Male Lead, Let Go of That Heroine—Let Me! [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 9

Chapter 9

As soon as Yan Hui finished participating in the variety show, she immediately returned to the company dormitory, only to see Gu Mingsheng and Zong Yue downstairs, talking about who-knows-what.

It had to be said that the male and female leads were indeed the children of destiny; just by standing there, they appeared exceptionally well-matched.

A handsome man and a beautiful woman—but no matter how Yan Hui looked at it, she found it to be an eyesore.

Zong Yue didn’t originally know Gu Mingsheng, but today Song Lan had suddenly told her to audition for The Imperial Court, which was the historical drama Li Hou had intended to direct.

Because Yan Hui had stood up for her and beaten Li Hou, Li Hou had been hospitalized and subsequently sued for harassment, embezzlement, and falsifying accounts. All that awaited Li Hou was an endless prison sentence and injuries that would never fully heal.

Zong Yue had assumed the historical drama was finished, but she didn’t feel it was a pity. If she had to sell her body to act, she would rather not do it at all. She lacked money, but she wouldn’t sell herself for it; otherwise, how would she be any different from that man?

However, today Song Lan told her to audition for The Imperial Court because the director and investors had changed. The director was now the famous film director Zhang Mou, and the investor was the President of the Gu Group standing before her, Gu Mingsheng, who had just escorted her back.

“Thank you for bringing me back, President Gu.” Zong Yue could sense Gu Mingsheng’s intentions toward her; after all, the way he looked at her was short of saying it out loud. “Safe travels, President Gu.”

Seeing Zong Yue about to leave, Gu Mingsheng grabbed her arm, only for her to jerk it away.

Zong Yue’s expression stiffened. “Apologies, I startle easily.”

Gu Mingsheng said considerately, “It’s fine, I was abrupt. I mainly wanted to speak with Miss Zong a bit longer and got a bit impatient. I should be the one apologizing to you.”

“No need.” Seeing his gentle attitude and that he wasn’t angry at her reaction, Zong Yue recalled Song Lan’s advice before the audition: even if she didn’t suck up to people, she should maintain a smile and be polite. She forced a smile. “I wonder… is there something else President Gu wishes to say? Is it regarding The Imperial Court?”

Gu Mingsheng laughed, feigning sadness. “Am I only worthy of discussing work with Miss Zong?”

“No, it’s just…” It was just that Zong Yue felt that if Gu Mingsheng chatted about anything else, she wouldn’t want to listen.

“Just what?” Gu Mingsheng stepped closer, narrowing the distance between them. “I wonder if Miss Zong has ever heard of a certain idiom.”

Seeing Gu Mingsheng approach, Zong Yue frowned. She wanted to step back but feared offending him, so she endured it. “What idiom?”

“Love at first sight.” Gu Mingsheng slowly lowered his head, his hand moving toward Zong Yue’s waist. “I fell in love with Miss Zong at first sight.”

Seeing that Gu Mingsheng was about to kiss her, Zong Yue’s eyes widened. Just as she was about to push him away—

She heard a furious curse and the sound of a black plastic bag flying through the air at high speed.

“To hell with your love at first sight!”

The plastic bag hit Gu Mingsheng dead on. He looked at the bag; it was full of trash and emitted a foul stench.

In other words, someone had thrown trash at him!?

“F*ck!” Gu Mingsheng instantly flew into a rage, shouting, “Who is it? Who the hell wants to—Yan Hui!?”

Zong Yue looked toward the sound and saw Yan Hui still in a throwing posture, a lollipop in her mouth, looking at them with a face full of displeasure.

Zong Yue immediately pulled away from Gu Mingsheng. This movement made Gu Mingsheng frown and left Zong Yue herself feeling somewhat dazed.

She… she was actually afraid of Yan Hui being angry just now!?

“Yan Hui, why are you here?” Gu Mingsheng assumed Yan Hui was stalking him. Seeing his intimacy with Zong Yue, he thought she was jealous and threw trash at him. “You actually… followed me?”

Yan Hui was so amused by Gu Mingsheng’s logic that she laughed. “Followed you? Did I beat the brains out of your head? I’m coming home and I have to check if you’re guarding the door first? Are you a guard dog?”

“Coming home!?” Gu Mingsheng realized then that this was the Q&K dormitory. As a member of the group, Yan Hui naturally lived here.

“Why did you throw trash at me?” Gu Mingsheng looked at Zong Yue, then at Yan Hui, and sneered, “Yan Hui, how many times do I have to tell you? No matter what you do, I will never like you. Just give up.”

Zong Yue looked at Gu Mingsheng in disbelief, then at Yan Hui.

These two… was it Yan Hui’s unrequited love for Gu Mingsheng!?

“Zong Yue, if you dare believe a word this idiot says, just you try me.” Seeing Zong Yue’s expression, Yan Hui knew exactly what she was thinking. She beckoned. “Come here.”

Seeing Yan Hui’s irritable state, Zong Yue thought for a moment and decided to go to her side. For some reason, compared to staying near Gu Mingsheng, she preferred being near Yan Hui.

Seeing Zong Yue about to leave, Gu Mingsheng suddenly grabbed her wrist. “You aren’t allowed to go. You haven’t answered me yet!”

