su Shen glared at him blushingly and immediately ran away without looking back with her script in hand.

    With Xie Yan’s look of harboring bad intentions, she had to carefully consider whether she should go to his house or not now.

    Coming to the monitor, the Director was in the midst of discussing the script with Li Xue. Seeing her coming, he took away the cigarette in his mouth and said, “Since you’re in a hurry to finish the rest of your scenes, you have to stay up late tonight. Is that okay?”

    Naturally, Su Shen had no objections, so she immediately nodded, “Yes.”

    At that, the Director nodded with satisfaction. Not mentioning anything else, Su Shen was quite dedicated when filming and did not cause any trouble. It was much easier to work with her than with other artists who were not well-known but had a huge temper.

    The next scene was a rival scene between Su Shen and Li Xue. This was where the friendship between the female lead and the supporting female lead ultimately dissolved. The two of them were originally close friends, but because the supporting female lead almost killed her parents, the female lead slapped the supporting female lead in the face. The Director was there asking a cameraman to adjust the angle, while Su Shen and Li Xue were reading their own script respectively.

    “You can slap for real in the scene later.” Li Xue suddenly said.

    Su Shen was taken aback and turned to look at her curiously, “We can use positioning.”

    At that, Li Xue also looked up. A smile appeared on her standard oval face, “Positioning is not as realistic as a real slap. I will discuss it with the Director.”

    As if she could see her confusion, Li Xue smiled lightly, “I’m not a flower, it’s just acting.”

    After saying that, she looked down and continued to read her script. After glancing at her for a moment, Su Shen didn’t say anything else.

    A great filming environment could really change many details. The people in the crew were very professional when filming, mainly because they saw how Xie Yan would take on every dangerous action stunts himself. Thus, the others were even more embarrassed to ask for a body double whenever needed. It would show that they were even more of a diva than others. Last time, Su Shen had also received a slap for a scene, and it was a real slap at that. Usually, Li Xue was very cooperative when filming, so it was not surprising for her to request to be slapped for real this time. 

    Naturally, the Director was very pleased when he heard that. The effect of a real slap would definitely be better, so in the following scene, Su Shen slapped her for real. But, she didn’t use much strength. After that, Li Xue only said no worries.

    In the evening, everyone had to stay up late to film. If it weren’t for Xie Yan, the others would definitely not have cooperated with her. After all, it was her who was in a hurry, not them. But because Xie Yan was also in a hurry, the others had nothing to say.

    They finished work at 4 am and had to start work at 10 am the next day. Although it was exhausting, no one dared to complain openly. Su Shen was also very exhausted. She hadn’t had a good sleep for a long while, but she could only endure it.

    She wrapped up filming a day earlier than Xie Yan. After completely finishing her scenes on Saturday night, Su Shen was about to ask the chauffeur to send her home, but Xie Yan insisted on sending her back, so she just let him do as he does.

    There were not many cars on the road at night and on top of her condo being far away from the filming site, Su Shen was so tired that she fell asleep as soon as she got in the car.

    “Don’t listen to He Hua’s nonsense. It’s not a bad thing if you want to stay at Starlight.”

    All of a sudden, she heard someone talking. In a daze, Su Shen opened her eyes and saw the car speeding through the night. The street lights outside were so dim that few cars could be seen on the freeway.

    “I’m just afraid that it will have an impact on my sister. After all, it was her who introduced me to Starlight. If I terminate the contract so suddenly, their relationship would definitely be affected in the future.” Su Shen turned around and looked at the man who was focused on driving, “And, you didn’t even ask me to follow you.”

    It had just been He Hua touting, but Xie Yan had never mentioned the matter with her. Moreover, there were too many poor cases of artists forcibly terminating their contracts with their company in this industry. Su Shen felt that she had not reached the level of needing to terminate her contract yet.

    At that, Xie Yan replied without looking at her, “There’s no difference whether you come or not.”

    Su Shen: “……”

    That was true. It could be said that she currently has two PR teams. The matters that Starlight couldn’t solve, she could go find He Hua. In fact, it didn’t make any difference if she went over or not.

    “Actually, I won’t be staying with Starlight for long. If there’s a chance, I plan to open a studio myself in the future.” Su Shen suddenly said.

    She could establish her own team. This way, she could have a say in everything and didn’t need to consider other people’s faces. As for a manager, as long as one had money, would one fear not finding a great one?

    Hearing this, Xie Yan just chuckled, “It’s good to have a dream, but I don’t think you will succeed.”

    “Why?” Su Shen glared at him and stared at his sharp side profile.

    The latter smiled, “Because you’re going to marry me, so you will have the same team as me in the future.”

    His voice was neither loud nor deep, but it made Su Shen blush. She immediately punched him in the shoulder, “You’re so narcissistic. When did I say that I would marry you!”

    “If you don’t believe me, let’s wait and see.” Xie Yan seemed to be bursting with confidence and said it without blinking an eye.

    Su Shen was so angry that she didn’t know what to say and just hmphed.

    When the car stopped in front of her apartment entrance, it was already an hour later. Su Shen almost fell asleep, and it was not until the car suddenly stopped that she opened her eyes in a daze, only to see an enlarged silhouette.

