After Kissing the World-Weary Female Supporting Character [Transmigration] - Chapter 36

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After the reporter shouted, the colleagues in the office all rushed over to see. Ji Ruyue was also a frequent face on the finance pages, and although they worked for the entertainment section, quite a few people recognized her.

A group of people discussed how to handle it. After all, although the last “Sky-High Price Mistress” incident hadn’t gone viral outside the industry, everyone in the circle knew about it, and the fate of the self-media outlet that had poked the tiger’s whiskers was a warning. The group debated for a long time without a conclusion, eventually alarming the editor-in-chief.

It is said that all coincidences happen in a book. It just so happened that the editor-in-chief of this media company had a good relationship with Shengguang and was well aware of the entanglement between Ji Ruyue and Shengguang’s new boss, Li Yebai. She decided to suppress the photo. After some back and forth, the photo, along with the entire story of Song Xingzi’s injury, was passed to Li Yebai.

As for the malice that scared Song Xingzi that day, most of it was imagined by her: she was prejudiced, assumed she had been exposed, and after hearing the inner thoughts of the host and nearby guests, her mind went completely off track, believing that everyone knew the truth and that she was about to be captured and dissected on an operating table. In the end, her spiritual power leaked out, leading to an accident.

Because the accident was caused by Song Xingzi’s spiritual power leakage, she was very generous in expressing her understanding to Xiangtai, and even sincerely praised the production team on Weibo for their timely response. With the top public relations team of the entertainment industry backing Song Xingzi, a hidden storm was easily quelled, and Xiangtai enthusiastically invited Song Xingzi to record a new popular reality show.

That is a story for later, so let’s leave it aside for now.

Let’s talk about Li Yebai. When he saw the photo of Song Xingzi being pulled away by Ji Ruyue like a little wife, he was instantly furious, immediately smashing everything on his desk that could be broken. The man was like a walking iceberg, constantly spewing cold air.

“President, who was the idiot that angered you so much?”

Tang Wen, the CEO’s 24-hour personal secretary, who had been urgently summoned by the special assistant, pushed the door open and approached respectfully, like Little Ash trying to placate Red Wolf.

“Who else could it be? Ever since the Starlight Annual Meeting, the green on my head has grown day by day. That despicable woman, heh, I will make her pay!”

Yes, yes, yes. With one word from you, you can make companies go bankrupt, everyone jobless, and babies without formula milk, but why are you taking your anger out on the documents?

Tang Wen crouched down, stepping over the shards of glass and porcelain, picking up the documents one by one and organizing them. He knew that the damn CEO wouldn’t wait for him to respond anyway.

Sure enough, Li Yebai lowered his head and saw the photo that infuriated him once again. His self-control, which he prided himself on, completely collapsed in an instant. He clenched his fists and slammed them hard onto the solid wood desk.

It didn’t hurt him at all. Tang Wen stood beside him, holding the documents, waiting for the damn CEO’s next words.

“I knew that eighteenth-tier starlet was no good! How dare she mess with me! My woman, only I can flirt with her! Even if I don’t want her, no one else can touch her except me!”

But you suspected Little CEO Ji was cheating on you before, and you even chased her out at the banquet. Why has your target changed now?

Tang Wen smiled, saying nothing.

“This is a photo the Public Relations Department just sent me. That little starlet can die for all I care, but her heart must be kept for Little Bai first,” In front of his close assistant, Li Yebai never hid his ruthlessness. “Look at what should be done? I know about what you and He Ya did before. It failed and almost caused trouble. This time, seize the opportunity. Tell He Ya to speed things up. I don’t have that much patience!”

As he spoke these words, Li Yebai’s eyes were like a thousand-year-old frozen pool, as if he wanted to freeze people to death with his gaze.

Tang Wen, who felt no killing intent at all, was as gentle as if he were looking at a pile of RMB. “Understood, President. I will communicate with Miss He. I will ensure she damages the relationship between Little CEO Ji and the starlet as quickly as possible.”

“Mhm. Little Bai is about to return from the US. I need to prepare everything before she comes back, understand? Little Bai is the purest, most beautiful, and kindest girl in this world. Her every move always tugs at my heart! I swear I will take good care of her for the rest of my life!”

Mhm, I know. You don’t need to repeat this every day.

Recalling Liu Bai’s pure and stubborn look—wearing a white dress, a lily in her hair, and straight black hair—Tang Wen shivered with goosebumps, smiling as he continued to listen to Li Yebai express his inner turmoil.

