My Wife Became a Top Star After I Came Back from Quick Transmigration - Chapter 64

Zhao Lin joined the variety show today. As soon as she came out of the airport, she saw a sea of fans.

She wore sunglasses, a black dress, and a big red woolen coat. Seeing the fans’ enthusiasm, she cooperated by waving to them.

This, in turn, caused the fans to scream even louder.

Zhao Lin scoffed, looking at Lei Zhiming beside her. “How’s that? They’ve all fallen for me, haven’t they?”

Lei Zhiming: “Shut up.”

He seemed to have been holding it in for a long time, so those two words came out through gritted teeth.

Zhao Lin: “…What did I say that was wrong this time?”

Lei Zhiming: “You don’t need to know. You just need to know to do more and talk less. Once we get inside, I’ll be watching you. If you say more than ten sentences a day, you’re dead.”

Zhao Lin: “…D**n, who’s the boss here?”

Fortunately, Zhao Lin only thought this to herself. If Lei Zhiming had heard it, he would have scolded her even more.

However, even without knowing what she was thinking, Lei Zhiming knew it was nothing good. But he couldn’t be bothered to ask what she was cursing about in her head. He was so tired he just wanted to sleep.

Meanwhile, at the Ink Guest House, everyone was eating breakfast.

The yin-yang contracts of Hua Ling Company were all over the internet, a big, lively topic.

However, just like yesterday, Qi Youxuan was so calm it was as if it had nothing to do with her. This morning’s breakfast was made with Yun Yue’s help. Although she didn’t make it alone, Qi Youxuan considered it her work.

The barley and red bean porridge was soft and rich. The side dishes were simple, just pickled vegetables and some stir-fried dishes and fried eggs—all common homemade food.

Qi Youxuan’s demeanor, as if nothing had happened, really impressed Qiu Mingyi and Jiang Lun. Even Zhuo Zitou had to admit that with that kind of attitude, it was no wonder she had been with the company for so long and never had any trouble.

Yun Yue’s heart was not as calm as it seemed. She had loved Qi Youxuan so much back then. She had loved her so much that she was ready to give up everything, but their breakup was so ugly. It had torn Yun Yue’s heart apart for a long time.

When they met again, she thought she could be like Su Qixi and let go of everything to start over.

But the setback she faced made her realize that her love was a joke.

Even so, feelings are not something you can just take back. Spilled water leaves a trace, but feelings are like air, invisible yet always around you and even inside you.

She hated Qi Youxuan, hated her for deceiving her feelings. She hated her even more for rekindling her feelings after so many years apart, only to let her know in the end that even their initial meeting was a planned scheme.

The mix of love and hate was hard to bear. She hated her, but she couldn’t let go. Seeing the news, she still couldn’t calm down.

This made Yun Yue hate herself even more.

But…

Looking at Qi Youxuan diagonally across the table, Yun Yue almost laughed in anger. Everyone at the table was worried about her, but she was acting like nothing was wrong.

Yun Yue’s gaze was so full of resentment that Qi Youxuan felt it. She looked up, and Yun Yue gasped, quickly looking away.

The connection they once had had now ended in a complete separation.

Qiu Mingyi shook his head to himself. When he looked around, he realized that Qi Youxuan wasn’t the only one acting carefree; Lin Mo was doing the same! She was eating so heartily!

She didn’t seem to care about the trending topic at all.

Qiu Mingyi: “…” Maybe this person hasn’t even looked at the trending searches yet?

After the meal, the long-silent iPad on the table finally made a sound. This time, the iPad was close to Lin Mo, so she picked it up and read it.

Lin Mo held the iPad and read the words on the screen out loud.

“Today, we’re going to play a simple game called ‘I Have, You Don’t’.”

[That’s a unique game name!]

[Wow, they’re playing a game again! I love watching them play games.]

[Hehe, every time they play, the ‘Qilin’ couple surprises me.]

Qiu Mingyi asked, “What kind of game?”

Wu Qingqing also looked confused. “I don’t understand.”

Lin Mo raised her eyebrows, scanned the rules below, and understood immediately. She explained to everyone, “It’s actually very simple. Everyone can talk about their life experiences. Each person says one experience they’ve had. If no one else at the table has had that experience, you win. The winner gets to be king for a day. That means any request they make, the other team members must fulfill.”

“Also, the game ends when the first king is crowned.”

A king?

For a day!!!