    “Remember to come to my house tomorrow.” Xie Yan held her soft and slender waist, burying his head into her neck and taking a deep breath. A faint sweet fragrance enveloped his senses.

    The lighting in the car was very dim and a breath of hot air puffed directly onto her sensitive neck. Su Shen couldn’t help but blushed. Seeing him buried into her neck, she suddenly felt a little afraid of going to Xie Yan’s house. 

    “I… I have to go back to my parent’s for dinner tomorrow. If it’s too late…”

    “It doesn’t matter how late it is.” He suddenly looked up, and in the darkness, his eyes were fervent, “I’ll wait for you.”

    Su Shen: “……”

    He was too close, and with a flushed face, Su Shen looked down and didn’t know what to say for a moment.

    The atmosphere in the car was immediately full of ambiguity. Looking at her blushing face, Xie Yan’s eyes darkened and suddenly lowered to kiss her soft rosy-red lips, gently caressing them until he pried them open and attacked.

    With her eyes closed, Su Shen clenched her fists nervously until a big warm hand suddenly extended into her down jacket and grabbed her waist. She was taken aback and immediately widened her eyes. The other party did not take a step forward, but left kisses from her jaw and downwards…

    “Xie Yan… you… go back quickly… tomorrow, you still have to… film…” Su Shen panted and her voice was as small as a mosquito.

    After nibbling on her fair and tender neck, Xie Yan looked up complacently and said in a hoarse voice, “Go to bed early.”

    Su Shen stiffened and found that he had already gotten out of the car and was walking towards the trunk.

    After taking a deep breath, she put on a mask and then got out of the car. She declined Xie Yan’s offer to send her upstairs. Instead, she walked into the gated community with her suitcase.

    She suddenly paused her steps and looked backed at the man behind her, “Be careful on the road. Remember to drive slowly.”

    Xie Yan smiled, and he didn’t get in the car until he saw her enter the gated community entirely.

    When she returned to her condo, Su Shen was so exhausted that she didn’t even cook something to eat and directly went to bed after taking a shower. When she saw the small hickey on her neck in the mirror, she couldn’t help cursing him as a beast.

    After getting in bed, she was about to ask whether Xie Yan had returned to the hotel or not when she noticed that the first promotional trailer of her and Jiang Yin’s drama was released today. She was quite lucky this time. Ma Yue’s matter was highly publicized and had a negative impact, so its Hot Search got taken down and the scandal was suppressed. Thus, no one was able to take the limelight of her trailer.

    As a star with a huge following, Jiang Yin’s popularity naturally went without saying and directly placed the trailer at the top of Hot Search. And she finally pulled back some of her favorability with the public, and the comments under her Weibo were finally not full of hate comments only.

    Netizen A: Jiang Yin’s so handsome! The looks of this drama are all so high!

    Netizen B: I think that Su Shen’s acting is pretty good. Why did so many people criticize her acting so poorly before? If this is considered poor acting, then those starlets aren’t much better!

    Netizen C: Although the plot seems to be full of dog blood, I’ll definitely watch it because of the ML and FL’s looks! [heart]

    Netizen D: Su Shen’s acting really has improved. I hope the drama will not disappoint. [joy]

    Netizen E: Without a comparison, one wouldn’t know, but that supporting female lead’s acting’s so exaggerated, even Su Shen is better than her. [joy]

    Netizen F: Our Su Su’s always improving. By the way, The Song of Troubled Times will be airing at the beginning of next year. Those who are interested can go watch the trailer! [cute]

    Netizen G: Debuting at the same time, Su Shen’s acting has improved by leaps and bounds, but why’s Zhu Qinqin’s still the same [joy]. I think it’s not unreasonable for Director Li to cast Su Shen as the supporting female lead, since everyone knows that Director Li likes to cast newcomers. Looking forward to xiao jiejie’s performance. [heart]

    This drama was set to air in April. A trailer couldn’t change her reputation, but it was still somewhat useful. Moreover, the day after tomorrow was the premiere for the movie. She felt that she should contact Liu jie first and let her prepare a marketing strategy, so as not to be taken advantage of by those antis. 

    With this thought in mind, she immediately gave Liu jie a call who didn’t seem to be asleep yet as the call connected soon after.

    Hearing her words, she said insipidly, “Don’t worry. Although you don’t have many fans, the PR team has bought you a lot of water armies. At that time, they will be commenting on how good your acting is. Moreover, your performance was not bad, so you don’t have to worry about criticism from passersby. Even if antis want to criticize your acting, it’s useless.”

    Special times called for special means. Currently, her diehard fans were few. Su Shen didn’t think that buying water armies was a despicable act. After all, those who bought water armies to libel her wouldn’t think so either.

    “But you have to be well prepared. If the kissing scene in the movie was not cut, Xie Yan’s fans will definitely go crazy.”

    At the thought of this, Su Shen rolled over in bed, afraid of Xie Yan’s fans going crazy. 

    The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment before saying, “Indeed; it’s not a solution going forward like this. Have you both thought about when to go public?”

