I Was Taken by the Female Lead After Transmigrating into a Book - Chapter 9

“Bai Feifei is suspected of having her leg broken…” Fu Xiaoxiao’s voice stopped at the word ‘broken,’ and she instinctively looked down at Bai Feifei’s straight, white legs.

What a waste not to make a specimen out of those legs.

She was silent for a moment, then turned and said thoughtfully, “So my mom told me to watch you so you wouldn’t do something crazy like jump off a building.”

Bai Feifei gave her a sideways glance. “Why do you have that ‘oh, I get it now’ look on your face?”

Fu Xiaoxiao grinned and gave a very affected, shy expression. “I just figured it out.”

Her tone changed again. “But would you really do something crazy like jump?”

“Jump off what?” Bai Feifei frowned as she scrolled through the comments, not a single one was positive.

She angrily closed Weibo. After cooling down, she said to Fu Xiaoxiao, “Not now, not ever. You only have one life, and once it’s gone, it’s really gone. If you jump off a building, you’ll have time to regret it before you hit the ground, but you’ll never have a chance to change your mind. If you jump into the ocean…” Bai Feifei pondered for a moment. “There’s still a chance of survival, but 80% of people will die. Before the seawater fills the car, everyone will probably feel a moment of fear and suddenly not want to die anymore. But how can a person struggle against the ocean? So, dying is just not worth it.”

Fu Xiaoxiao nodded along, only focusing on the conclusion, “Not now, not ever.” She immediately smiled happily and poured Bai Feifei another bottle of hot water.

Bai Feifei’s stomach was just a little weak. The doctor had said her stomach wasn’t in great shape and had a tendency to develop into chronic ulcers. From now on, she had to eat less spicy and greasy food, and alcohol was completely forbidden. She needed to take good care of herself.

Fu Xiaoxiao, who considered herself Bai Feifei’s future personal assistant, was on standby with a small notebook. She wrote down everything the doctor said, more seriously than she had ever studied for her college entrance exams.

Bai Feifei was a little moved. “If you had this kind of determination for your college entrance exams, Auntie wouldn’t have had to whip you all the time.”

In high school, Fu Xiaoxiao didn’t want to study and was more interested in online dating.

At that time, Bai Feifei had warned her not to mess around, but she just wouldn’t listen. She would stay up all night messaging people until the early morning—until she got caught.

Her mom beat her up. She was forced to break up with her online boyfriend without even getting a chance to say goodbye. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. One dark and windy night, she was riding her bicycle without looking and fell into a ditch, breaking her leg. This idiot, with her fresh injuries from the fall and the beating from her mom, suddenly went to the police station and said her mom had abused her.

The result was predictable.

Ms. Xi Rong was a no-nonsense woman, and since the matter had gone to the authorities, she immediately grabbed the fireplace poker and rushed to the police station. She beat her daughter thoroughly, putting her full strength into it and drawing blood.

The police officers were also at a loss with this stupid child. On top of that, the chief happened to know Ms. Xi Rong. The group of people didn’t want to get involved in a “leader’s acquaintance’s” family matter. Since this unfortunate child was so infuriating, they half-heartedly tried to stop them. When they saw Xi Rong was truly furious and going for a death blow, they finally intervened out of concern for Fu Xiaoxiao’s truly broken leg and sent her to the hospital.

At that time, Fu Xiaoxiao was forced to study by her mom every day, but she was never as diligent as she was now, and she was even studying on her own initiative.

Fu Xiaoxiao didn’t even look up, continuing to write furiously. She said casually, “My mom knows I’m going to work with you. She told me to follow you closely and gave me a lot of money. It’s rare for her to have so much faith in me, so I can’t let her down. I have to take good care of you, right?”

Bai Feifei was genuinely surprised this time.

She remembered Ms. Xi Rong being very fond of her. She and the original host’s mother were distant cousins, but even so, they were still relatives, much closer than ordinary people. But she hadn’t expected Xi Rong to tolerate this much for her sake.