Gu Mingsheng had already placed a bet with those guys. Whether for the stake or some other reason, he had to win Zong Yue over today.

“President Gu.” Zong Yue shook her wrist; Gu Mingsheng’s grip was painful.

Seeing Zong Yue frown, Yan Hui bit down and crushed the lollipop in her mouth, walked over, and wrenched Gu Mingsheng’s hand away.

“Ah… ah… Yan Hui, let the f*ck go!” Gu Mingsheng’s hand was twisted behind his back by Yan Hui, the pain making him feel like his arm was about to break.

Yan Hui pulled Zong Yue over, looked at the grimacing Gu Mingsheng, and left him with a threat: “If I ever see you touch her again, I’ll cripple you.” Yan Hui glanced intentionally toward Gu Mingsheng’s crotch.

Gu Mingsheng shuddered at her gaze. He felt that Yan Hui might actually do it; she was like a lunatic, completely out of control.

Yan Hui shoved Gu Mingsheng away and pulled Zong Yue into the apartment, hearing Gu Mingsheng shout from behind, “Yan Hui, I’m telling you, playing hard to get is useless! I just don’t like you! No matter what you do, I will never like you!”

Gu Mingsheng’s response was a trash can flying out, nearly hitting him.

Gu Mingsheng: “……”

Zong Yue watched in surprise as Yan Hui threw an iron trash can and sent an extremely foul curse back at Gu Mingsheng.

System: Host failed to complete the “Be jealous and slap the female lead” plot. 1,000 points deducted.

Seeing Yan Hui’s “don’t mess with me” expression, Zong Yue sensibly kept her mouth shut and allowed Yan Hui to lead her back to Yan Hui’s room.

“Do you like him?” Yan Hui looked at Zong Yue. The male and female leads were the core of every world; there was a fated resonance between them, and the Heavenly Way would force them into a pair. Yan Hui was slightly worried about the world’s influence on the leads.

Zong Yue was stunned, not knowing why Yan Hui would ask this. But then she remembered she had just provoked Yan Hui a couple of days ago; it was best not to do it again.

“No.” Zong Yue spoke the truth; she truly felt nothing for Gu Mingsheng.

“No? No what?” Yan Hui approached her, forcing Zong Yue to back up. “No as in you don’t like him, or no as in you don’t just ‘like’ him, but ‘love’ him?”

Zong Yue was backed against the wall. “None of the above. Today was the first time I met President Gu. How could I like him?”

“Didn’t you go to the audition for The Imperial Court today?” Yan Hui had heard this from Song Lan.

“President Gu is the investor for The Imperial Court. He was present during the audition. Afterward, everyone who passed the audition had a meal together, and then President Gu brought me back.”

“Why didn’t he drive anyone else back? Why only you?” Since arriving in this world, Yan Hui hadn’t followed the plot much. She was worried that plot changes might accelerate the romance between the leads.

“Because… it was on the way.” Gu Mingsheng said he lived in the nearby Tengsheng District. Zong Yue didn’t want to be rude, so she agreed to let him drive her.

“On the way?” Yan Hui said speechlessly. “On the way my ass. That idiot Gu Mingsheng lives in Shenghao. They’re on opposite sides of the world, how is that ‘on the way’?”

“……” Seeing Yan Hui like this, Zong Yue suddenly realized something. “What about you then? What is your relationship with Gu Mingsheng? I heard him say you like him very much? And you even know exactly where he lives?”

“……”

As expected of the female lead, she knew how to counter-attack.

Yan Hui rubbed her nose awkwardly. “I was young and foolish, my eyes were blind and I found a piece of trash. That’s all in the past. It’s no fun to dwell on it, right?”

“I’m dwelling?” Zong Yue took a deep breath and pointed at Yan Hui’s chest. “Who is exactly the one dwelling on it? Since entering the dorm, you’ve been interrogating me. What? Are you afraid I’ll go with Gu Mingsheng and not with you?”

As soon as the words left her mouth, the room fell silent.

Seeing Yan Hui look down without a word, Zong Yue realized her words had been a bit extreme. Yan Hui must be angry.

She pursed her lips and was about to apologize when Yan Hui suddenly hugged her and whispered: “Yes.”

“Yes?” Zong Yue was confused by the answer. She wanted to push Yan Hui away, but fearing she would be angry, she could only drop her hands. “What?”

“I am afraid of your heart being captivated by that trash,” Yan Hui buried her face in the crook of Zong Yue’s neck, sounding as if she were acting spoiled. “I’m afraid, I’m nervous, I’m jealous… so… can you please not stay so close to him, okay?”

Zong Yue froze, looking at Yan Hui in disbelief.

She clearly didn’t seem like the type of person who could say such things, yet she had said them.

And she said them so righteously.

But… why was her own heart beating so fast!?

Zong Yue didn’t know what to say. She didn’t even know if she should say ‘okay’… or ‘not okay’?

She was flustered, feeling the answer was on the tip of her tongue but unable to speak it.

Yan Hui did not rush her. The two just held each other like that, leaning close in the quiet room under the moonlight, listening to each other’s heartbeats.

After a long time.

Yan Hui finally heard a single word.

“Okay.”

System: Host failed to complete the “Warning the female lead” plot. 1,000 points deducted.

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