My Wife Became a Top Star After I Came Back from Quick Transmigration - Chapter 84

That night, Lin Mo and Su Qixi returned to their hotel room after a simple meal. Su Qixi discussed her schedule for the next day with Xiong Jingjing, while Lin Mo worked on her laptop. Her phone would occasionally buzz with notifications, making her seem even busier than Su Qixi.

When they were both done, Xiong Jingjing put away her documents. Suddenly, as if remembering something, she said, “Huiling Company went bankrupt and is being restructured.”

Su Qixi was stunned, and Lin Mo paused in her work. They both looked up at Xiong Jingjing. Xiong Jingjing sighed, seemingly lamenting the fall of such a large company.

Seeing the curiosity on both their faces, she continued, “A company that big was already struggling to keep up with the times. Then all these scandals broke, and they weren’t small ones. I heard a woman from that batch with Qi Youshan committed suicide. They were forcing her into prostitution.”

Su Qixi’s eyes widened. “Something like that happened?”

Xiong Jingjing sneered. “Yeah! They were so brazen, they pushed someone to suicide. Her sister went to great lengths to find enough evidence. The people involved will probably face prison time. Not to mention the tax evasion and illegal contracts—they were fined a lot for that. The contracts were also extremely harsh…”

Here, Xiong Jingjing paused, as if remembering something else. She said wistfully, “Did you know? I heard Qi Youshan’s contract with Huiling was incredibly harsh.”

“How harsh?” Su Qixi asked curiously.

Xiong Jingjing shook her head. “I don’t know the details. I got these from a friend at Huiling. The news hasn’t been released yet, but it should break in the next couple of days.”

Su Qixi frowned. “That’s a little strange. When an artist becomes a top star at a company, they should renegotiate their contract before or after it expires to a better one. Qi Youshan was an instant hit after she went solo. It doesn’t make sense that after all these years, she still had a low-level contract.”

Su Qixi had Yimei’er to back her, so she didn’t have this worry. But she had been in the entertainment industry for a while. Even if she hadn’t experienced it herself, she had seen others sign contracts. Not to mention, since she started her own studio, she had signed two or three artists herself. She knew a thing or two about the inner workings.

Lin Mo chuckled. “You forgot? Huiling Company is different from yours. What you can do, they might not be able to. It’s not strange for such a harsh company to give its employees harsh contracts.”

Su Qixi sighed and looked at Lin Mo helplessly. “You don’t understand the details. With Qi Youshan’s popularity back then, if the company didn’t upgrade her contract, she could have paid the penalty to leave. At that time, many companies would have been willing to pay her contract termination fee.”

Xiong Jingjing also nodded. “From that era to now, these kinds of unfair contracts are rare unless it’s for a pure newcomer. Over time, contracts have been slowly improved to be fairer for both sides. But I heard Qi Youshan’s contract was very problematic. No one knows the exact situation, though.”

Lin Mo nodded but didn’t say anything more.

Su Qixi saw that she wasn’t asking anything and was confused. “Weren’t you concerned about her before?”

Lin Mo choked on her words. She waved her hand and said, “I wasn’t concerned about her. Don’t accuse me of that.”

Su Qixi smiled brightly, her voice laced with affection. “What? Are you afraid I’ll get jealous?” Although she said that, her tone was playful, as if she were just teasing Lin Mo.

Lin Mo found it amusing and went along with it. “Are you jealous?”

Su Qixi just scoffed and turned her head away, thinking to herself, As if!

Lin Mo laughed at her arrogant demeanor but then remembered Qi Youshan’s situation. She sat down next to Su Qixi, put her arm around her, and said, “That’s someone else’s business. Let’s not worry about it.”

Su Qixi looked at her suspiciously, but then she thought about it. The only reason they were talking about Qi Youshan was because Lin Mo seemed to care about her. If Lin Mo didn’t care, then… In reality, Qi Youshan wasn’t a bad person since she risked her life to save someone. But why was she unfaithful in her relationship?

Su Qixi couldn’t bring herself to judge Qi Youshan as a completely bad person. That day at the sea, there were hundreds of people watching, but fewer than ten went in to save them. The wind was so strong that they could have been swept away and died. Su Qixi still disliked Qi Youshan’s unfaithfulness but admired her courage to save someone.

Lin Mo saw her conflicted expression, hugged her tighter, and said, “Okay, stop thinking about it.”

Su Qixi leaned on her. “Okay!”

Although they were just chatting, their behavior was very intimate. This silenced the single Xiong Jingjing. She figured her business was done, so she turned to leave. Before she left, she couldn’t help but complain, “Go on, be all lovey-dovey. I’m out.”

As soon as Xiong Jingjing left, Su Qixi immediately turned around and straddled Lin Mo’s lap, giggling, “Let me comfort you, my dear.”