Following a friend with no work, no fans, and a broken family into the entertainment industry was absurd.

Fu Xiaoxiao wasn’t unintelligent. She was just careless and didn’t want to bother with anything, which was why she knew a little bit about everything but wasn’t proficient in anything. Over time, she became a little flighty and impatient.

Bai Feifei didn’t know Xi Rong’s intentions. She couldn’t guess what the iron-willed lawyer was thinking. She considered it for a moment and said, “So, should we do a good job?”

“Let’s do a good job!” Fu Xiaoxiao clenched her fist, her voice strong and powerful. “We’ll do a good job to show my mom!”

Bai Feifei was speechless.

“We’ll do a good job to show her,” Bai Feifei said through gritted teeth, wondering if this idiot could really be an assistant.

A few days later, Bai Feifei was officially discharged from the hospital, fully recovered.

It was actually not a good idea to drink plain rice porridge with her stomach problems. In the following days, she ate a bland but varied and nutritious diet. Xi Rong had given Fu Xiaoxiao a large sum of money and promised her that as long as she used it for the right purposes, she wouldn’t have her allowance cut anymore… even though it wasn’t much to begin with.

That day, Bai Feifei went home, had someone clean the house, and temporarily settled into the small apartment with Fu Xiaoxiao.

“You said we’re going to do a good job, but what are we even doing?” Fu Xiaoxiao slumped on the sofa, looking at Bai Feifei eating fruit with tears in her eyes. “We’ve been messing around for a week! Is this what the entertainment industry is like? Waiting for work to find you?”

“Are you dreaming?” Bai Feifei glanced at her, then threw her phone at her. “Read this. When you’re done, get ready to go out. We have something important to do.”

She hadn’t done anything in the past few days because she was waiting for today.

Fu Xiaoxiao grabbed the phone and looked.

It was a WeChat chat between Bai Feifei and her old boss, “Bald Old Pan.”

As soon as she saw the contact name, Fu Xiaoxiao’s face scrunched up. When she read the entire conversation, her face was so wrinkled that she could have crushed an old pan with it.

“Does he have no shame?” Fu Xiaoxiao said. “He sees you can get trending on your own and have popularity and value, so now he doesn’t want to terminate the contract anymore? What a piece of work!”

Bai Feifei was about to comfort her when she heard Fu Xiaoxiao explode again. “And you thanked him? You’re going to a meeting with him today? What are you thanking him for? Aren’t we going to terminate the contract?”

She must have read her reply.

“I’m thanking him for going back on his word,” Bai Feifei grinned at her. While talking, she said, “Read what he said carefully.”

Fu Xiaoxiao was a little more rational. She took a closer look and did notice something wasn’t right.

She tentatively looked at the wheelchair in the distance, and after a moment, she said, “Oh, I think I get it.”

Bai Feifei sat in the wheelchair and said, “Let’s go!”

Bald Old Pan saw potential in her face and wanted to use her one last time before her contract expired to generate some buzz for the company and help out the kids he had just signed.

The trending topic she saw was “leg broken,” but before that, she had been trending because of her face. The candid photo taken by a passerby had spread all over the internet, and it naturally didn’t escape Guo Kuan, who specialized in promoting young celebrities based on their looks.

Her contract had a little over two months left. Guo Kuan had wanted to terminate her contract early because he didn’t want to pay her the remaining two months of her salary and wanted to transfer the jobs she had lined up to his new signees. Her dad had invested enough money before, so she was guaranteed a monthly bonus of over 100,000 yuan and a few work opportunities.

If she terminated the contract, she would get a severance package, but after deducting the penalties for the breach of contract, she wouldn’t have much left, especially since she was terminating due to a negative scandal.

Bai Feifei didn’t care about the money. Her goal was to terminate the contract. Originally, Guo Kuan’s desire to terminate was exactly what she wanted. Now that he wanted to go back on his word and make some more money off her while she was still useful, she really had to figure out a way to solve this.