Should I say they are indeed sisters? Thinking about it, that little starlet really does resemble Miss Liu Bai. It would be perfect if she wasn’t wearing a gardenia.

“Why are you still following me?”

Liu Bai’s real older sister, the one who was stubborn, pure, and had a white lily in her hair, was not, at this moment, wearing a gardenia and tripping all over the world. In order to legitimately live with Ji Ruyue, after returning to work, she sabotaged the water pipe, broke the light fixtures, and destroyed the air conditioner in her own bedroom. She finally managed to stick to Ji Ruyue for a few more days.

But after five days of repairs, no matter how much Song Xingzi had destroyed, the water pipe, light fixtures, and air conditioner were all replaced with new ones. Her luggage was also tidied up by the diligent assistant and placed behind Ji Ruyue’s room door, ready for her to move in at any moment.

Ji Ruyue looked at the person who was following her like a little tail, pushed open the door, and asked, “Not tired anymore?”

She was clearly yawning constantly at the filming location. Now that work is over, and the air conditioning, water, and electricity are fixed, why is she sticking to me instead of sleeping?

“I, this, because…”

Song Xingzi twisted the sleeves of her coat, stammering and unable to form a complete sentence.

The light fixtures are fixed, the water pipe is replaced with a new one, and the air conditioner is now central air conditioning, which is hard to sabotage. Plus, it’s always just my room that has problems. That’s pretty spooky. What should I do? I can’t think of a new excuse! Do I, Little Songzi, have to sneak back to my own room and sleep alone tonight? No! I don’t want to!

“Come in first. Standing outside, people will talk if you get photographed,” Ji Ruyue brought her inside. As soon as she finished speaking, the person who had been stammering immediately brightened up, smiling foolishly as she quickly flashed into the room.

Ji Ruyue: “…” Why do I have the illusion that she achieved her goal?

“Ji Ji,” Song Xingzi sat down on the sofa very naturally, hugging a cushion, resting her face on it, curling up in the sofa, and smilingly called out.

“You can stay here for a while. You must take your luggage and return to your room within half an hour.”

“Why!” Song Xingzi immediately performed a quick change of expression. Her grinning face instantly morphed into a mournful one. “Ji Ji, you don’t want to live with me? This way, when I get up to cook every day, I won’t disturb you! Isn’t that great?”

Ji Ruyue was unmoved. “You didn’t disturb me before.”

“Ji Ji, I suspect there’s a ghost in my room. Otherwise, why are things only breaking in my room in the entire production crew!”

“Oh—” Ji Ruyue clearly didn’t believe her, her gaze, like she was looking at an idiot, moving back and forth across Song Xingzi’s face. “If you keep staying with me, there will be bad rumors, which is not good for your career.”

Even though she knew the soul in this body was not the Female Lead, Ji Ruyue still often thought about Song Xingzi’s future in the context of the original Female Lead’s path.

There’s a chance! Ji Ji doesn’t really want to reject me either! Song Xingzi’s eyes sparkled. “What bad rumors?”

“I am the investor, and you are a new actress. Don’t you understand?”

Song Xingzi didn’t care. “So what? Ji Ji is also acting!”

“Besides, I genuinely feel that my room is not good; it has some evil aura. It’s not as reassuring as staying here with Ji Ji.”

Ji Ruyue: “…”

“Then I’ll switch with you.”

“No,” Song Xingzi shook her head. “I just want to sleep with Ji Ji!”

“That’s not good,” Ji Ruyue felt a bit of a headache. Although her sleep quality improved dramatically when sleeping with Song Xingzi, if they lived together now, who knew how many rumors would spread.

“What’s wrong with it? We also lived in one room in the capital!” Song Xingzi argued forcefully. “I’m not her. I don’t care about whether I can act or not!”

Ji Ruyue was silent for a moment, then said, “Fine. Go to sleep.”

Right, she’s not the Female Lead. I shouldn’t overthink this. My conjectures are uncertain anyway, so I might as well let her do what she wants. Besides, although same-sex marriage is legal, the public is far less sensitive to same-sex relationships than to heterosexual ones. I shouldn’t think too much. I’ll take it one step at a time.

“Yay, yay!”

Song Xingzi jumped off the sofa, ran to the door, quickly pulled her suitcase in, opened it, took out her daily necessities, and placed them in the bathroom. Her movements were seamless, clearly showing she had planned this for a long time.

“Don’t put your leg on me at night, don’t steal the blanket, don’t hug me, don’t…”

“Okay, okay, whatever Ji Ji says is fine!”

The two spoke back and forth, and Song Xingzi’s long-desired cohabitation life finally began with a stumble.