The Fourteenth Piece of Gossip: What Juicy Gossip? Take Fourteen Bites...

Ye Mo said, "What could happen to me? I'm eating and drinking well with the Ye Family. Life couldn't be more comfortable."

"Who said I was asking about you?" Shen Yan said. "I was asking whether the other members of the Ye Family were all right. You haven't torn the sky down over their heads, have you?" This little ancestor of his was no pushover.

Ye Mo rolled her eyes. "Relax. I'm fine, and so are the Ye Family members. We're getting along quite happily. My eldest brother even gave me four million... As expected of the Ye Family. They really are generous with pocket money!"

Shen Yan immediately said, "Is it too late for me to cling to your golden thigh?"

Jokes aside, Shen Yan was still very concerned about Ye Mo's situation with the Ye Family. After hearing her brief account of her single day there, he couldn't help feeling a pang of sympathy.

Ye Mo was so rational about this that it hurt. He had no idea how many times her hopes for familial affection had died for her to have developed this attitude.

Yes, what she had said was indeed true. She had never spent time with the Ye Family, so how could she have feelings for them? But as her manager and friend, Shen Yan still felt for her predicament.

After all, given the choice, who wouldn't want to be the child their parents loved most?

Fortunately, Ye Mo genuinely didn't seem to care much whether the Ye Family liked her. Compared with affection, she seemed more concerned about how much she could gain from becoming their daughter.

It was very rational and very detached, but that attitude also kept her from being easily hurt by the Ye Family.

At that thought, Shen Yan couldn't help sighing inwardly.

After that sigh, he rallied his spirits and began discussing work with Ye Mo.

As a celebrity, Ye Mo had just finished a job and currently had some free time. That was why she had been able to find a teacher to teach her acting. Yet after she had studied for only half a month, that Teacher Shen had resigned.

"What nonsense about being unable to teach you? I think that Teacher Shen just wasn't competent!" Shen Yan said, though he was clearly trying to comfort Ye Mo.

After all, that Teacher Shen had trained several

Best Actors

and Best Actresses, and genuinely knew his stuff. Yet someone like that had met his Waterloo with Ye Mo and practically fled.

When he left, he had even made quite a few disparaging remarks about Ye Mo. Shen Yan still got angry whenever he brought it up.

"...Hmph!" He sneered. "So what if you can't act? The offers haven't stopped coming! I've received quite a few scripts recently, and some of them are good! We'll try to pick the best one and stun them all with your acting!"

Ye Mo's voice was faint. "...Do you really think I can stun everyone with my acting?" Even she had lost confidence in herself.

At that, Shen Yan, who had been speaking so confidently a moment earlier, instantly choked on his words-to be honest, he didn't.

Ye Mo flipped through the scripts he had brought and found that several really were quite good. However, the roles she had been offered were all decorative supporting parts with little screen time. Clearly, the directors valued her fame, but not her acting.

Ye Mo couldn't help pressing her lips together, her expression somewhat helpless.

She understood perfectly what these people were thinking. They all thought her acting was too poor for her to shoulder a major role, so those with better scripts were unwilling to cast her as the lead. But it wasn't as though Ye Mo hadn't worked on her acting.

Ever since her debut, Ye Mo had actually been working hard to improve her acting. She simply seemed to lack the knack for it. No matter how she studied, her performances were wooden, even dulling her beauty several degrees on camera. As a result, whenever a drama she appeared in aired, her character was always "outshone" by the other female characters, and publicity pieces about her being outshone flew all over the internet.

She had to admit that some things really did depend on talent. Perhaps she truly didn't have the slightest talent for acting?

Just as Ye Mo began doubting herself, she suddenly heard a mechanical "ding-dong" in her mind.

[Detected the host's strong desire...]

[Generating a shop system based on the host's wish! Gossip Points currency unlocked!]

[Ding-dong! Gossip Points confirmed. Best Actress Shop System activated!]

[...Hello, host. Gossip System 888 at your service. Our goal is to feast on the most gossip and become the biggest melon-field badger!] The mechanical voice suddenly turned gentle at this last sentence.

Chapter 14: The Fourteenth Piece of Gossip: What Juicy Gossip? Take Fourteen Bites...

Ye Mo already had some experience with being bound to a system, but that did nothing to lessen her surprise and confusion.

Best Actress Shop System? What was that supposed to be?

Ye Mo temporarily suppressed her shock, made a casual excuse, and ducked into the wash-

room. As soon as she entered, she shouted for 888 in her mind, "888, what is this Best Actress Shop System?"

888 immediately replied, "The Best Actress Shop System was generated because 888 sensed the host's powerful desire. It came into being because of your strong desire to improve your acting..."

"Now, all you need to do is silently say 'open shop' in your mind to open it! The shop contains all sorts of products that can help you become a Best Actress!"

As 888 explained, Ye Mo gradually calmed down. Hearing this, she felt a stir of interest and instinctively called out in her mind, [Open shop.]

Whoosh!

In an instant, a pale blue screen appeared before Ye Mo.

Ye Mo looked up and saw that this so-called shop resembled an in-game shop, with products arranged neatly in rows. Among them were "Frost-Defying, Snow-Surpassing Cream," "Twin Eyes Like Rippling Water," "Graceful and Lithe," and more.

888 said proudly, "To be a proper Best Actress, beautiful looks are naturally essential. This Frost-Defying, Snow-Surpassing Cream can make your skin snowy white and lustrous, while Twin Eyes Like Rippling Water can make your eyes brighter and more expressive..."

888 spoke at length, introducing the shop's products to Ye Mo, but listening to it brought her no joy.

"Do you think I need these things to enhance my looks?" she asked.

888: "..."

Looking at its host's radiant, beautiful face, 888 simply couldn't bring itself to lie and say she did. Its excited, impassioned voice immediately wilted. "No..."

Ye Mo browsed the shop and discovered that the currency required to purchase products was called "Gossip Points." She asked, "What are these Gossip Points?"

888 tried to rally its spirits. "Every time you feast on gossip, you earn a varying number of Gossip Points. The juicier the gossip, the more points you receive... You currently have 120 Gossip Points, including thirty-five from your father, twenty from Secretary Chen, and thirty from Secretary Huang..."

Naturally, Young Master Luo had yielded the most Gossip Points. His gossip really was dramatic and thrilling.

Ye Mo could use the Gossip Points she had earned to buy all sorts of products in the shop, but...

"Waaah!" 888 burst into loud sobs. "I'm sorry, host! 888 is useless! I can't help you become a Best Actress! 888 really is so useless!"

Listening to 888's wailing, Ye Mo felt a little warmth in her heart. She said casually, "You've already been very useful, 888. If not for you, when I met that Young Master Luo earlier and he humiliated me like that, I wouldn't have had any way to hit back... It was only thanks to you telling me his gossip that I managed to scare him."

888 sounded doubtful. "...Really?"

Ye Mo nodded firmly. "Of course!"

"Hahaha!" 888 instantly shook off its dejection and declared loudly, "888 really is the greatest gossip system! Don't worry, host. If anyone bullies you in the future, 888 will dig up every last bit of their gossip! I definitely won't let you be bullied!"

Ye Mo smiled. "Then I'll be counting on you from now on, 888!"

888 readily agreed. "Leave it all to 888."