Zhuo Zitou was shocked. “…The first part sounds like a small game, but the second part is… too much!!!”

What does it mean to be a king for a day? Not just once, but for a whole day!!!

Who would dare to lose this?

As soon as Lin Mo announced the prize, all eight people at the table became alert.

[Hahahaha, a truth or dare is only one time. This is unlimited for a whole day. What kind of madness is this?!]

[Hahahahaha, if they weren’t filming a show, that would be so… hehe.]

[The comment above is the real monster, isn’t it? What are you thinking? Tell us.]

[I’m speechless, but I also want to know, what would that be like?]

Su Qixi was also very excited. To be king? Can I make Lin Mo do whatever I want? Oh my god, wouldn’t that be amazing?

She was so excited that her mind started racing. She whispered to Lin Mo, “I feel like this is a very simple game.”

Lin Mo smiled and shook her head. “It might not be that simple.” For most ordinary people, life experiences aren’t that different. People from every social class have similar experiences.

A rich person might say, I’ve played golf, and a poor person hasn’t. That’s a class difference!

But everyone sitting here is in the entertainment industry. They’re either huge stars this year or last year. The people, things, and events they’ve encountered don’t differ all that much.

Another point is that you only win if no one else has had the same experience. The scope of this is very broad. For example, if someone says they ate fish yesterday, others might have eaten fish the day before or last year.

Su Qixi’s mind was completely focused on winning. She also knew that the later you speak, the higher the chance someone else would become king.

So, she volunteered to go first. Before she started, she whispered to Lin Mo, “I feel like my experiences are very unique.”

Lin Mo smiled helplessly, raised her chin, and said, “Give it a try.”

Lin Mo felt that she and Qi Youxuan were the most suitable for this game. She looked up at Qi Youxuan, and Qi Youxuan looked back at her.

Both smiled politely at each other and looked away as if nothing had happened.

Even if they were suitable, their experiences weren’t suitable for sharing.

Lin Mo’s experiences? No way, not at all.

Seeing Lin Mo encourage her, Su Qixi raised her hand and said, “I was picked up by someone when I was in high school.” She said this with a proud look, scanning the people at the table. Who else could have an experience like that?

Picked up by someone else! There couldn’t be many people who had that experience, right?

Qiu Mingyi said, “I was also picked up by someone, though it was in college.”

Su Qixi: “…Are you serious? Did I fail at the very beginning?” I don’t believe it.

[What kind of experience is this?]

[It’s so coincidental! Tell us, tell us all the details.]

[Who was it? Who picked up my baby?! I was looking for her everywhere.]

[Where did she get lost? I want to pick her up, too. Wuwuwu.]

Lin Mo coughed and added, “Oh, there’s another page. I’ll add something.”

“To ensure that no one is just making things up, you need to provide proof. A witness is best. If there’s no witness, you must explain the event in detail.”

Lin Mo finished and paused, looking at Qiu Mingyi. The meaning was clear: You said you were picked up. Do you have proof?

Qiu Mingyi scoffed and looked at Zhuo Zitou.

Zhuo Zitou didn’t want to admit it, but she still raised her hand and said, “I picked him up.”

Qiu Mingyi proudly raised his head and looked at Su Qixi. “What about it? Actress Su, where’s your proof?”

Lin Mo scratched her head and sighed. “I picked her up.”

[Ahhhhhhhh, what kind of destined couple are they?!]

[You deserve to be together! Ahhhhhh!]

[Wuwuwu, my ‘Qilin’ couple! So you had this connection so early on?]

[I love the ‘Qilin’ couple.]

Jiang Lun held it in for a bit and then asked, “So, why were you guys left behind?”

Su Qixi and Qiu Mingyi both fell silent, looking at Jiang Lun. “…”

No one answered. Under the pressure of the two veteran actors’ glares, Jiang Lun could only smile awkwardly. “I, I… I was just asking. Besides, it’s not that rare to be picked up. My friends often have to pick me up when I get drunk.”

Su Qixi: “…” Can you interpret it that way?

Qiu Mingyi: “…” He has a point.

Su Qixi was defeated and could only retreat without a word.

Wu Qingqing also wanted to be king. It would be so cool to be king in front of all these veteran actors.

She thought seriously for a moment and said, “When I was little, I stole money from my family.”

“Sigh!” Several people at the table sighed and waved their hands at the same time, not even bothering to reply.