Just as she said that, Xiong Jingjing came back. She was about to say, “Tomorrow morning at 8 a.m….” but the words caught in her throat. The room was silent.

Lin Mo and Su Qixi both turned to look at her. Su Qixi had a shocked expression, while Lin Mo looked confused. Lin Mo even slowly raised her hands and said, “It wasn’t me.”

If it wasn’t you, then it was Su Qixi!

Xiong Jingjing gritted her teeth. “…Su Qi Xi! Have some dignity!”

Su Qixi hummed and buried her face in Lin Mo’s chest, pretending to be dead.

Xiong Jingjing, feeling frustrated, was about to leave again when she heard a muffled voice from behind her say, “It’s my wife. Why should I have dignity?”

Xiong Jingjing turned and charged back. “Su Qixi, get out here!”

Lin Mo: “Calm… down.”

A Star’s Life

This was Lin Mo’s second time at a TV station. The last time was for Su Qixi’s variety show. It was also filmed in a TV station building. Back then, she couldn’t get close to Su Qixi, so she obediently pretended to be a fan and bought a ticket to the show.

She didn’t have to do that today. Today, Su Qixi wasn’t there to film a variety show. It was for a commercial shoot. This morning, Su Qixi had woken Lin Mo up and brought her along. Lin Mo, looking sleepy, followed her to the TV station. While Su Qixi was filming, Lin Mo sat on a bench in the lobby. She had her own work, so it wasn’t a problem to just work from a different location.

There were many artists and staff members coming and going in the TV station. Everyone couldn’t help but look at Lin Mo with curiosity. So this is the girlfriend of the Best Actress? She’s even more beautiful in person than on camera. People kept walking back and forth, and some, out of curiosity, walked past Lin Mo five or six times.

This seriously affected Lin Mo’s work. She couldn’t stand it anymore and closed her laptop. She looked up at the people in front of her and said loudly, “If you’re curious, you can just look openly. You don’t have to keep walking back and forth.”

Everyone froze, looking at each other awkwardly.

“Haha hahaha.”

They first felt a little embarrassed, then laughed. A couple of people even came over to chat with Lin Mo. Although Lin Mo liked to be low-key, her emotional intelligence was not low. These young girls were just out of college. Some were there to experience what it was like to be close to their idols.

To Lin Mo, they were like little sisters. Their questions were innocent and cute, so she wasn’t bothered. Since she was bored anyway, she chatted with them for a bit. The girls surrounding Lin Mo were soon laughing happily.

When Su Qixi came out, she saw Lin Mo surrounded by them. Xiong Jingjing couldn’t help but exclaim, “What a blessing!”

“Do you want this blessing?” Su Qixi asked, her voice laced with amusement.

Xiong Jingjing couldn’t help but say, “Yes! Why not?” She then turned to look at Su Qixi and saw the cold expression on her face. Oh no! Xiong Jingjing immediately changed her tone. “What are you talking about? She’s a flirtatious woman! I’ll go get her for you.”

With that, Xiong Jingjing rolled up her sleeves and marched toward Lin Mo.

At that moment, Lin Mo was happily answering some simple questions. Suddenly, someone tapped her on the shoulder. She turned around and heard Xiong Jingjing say, “Hurry up. Your wife is jealous. If you don’t appease her, you’re done for tonight.”

Lin Mo was surprised. Jealous? She quickly turned to look at Su Qixi and saw her standing a short distance away, looking at her with a cold expression. Lin Mo: “…” What did I do?

Seeing that Lin Mo had finally noticed her, Su Qixi dropped her cold expression and smiled “gently” at her. “Are you having fun? These are all 20-year-old girls, in the prime of their youth.”

Lin Mo: “…”

The girls around Lin Mo quickly got up and said in unison, “Thank you, Teacher Su.”

Time to run!

Then they scurried away.

Lin Mo: “???” Wait, you just abandoned me?

Su Qixi didn’t really think Lin Mo was doing anything wrong, but seeing her still staring at the girls’ backs, she asked coldly, “What are you looking at? You seem sad to see them go.”

Lin Mo could only smile and try to explain. “I’m not sad. I don’t even know them. How about you? Are you jealous?”

Su Qixi smiled sweetly and said two words: “Guess!”

Lin Mo: “…” The boomerang came back so fast.

After saying that, Su Qixi immediately walked away, and Lin Mo could only follow her.

As she walked beside Su Qixi, she continued to explain. “Those people were just curious about me. They’re still kids!”

Su Qixi: “…How many years older than them are you?”

Lin Mo: “…Quite a few.”

Su Qixi paused and asked, “Are you calling me old now? We’re the same age!”

Lin Mo was stumped by the question. She finally sighed deeply. “…Dating is a minefield of life-or-death questions.”

One wrong word, and she was in trouble.