Almost three months was not a long time, but for those in this industry, it was an eternity, long enough for the audience to forget that she had ever existed.

For her, every second was precious and couldn’t be wasted.

In the original story, the movie Huo Wu was currently filming, Half the Sky, was about to wrap up. After that, she would immediately begin filming her next project, a new urban drama she was directing and starring in.

Bai Feifei wanted to secure a role in that drama because, aside from Huo Wu and a few special guest appearances from veteran actors, all the other roles were filled through open auditions, and Huo Wu was on the judging panel.

Huo Wu was one of the few actors in the industry who did both film and television but never variety shows. Because of this, this was the only path Bai Feifei could take.

Bai Feifei briefly explained her career plan to Fu Xiaoxiao, who then said thoughtfully, “Why don’t you try being a pop idol? With your face, you’d be a killer, right?”

Bai Feifei was concise. “Idols can’t be in a relationship!”

Fu Xiaoxiao suddenly understood. “I see!”

Idols couldn’t date, but actors could. Especially powerful actors could date anyone they wanted because they relied on their work, not their fans and popularity.

The two of them arrived at the small, broken-down workshop.

Bald Old Pan called the place a company, but it was really just an unfurnished warehouse. If you walked a few steps away, you could tell that it used to be a storage unit. There were even some leftover materials from the renovations. However, the renovations were pretty punk and seemed to fit the aesthetic of young people—in other words, it was enough to fool kids who dreamed of becoming idols and didn’t know any better.

The small warehouse had three floors and a slow, broken elevator. It was usually used by Bald Old Pan to show off when he was signing contracts.

Bai Feifei was pushed by Fu Xiaoxiao. Before they even reached the entrance of the warehouse, they saw two figures, a man and a woman, tangled up in a corner where the renovation materials were piled up. They were passionately making out. The movements looked a little clumsy and awkward.

In the middle of the day…

Bai Feifei muttered angrily, “I also want to be a hooligan with Huo Wu in broad daylight.”

Fu Xiaoxiao openly watched. After observing for a while, she said, “With those skills, they’ll break up sooner or later.”

Bai Feifei’s eyelids twitched. “What do you know about skills? You couldn’t even make your online relationship work.”

“I just watched a lot of movies,” Fu Xiaoxiao said with a pitiful tone. “Where there’s a will, there’s a way. I never tried it, but watching it means I know how to do it. Do you know that? When I was in my online relationship, I simulated kissing him in my head countless times.”

Bai Feifei didn’t want to argue with her. She thought to herself that theoretical knowledge and practical experience were completely different. She had personally tested this.

The passionate scene wasn’t that interesting, and the two of them lost the desire to keep watching. Just as they were about to walk in, they heard hurried footsteps, and a person came running toward them from that direction.

Bai Feifei couldn’t move well in the wheelchair, so Fu Xiaoxiao quickly moved in front of her before the person could reach them.

With Ms. Xi Rong’s stick-and-beating education, a small beating every three days and a big beating every five, Fu Xiaoxiao’s reflexes were much faster than the average person. Ms. Xi Rong was not only an iron-willed lawyer but also a national champion in women’s taekwondo. At that moment, Fu Xiaoxiao took a defensive stance, watching the person warily.

The person had a delicate face and looked to be in her twenties. She was wearing an ill-fitting stage makeup. The brand of her dress was unidentifiable, and the whole outfit was a chaotic mess. The most incongruous thing was the small crossbody bag on her body.

She didn’t seem to have any intention of being aggressive.

Fu Xiaoxiao relaxed her guard and asked suspiciously, “Who are you?”

The person giggled a few times, covered her mouth, and skipped like a young girl toward Bai Feifei. She held her knees together and put one hand behind her back, saying coyly, “Sister Feifei, I heard you broke your leg and that Brother Kuan is going to terminate your contract?”

Bai Feifei was so disgusted by her overly sweet voice and actions that she almost couldn’t pretend to be a cripple anymore.