Wu Qingqing looked around with her big, bright eyes in disbelief. “Did everyone do that?”

Zhuo Zitou: “Don’t just say that! I only stole money once.”

Qiu Mingyi: “Then I stole a lot. No wonder I was beaten so badly when I was a kid. Oh, I suddenly miss my mom.”

Zhuo Zitou scoffed. “You miss your mom’s stick?”

Qiu Mingyi: “…”

Wu Qingqing was dejected. “I actually thought you wouldn’t dare to admit it.”

Everyone: “???” So, what game were you playing?

[She’s playing mind games!]

[Hahahaha, that’s a brilliant move.]

[So, the others are willing to lose face to win?]

Jiang Lun took a sharp breath. “Has it gotten so cunning?”

Wu Qingqing frowned and looked at him with a face full of hurt. Jiang Lun took another sharp breath. “That’s not cunning at all! That’s just being clever!”

[Hahahaha, Jiang Lun’s lost all his skin.]

[Who cares about face? Chasing your wife is what’s important. Unparalleled is scoring big.]

[No one’s score is as big as my ‘Qilin’ couple’s today! Raise your ‘Qilin’ flag, if you’re here, type 1.]

Typing 1 was easy! The screen was instantly flooded with “1s.”

Qiu Mingyi thought carefully, and his eyes swept over everyone. Then, he gave a cold laugh and said unexpectedly, “I took the civil service exam before.”

You all became celebrities. Given the time you debuted, it’s impossible you took the civil service exam, right?

Zhuo Zitou beside him said, “I took it, too.”

Qiu Mingyi sighed. “Oh, I forgot about you.” He had told Zhuo Zitou that he was going to take the exam, and Zhuo Zitou secretly signed up as well. They both studied for a few days, and of course, they failed.

Because later, they both joined a film crew and worked together on a historical palace drama.

Seeing that all three of them had failed, Zhuo Zitou’s mind turned. “I learned ballet.”

Su Qixi: “I did, too.”

Yun Yue: “I did, too.”

Zhuo Zitou clicked her tongue. “I knew it would be difficult, but… why did you all learn it?”

Su Qixi smiled. “I think it’s the same as yours, senior. We learned it for filming.”

Yun Yue said, “I learned it for a while with a teacher when I was in a group.”

Zhuo Zitou scratched her face. “I really thought this was simple.”

[Hahahaha, I thought it was simple at first, too. But now I see it’s pretty hard.]

[Especially since they’re celebrities. They get to experience different lives and have to learn a lot of things.]

[I’m so excited! Let’s see who wins!]

Yun Yue saw that everyone was finished talking, so it wasn’t awkward for her to speak now. She also shared an experience. “I once wore my clothes inside out during a performance.”

When Su Qixi heard this, her expression immediately changed.

Lin Mo seemed to have thought of it, too, and laughed. “Even though Su Qixi didn’t do it during a performance, she also wore her clothes inside out in school.”

Su Qixi’s face crumpled, and she reached out to pinch Lin Mo’s arm. Lin Mo laughed and used her other hand to hold Su Qixi’s hand down. “Sorry, sorry, you should have said that yourself.”

[Ahhhhh, how did you know?!]

[You said you were classmates! No wonder.]

[I’m so jealous that Lin Mo got to see all those times we didn’t get to see!]

[What are you jealous of? Maybe they live together! Hehe…]

Jiang Lun saw everyone failing and held his head, shouting, “I thought this was a simple game, but it’s for experts! Is it really this hard? My brain’s CPU is fried.” Some experiences I think of, I can immediately think of someone here who must have also had them.

Wu Qingqing looked at him with a comforting expression. “Jiang Lun, you’re such a doofus, think of something silly.”

Jiang Lun froze, looked up at her with tears in his eyes. “Is that what you think of me?! Okay, I’ll say it. I wet the bed when I was 8 years old! Who else has done that?!”

Lin Mo burst out laughing and immediately exposed Jiang Lun’s motive. “Just like Qingqing, he’s playing mind games!”

[They’re a real couple! Even their cunningness is the same.]

[They’re a real couple!]

[They’re a real couple!]

[They’re a real couple!]

The fans of the “doofus couple” were also doofuses. The comments were filled with fans teasing them in a perfectly organized way.

Director Feng even laughed. He called out over the megaphone, “Since you have no shame, we don’t need proof. We’ll just assume he’s telling the truth.”

