Tormenting Others, Delighting Yourself

When Xu Yanche arrived on set, he discovered that the crew actually provided boxed lunches!

How outrageous.

If he'd known there were boxed lunches, he wouldn't have spent money buying food.

He could've just brought He Qing to the set to eat.

But Xu Yanche quickly talked himself around.

Their boxed lunches couldn't possibly smell as good as the food he'd bought.

Xu Yanche reclined in a lounge chair and leisurely picked up the script to read.

He also flipped through the original novel.

He wrote notes beside his own lines.

To be honest, this script was just a melodramatic youth drama to him.

But it was the first role he'd landed with substantial screen time, so he took it very seriously.

Even if it was shit, he would act it well.

After all, it paid a lot—tens of thousands.

The male lead, Fei Yiming, came over with his script and sat down beside Xu Yanche. "Can we go over our lines?"

Fei Yiming was a sports student who had just graduated, youthful and sunny.

He was six foot two.

He had been discovered by a talent scout while buying food.

Fei Yiming watched Xu Yanche stare at him for a long while.

His face reddened slightly.

Fei Yiming thought, He's been staring at me for so long. Does he like me? But he's already married to President He. That wouldn't be right. What if he uses his power and money to force me to do something?

Before he could finish overthinking, he heard Xu Yanche's cold, serious voice. "You have chives stuck in your teeth."

Fei Yiming: "..." Fine, fine, he had thought too much.

Yesterday, Wu Yixing had told him that Xu Yanche's mental state might not be quite right.

Now he believed it.

His mental state really didn't look very good.

Especially when they acted together, Xu Yanche looked at him with utter disdain.

Then he affectionately patted his head. "Big Fool Chun, practice your lines more when you have nothing to do. You can't even pronounce the words clearly. What are you going to do when you have to dub your own character later?"

"It's fine. I can teach you. I'm very good at this sort of thing."

Fei Yiming had originally been a little touched, but Xu Yanche's next words made him feel that his gratitude had been entirely unnecessary.

"If you acknowledge me as your dad, I'll teach you for free. Otherwise, it's ten thousand per hour."

Fei Yiming: "..." Fine, fine, he had still thought too much.

Still, Xu Yanche's delivery was genuinely excellent. It was expressive, his voice was pleasant, and it sounded strangely familiar, as though Fei Yiming had heard it somewhere before, though he couldn't remember where.

Xu Yanche leaned back in the lounge chair, covered his face with the script, and lay there pretending to nap while digesting his food.

"So, what has my good son decided?"

Fei Yiming: "No, thanks."

Xu Yanche sighed regretfully. "Alas, I understand. You may withdraw."

After saying that, he began pretending to sleep. His scenes wouldn't start until near the end of the morning.

Just as he was about to fall asleep, someone took away the script covering his face.

"Bold thief!"

He opened his eyes and saw that it was his manager, Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue said angrily, "My dear pure-and-honest lord, can't you be a little more motivated? Everyone else is going over scenes. Why don't you go practice with them? Those three leads are at least fourth- or fifth-tier actors. They're far better off than an eighteenth-tier nobody like you. Go build some relationships with them properly."

Xu Yanche glanced at the female lead, male lead, and second male lead over there.

Then he withdrew his gaze.

He looked down on Zhang Yue with contempt. "The strong are always alone."

The moment he finished speaking, Zhang Yue smacked him.

Xu Yanche: "..." Fine, fine, this life truly couldn't go on.

He wanted to flip the table.

But there was delicious food on the table, so he couldn't flip it.

In this world, only good food and money must never be betrayed.

Then he would change tactics.

Zhang Yue then watched Xu Yanche take a laptop out of his backpack and start typing away furiously.

When she moved closer and saw the key points for the National College Entrance Examination on the screen, her vision went dark and she nearly fainted.

Had she pushed him too hard and driven the kid crazy?

Instead of properly acting, he had started summarizing key points for the National College Entrance Examination, and the summary even looked impressively organized.

Xu Yanche had swiped this laptop from He Qing while staying at the He Household.

He Qing hadn't said anything, only told him to ask if there was anything he wanted.