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  • Film Empress’s Daily Face Slapping Chapter 46.2

    When he went out, Su Shen laughed helplessly. He Hua was a businessman, a through and through businessman. But he was completely different from Liu jie. Liu jie was a little assertive, but he was flexible. His attitude toward her was not the best before, but that immediately changed after the audition. However, he also met his bane with the stubborn Xie Yan.

    Thinking of what he had just said, Su Shen opened her phone again, only to find that there was another breaking news online, and it really was a big breaking news!

    Just three minutes ago, a certain marketing account broke the news that the actor arrested abroad engaged in a prostitution ring was Ma Yue. There were also photos of the scene as evidence. Although they were quite blurry, it clearly showed that Ma Yue was being held on the shoulder by two policemen.

    This breaking news exploded on the Internet. Ma Yue could be considered quite lucky, with most of his productions being of quality. He had won a Best Actor award at a very young age and had always had a great reputation among the public. With the sudden hard evidence, it shook those netizens up.

    This piece of news had created a storm that lasted for a long time before, but it had eventually fizzled out. The dirty water had even been poured on Xie Yan and Zheng Tong, but now that the truth was revealed, their fans naturally couldn’t help but slap the antis in the face.

    Clearly, Ma Yue was more famous than her and Zhou Xuan. Moreover, the matter was more serious than theirs. Without a doubt, the breaking news was number one on the Hot Search, followed by “breaking” next to it.

    She didn’t know who it was that had forked out money to take down her Hot Search that was at fifth place for the longest time. The entire internet thus began to attack Ma Yue.

    Netizen A: After so many months, there were still people attacking our Yan ge. Now with the appearance of the hard evidence, do the faces of the antis hurt? [smiley face]

    Netizen B: To have fun so openly, even going abroad to play, now you played right into it. [picking nose]

    Netizen C: Passerby turned anti! I suggest we ban this kind of scandalous artist!

    Netizen D: There’ve been a lot of news of this kind of matter lately. Film Emperor Ma must’ve thought that it would be safer to go abroad, but who knew that he would get caught so soon. Nobody can beat that kind of luck.

    Netizen E: Before, Ma Yue’s diehard fans had even splashed dirty water on Xie Yan and Zheng Tong. What else can those diehard fans say now?

    Netizen F: I believe in our Yue Yue. No matter what happens, us moons* will always support you. [heart]

    moons – the name of Ma Yue’s fandom

    Netizen G: Is this a cult? Have those diehard fans gone insane? This was obscene!

    Netizen H: I believe in Ma Yue, men all have physiological needs. Who dares to say that there’s nothing filthier in the entertainment industry. It’s just that no one has broken the news yet. Someone must’ve set it up this time!

    After scrolling through the comments, only Ma Yue’s diehard fans were defending their idol. Su Shen didn’t know how to describe how she was feeling. She didn’t expect that He Hua had such photos in his hands and had been hiding it until now. With this, the public’s subject of talk for the next week would be Ma Yue. It had to be said that diverting the public’s attention away this time was indeed very effective, and he was cruel enough to directly throw Ma Yue out there.

    He was not Xie Yan, who was too lazy to care about this kind of stuff. Last time, when something happened to Ma Yue, his fans splashed dirty water on Xie Yan. He Hua must’ve definitely remembered it in his heart and must’ve been hard for him to hold back until now.

    This kind of person was much more ruthless than Liu jie. Most ordinary artists would be controlled tightly by him, and it was only Xie Yan who he couldn’t grasp ahold of.

    After scrolling through the comments for a bit, Su Shen went out to film with her script in hand. It was freezing outside. The Director was discussing the script with Li Xue while the other staff members were busy tidying up the props.

    On the other hand, Xie Yan was sitting on a wooden armchair while reading his script in a T-shirt. Zhao Tong sat beside him on a stool, telling him something idly.

    When Su Shen walked over, Zhao Tong immediately left tactfully. Su Shen crouched down and glanced at his script, “I’m going to finish filming on Saturday. When will you go to Africa?”

    Xie Yan looked up and saw her crouched down before him. He stood up and sat down on the stool at the side, “Monday.”

    “So soon?” Su Shen sat down on his wooden armchair and seeing that Xie Yan was still unhappy, she couldn’t help but leaned over and whispered, “Don’t be mad anymore, I’ll make chicken soup for you next time, okay?”

    She knew that Xie Yan was obstinate but was soft-hearted. He didn’t say anything on the surface, but he must’ve asked He Hua to help her in secret, else he wouldn’t have come here so early in the morning.

    Turning around to look at her face, Xie Yan kissed her on the right cheek unexpectedly and said fervently, “I’m free this weekend.”

    Not expecting him to be so brazen in public, Su Shen blushed and withdrew her head while glaring at him, “I need to go home to have dinner with my parents.”

    “Who will eat with me then?” Xie Yan stared at her fixedly again.

    “I…” Su Shen frowned and pondered for a moment. Thinking that Xie Yan would go to Africa next Monday and that it might take a long time before they could see each other again, she nodded, “Fine.”

    Holding her ice-cold hand, Xie Yan leaned over and whispered, “My kitchen’s very big.”

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