Jiang Lun: “…”

“Hahahahaha.”

“Hahahahahahaha.”

“That’s just brilliant! Hahahahahaha,” Qiu Mingyi said, clapping his hands.

Jiang Lun was embarrassed at first, but he quickly got over it. He looked at the group with pride and asked, “The result is what matters. I’m just asking, who else wet the bed?”

Qiu Mingyi pointed at him and scolded, “You have no shame!”

Qi Youxuan, sitting there, was confused. “Speaking of which, what I want to know is, who didn’t wet the bed when they were little?”

Lin Mo also held back a laugh and said, “Yeah! I’m curious, too. Who didn’t start out as a baby?” Jiang Lun might have wet the bed at age 8, but it’s just a life experience. Not everyone had to do it at age 8.

Zhuo Zitou also reacted and laughed. “I remember diapers were a luxury when I was little!”

Jiang Lun froze and groaned, “Oh, I forgot to add a condition.”

“Hahahahahaha.”

“What? You want to add, ‘I wet the bed as an adult’ to win?”

“That’s too harsh.”

Seeing everyone’s disgusted expressions, Jiang Lun clicked his tongue. “Did you all forget what the prize is?”

Everyone blinked. Oh, it’s to be king! That’s a huge prize!

Wu Qingqing stood up and shouted, “Isn’t it just wetting the bed as an adult? I can do that!”

Director Feng’s voice came from the megaphone, low and slow, “You guys…”

Wu Qingqing: “…Cough, cough.”

Now, only Lin Mo and Qi Youxuan were left. They both looked at each other and politely asked, “You first?”

Qi Youxuan laughed. “I’m definitely going to win! If I go first, you won’t have a chance.”

Lin Mo’s smiling expression froze, and she looked at Qi Youxuan with a serious look.

Qi Youxuan sat back in her chair and said leisurely, “When I debuted, I deceived someone’s feelings.”

Lin Mo frowned, and everyone else in the room went silent. Even Director Feng on the megaphone didn’t make a sound. In that moment, the lively scene disappeared.

Everyone’s smiles froze, and they looked at Qi Youxuan with a strange expression.

You could hear a pin drop in the front hall. The sound of the wind outside the window was so clear. Everyone wanted to say something to ease the tension, but not a single word came out.

Qi Youxuan reached up and brushed her bangs back, seemingly unaware that what she had said was inappropriate. She smiled brightly and asked Director Feng, “Do I need proof for this?”

“No,” Director Feng’s voice came from the megaphone, sounding panicked.

Qi Youxuan seemed a bit unhappy. She looked at the people around the table. “What about you guys…”

Qiu Mingyi laughed. “We don’t need proof, either. You win.”

Qi Youxuan: “…”

The others didn’t know what Qi Youxuan was thinking. Yun Yue didn’t either. Why would she, after all the schemes and effort to get everything, destroy it all herself at this moment?

Just to be king for a day?

Don’t be ridiculous!

[…]

[What did that mean just now?]

[It can’t be what I’m thinking, right?]

[Hehehe, how else can the ‘Wu Yu’ couple fall apart? This is eye-opening.]

Lin Mo looked at Qi Youxuan with a deep, dark expression. Qi Youxuan just laughed, carefree. “So, I’m the king now, right? What should I do… what should I do?”

Lin Mo watched her feign calmness, watched her eyes slowly become blank, and watched her say things that had no meaning even to herself.

“The king’s new clothes.”

“It’s a lie to a king.”

“A silly king.”

Zhuo Zitou clapped her hands and said, “Alright, alright, the game is over. We should get ready to open for business.”

Everyone dispersed. Lin Mo also got up to clean the table.

She sighed, looking at Qi Youxuan, who was still sitting there.

Qi Youxuan, what are you trying to do?

Zhao Lin scoffed. “I’ll make sure there’s another trending topic once I get to the set. What’s with that crappy company? So many problems.”

Lei Zhiming looked at her with an icy stare. “If you can’t talk properly, then say less.”

Zhao Lin snapped, “Why are you always so mean to me? Aren’t you my manager?”

Lei Zhiming sneered. “I was forced to be your manager. I’m not just your manager, either.”

Zhao Lin was stunned and frowned. “But you’ve only been managing me for the past two years.”

Lei Zhiming smiled through gritted teeth. “You know that’s the truth.” If it weren’t for her personality and her mouth, he wouldn’t be stuck with her like this.