Xu Yanche logged into WPS and began revising, supplementing, and removing material from the exam notes he had compiled back when he took the National College Entrance Examination, incorporating questions from recent years.

He also found many sample questions.

After working for three hours, he had more or less finished the Chinese materials and clicked send to He Jing.

A Pool of Clear Water: [After Being Reborn, I'm Determined to Hold on Tight to Awen's Heart] Little sister, this is a gift from your big brother. Please accept it~

During the long break between classes, He Jing looked at the file Xu Yanche had sent her.

She thought it was some novel he had sent for her to read.

But when she clicked it open in eager anticipation, she discovered that it was fucking summarized key points for Chinese.

Not only were they summarized, there were also classic sample questions.

I Just Want Some Peace: ??? Bro, what does this mean?

A Pool of Clear Water: No need to thank me. It's what I should do. Love you~

He Jing screamed internally. She felt that Xu Yanche was her nemesis.

She had originally planned to ignore him.

Then she saw messages in the family group chat.

A Pool of Clear Water: [Image] @He Qing @He Yumo @Jiang Qian

A Pool of Clear Water: I sent the summarized key points to Jingjing. Mom, Dad, and Qingqing Darling, please supervise her studies properly. Print them out when the time comes. I might not be able to look after her studies much lately since I'm on set.

He Qing: Mm.

He Yumo: Don't worry, Yanyan. Focus on filming. Tell the family if you need anything.

Jiang Qian: Yanyan, you've worked hard.

A Pool of Clear Water: Hehe, not hard at all, not hard at all. It's what I should do.

He Jing was bewildered. Whose family were these people, anyway?

Xu Yanche happily put away his phone and continued typing furiously at his computer.

He even took out the external keyboard he had bought from his backpack.

Then he continued typing like mad.

For a time, aside from the sounds of filming, the entire set was filled with clattering keyboard clicks.

The keyboard clattered with stirring passion.

During a break, Director Chen leaned over to take a look.

The corner of his eye twitched slightly. "Little Xu, why are you summarizing key points for the National College Entrance Examination?"

A wicked smile appeared on Xu Yanche's face. "To torment others, of course, and delight myself."

Director Chen: "..." Had this kid gone mad from too much pressure?

Director Chen patted Zhang Yue's shoulder and said gravely, "If you have time, take the kid out to see a doctor."

Zhang Yue: "..."

Zhang Yue truly wanted to say that Xu Yanche had always been like this.

Over the next few days, apart from filming seriously, Xu Yanche spent every day sending messages to tease He Qing.

Then he diligently organized study materials.

One week later.

He sent the finished materials to the family group chat.

A Pool of Clear Water: [Overbearing Math Falls for Me] [The Exotic Handsome Guy Falls for Me] [Easily Conquering the Liberal Arts Comprehensive Exam] [After Being Reborn, I'll Never Make the Same Mistakes Again] (A collection of frequently missed questions)

A Pool of Clear Water: @He Jing, study hard, little sister~ Remember to print these out and memorize them and practice questions every day. I ordered ten exercise books online yesterday; they should arrive around tonight. Please keep an eye out for them~

Today was rainy.

It drizzled intermittently all day.

After school, He Jing happily walked home under an umbrella.

She was planning to eat, put on a face mask, and get a good beauty sleep.

Then her phone rang.

She took out her phone and looked at it, nearly falling over.

He Jing: "Aaaaaah!" Heavens, why were they doing this to her?

Why did Xu Yanche have to send it in the family group chat?

Now her dad, mom, and brother could all see it, so she couldn't pretend not to know.

And her dad, mom, and brother in the group had all said they would supervise her studying and memorization properly.

Her brother had even directly transferred twenty thousand yuan to Xu Yanche, saying he had worked hard summarizing the key points.

Her parents had also told her to study hard and not let down Xu Yanche's good intentions.

He Jing felt as though everything around her had instantly gone silent, leaving only the sound of her heart shattering.

Xu Yanche looked at the transfer notification and happily accepted it.

Seriously, life was simply wonderful. Not only could he mess with people, he could get paid for it too.

Ah, it was just too wonderful.