That asshole didn't deserve it

"See you tonight," Du Lanxi replied. Once he hung up, she handed the phone back to Su Tangtang.

"He told you he likes men?" That was one hell of a scoop!!!

The kind of scoop that could crash Weibo!

And he'd just told Su Tangtang outright?!

She couldn't help looking Su Tangtang over. Was that face really so powerful?

Su Tangtang nodded without a change in expression. "Yesterday, when we went skiing. He told me himself in the changing room."

"Something must have happened. Otherwise, he wouldn't be doing a dating reality show."

When the news first broke that Chen Sinian was joining a dating reality show, everyone in the industry had thought the same thing.

But even now, nobody had figured out why he'd signed up.

Du Lanxi thought for a moment, then asked, "Did he say anything else?"

Su Tangtang told her he'd asked her to interact with him more on camera. "Maybe he introduced me to this role as a thank-you."

She felt rather guilty saying that. After all, she hadn't mentioned that Chen Sinian had also promised her three million.

Du Lanxi didn't notice anything unusual about her. She was still wondering whether someone with ulterior motives had found out Chen Sinian liked men, prompting him to make the first move by joining a dating reality show so everyone would think he was attracted to women.

That seemed like the only possibility.

Still, none of that was their business. They needed to look after themselves first.

"I'll go with you tonight. This male-led drama has a lot of buzz. They haven't even started filming, but it's already trended several times. That means the production team is willing to spend money, so there'll definitely be exposure. Even getting your face out there would be worthwhile."

With a face like hers, she was sure to stun every viewer the moment she appeared!

Su Tangtang nodded. "Okay."

Just then, a ringtone abruptly rang out.

It was Du Lanxi's phone. She took it out, glanced at it, and held it toward Su Tangtang. The contact name on the screen was Mu Qing.

Su Tangtang had to think for a moment before remembering who he was.

She quickly reached over and tapped the red button to decline the call.

At the same time, she said to Du Lanxi, "Didn't I tell you to block him?"

Du Lanxi studied her expression but couldn't spot anything amiss. "You really want to block him?"

"What happened between you two?"

Other people might not know, but as her manager of two years, Du Lanxi knew all too well. Heaven had given her a perfect face, but not a perfect brain.

She was hopelessly lovesick!

Not even ten male models could cure her of it!

Su Tangtang curled her lips into a mocking smile. "Sister Du, don't bring him up again. I've found a new dream guy!"

That asshole didn't deserve it!

With that thought, she slowly began again. "Haven't you always wondered why I kept doing what he said, chasing publicity to raise my earning power, then working hard to make money for him?"

"I'll tell you now."

"I'm an orphan. A couple adopted me when I was five. They were gentle and treated me very well, and we were happy together for a while. But it didn't last. Not long afterward, a fire broke out at home. My adoptive mother risked her life to get me out."

"Mu Qing lived next door. His parents were close to my adoptive parents. When none of the relatives would pay for their funeral, his parents couldn't bear it and took care of the arrangements. They even paid for my adoptive parents' burial plots. Later, they felt sorry for me and wanted to take me in, but I refused. I only recognized my adoptive parents as my parents. They said they understood. They wouldn't adopt me as their daughter; they'd just give me a place to live. They also kept supporting me financially."

"They were a middle-class family and weren't short of anything. I took the first money I earned back to them, but they refused it. Mu Qing had been good to me since we were little. Whenever people called me a jinx and said I'd brought death upon my adoptive parents, he always stood up for me. After thinking it over, I decided to give him the money I'd intended to repay them with."

But who could have known that bastard Mu Qing would be a bottomless pit? He'd even persuaded the original owner of this body to chase publicity everywhere to increase her earning power and make money for him!

While the original owner was being viciously attacked all over the internet, he'd been busy wooing his dream girl at the Research Institute!

The next time she saw him, she would damn well slap him a few times on the original owner's behalf!

Du Lanxi fell silent after hearing her out.

She'd never understood why Su Tangtang kept giving Mu Qing money. He wasn't even particularly good-looking. After seeing handsome men all the time in the entertainment industry, Du Lanxi really couldn't find someone like Mu Qing attractive.

Whenever she'd asked, Su Tangtang wouldn't tell her. In particular, when she'd asked whether Su Tangtang liked him, she hadn't denied it. Naturally, Du Lanxi had come to believe she was hopelessly lovesick and madly in love with him.

Now, she sighed. "Then why have you..." stopped giving him money?

Su Tangtang closed her eyes briefly. "I had a dream. A very real dream. In it, I was told he was the one who caused the fire at my house."

In fact, she'd found that out by searching for Mu Qing's name in the book.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have insisted on making him pay her back.

The original owner had earned that money. If she'd wanted to repay their kindness by giving it to them, so be it.

Su Tangtang could make her own money.

But if Mu Qing was the culprit behind the fire, why the hell should he get any of it?!

He was lucky she hadn't slapped him!

"Sister Du, I'm going to sleep for a bit." When Du Lanxi said nothing more, Su Tangtang leaned into the space between the seat back and the car door and closed her eyes.

Du Lanxi glanced at her, picked up the blanket beside her, and draped it over her.

Su Tangtang didn't own a home. The place she was living in was rented.

Once they reached her building, Du Lanxi took out her luggage and walked her to her door. "Get some rest. I still have a few things to take care of. I'll come back to pick you up tonight."

Su Tangtang nodded.

At five thirty that afternoon, Du Lanxi came to take her to the dinner.

Chen Sinian had said six thirty. The trip would take half an hour, but there might be traffic at this time of day, so they left a little early.

By the time they arrived, Chen Sinian was already there. He'd sent his assistant to wait for them in the underground parking garage.

Su Tangtang knew his assistant. They greeted each other, then took the elevator up.

When she pushed open the private dining room's door, she found quite a few people inside. Apart from Chen Sinian, the only person she recognized was Bai Zhitao.

After all, she'd followed the gossip about Bai Zhitao's tax evasion before. It had left quite an impression.

Bai Zhitao was sitting between the investor and the director, toasting them.

"You're here." Chen Sinian stood and pulled out the empty chair beside him. Then he turned to the others and introduced her. "President Lin, Director, this is Su Tangtang, whom I just mentioned."

Su Tangtang adapted easily, greeting them with a slight smile. "Hello, President Lin. Hello, Director."

They stopped what they were doing and cast a brief glance at Su Tangtang's face, then froze.