Making a Deal with the Main Villain

Once Gu Luosheng processed what he had said, she blinked.

Something's off.

Why was he asking her that?

"I sell my talents, not my body!" Gu Luosheng hurriedly hugged herself.

Ye Nanshen scoffed, his expression mild. "You?"

Gu Luosheng: ???

What did that mean? Was he looking down on her?

"You know, the line of people chasing me stretches all the way from here to France! I don't even know who to date first." Gu Luosheng planted her hands on her hips and spoke with absolute conviction.

Ye Nanshen glanced at Gu Luosheng. She looked rather cute like this, probably the type his grandmother would like.

"Did you just say you were an extra?" Ye Nanshen continued.

"It's called being a star. There's a difference, okay?" Gu Luosheng felt helpless. Was this main villain's brain not working?

Ye Nanshen tossed a black card onto Gu Luosheng. "Play a part for me tomorrow night."

At that, Gu Luosheng folded her arms across her chest and instantly turned haughty. "Do I look like someone who's short on money? Let me tell you, I don't take just any job!"

"There's five million on that card," Ye Nanshen said flatly.

"Deal!" Gu Luosheng's eyes lit up, her little face blooming into a smile. Who would turn down money?

"I'll contact you tomorrow evening. Now... get out." The next second, his expression turned icy.

Gu Luosheng pouted. As expected of the main villain-cold and aloof.

The door opened automatically, and Gu Luosheng hurried out of the car.

He might have been handsome, but Gu Luosheng figured... staying alive came first.

"Huh? I don't think he has my contact details yet... How's he going to reach me?" By the time Gu Luosheng realized it, the car was already far away.

Gu Luosheng: ...

She raised an eyebrow and glanced at the black card. "Well, I've already got the money. Don't blame me if you can't reach me."

[Host, you actually dared to make a deal with the main villain. You're... so brave.]

Now that the car was far away, the system popped out to speak.

Gu Luosheng rubbed between her brows.

Where were you just now? I wanted to ask you for help, but where were you!!!

[Please calm down, Host. I'm not human to begin with. Besides... the main villain's presence was too intimidating. I was too scared to come out.]

You said it yourself-you're not human. What, was he going to eat you?

[Well, no, but... I was still scared.]

Gu Luosheng: ...

Whatever. She had the five million now. Any future problems could wait until they happened.

Gu Luosheng was the very definition of living in the moment.

When she got home, Gu Luoxi had already returned ahead of her.

They had arrived one right after the other.

Gu Luoxi sobbed. "Dad, I... I was bullied."

"What happened?" When Mr. Gu saw Gu Luoxi filthy all over and looking utterly bedraggled, a hint of distaste crossed his face.

She didn't look like a child of the Gu Family at all.

"It was... my sister." Gu Luoxi wiped her tears as she accused her. "I wanted to put in a good word for her in front of her fans, but she put glue on the chair and ruined my clothes. Then she deliberately brought the fans over to watch me make a fool of myself."

"That had nothing to do with me," Gu Luosheng quickly clarified.

"I messaged your manager, but she blocked me. I was so anxious that I went to find someone to help, but when I got back, you'd already left." As she spoke, Gu Luosheng opened her chat history with the manager. Sure enough... there was a red exclamation mark.

Gu Luoxi's eyes widened. "You did it on purpose! Look at the injuries on my face, and my body..."

Gu Luoxi looked at Mr. Gu pitifully, hoping he would give Gu Luosheng a proper scolding.

Preferably... he would throw Gu Luosheng out!

Mr. Gu glanced over and calmly took a sip of tea. "Didn't Shengsheng just say she contacted your manager? Who could have known your manager would be so unreliable?"

Xia Zhiyun chimed in, "Exactly. Xixi, did you tell your manager to delete Shengsheng?"

Gu Luoxi felt wronged.

"I didn't do that."

She was clearly the one who had been hurt. Why were her parents saying this?

Wait...

Seeing that her parents were acting as though nothing had happened, Gu Luoxi eyed them suspiciously. "Mom, Dad, didn't you go to get your divorce certificate?"

"I thought it through. It was just a little matter, nothing worth getting divorced over." Gu Jingsheng waved a hand, looking magnanimous.

Xia Zhiyun narrowed her eyes too. "Xixi, what do you mean by that? Were you hoping we'd get divorced?"

Gu Luoxi felt a little guilty at that and hurriedly waved her hands. "H-how could I? I want my mom and dad to be together forever. I was just curious, so I asked."

Xia Zhiyun snorted. "Looks to me like you've started trying to drive a wedge between us."

When Gu Luosheng heard her mother giving Gu Luoxi a hard time, her eyes curved into a smile.

Has my mom finally gotten her eyes fixed? Has she seen through Gu Luoxi's true colors? If so, that would be wonderful... I hope she keeps this up and doesn't fall for her tricks again. Then there might still be a chance.

"I haven't." Gu Luoxi felt even more wronged. She had been the victim to begin with, so how had things turned out like this?

"All right, enough for now. Xixi, go back to your room and change. Look at yourself-what on earth are you wearing?" Mr. Gu's tone carried a hint of distaste as well.

Gu Luoxi wanted to say more, but sensing that the situation wasn't in her favor, she hurried back to her room to change.

"Shengsheng, come watch TV." The instant Xia Zhiyun saw her biological daughter, she switched to a cheerful expression.

The fastest change of expression in history.

"Sweetheart, what would you like to watch? Mommy has an SVIP subscription, so we can watch anything." Xia Zhiyun pulled Gu Luosheng down beside her and spoke affectionately.

Gu Luosheng couldn't quite adjust to it just yet.

"Then let's watch something our Shengsheng appeared in." Xia Zhiyun switched straight to a show featuring Gu Luosheng.

Gu Luosheng: ...

Ahem. She really hadn't appeared in much. There was... Brave Forward-the one where she fell into the water-and Happy Bumper Cars, which was just bumper cars.

"Our Shengsheng is amazing." Xia Zhiyun was beside herself with excitement.

Gu Luosheng coughed awkwardly. There really was no need to... force the praise.

She knew her own level.

She knew Gu Luosheng in the novel had terrible acting skills, but she hadn't expected them to be this bad. She hadn't landed a single proper role.

It seemed she really needed to plan out her career.

Even if she was cannon fodder, she ought to be mature cannon fodder!

When Gu Luoxi came out of her room and saw the family of three sitting on the sofa, laughing and chatting, she nearly ground her back teeth to pieces with jealousy.

But almost instantly, she put on a sweet expression.

Gu Luoxi sat down beside Gu Jingsheng. "Dad, today... I spent over a million at the hotel~"