Zhao Lin: “???”

Whatever, she didn’t understand anyway.

Zhao Lin said, “It seems it’s still a bit hard to get a trending topic just from fans.”

Lei Zhiming rolled his eyes. “We paid for it, too. Do you think fans can get three topics to trend?” You wore a bad outfit. Is that worth a trending topic? It’s already good that fans could get her variety show debut to trend, given that the Hua Ling Media Company tax investigation isn’t over yet!

Just today, more company staff members were being taken away. Hua Ling Company’s artists were all on edge.

Zhao Lin thought about it and sighed, saying generously, “Oh, well, forget it. I won’t worry about being overshadowed this morning.”

Lei Zhiming also sighed. “What? Did you want them to go out of business?”

Zhao Lin didn’t get the joke. She said in a pitying tone, “That lousy Hua Ling company broke the law, and they might shut down. Why would I fight against them? I’ll just have pity on them. Anyway, I have money. How about this? Help me buy a trending topic about my stunning beauty!”

Lei Zhiming laughed in anger. “Buy a trending topic about your ‘stunning beauty’ on Su Qixi’s show? Are we buying it for her or for you?”

Zhao Lin: “…”

As if that wasn’t enough of a blow, Lei Zhiming added, “Her classmate is prettier than you.”

Zhao Lin’s eyes went cold, and she threw her bag. “Ahhhhhhh!” she screamed, saying angrily, “I’m mad!!!”

Lei Zhiming frowned, his face full of disdain. “Sit down.”

Zhao Lin: “…” He’s not taking my anger seriously at all.

But she had been managed by Lei Zhiming for so long. She had no spine, so she obediently sat down and asked humbly, “Then what trending topic should we buy? You decide.”

Lei Zhiming crossed his legs, looked at his phone, and said indifferently, “It’s useless to buy any trending topic today. The trending topics are all about Qi Youxuan and Yun Yue. No one can overshadow them.”

The ‘Wu Yu’ couple! The biggest couple back then. Their breakup was ugly, and now it’s even more embarrassing.

Zhao Lin heard this, quickly took out her phone, and then started laughing.

She was laughing in anger.

“It’s her, right? Oh my god!”

“Why is she still here? Isn’t the production team going to kick her out?”

“Heartless scum who deceived someone’s feelings.”

“That slap was totally deserved!”

“Never mind one slap, even if she was beaten to death, she’d deserve it!”

This was the situation on set, in front of Qi Youxuan. What about the comments on the live stream?

What about the trending topics and news online?

The tables had turned. It was as if karma had come back to hit Qi Youxuan hard.

That slap back then, wasn’t it the same kind of gossip and cyberbullying?

Everything Yun Yue had endured was now a bullet, hitting Qi Youxuan right in the forehead.

Deceiving someone’s feelings!

What a despicable thing to do! So, so despicable!

How did Qi Youxuan manage to film the show while enduring such gossip? Other people didn’t know, but Yun Yue was very aware that it was different.

She had secretly checked the trending topics in the bathroom. Sure enough.

#QiYouxuanGetOutOfTheEntertainmentIndustry

#TheRealQiYouxuan

#WuYuCoupleCrumbles

#TheMostMiserableYunYue

#HuaLingCompanyIsInsane

Who would have thought that one day, Qi Youxuan would top nearly ten trending topics with a single sentence?

Who would have thought that on the day Hua Ling Media was falling apart, Qi Youxuan would fall not because of her company’s despicable actions, but because of a game?

Qi Youxuan, who had a face full of coffee, was standing by the table. The person who threw the coffee at her was an old fan of Yun Yue. Not a super fan, but she had been a fan since Yun Yue’s debut.

After the slap incident and the incident with Qi Youxuan’s super fan, Shen Le, this fan and a few other long-time fans took time off work to come and watch over Yun Yue.

As she had wished, at this moment, she had protected Yun Yue.

“Sorry! My hand slipped.” She said this to Qi Youxuan, just as Shen Le had said to Yun Yue back then.

Zhuo Zitou behind the bar frowned, and Qiu Mingyi sighed.

Everyone knew that at this moment, Qi Youxuan was an enemy of everyone. This was different from Yun Yue’s slap. A person doesn’t just slap someone for no reason.

So, the online comments about Yun Yue weren’t completely one-sided.

But Qi Youxuan’s comments… were definitely one-sided.